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So let us get this straight. While millions of fans and hoards of papparazzi around the world are going bat-poop crazy trying to gain access to Hollywood's No. 1 "It" man, a petite little artist who was so shy she used to eat her lunch alone in a bathroom stall just—whoopsie!—bumped smack into him?

'Tis true. Oh yeah, and she also just so happend to win America's Next Top Model.

You know the drill: Along with the title, Nicole Fox receives a $100,000 contract with cosmetics giant CoverGirl, management by Wilhelmina Models cover and a Seventeen magazine cover.

But now apparently there is a new prize: a backstage rendezvous with Robert Pattinson.

We spoke with Nicole this morning, and in addition to dishing the deets on her ANTM victory, she revealed her surprise run-in with the world's most celebrated vampire earlier today...

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On tonight's finale, America's Next Top Model front-runner Nicole and Kentucky dark horse Laura face off in their final CoverGirl commercial and runway competition. Who do you think will win the coveted crown?

Most important: If Nicole falls short in tonight's showdown, will Wanda Sue design the wardrobe for her granddaughter Laura's six-page fashion spread in Seventeen magazine?

Finally, what is going on this splendor-in-the-grass picture from tonight's show? Just how close do the two finalists become after all the other girls are gone?

So many questions! Tell us what you think in the comments, predict the winner in the poll and come back tomorrow for all the scoop from our one-on-one chats with both Nicole and Laura.

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Click through our Top Model gallery for one last look at this cycle's girls!

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Oops. Did we speak too soon? The identity of the newest Top Model won't be announced publicly until next week's finale, but based on what we've learned from our eliminee interrogations, we have all but certified the sure thing.

Ever since the premiere of this season of America's Next Top Model, every sign has pointed to a Nicole victory—and when we spoke to eliminated model Jennifer this morning, she tacitly confirmed that Bloody Eyeball will be the show's 13th winner.

Read on to find out what Jen and fellow eliminee Erin dished about the odds-on favorite...

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America's Next Top Model: Where would we be without Miss J's ridiculous puffy sleeves at the ANTM judging table? Well, according to the New York Daily News, we are about to find out. Word is, Tyra's longtime frenemy Kimora Lee Simmons is set to return to the series to claim a judging spot next season. So is Vogue editor at large André Leon Talley. According to the report, Miss J will stay on as a runway coach.

Wipeout: Sad news. According to TheWrap, a contestant died last week after suffering a stroke while performing a stunt on ABC's Wipeout. He was only 33.

Scrubs: Tomorrow is Zach Braff's last day on set, from what we hear. New Scrubs cast photos are here.

Eastwick: The show's boss, Maggie Friedman, is "furious, too," and none too thrilled that ABC pulled the plug so abruptly, leaving no time for closure, according to an EW interview.

Morales in Denver: I'm confused after seeing last night's Glee. What was it that was upsetting to the disabled community? I thought the episode was amazing and empowering in every way.

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Whew, that's a relief.

We have to admit we were worried when Sundai—the girl who said becoming America's Next Top Model is "more important than living"—was eliminated last night, just shy of making it to the top four.

But the teenage former foster kid reassured us this morning that her perspective is definitely sunnier, even though she believes she shouldn't have been sent home...

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The professor is in!

A CW source tells us exclusively that fans of America's Next Top Model will see a certain famous someone they probably aren't expecting on the Cycle 13 finale, which airs Nov. 18: Eddie Murphy.

So is the Beverly Hills cop turned nutty professor the latest guest star trying to fill Janice's or Paulina's shoes as a fourth judge?

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Mahalo no she didn't!

Instead of heading abroad, the petite contestants of America's Next Top Model boarded Fierce Airlines for Hawaii this week. But without kimonos or Carmen Miranda fruit hats to make their experience culturally relevant, Tyra Banks had to get creative and...biracialize the models?!

Mathematician Brittanny, who was sent packing in this week's episode, explained why Tyra thought it was a good idea to change the models' skin color and play Yahtzee with culture and ethnicities in the name of fashion.

Break it down, Brittany...

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Whew—Bloody Eyeball lives!

Based on the reality-show ratio of camera time to elimination, Nicole's departure seemed certain in last night's America's Next Top Model. The Gollum look-alike let her crazy flag fly (even more than usual), terrifying even choreographer Benny Ninja.

In the end, though, Nicole's "stoner" voice, disappointing photo shoot and horror-show dance routine didn't even land her in the bottom two. Going home instead was, ironically, a professional dance instructor—and the girl Tyra Banks discovered in her studio audience, whom we just chatted up today for scoop...

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Another petite America's Next Top Model contestant was sent home in yesterday's yawner. Is it just us, or is this cycle seriously short on the dramz? What's in store for us now that one of the most outspoken little spitfires had to pack her petite bags—and the shy girl is doing most of the gossip? Read on to hear what the eliminated model had to say about her fickle foe...and to defend her ferocity.

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The eyes had it in this week's episode of America's Next Top Model, in which Bambi Eyes was killed off before she even had a chance to face off against Bloody Eyeball. Read on for more about in Tyra Banks' Super Smeyes challenge, and the show's new optical obsession with another model's lazy eye...

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Cycle 13—the petite version—of America's Next Top Model returns tonight. If the two-hour premiere is any indication, this might be the best season yet. Click in for some sneak peeks of tonight's premiere and a few of its most bizarre contestants...

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America's Next Top Model is getting a little fiercer this year with reality fashionistas Kim Kardashian and Lauren Conrad set to appear in cycle 13 as celebrity judges.

Are they joining full-time to replace departed supermodel judge Paulina Porizkova? Here's what we're hearing...

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