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America's Next Top Model has always been one of our favorite
guilty pleasures. After more than a decade on the air, how could we not
be lifelong fans? But, the question everyone's asking is, "What happens
after the show?" Where do these budding young models end up? To satisfy
your curiosity, here are what some of Tyra's many protegees are doing
now.
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Nicole Linkletter’s (Cycle
5) adorably commercial beauty has recently landed her a job with
Forever 21.com, where you’ve probably seen her modeling this summer’s
latest flirty sundresses and cute crop tops.
Analeigh Tipton, Cycle 11, has moved on from modeling to a successful acting career, starring in
Crazy Stupid Love and also appearing in
The Green Hornet and
Warm Bodies.
Jade Cole of
Cycle 6, known for her bizarre yet powerful personality, has had a
successful career in international modeling, including work with Jay-Z’s
Rocawear, and has gone on to found her own media production company,
Biracial Butterfly Productions.
Adrianne Curry may be remembered as the first winner of
ANTM, and it looks like this Chicago wild child never calmed down. After modeling for
Playboy in 2008, Curry met Christopher Knight of
The Brady Bunch fame on
The Surreal Life. Their marriage led to
My Fair Brady, and Adrienne later appeared on
Family Feud before divorcing Knight in 2012.
Eva Marcille (Cycle 3),
Top Model’s
shortest winner (excluding the petite season), left Tyra Banks and
Benny Medina’s management to pursue acting. Her most prominent role thus
far was as Tyra Hamilton on
The Young and the Restless (2008-2009).
Cassandra Whitehead, who famously left the show during Cycle 5 after her hair was cut short, recently appeared on the
Mad Men season finale (long, auburn locks perfectly intact).
Kim Stolz, one of
ANTM’s
first openly gay contestants who appeared on Cycle 5, has continued to
use her bold, brassy personality as well as modeling talent. Stolz is
currently signed with Ford Models and is a contributing writer for
The Huffington Post
as well as a news correspondent for MTV. Stolz recently married
longtime girlfriend and business partner Lexi Ritsch, who works at the
SoHo cocktail lounge Stolz owns, The Dalloway.
Caridee English,
was a fan favorite in Cycle 7 who ultimately triumphed over the
insufferable Melrose in that weird zombie bride fashion show, but she
hasn’t done much post-
ANTM modeling. She did, however, spend some time hosting Oxygen’s
Pretty Wicked. And who doesn’t love a good reality TV personality?
Bre Scullark
of Cycle 5 is still modeling and now acts as a spokesperson for Drop
Dead Gorgeous, a foundation working to stop child sex trafficking.
Elyse Sewell made
it to the top three during Cycle 1, and, despite her insistence on the
show that she preferred med school to modeling, Sewell has gone on to
become a successful international model, even publishing a book called
Beauty and The Biz: The International Adventures of America's Third-to-Next Top Model.
Lisa D’Amato, better known as Crazy Lisa from Cycle 5, doesn’t seem to have calmed down any since
Top Model, pursuing a dubious musical career (check out her
painful music video here) and eventually ending up on MTV’s
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew for her drug abuse.
Isis King, Cycle 11, was
ANTM’s first trans competitor and appeared on
The Tyra Show, where she was awarded an all-expenses-paid gender reassignment surgery. King has gone on to model for
Seventeen magazine and is currently signed with JB Models.
AzMarie Livingston of
Cycle 18 may not have gotten very far in the competition, but she did
make headlines recently while allegedly dating former Disney star Raven
Symone!
Sara Albert-Hallmark was frequently mocked during
ANTM Cycle 6 for being discovered in a shopping mall, but her subsequent modeling career and current
law degree suggest she had more going for her than your typical 6-foot blonde. She now lives with her husband in Washington, D.C.
Whitney Thompson,
Top Model’s
first plus-size winner (Cycle 10), is still modeling and also acts as
an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association.
