Poor little rich girl Kelle Jacob had it rough on America's Next Top Model (Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET on UPN). Though she was named best live window mannequin in the La Perla lingerie challenge, she still landed in the bottom two for three consecutive weeks. The judges criticized her photos. Her rivals called her "spoiled" and accused her of "acting too white." Worst of all, Kelle suffered her very own Janet Jackson moment last week, just before Tyra Banks cut her. Here, TV Guide Online commiserates with the 20-year-old New Yorker about her Modeling drama.
TV Guide Online: You're just as lovely as the other gals. What made your photos turn out so badly?
Kelle Jacob: Being criticized so much, I became very self-conscious, and that hindered me. And maybe I'm just not photogenic enough to be a model. I mean, I worked with some of the greatest people [in the industry] and still ended up looking like a platypus.

TVGO: Ha! Props for that. At least you have a sense of humor.
Kelle: (Laughs) Yeah. Thank God!

TVGO: Why were you poured into a strapless dress for the trampoline photo shoot? You had a Super Bowl incident!
Kelle: I know. I had a little "wardrobe malfunction." It's so crazy because I originally had straps. When I was getting on the trampoline, a strap came unhooked. They said, "We can't ruin the couture," so they took the other strap off. There was no way my boobs were just gonna sit still, but they told me, "Just be conscious of your body." And I was — I was conscious when my breasts fell out of the dress!

TVGO: As an only child myself, I think you got a raw deal on that subject.
Kelle: I know. I don't ever mean to talk down to anyone. I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings or seemed snooty.

TVGO: Some girls, like Eva, also criticized you for "acting too white."
Kelle: I hate that! I don't see why the way one dresses, speaks or acts can determine one's race. I looked in the mirror this morning and I was black. I don't really see that changing anytime soon. I don't know how I could embrace being black any more. You are what you are. Your actions don't determine your race.

TVGO: Your rivals seemed to feel you weren't "ghetto" enough.
Kelle: I don't think it's appropriate to say every black person needs to be that way. They never personally confronted me about it, but I've been dealing with that my whole life. The upper-middle-class African-American family is underrepresented on reality TV shows. There are tons of us who have the same opportunities and privileges as upper-middle-class white people — and are still black.

TVGO: Why were you so disliked? You didn't seem so bad.
Kelle: It was literally everyone in a room talking about me with each other. It was pretty bad. I wasn't sure what I'd done to deserve it. It's a mob mentality with people becoming companions by targeting someone.

TVGO: You survived. So what's next?
Kelle: I'm continuing to run my own art gallery. I'm also studying art history at Hunter College in Manhattan. I'm hoping for lotsa modeling requests, but after looking at my pictures, I'm not sure how stellar my modeling career will be!