HHDX: You won the “1st Annual Web Girl” competition, sponsored and conducted by Greenlight Printing. Out of 250 women, you came in first place. What came out of winning that distinction and how was it going against so many other beautiful women?

LT: Initially, the prize was supposed to be a seven-page website, 1500 business cards, and clothing. But, [laughs] it didn’t happen the way that it was supposed to. I got nothing in the end. The guy in charge started working on the website, but it didn’t come together how I wanted it to. So, I contacted the guy over Greenlight and told him that it was cool. Whatever he was going to give me, I told him to give to the other girls behind me. In regards of the competition, I wasn’t scared. I was humble about the whole ordeal.

HHDX: Most of the women that I’ve interviewed for this section have their sights set on acting and being more of a force in the entertainment world. But with the stereotypes labeled on the women who try to get into this game; do you have any plans on what to do to sidestep the negativity?

LT: I do want to get into some acting, some commercial work, you know? It’s sad that people are trying to condemn the type of modeling that I do. I wouldn’t care if anyone felt that I’m not capable of doing anything as far as acting. If I cared about what others said, then I would have to do too much proving. There are probably models out there that couldn’t act, but I would push harder than anyone to keep doing what is my passion. You have your haters, but that’s life, I’ve had my few. Not that anyone can, but I’ve heard from different people that I was too short. But I have never had anyone confront me and say anything to my face.

HHDX: Your MySpace page is viewed by numerous people, 1,069,826 to be exact (as of the date of this interview). What do you think is the appeal of “Lady Nicole”…?

LT: Sex. Being sexy. It may also have to do with the curiosity. I’m on so many people’s pages that people would want to know who I am. I also believe that my knowledge, my intelligence has something to do with people’s curiosity. The first thing that anyone notices is their appeal, until you get a chance to know one the person. If you know me personally, my appeal is what you see first, but the second thing is my intelligence, which is much better. I have a blog on MySpace and it’s actually called “President Bush’s Bullshit”. I had read a speech that he did that was online about six or seven months ago. I went and copied and pasted it on my blog. He was talking about the reason why the soldiers were still over there fighting. I found it to be interesting. There were some comments on my blog, where I went back and forth with some people. In the end, I had to let this one person know that it’s not about my pictures, it’s not about the way that I look. I want to share information with people to let them know about what’s going on in the world. I try to stay away from politics because it upsets me. Bush pisses me off, so I try to stay away from that. Just because I posted that blog, doesn’t mean that I’m trying to front like I’m smart. I just wanted to get opinions from other people. Continued on page 3 »