ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you expect that it would end up with you, Kenley, and Korto in the top three?
LEANNE MARSHALL: Yeah. I definitely thought that Terri was a really strong designer too. It was really hard to tell in the beginning who the strongest designers were going to be. I could see a few. Certainly by the fourth challenge I had a pretty clear picture.
The producers boil down hours and hours of tape into sound bites and a few interviews with you. What do you think of the way they portrayed you? Was it pretty much who you are, or are there other sides of Leanne we didn't see?
It's me. For all of us, we said these things, we did these things. I was portrayed pretty accurately. I'm pretty quiet, but when I've got something good to say, I'll say it. I'm basically a huge fashion dork. I like to have fun. I really don't care if I look like a fool doing it.
When fans see you now, do you get a lot of response from them? What kinds of things do they say to you when they see you on the street?
Yeah! It's been awesome. It's so sweet and flattering to have people come up to you and say they love you and are rooting for you. The most frequent question I get, and I know Korto said she gets this a lot too, is ''Is Kenley really that mean?''
Yeah, Kenley has dominated this season. I'm interested in your take on that. On the show you guys are clearly disdainful of her. How are you feeling about her these days, now that there's been some time?
You know, it's all cooled over. The air has been cleared. It definitely got heated, and it festered, and it got pretty intense in that last episode before we went to Bryant Park. It was tough to be in a competition with her; she gets really defensive and was a really competitive person who tends to say whatever comes out of her mouth without thinking about it.
I know for me it wasn't always what she said but how she said it.
It was a little disrespectful.
Right. So, after you won, what did Korto and Kenley say to you? Did they congratulate you?
They did. But of course, they were disappointed and a little sad. But I think they handled it well.
What about Tim and Heidi? Did they say anything more extensive?
It's all such a blur. I just remember being on such a high and dancing around. They were just so, so happy for me, and congratulating me, and saying they look forward to what I do in the future.
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