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TheAmericas Next Top Modelscycle 23 finale airs Wednesday, March 8 at 10 p.m. Read on for EWs full interview with Mok.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This new season feels familiar and fresh at the same time.
Successful models are now a brand.
We also took some girls who were already running businesses on their own.
If you take a look at the way we cast cycle 1 versus now, its completely different.
The rest is up to the audience.
Ive never been stressed out about ratings…
I thought we had a shot at having a long-lasting series because fashion is ever evolving and ever changing.
We even have one in Mongolia:Mongolias Next Top Model, can you believe that?
Fashion is always changing; fashion is always constant in peoples lives.
Thats a huge legacy.
These finalists represent different facets of the industry.
If you could mash them together, youd have the perfect model.
Or is it someone in the middle who might have both?
Even now, after weve decided who the winner is, I still weigh the other choices.
Shes a boss in her own right because she has the skinBUTTR business already.
Cory Anne has great pedigree.
Her mom [Stephanie Roberts] was a very famous and well-known model.
Shes got the whole package in terms of modeling experience, and has a great personality as well.
Then youve got India.
Cory Anne is kind of in the middle of both of them.
Theyre three distinct choices.
Youve been with this show through the Jade Coles and the Lisa DAmatos all of those colorful personalities.
Cycle 23s contestants really are from a different generation, though.
Over the years, these girls have picked up tips from Tyra from smizing to building a brand.
We were into brand building before brand building was even a thing.
Did we build the branding business for models?
Fashion is a part of our lives, consciously or otherwise.
On the most superficial level, thats what makes this show so interesting.
The storytelling on an unscripted show is the same as it is on a scripted drama.
Youhaveto tell a story about a person.
That never goes out of style, right?
People respond to the heart and humor of the show.
Weve never taken ourselves completely seriously…
I think thats whats kept the show going.
