Yoanna House, a 23-year-old babysitter from Jacksonville, FL, was proclaimed the winner in the final installment of the second cycle of UPN’s America’s Next Top Model Competition last evening. She beat other two finalists, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, a 21-year-old waitress from Valencia, CA, and Shandi Sullivan, a 21-year-old Walgreen’s clerk from Kansas City, MO.

In the Final the three remaining participants completed a close-up beauty shoot after which Shandi was the first girl eliminated in the finale. Yoanna House and Mercedes moved on to the next round of competition, where they appeared in a DSQUARED runway show. Both girls showed intensity during the show, but ultimately there could only be one winner and Yoanna House took the title this time.

During the finale, Yoana House’s futuristic beauty shot was complimented by judge Janice Dickinson, who said, “Moon rocket girl. Your eyes are amazing, your lips are perfection. Well done.” And while most of the judges agreed, Tyra Banks used a sports analogy when telling House that she didn’t consider her to be a “clutch player” and that she’d like more consistency out of her.

The second installment of UPN’s hit series America’s Next Top Model followed 12 young women for ten weeks as they attempted to prove they had what it takes to make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of modeling. The winner of UPN’s America’s Next Top Model has the opportunity to be managed by IMG Models and join the ranks of the company’s other top models, including Tyra Banks, Gisele Bundchen and Heidi Klum. She also has the opportunity to appear on the cover of a Sephora catalogue and in more than 80 stores in the U.S., providing her fame through one of the nation’s leading cosmetics retailers. Finally, the winner’s first guaranteed fashion spread will appear in Jane magazine.