" or make the viewer feel your subject." Perfect fit to the challenge. :-). The lighting feels a bit flat to me, and the highlight on the left of her chest is distracting, but this picture is certainly worth a thousand words. 8
This is appearing a little too muddy on my monitor for my tastes; a little more lighting would improve it for me, but that is just an opinion and perhaps not what you have envisioned for this.
The shot has potential but for me personally it's too dark, out of focus and the composition seems off balance for some reason. The background needs to be ironed and lit differently.. If you could actually see the face also that would be a big plus. As is a 2