Leila Goldkuhl

Leila Goldkuhl
Name	Leila Goldkuhl
Born	December 30, 1991
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Hometown	Framingham, Massachusetts

Leila Marie Goldkuhl Masterson (born December 30th, 1991) was a contestant on cycle 19 of ANTM in 2012. She was originally eliminated fifth, placing ninth, but later won the Comeback Series. She returned and eventually became the second runner-up.

Leila is widely considered to be one of the most successful contestants in ANTM history, as well as the entire Top Model franchise.

Early Life

Leila was born on December 30, 1991 in Framingham, Massachusetts. She attended Framingham High School as a teenager, where she played basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse. After graduating from high school in 2010, she attended Salem State University, where she planned to major in marine biology. She later transferred to the University of Rhode Island to study textiles, fashion merchandising and design before deciding to pursue modeling.

Her first attempt to join Top Model was made during casting for cycle 15, when she auditioned in New York and was optioned as a semi-finalist on Tyra.com, but was not selected to proceed further. Jane Randall and Kendal Brown were chosen as the winners of this search.

ANTM

Leila represented the University of Rhode Island. She was the seventh girl called to the final cast.

In episode two, she did a fantastic job at the taxidermy photoshoot, where she received a perfect score of 30 by the judges. She won the first call-out. She was also called within the upper half of the nude with Rob Evans shoot and Zombie shoot in the next two episodes.

In episode five, Laura, after winning the first call-out last panel, chooses Kristin to share the Tyra suite, which causes Leila to be jealous. The judges were disappointed with her cheerleading photo, with Kelly giving her a three. She was put in the bottom two with Brittany, and shockingly eliminated with a 0.5 difference. When she was eliminated, the other judges, namely Bryanboy, expressed their devastation, saying she was their favorite.

In episode nine, she had the highest public vote average in the Comeback Series, with a score of 5.84. This made her return to the competition with the remaining five girls, which angered them, namely Kristin. In episode ten, when she and Kiara received praise for their waterfall photos, Kristin lashed out at them backstage. Leila was called first while Kristin was eliminated. In the finale, Leila did a horrible job at the final runway, falling twice on the stairs and at the end. She had a score of 35.2, and finished in third place behind Kiara and Laura.

Call-Out Order

Leila	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	7th	1st	4th	2nd	Eliminated			Return	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd Runner-Up

Post-Show

After the show, Leila has been signed with NEXT Model Management in Los Angeles, Miami, Milan and New York. She was also signed with Chic Model Management in Sydney and M4 Models.

She has modeled for Rachael Lynsey Rubin Makeup & Photography and appeared in a Pepsi commercial. In addition, she has walked for Mac Cosmetics and a Myer fashion show. She appeared in a pre-fall ad campaign for Herve Leger, and has been featured in several magazines in Australia like Catalogue and Russh, which has been featured in models.com.

She made her runway debut walking for Givenchy during New York fashion week for the Spring 2016 ready-to-wear collection as a world wide exclusive, and was a main feature in the S/S 2016 Givenchy campaign. The creative director of Givenchy, riccardo tsci, sang her praises and called her the next big thing in the modeling industry. She then walked for Givenchy in the winter/autumn 2016/2017 Paris fashion week as an exclusive.

Since her runway debut in 2015, Goldkuhl has walked for several other designers during Fashion Week in New York, London, Milan and Paris, including Alexander McQueen, Alexandre Vauthier, Alberta Ferretti, Balmain, Chanel, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Elie Saab, Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Lanvin, Isabel Marant, Hermes, Jean Paul Gaultier, Giambattista Valli, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Nina Ricci, Oscar de la Renta, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Salvatore Ferragamo, Shiatzy Chen, Valentino, Vera Wang, Versace and Zuhair Murad. She has also been featured in editorials for publications like Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Numéro, Oyster, V, W, and American, Italian, Korean, German and Mexican editions of Vogue.

Personal Life

In 2017, Leila married photographer Robbie Masterson and since has had two children.

Legacy

In October 2015, Leila was ranked by Cosmopolitan as one of the most successful contestants of the Top Model franchise. In 2018, she was ranked among the top 50 working models in the fashion industry by Models.com.

She was ranked number four on MsMojo's YouTube video "Top 10 Shocking Eliminations on America's Next Top Model".

Trivia

• Leila is the first girl to be given a score of ten and three by a judge in panel.
• She is also the first girl to have a perfect score of 30 in panel.
• She is the first girl to receive a first call-out with the number scoring system.
• Her, Laura and Destiny are the first girls to receive a score of five in a challenge.
• Leila is the first contestant to win the Comeback Series. She would be followed by Alexandra Agro, Jeremy Rohmer, Chantelle Young, Dustin McNeer, Tash Wells and Jeana Turner.
  • Leila and Jeana are the only contestants who made it to the final judging after winning the Comeback Series.
• Of all the returnees, she is both the highest placing originally and post-return, at ninth and third.
• Leila is the first contestant to be the second runner-up. She would be followed by Adam Smith and Khrystyana Kazakova.

Gallery

Promo

Taxidermy

Makeover

Nude with Rob Evans

Zombies

Cheerleaders

Steampunk

Gross Editorial

Mugshots

River Raft Love Triangle

Waterfall Warriors

Dream Come True

Nine West

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