BINTM 2012: Jen Joint - 'I shouldn't have gone'

The competition is getting increasingly tough on Britain And Ireland's Next Top Model and Jen Joint is the latest hopeful to be sent home from the competition. Jen failed to impress the judges with her raunchy photo shoot with set in a launderette - she reveals all about her time on the show...

Do you think it was fair you were eliminated this week? Why do you think you went? Or should have stayed?

I don't think I should have been the one to go, but it's hard to put someone else in my place. I think I went through lack of confidence in myself, but when you've had your hair chopped off and are surrounded by girls who are beautiful and feminine, it's hard not to be affected!

What was your best and worst moment on Top Model?

Worst moment was definitely having my hair cut! I had grown my hair for 4 years previously to get it to that length. I expected it, but it's hard to be confident without my hair. My best moment was when I knew I was going into the house. I had never imagined I'd ever get the chance to do something like this, and to get to that stage in the competition was just amazing. I can still remember the feeling when I found out I was through, it was just brilliant!!

Which was your favourite and least favourite photoshoot or challenge?

My least favourite shoot will have to be the one where we were in the harnesses, for the Shoes of Prey shoot where we were like butterflies. They were so painful! And almost fainting on that one wasn't fun either. Being called a wimp for it was so unfair as well, it's not like I can tell the blood in my body to rush to my head, ha!

My favourite shoot was the one with Rizzle Kicks, because I really liked working with them on the set. I like their music, so meeting them was cool, but they had a really good vibe and it made the whole day really fun.

What did you think of the judges?

I like Tyson best as a judge, the fact that he didn't think my tattoos would hold me back was good. I think as he has quite a few himself, he understands that it can be part of a look, the same as someone's hair or eye colour, and some people will like that and others won't. The same with every model's look really.

The other judges, well, it's tough to say as we didn't really get to know them much outside of the eliminations. I wish I could have met them away from the cameras a little more, it would have been amazing to learn from their experience and get one-on-one advice outside of elimination. But they all know what they are talking about in terms of the industry, so I definitely tried to take in everything they told me about each of my photos.

What did you think of the other girls? Who did you get on most and least with?

The other girls were all nice, there was no-one I didn't get on with or hated or anything. I think that a couple of the girls were people that I wouldn't necessarily have been friends with in my normal life, but you're never going to be friends with everyone are you?! I really got on with Anne, she was such great company and I really missed her when she left.

Who do you think will win the competition and why?

I think Lisa deserves to win, she's got a great personality, takes criticism well and has loads of potential as a model! Plus, she took her hair make-over much better than I did, ha!

What will you do from here? Continue to model or other ambitions?

I do want to continue modelling, but with a rather large back tattoo planned, I will probably do best going into alternative-style modelling. That's fine with me though, I think my look would fit in well there and if it meant I could model as a career, that would be great. I am going to finish my degree as well, I'm studying English Language and Linguistics at the moment.

Who is your favourite model working in the industry at the moment?

I love Milla Jovovich, but mainly because she was in one of my favourite movies, Resident Evil. I also really like Alice Dellal - she's got a really edgy, individual look, and she's made it big staying true to that. I think that's really cool.

What would be your dream fashion campaign?

I'm not sure, I think it would be amazing to be in a fashion campaign that had just started to accept tattooed models to star in their campaigns. There are quite a lot of men with tattoos that are big in the industry, and are in big shoots for magazines like Vogue, but you don't see that many girls with tattoos at the moment. If that started to change, any mainstream campaign that followed that would be brilliant really!