Twenty-six year-old Maria took home the prize on tonight’s season finale of VH1’s The Shot, a reality competition looking for the next great fashion photographer. It came down to scruffy John, Bosnian Dean, and quirky cutie Maria, but Maria was the one to win a spread in Marie Claire and a campaign with Victoria’s Secret.

[The final three contestants] were whisked away to Hawaii to take part in an actual Victoria�s Secret swimsuit shoot and found out that they would be working with three of the top Victoria�s Secret models.

First, they each had to take a group shot with all three models together, then one of each. After the shoot was finished, John was told that he would be going home.

Next, Dean and Maria were taken to a mansion and were told to shoot a cover image for the catalog. They took some fabulous photos, but even though it was a very close one to call, the judges decided to give the win to Maria.

Her shot will be on the cover of the upcoming edition of the catalog. Believe it or not, over the course of the season, I came to like Dean more than before. And he was very graceful when he was told he hadn�t won.

All in all, I think this was the best quality reality show I�ve ever seen produced for VH1. It wasn�t contrived and it didn�t use the lowest common denominator to gain an audience. It�s even one that I�ve heard people talking about over lunch. Great job on this one, VH1. Now, if you could just do that quality of show more often�

A little about Maria:

Maria
?Age: 26
?Lives in Los Angeles
?Occupation: Photo Retoucher/Freelance Photographer
?Used to assist David LaChapelle and Paula Abdul
?Oldest of 6 girls

The final three stacked up in this order:

3rd: John

2nd: Dean

1st: Maria

Congrats, Maria!

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