'America's Next Top Model' Tidbits: Topless Paulina Porizkova, Nigel Barker, Sean O'Pry, Analeigh icons

By Brill Bundy

August 15, 2009 3:06 PM ET

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Former judge/model/actress Paulina Porizkova, hit the beach with her husband, Cars singer Ric Ocasek, in St. Barts. Apparently, she left her bikini top back at the hotel. [TMZ]

An "America's Next Top Model" fan creates 26 icons in tribute to Cycle 11's Analeigh. [Live Journal]

Sadly, we could not locate the original results ourselves, but rumor has it 80% of those polled by the Oxygen network would rather win "America's Next Top Model" than the Nobel Prize. We're going be charitable and say this is because those people surveyed don't know that the Nobel Prize comes with a check for over a million dollars. [Polybloggimous]

Miss J. Alexander's new book "Follow the Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise and Power" has some fascinating morsels, including how he was once banned from a designer's Fashion Week show. [NY Mag]

Tyra Banks and Nigel Barker rank on Popeater's list of 10 Best Reality TV Judges. [Popeater]

Remember Season 3 and 4 judge Nole Marin? Well, there is life after "Top Model." Three years ago Marin discovered 17-year-old up-and-comer Sean O'Pry through prom pictures posted on MySpace. Now 20, O'Pry was named 2009's "world's most successful male model" by Forbes magazine. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

Finally, is an ad for an Australian network running "America's Next Top Model." Funny and so not something you would see on a billboard in a U.S. magazine. Click for larger image (and the full effect). [We're havin' a moment]