That girl from America's next top model.

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It might just be something she wrote to get attention.

I finally saw most of the episodes Heather appeared in, and if she had never revealed her AS, I wouldn't have picked up on it. Very high functioning. It appeared she received the most air time of all the models, which is a credit to her personality, since someone with AS usually becomes invisible. Her photos were amazing, but when not in front of the camera, she appeared very awkward and a little plain. The camera loves her. Perhaps it was the editing, but even near the end of her run, she was still negative and hard on herself. She rarely accentuated the positive. Although she had great difficulty delivering lines and making eye contact (I am absolutely horrible speaking in front of people, even one person), she was very articulate and didn't have problems expressing herself and standing up for her rights. I call shower!

Heather is feisty which is great, as you really need to be assertive to get ahead in life. As someone said here - Aspergers breeds strong people. I 've always been a lot more assertive than many of my female NT friends especially in the workplace, and get a lot of respect for my straight up Aspie manner. I'm actually a very laid back person day to day, but tough as old boots when it comes to doing business. It's like a skin I can slip on and off now I've had plenty of practice, though I'm glad I don't have to wear it every day as it's very tiring.

Living with AS successfully is a lot like surfing. Sometimes you can tackle the big waves, other days you get knocked off, and some days all you can do is hang out the back of the waves and rest on your board. As you get older your balance improves and you learn which waves to aim for and which to avoid. Now I'm in my 30s I can ride nearly every wave, but still get wiped out if I don't rest in between the big ones.

Oh and I called shower first!!

She's not that skinny. My body is that size and I still manage to do long-distance running without fainting/breaking my bones.

I can't believe I am still sort of waiting to hear more about that girl.

Heather's awesome. Glad to hear she's into video games, gamer-chicks are hard to find around here.

she's a geek's dream come true

Totally.

You erased your post....

Anyhow, her DeviantArt page and myspace are listed in her wikipedia article now. There's a small update on DA, but it was a month ago and didn't talk about her modeling career (or lack thereof) at all.

Heather Kuzmich

"Heather is signed with Elite Model Management in Chicago; she is also studying video game design at the Illinois Institute of Art. Heather appeared in People magazine and on The Tyra Banks Show."

"ANTM Contestants: Where Are They Now?" - popsugar.com