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“I was never intimidated by the other girls,” she said. “I just went in each round and did what I know.”
Amy was seen on the reality TV show this season before being eliminated.
Melissa Jenkins of Bartlesville said she couldn’t have been more proud of her daughter.
“She went through a lot of auditions,” Melissa said. “She began in Topeka, Kan., then she went on to Chicago, then L.A. and finally to New York City.”
Melissa is originally from Muskogee and Amy’s uncle, Dice Dawson, still resides here.
While Amy’s stay was brief — she was the third girl to be eliminated from the reality TV show — she said she thought it was the right thing for her.
“I love being a regular girl who likes to eat cheesecake,” Amy said. “There is too much people-pleasing in the fashion industry.”
Amy said she thinks modeling is great, and she is grateful for the experience the show gave her.
“The experience was awesome, but it was really not what I wanted in my life — so much sacrifice in the name of looks,” she said.
Amy said it was especially hard to know what professional model and TV host Tyra Banks and the other judges wanted from her.
“We never saw them on a personal level,” she said. “What you see on camera, is the same as what we saw. We never interacted with them other than the judging. They were very fickle.”
Dawson said he is still pleased with her shot at the top.
“She’s had a good run — not bad for an Okie,” Dawson said.
Amy is now working on figuring out what she wants to do with the rest of her life.
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This summer, Hollywood reaches back to tap into our affections for comics, novels, old TV shows, nearly forgotten films and more. For some fans, that’s reason to cheer. Here’s a selection of readers’ fondest memories, along with some film history and the latest on the new installments.
The comic book fan, one of several USA TODAY readers who responded to a call for movie memories, “can’t wait” to see all the comics-themed films opening this summer: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy 2.
“Batman holds a place in my heart,” Van Huss writes. “When I was 5, my parents bought me my first comic book, an issue of Batman.”
In 25 years, he has never stopped collecting them, and along the way he also became a Batman movie fan. He was 11 in 1989 when the Tim Burton-directed version revived the franchise:
“I had read the official novel adaptation of the movie, the comic adaptation of the movie and devoured any magazine, television show or newspaper that mentioned it. At 6 p.m., I took my place (second in line!) with my parents and cousin for the midnight showing.
“I was even picked out of line by a local news station. The cameraman had me stand in a heroic pose so they could film my outfit. I was wearing a black T-shirt with a huge Batman insignia, and I decorated the shirt with every Batman button I could get my hands on. I clinked along, with about 20 Batman buttons, walking in my Converse Joker shoes. I looked like a total geek, but who cared? It was Batman’s opening night!”
He has seen every Batman movie since. There have been four, and Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan says that if the script is right and Knight is a success, he’s open to more. Van Huss believes Nolan’s follow-up to Batman Begins could be the best one so far, and if he likes his crime-fighting dark and serious, he’ll be in luck.

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