CTV.ca - Canada - Rebecca Hardy, a tomboyish meat packing plant worker from Mannheim, Ont., was crowned "Canada's Next Top Model'' in a tear-filled season finale of the catty reality TV series on Wednesday night.

"I'm super thrilled,'' the five-foot-11 redhead with the edgy bob haircut said in an interview at the CHUM building in Toronto as the last episode of Cycle 2 of the Citytv reality TV series was airing.

Hardy, 22, beat out four other women in the finale to win the title, which carries a C$100,000 beauty contract with Procter & Gamble, a modelling contract and an editorial spread in Fashion Magazine.

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