Gonzalez went on to appear in The Post and graced the cover of Latina” magazine. But the show’s producers remembered the sassy Latina and cast her in the following cycle. Jaslene Gonzalez, winner of Cycle 8 (2007)ĭaniel Boczarski/Getty ImagesThe first winner to be born in a Spanish-speaking nation, Gonzalez tried out for Cycle 7 and only made it to the semifinals. English, who suffers from psoriasis, is the spokeswoman for the National Psoriasis Foundation and can currently be seen in commercials for Stelara, which treats psoriasis. English, 31, has taken on projects that battle animal cruelty as well as the NOH8 campaign, a charity with a mission to promote marriage-, gender- and human-equality through education, advocacy, social media and visual protest. Tibrina Hobson/Getty ImagesThe first natural blonde to win “ANTM” went on to host Oxygen’s “Pretty Wicked” in 2009 as well as appear on “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS. CariDee English, winner of Cycle 7 (2006) We still wonder if she ever took those voice lessons. After her win, she was signed to Ford Models, but is currently signed with Click Model Management. Evans went on to appear in Elle, Essence and in The Post. She was also told to see a speech coach to get rid of her strong Southern accent.
Evans compromised by closing the gap a bit - but not all the way. Danielle Evans, winner of Cycle 6 (2006)Īmy Graves/WireImageThe Arkansas native, 30, was best-known to “ANTM” fans when she protested being sent to a dentist by Banks to close the gap in her front teeth. She’s done work for Elle, Us Weekly and In Touch magazines, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen her strike a pose. In 2012, she released the iBook “Naima Mora’s Model Behavior” and went on to appear on “Veronica Mars” and to star in a CoverGirl commercial. Rachel Murray/Getty Images for NYLONMora was born in Detroit and achieved success after taking the top “ANTM” prize in 2005.
The Brown University alum went on to star in movies such as “The Kids Are All Right,” “The Butler,” “In Time” and Whitney Houston’s Lifetime biopic “Whitney.” The 33-year-old, currently starring in NBC’s “Chicago Fire,” married and has filed for divorce from independent movie producer/director Joshua Bee Alafia, with whom she has a 2-year-old son. Timothy Hiatt/WireImageEven though the Harlem-born dancer lost to Marcille, she’s still the most successful “ANTM” contestant to date.
The couple are now split, and Marcille can currently be seen on TV One’s “Born Again Virgin” as Tara. Marcille went on to have a baby girl, Marley Rae McCall, with rapper Kevin McCall. In 2008, she was engaged to actor Lance Gross, but the couple split in March 2010.
She has also graced the covers of Women’s Health and Fitness, King and Essence magazines. She went on to play Tyra Hamilton on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” and has had much success as a model, appearing in ads for CoverGirl, Samsung and DKNY. Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagicFirst introduced as the hazel-eyed confident tomboy, the LA native now goes by Eva Marcille. She met her future husband, former “Brady Bunch” star Christopher Knight, while starring on the VH1 reality show “My Fair Brady” and also appeared on the fourth season of “The Surreal Life.” (Curry and Knight divorced in 2012.) Curry also produced (and had a cameo in) the big-screen horror-movie parody “Tales of Halloween.” Eva Marcille Pigford, winner of Cycle 3 (2004) Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for TDOSLWHCurry, the first winner of “ANTM,” went on to grace the covers of the Spanish-language Marie Claire, People and Maxim. With that in mind, here’s a look at some of the more interesting contestants who’ve sashayed down the runway, cried, argued and worked it since the show’s earliest days. The CW’s veteran competition show “America’s Next Top Model” is calling it quits after 22 cycles, encompassing 12 years with host Tyra Banks.