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"  Luck isn&amp;#039;t what got me this opportunity\u2014and neither are my boobs. When I was going through the extensive audition process, I think it stood out to everyone involved that I&amp;#039;d be very willing, at any moment, to speak my mind; I am honest, strong and sensitive. What you see on television is a 100% accurate depiction of me and the entire cast. I&amp;#039;m genuine, perceptive and opinionated. You will never see me trying to cover my mistakes up with fluffy speeches or condescending behavior. What exactly does a fashion editor need besides the fearlessness I&amp;#039;ve demonstrated? Taste. That&amp;#039;s right! I was dressing for a national television show. I picked out clothes each week that were colorful and would make me stand out in a group. Walking around New York, I look like a drugstore bouquet of mums in a deep sea of black, and I &amp;quot;werked&amp;quot; it, as William would say.    Contestants Kate, Danielle, and Johanna at Bungalow 8 during episode 5. (Photo courtesy of The CW Television Network)   As an editor, when you are discerning what will resonate with your readers, you need a very loud opinion. Only certain personality types fit the bill and whether I fit the &amp;quot;ELLE type&amp;quot; is now up for national debate. Right down to my drunk, dancing mannequin (which, if you didn&amp;#039;t see the humor in that exchange, seek therapy), I can capture attention. Anne and I have been on the same page for the past 5 episodes. There have been times where she has repeated, verbatim, to my group things that I said during challenges. I&amp;#039;m not an airhead and everything I do is calculated. I can say, with great certainty, that the dynamic between Anne Slowey and me is the most fun to watch. In front of her and Joe Zee, I&amp;#039;m a different person. They bring out the best in me and judging is always an exciting time for vindication.  Ashlie&amp;#039;s over dramatized speeches drive the ELLE audience to kiss her feet each week. She said that the American populous was denied a chance in the editing process to see what really happened at the birthday party for Anne&amp;#039;s niece, Erin, in the third episode. Let&amp;#039;s talk about what really happened and then move on to last night. I spent a good 20 minutes hanging out with Kathleen (the mother whose outfit I liked) and her friends. The moms loved the pockets my dress had, and wanted to know how I ended up in New York. The teams were instructed to meet and mingle with everyone at the party, and when production gave the go ahead, we could approach a mother-daughter and ask them to model for our trend page. Leave it to team &amp;quot;my mommy still buys my clothes,&amp;quot; to jump the gun and ask a mother-daughter pair before we were allowed. I have superhuman hearing abilities, and when I realized what they were pulling, I flipped. They were breaking rules and then claiming I was acting childish! How ruthless this New York fashion biz is! Cut the fight and cue Brett. She was going to do a coin toss to determine which team the mother-daughter pair would go to, to which I agreed. You didn&amp;#039;t see it though because my team DID back down. They wanted that metallic draped mother-daughter pair from the start. If throwing people &amp;quot;under the bus&amp;quot; is synonymous with accountability, then count me in. I&amp;#039;m going to develop some seriously killer triceps in life from lifting up liars and tossing them underneath a double-decker bus, driven by a woman looking hot in Louboutins.  Switching gears to the most recent episode, I found myself attending another party. I love parties! I tried on almost 25 dresses from the ELLE fashion closet, but they were all either too big or too long. For a girl who has never been able to afford designer brands in her life, the opportunity to wear some for the first time was exciting, but when it didn&amp;#039;t work out, I felt a little sad. However, I did find a pink rhinestone clutch and matching shoes! Everyone was bugging out and complaining back at the loft. Danielle was sad but she wasn&amp;#039;t feeling well that week. She is a very confident girl. She just lived with some people who thrive off of putting other people down. More attention was drawn to her weight than was necessary. I just remember all the fun times I had with her. She&amp;#039;s beautiful, and you might not want to believe it, but she and I were like peas and carrots. She was my roommie and my friend. Watching the party during the last episode gave me the giggles. For the speech Johanna made to me about my tight clothes, good God, the poor girl couldn&amp;#039;t breathe in all that Spanx. Maybe, she just wanted her boobs to take center stage for a night. Sorry Johanna, but it is hard to compete with mine. Who knew Johanna picked me for my memory? I thought for sure it was because I am a killer mingler. Either way, I can&amp;#039;t memorize 80 people in one night based off of little photoshoped squares. In between checking my lip gloss and swooning for the many guys at the party, I noticed the other team had really familiar faces to recognize. Megan starts immediately patting herself on the back because she knew who Nigel Barker and Andre J were. In the end, Johanna blamed me for the loss, but Johanna didn&amp;#039;t know the names either. At least I admitted it and moved on to the layout. I&amp;#039;m glad Joe Zee loved the picture I chose for the center of the page. I loved it too. I&amp;#039;m in the final 5. It&amp;#039;s hard to imagine. I already feel like the winner. I&amp;#039;m proud of myself and, yes, I do make amazing TV. I enrolled in law school to be an actress and I came to New York to be myself. Sometimes, the talented ones are a little hard to understand at first. \u2014Kate The views and the opinions stated by Kate in A Stylista Speaks Out are independent content and not a reflection of either ELLE magazine&amp;#039;s or ELLE.com&amp;#039;s position on the show. Kate&amp;#039;s role as a guest blogger is purely for the benefit of an &amp;quot;insider&amp;quot; perspective and in no way reveals the outcome of the competition. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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