by Mike Bandy

This week on ANTM All Stars, Alexandria, the feisty competitor who made it all the way to the top four on last cycle of Top Model, was eliminated from the competition. In the bottom two with Angelea, the judges told Alexandria that although it was modeling potential that brought her in for Cycle 16, she needed to have more than that for this cycle, and she just didn't have it. We talked to Alexandria about her time in the competition, what her experience with fans is really like, and what's coming up next for her!

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: On the first episode of the cycle, when you stepped out onto the runway in front of the crowd, they were less than nice to you. You looked visibly upset by it. Have you had a more positive experience with fans since your appearance on this cycle?
A. Alexandria: Well, let's start this off - stepping out onto the runway was definitely an experience. I heard both sides - a lot of fans were cheering, and then there were some that didn't really agree with me. It's everyone's opinion, and they chose that moment to express it. That was actually my first negative experience with fans; most of the time people are really nice to me. Sure, some people have their say, but nothing to the extent that it was that night. I think people wanted to get in their 15 seconds of say so at that moment, and I have to take the negative with the positive, and I choose to stay positive. I do have that edge or being hated and loved at the same time. I love my fans that love me, and for the fans that hate me, they hate me because they love me...you don't hate someone because you don't care about them.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: A bit of trivia for die-hard fans - you appeared in the music video for As She's Walking Away by Zac Brown Band, and you did a really great job! Were you surprised to have been eliminated during a music video challenge, considering your experience?
A. Alexandria: That was right before I went on the show the first time! I was a little surprised, I won't lie, but at the same time, it wasn't surprising. [In the first music video] I got to choose the outfit for the shoot (which was my own clothes), and the outfit I was given and my makeup for this shoot was unique to the song, and it was great, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't mine. [On this shoot] we didn't get to create what it would sound like or the set or anything like that. Everybody did an amazing job, but maybe if we had that to create, things would have been different. I should have brought a more up to par performance; I know I could have done a lot better.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: Last cycle, you were portrayed as someone perhaps not so nice to the other girls in the competition. How do you feel about how you were portrayed this cycle? Do you think you got a better edit?
A. Alexandria: I feel like the girls maybe saw more of the side that I didn't get to show last time; actually most of the girls asked me constantly why I got the edit I did. At the same time, I was working with a bunch of girls that have already done this, and this is a group of girls that have been doing this, so I find that my edit was a little bit more softer, because you saw the girls and I just hanging out and being girls, and a lot of that last time wasn't really shown. It was a lot better, I can say that.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: Your branding word this cycle was "tough". Tell us what the word "tough" means to you, and how do you identify with the word?
A. Alexandria: Well...I would say that it's a very strong person that has been through a lot, and it's kind of like a diamond in the rough kind of thing. That person that you expect to strive and become whatever they might dream up, despite of what they've been through. That's the person I am. I'm that person that's been through a lot, but I've been given so many blessings that I've learned so much from, given everything. I think you have to have toughness to get through in life, and if you don't, how will you ever have the backbone to succeed?

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: If you could have brought back any girl from last cycle to compete with you, whom would you have brought back?
A. Alexandria: That's a really good question! You are good! [laughs] I would have to say Angelia, because she wasn't, I believe, given a fair shot. She had so much beauty and so much talent, that she didn't really get any time to show it. I think it would have been great to see her more on the show and to be with her more one on one, because she's a really awesome person. We shared a room that first night, and she would have been a lot more fun on the show, and she's a really cool person on the inside.

Q. Mike, RealityWanted: What's coming up next for Alexandria?
A. Alexandria: I had JUST done LA Fashion week for the gallery at sunset studios, and I opened 8 shows for them, and it was SO much fun! I had a blast and I couldn't have had a better fashion week experience. And now I'm just basically in the process of building my book again, because now I have short hair and it's a different and really fun look!