by Mike Bandy

This week on America's Next Top Model, Kacey, the stunning 20-year-old from Palmdale, CA, was eliminated. In the bottom two with Kayla, the judges felt that Kacey didn't commit to her photos and could not continue on in the competition, though she did win the challenge and was a great spokesperson. We caught up with Kacey to talk about her time on the show, her issues with the other girls in the house, and what's coming up next.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: You were a contestant on cycle 11 and did not make it into the house. What would you say was different for you about the casting process between cycle 11 and now?
A. Kacey: This time, I was way more comfortable, and I was way more confident in who I am, and I just wasn't as confident the last time. That would be the only difference, really.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: One of the male models, Shaw, was someone you went to school with in Palmdale, and the girls made comments that you were flirting with him a lot. What did your boyfriend think when he saw your interaction with Shaw on the show?
A. Kacey: Actually, I didn't go to school with him; he went to Palmdale High with my sister, so I knew of him. My boyfriend was a little sour about [what he saw on the show], he wasn't too happy, but I reassured him that it was nothing serious, and it was nothing to be blown up at all. I thought he was cute, he thought I was cute, and that's all it was. The girls made it seem like it was more than that.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: On the show, it seemed that just about every girl in the house had an issue with you. Were there girls that you did get along with, and if not, how did the dynamic of the house affect how you felt in the competition?
A. Kacey: For the most part, [the girls] were all on one side, and no one was on my side, but I did talk to the girls. I think the show portrayed me as a complete outcast, which I wasn't. I talk to Esther, Jane, Kayla, and I was even cool with Chris, but along the way everyone just kind of went their own way. You always want to have at least one person on your side, but it made me not afraid to stand alone. I wasn't looking for a companion or to be accepted; it's a competition, so only one person is going to win. At the end of the day, it wasn't a problem to be on my own.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: Give us some behind the scenes info: Is there anything that did not air on the show that you wish had?
A. Kacey: I wish the whole thing [with Lexie] at casting had showed; they didn't show that Lexie did agree to talk about our issues on camera. [Also] the other fight in the house with the girls, they only showed the very beginning and the very end. I wish they'd shown the entire fight; all the girls actually hugged and were cool after that.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: One of the last things you said was that you'll never get over being eliminated. How do you feel about the experience now, looking back?
A. Kacey: I was very lucky and fortunate to have the experience, I wouldn't change anything about it. At that moment in time, I couldn't detach from [being eliminated]. Life goes on, of course you're going to get over it. I look at it like ‘I was on ANTM and not everyone can say that', and it's the key to a door of a lot of opportunities.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: Tyra gave you the advice that you needed time to develop, and weren't really ready for international work. How do you feel about that statement?
A. Kacey: I kinda felt like, since I won the runway challenge and the cover girl challenge, that I was ready and was as ready as I'll ever be, but any model and any person has room to grow and to practice, and I'm going to use this as practice. But it was confusing, because I did feel that I had what it took, but to say bluntly that I wasn't ready... I felt there were girls in the house that were less ready than I was.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: What's coming up next for you?
A. Kacey: I'm definitely gonna continue with modeling, and I'm also interested in commercial work and anything that deals with entertaining...anything in the entertainment world, you'll see me doing.

America's Next Top Model airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on the CW.

(Image courtesy of the CW)

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