As you read a bit earlier, we voted Britain’s Missing Top Model in at number nine on our Top 50. I (and others) really enjoyed the show (well, it goes without saying… it was voted into our Top Ten after all), so I was keen to get back in touch with the winner of the talent contest, Kelly Knox. As ever, she was very honest and candid, so have a look at what she had to say after the jump…

To read all our Top 50 stuff, and have a look at the run-down so far, go here. To read all our Britain’s Missing Top Model coverage, go here.

TV Scoop: Hi Kelly, I’m wondering what your reaction is to being voted into TV Scoop’s Top Ten programmes of the year?
Kelly Knox: It’s absolutely fantastic! A couple of weeks ago there was an event RADA People Of The Year Awards, and Britain’s Missing Top Model was shortlisted for the Media Factual Award, and we actually won it. So it’s brilliant to be recognised like this. At that event, myself and all the girls went up to collect the awards, and myself Jonathan, Marie and myself presented the Young Persons Award.

TVS: Does is it surprise you the show is still being talked about?
KN: I still get recognised in the street, everyone’s still talking about it, everyone’s asking me if there’s going to be another series… it’s really amazing how much of an impact the show has had. It’s great.

TVS: I guess you went into the series wanting to win it, and didn’t really have an idea what kind of impact it was going to have with the wider viewing public. When the show was kicking off did it surprise you how much people were talking about it?
KN: Totally. I was really taken aback at how big the show was.

TVS: So tell us about what it’s been like for you since the show has finished… What kind of stuff have you been up to?
KN: To be completely honest, I thought I’d be much busier than what I have been. I’m still working at my normal job. But in September I took part in a catwalk for London Fashion Week, which was really fun. When I go to castings, there are maybe 50 to 100 girls there all going for the same job, so it is cutthroat and very difficult. I really want someone out there to say, “Yes, we want Kelly for this.” Someone really big who will really make that difference to my career. I have done a six-page beauty shoot for Laha Magazine, which is an Arabic magazine. It only gets distributed in Beirut and Dubai, so at least I’ve got my face out there. I’ve also done some charity stuff. I did a speech for Reach, which is a charity for hand and arm deficiencies. That was absolutely excellent. The parents such a positive message and the children were amazing, and that was why I did the show – to show people who maybe don’t have the confidence that anything is possible. Oh, and I’ve recorded an episode of Ready, Steady, Cook, which will go out early next year.

TVS: I have to ask you about your fellow contestants. Do you still keep in touch with them? What have they been up to?
KN: I don’t think anything has drastically changed for any of them. I speak to Rebecca quite a bit, even though she’s in Manchester. She came down for the awards and we had lots of fun together. Got a bit drunk, had a laugh, the usual. Sophie is an artist, and she’s doing an exhibition next year and she has asked me to pose for her. That’s cool. I speak to Kellie sometimes, and Jenny I email. The only person I don’t speak to is Jessica. I don’t really have anything to say to her.

TVS: It’s interesting you say that nothing much has changed. What’s it like going to the castings… do you find that you’re judged equally?
KN: I’ve not noticed any discrimination, to be honest. I’m judged for who I am. That shoot for Laha magazine and the catwalk stuff, I was casted against able-bodied models and they still chose me