First competition

Once the month was over, Lucette made it to the airport and got flown to the private island where Next Top Beauty would be filmed.

She was given some files she could read and naturally, as there was not much else she could do, she poured her time into reading.

𝚃𝚘: 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎

𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖: 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝙴𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎

𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝙽𝚃𝙱. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛.

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝙼, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠.

𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝙼.

𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍.

Lucette put the letter away, now knowing that there were twenty-one girls in the program, and  that meant there would most likely be seven girls in each room.

Lucette suddenly felt a presence next to her, and when she turned, she saw a sweet looking girl with short black hair and black eyes to match, she smiled and said, "Hey, do you remember me?"

Lucette was about to shake her head when the girl said, "I was the girl who asked you for advice, you might not think it, but you really helped me back then! My name is Fifi Rousseau, I'm twenty-one! You're gorgeous by the way."

Lucette nodded and went back to staring put the window, the girl took no offense as she continued to talk, knowing that even though Lucette was not looking at her, she was paying attention.

It was rare for Fifi. Finding someone who was truly willing to listen to her as something beyond a pretty face.

Lucette was not bored from listening to the girl, in fact, she was endearing. Cute. Her voice was on the higher side, but not annoying or forced like in some other girls.

She was quite simply, a cute, heart warming, human being.

"Can I have your number?"

Lucette simply passed her phone to the girl, which made her estatic.

"𝙻𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝."

Lucette was the last to get out, and as soon as she was out, she heard a voice say, "Lucette Lemaire! Twenty years old and part of Team M. Is there anything you would like to say to us?"

Lucette turned to the camera, her face expressionless as she said, "Hello. Smile? Okay."

She flashed a smile at the camera, her face visibly lighting up.

"Is there anything you'd like to say to anybody out there?"

Lucette looked straight at the camera, "You know who you are, you owe me some cake."

Her seemingly candid personality and food loving attitude immediately caught the attention of some.

<𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝>

<𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐>

<𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝?>

<𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍.>

Lucette, however, from this simple greeting did not gain as much traction as many of the other girls who already had quite a large following.

The attention she got, however, was quite a bit surprising.

Mariette and the other two hosts stepped forward, the camera focusing on them as Mariette begun talking, "Hello, I am Mariette Emile, host and judge of Next Top Beauty."

The other two men introduced themselves as Erec Gan and Paul Dupont before Mariette continued to speak.

"We are now begining our third cycle of NTB, and I couldn't be more proud to introduce our latest contestants. We hope you all enjoy what we have in store for you~"

The girls were then taken to a mansion along the beach, and just as Lucette thought, each girl was made to share a room with seven girls.

"Now, we will give you a day to settle in, but tomorrow, the work begins," Mariette had said before leaving the girls to their own devices.

Lucette ended up on her own in the living room, though most of the girls had wondered to the pool, and so had most of the camera men, except one.

He filmed as Lucette sketched away on her sketchbook, and eventually, after gaining permission from her, zoomed into her sketchbook, amazed at the drawing inside.

The drawing inside was one of the camera man himself, though his camera covered his face.

<𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍>

<𝙸𝚏 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 *𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑*>

<𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜>

<𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎?>

<𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛>

Though the time they had given her was small, she still gained quite a bit of attention, though it did not beat put the attention the girls at the pool got.

The next day, the girls were all woken up quite early and received messages from NTB.

𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚜! 𝙽𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚢𝚖!

With most of the girls being young ladies from rich families, most of them had no idea how to cook, and each team had to cook for themselves with no help from the other teams.

Team M ended up together in the kitchen, splitting the work between everybody as Lucette taught the girls small basics about cooking in case of them not being in her team the next time around.

Netizens were in awe of her consideration, though other teams were unhappy and thought it was unfair, some of them instantly disliking Lucette, even if they rationally knew it was not her fault.

One girl in specific, Lana, didn't bother hiding her dislike of Lucette as she went out of her way to shove her before walking into the kitchen, though Team M was already done.

Team M, in consequence, was the first to arrive at the Gym and were congratulated on their team work.

"Hello, girls. As we all know, the runway is a big part of a model's life, and today, we will be evaluating and possibly fixing your walk."

Fifi, whom was also a part of Team M, was one of the first to go, and all were amazed with her.

Off stage she was cute and energetic, however, as soon as she stepped on stage she took an almost predatory look, her gaze pointed, strides long and powerful.

Not a single mistake was made as she made it across the practice runway, leaving everyone amazed.

<𝙵𝚒𝚏𝚒, 𝚖𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗!>

<𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜!>

<𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎>

<𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚜>

Not long after, Lucette was placed on the runway.

Lucette's walk was different from all the others who, after seeing Fifi, attempted to follow after her.

Lucette instead, gad a more graceful walk. Her strides were still long and powerful, though she seemed to float and her eyes held a dreamy look, which was a complete contrast to Fifi's prowl-like walk.

The team played a video of her audition walk and the one of her current walk.

"It's clear she's grown and practiced. Her walk now is so different from what we saw first and I'm glad we decided to keep her. I'm excited to see where this Fairy will go.

<𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢~>

<𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝙶𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙵𝚒𝚏𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚛𝚕>

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   <𝙻𝚘𝚕, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜>

<𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢>

Nobody expected Lucette to get much attention, though in a single episode she seemed to prove everyone wrong.

Meanwhile, Lucette had no idea that she was now adressed as 'Fairy'.

"My, all of you are so... promising. Guess what? This walk is only the first part! As a model, you must be able to shoot in any site with any concept, and so we're throwing the ball to nature!"

The girls were taken to the forest near the beach which was already set up for shooting.

"We are shooting promotional pictures for BONi, and whoever wins this challenge will not only get a free pass for the next round, but also get their picture as the face of BONi Autumn Edition."

Some girls squealed and others simply smiled in excitement.

The girls were each changed into different outfits, taking consideration of each of their faces.

Fifi was changed into a black coat with black shorts, sheer leggings, and black boots, a beanie completing the look.

Her pictures, much like her walk, were alluring and people couldn't help but continue to look.

Lucette was placed into an outfit with more browns and oranges giving her a more soft and elegant look.

Her picture was easy to take as she seemed to know what to do already.

<𝙰𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕!>

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   <𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝>

<𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗>

<𝚅𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗>

Lucette and Fifi ended up gaining the most attention in the first episode which was beyond what anyone had expected.

They were both beautiful, clearly talented, and the exact opposite of each other.

People grew excited at the possibility of seeing these two girls rise to the top.

Lucette and Fifi had been sitting together when Lucette suddenly felt a cold liquid being poured over her head, ruining the clothes she was currently wearing.

Lucette looked behind her and saw a proud looking Lana, this, of course, was not caught on camera.

All anyone knew was that one moment Lucette was dry and the next she was not.

Lucette frowned and looked into the camera, "Hmm, I don't like playing with two faced dolls, can someone bring me a towel, I feel like if I remain wet that person will rub off on me."

<𝙻𝚘𝚕, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎>

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   <𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢>

<𝙳𝚘 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊?>

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   <𝙾𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎>

Lana frowned at the words of Lucette, though if she reacted, people would know it was her who threw the drink on Lucette.

Soon, the girls were taken back to their dorms and again left to their own devices.

This time, Lucette ended up in the piano room, silence around her as she stared out of the window, the same camera man as before sat across from her as he watched her scroll to her phone.

He knew it might be cut off later and so he asked, "What are you doing?"

She looked up, as if surprised that somebody else was there before saying, "Talking with my brother."

"Is he why you joined?"

Lucette smiled as she thought about him, "Mmhmm. He promised to get me a box of cookies if I won. He and I want to start a business together."

The camera man was estatic, this was the most Lucette had talked at once.

People were more than surprised when they saw this small segment which had been cleverly called by the producers, 'Fairy Talk'.

Because of this small segment, Lucette's account which had a single selfie of her gained over 20k followers in only a day.

Lucette had no way of knowing she had gotten so much attention at the time, and so she peacefully went to sleep with no thoughts about the current state of her Instabo account.

The next day, the girls were all called into the office and lined up all together.

"Hello girls. Today, five unlucky girls will be going home and two lucky girls will be gaining immunity for the next round. Are we ready?"

The excitement and buss that had previously been there was long gone and was replaced with anxious glances and nervous whispers, causing Mariette to laugh.

"We will call each of you in to give you a solo evaluation before calling each of you in to begin elimination. I wish you all...the best of luck!"

All the girls were removed from the room before girls begun to be let in one at a time.

Everyone was visibly nervous, that is, everyone except Lucette and Fifi who were calmly talking about the best food places they had been two, Lucette, of course, bringing up the café.

When people saw this scene, they could not help but find it comedic.

While everyone else was panicking, the Goddess and the Fairy were simply talking about food.

Fifi came and went, and soon enough, it was time for Lucette to go in.

"Hello Little Fairy, are you ready?"

Mariette did not wait for Lucette to reply before saying, "When we first saw you, these two gentlemen did not believe you were model material."

Paul scoffed before saying, "Lucette, Mon Chéri, frankly you blew past my expectations, but before I can say you are the best, I need to see more."

Erec nodded, "Yes, beautiful and talented. You proved us wrong. I can't wait to see where you go Lucette."

Marielle nodded, "Now, on to your picture."

A picture was shown on the screen.

Lucette laid on a pile of leaves, her hair casually thrown around her and her brown eyes looking innocently at the camera, it was beautiful and she managed to be cute and elegant at the same time, a BONi worthy picture.

"This picture! This picture was better than I had expected Mon Chéri, it is wonderful. Though I still want more."

After Lucette's evaluation, all the girls were called into the room.

"Now, the elimination begins."

Five girls Lucette never bothered to remember were sent home, and the group was lessened to fifteen.

"Now, for the girls who will gain immunity!"