'Top Model' Favorites: Where Are They Now?

NICOLE LINKLETTER

After the show, the Cycle 5 winner moved to L.A. to model for a few months, then to New York, which she transcribes as a ''transition'' period. Translation: She's switched agencies. She's now back in L.A. and with Nous Model Management (which, by the way, just signed Cycle 9 runner-up Chantal Jones on Feb. 13). In the last six months, Linkletter's booked several high-fashion editorials, a few print campaigns, and a commercial in Japan. After a year-and-a-half break from college, she's also now enrolled at Cal State and studying marketing. ''As far as traveling during the school year, it's kinda hard,'' she admits. She's hoping to log some serious miles this summer. And who can blame her? ''My favorite shoot recently was for this clothing company called C&A in Mexico,'' she says. ''I was in their commercial and apparently they like curvier women so they gave me a butt pad. It was really funny.''