This season of America's Next Top Model just wouldn't have been the same without Michelle, a 19-year old wrestler from Terre Haute, Indiana. Before she became the ninth girl eliminated from the competition, she had viewers glued to their television screens when, among other things, she got a nasty skin virus and revealed to the world (and her parents) that she is bisexual. Here is what Michelle had to say about her experience on America's Next Top Model.

What was the best part of the Top Model experience for you?
The best part was me changing personally myself. When I started out on the show, I didn?t even have a smidgen of confidence. I didn?t even think I should be there in the beginning but then by the end, I really felt like I deserved to be there and that I had a chance to make it to the end. My confidence is a lot better.

What made you decide to audition for the show?
Actually, I had an agent before. And I was about to quit that agent because in two years, he had not gotten me a job or anything. And they saw my picture on his website and they actually called me. They asked me if I can send them an application?I sent it to them and I got to the semifinals. That?s how it got started.

People tend to think that models have high self esteem because they have put themselves in that glamorous field...
Well before, when I started with it I always had my mom with me. That helped out a lot because she would handle the business side of it and I would just be there.

I never had to really present myself and be there by myself and she was always like the backbone of that.

Looking back, how do you feel about the fact that you didn?t connect with the other girls on the show?