I had to live with the models in one big house for two months, 24 hours a day. Only a few of them actually learned how to sign... I couldn't really communicate with anybody, and I felt isolated.

I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.

My message to my deaf community is that we can redefine anything however we want. Anything is re-definable only if we believe and work hard for it.

I'm ready to take the world by storm and have them look at me and say, 'Deaf people can dance.'

I think we really do need deaf people out there writing their own shows.

I am truly humbled. Not only that I am going to be known as the final Top Model but as a final Top Model who is deaf! And that is an amazing tagline. This proves that deaf people can do anything and everything.