America’s Next Top Modelthen and now: Where the reality show winners are today

Adrianne Curry (Cycle 1)

Illinois-born Adrianne Curry became the country's first-ever Next Top Model when the show aired its Cycle 1 finale on July 152003. The laid-back brunettethen 20modeled Baby Phat in the final challenge and beat out fellow finalists Shannon Stewart and Elyse Sewell to take home the crown.

“My season of Top ModelI was the only winner that won no money. Zero dollars,” Curry said during a June 2025 episode of Just B With Bethenny Frankel. "You know what's really funny is everyone wanted me to dog pile on Tyra Banks when 2020 was happening and everyone was getting pissed. And I was like'Nobecause if anyone has a right to be mad at herit's me.' And I'm over it. I don't give a s--- anymore. What she taught me was the truth of entertainment.”

“It's cutthroat,” she continued. “You can't trust everybodyand everyone is lying to you. So she actually gave me a great lessonand the show was just an avenue for her to propel herself into something else after she aged out at modeling. I see that now. And if I can let it goeveryone else can.”

While Curry briefly pursued a modeling career after the showshe is perhaps best known for her TV work. The starwho was on the cover of Playboy and booked a few ad campaigns in the mid-2000ssigned on for the fourth season of The Surreal Lifewhere she met and started dating Brady Bunch alum Christopher Knight. The two would go on to star on their own VH1 reality spinoffMy Fair Brady, which followed the couple's engagementweddingand first year of marriage from 2005 to 2008. They finalized their divorce in 2012.

Curry continued her reality turnappearing on PlayStation Network's The Tester in 2010 and 2012 and popping up on Hello Ross!Dr. Drew on Calland L.A. Hair throughout 2014. HoweverCurry has stepped out of the spotlightmarried voice actor Matthew Rhodeand frequently posts updates about her life living in Montana on her Instagram.

Yoanna House (Cycle 2)

Yoanna House was the next top model after Adrianne Currywinning the second cycle of ANTM in 2004. Known for her classic beauty and serious drivethe then-23-year-old Floridian beat out Mercedes Scelba-Shorte and Shandi Sullivan in the final days of the competition to win a modeling contract.

House is still actively modeling. The reality alum walked in Michael Costello's Fall/Winter 2015 fashion show at New York Fashion Week and appeared on HSN as a brand ambassador in 2015. She also hosted the N's reality series Queen Bees in 2008 and reunited with her former ANTM judge on The Tyra Banks Show multiple times throughout the 2000s.

In an October 2020 interview with Oliver TwixtHouse talked about her experience on ANTM and with Tyra Banks. "I still keep in touch with [Banks]. I really admire her as a businesswoman," she said. "I felt when she was with usyesshe was genuine. And I have been around a lot of people in this industry who are not genuineand Tyra really behind the scenes is like a homegirl....I do think she was genuine with usI do."

In 2008House welcomed a sonAlastair.

Eva Marcille (Cycle 3)

One of the more memorable ANTM contestantsEva Marcille (née Eva Marcille Pigford) won the third cycle in 2004. At 5 feet 6 inches tallthe then-20-year-old Angeleno was considered short for industry standardsbut that didn't stop her from edging out frontrunners Yaya DaCosta and Amanda Swafford at the finale in Japan — or from taking bold riskslike posing with a tarantula crawling across her face.

"I have no clue how this picture did not just have tears everywhere. I was terrified. I was mortified. I don't know how I got a good picture at all. It taught me a lot about lifelike that Whitney Houston songI didn't realize the strength in me. You don't realize it until you go through something scary enough and come out because you stood firm," she told EW in May 2023. "But...don't take pictures with tarantulas. Those s---s aren't nice. Those little hairs you see? They stick to you as it moves. It's scratchingand it's horrible."

Marcille was a busy model throughout the 2000sappearing in magazinesad campaignsand runway shows. She kept up with her reality TV rootsplacing fifth on the VH1 horror competition show Scared Famous, and becoming a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Atlanta for two seasons.

Howevershe eventually turned her main attention to actingnabbing starring roles as Tyra Hamilton on The Young and the Restless and Marilyn "Madam" DeVille on BET+'s All the Queen's Menas well as big-screen credits for 24 Hour Love (2013) and Sister Code (2015). She returned to reality TV in seasons 2 and 5 of Peacock's The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Tripand later starred on the network's EatSlayLove.

From 2017 to 2023Marcille was married to lawyer Michael Sterlingwith whom she shares three sons. She also has a daughter from her previous relationship with singer Kevin McCall.

Naima Mora (Cycle 4)

Born in DetroitNaima Mora won ANTM's fourth cycle in 2005 when she was 21 years old. A leader throughout the competitionMora impressed on a water-covered final runway and beat out Kahlen Rondot and Keenyah Hill. But after her ANTM winMora feels her individuality quickly clashed with the fashion industry's narrow beauty standards.

"At the timefashion was very strict on maintaining weight for models," she said in a now-deleted TikTok video in October 2023. "After the showI gained a lot of weightand Ford Models was very upset about it. It put a lot of pressure on meand it was very challenging. NowI loved my mohawkI loved itand it is one of the ways that I have influenced pop culturejust being myselfsoFord Models didn't really like it. They didn't like my haircutthey didn't like that I gained weightthey put a lot of pressure on me to grow out my hair and be veryvery thinlikea size 0."

"I didn't fit the industry standard and what the status quo of what a model and what beautiful looked like at the timeso I shaved my head again without asking my booker about itandthat same daythey dropped me," she continued. "Working with Ford Models was actually very challenging for me to express myself in the most authentic way. Sodid I get the contract? Yes. Did it work out for my benefit? No. Did Tyra [Banks] know that this was going to happen? Noshe didn't anticipate any of this."

Mora now describes herself as a "musicianvocalistauthormodelteacherand public speaker." The star penned Model Behaviora motivational guide that was released as an e-book in 2012 and in paperback one year laterand launched several online workshops for aspiring models. She also co-wrote a playThe Amazing Adventures of a Woman in Needin which she starred in a special Off-Broadway performance in 2021.

Mora still regularly walks in fashion shows and shoots ad campaignswhile also running her own production company. She's in a relationship with David Ott.

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Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5)

A famously polarizing contestantNicole Linkletter won the show's fifth cycle at the age of 20. Taking home the title in 2005the North Dakota-born model beat Nik Pace and frenemy Bre Scullark.

Shying away from ANTM after her winLinkletter made no further appearances on the showbut grew a successful modeling career. She had ad campaigns for Forever 21various runway gigseditorial spreadsand a contract with L.A. Models to her name.

In 2013Linkletter married Adam Nathansonwith whom she shares two children.

Danielle "Dani" Evans (Cycle 6)

An Arkansas-born model with the accent to matchDanielle Evans won the sixth cycle of ANTM in 2006. Then 21 years oldEvans made a name for herself with her strong photos and fun personality. She beat out Joanie Dodds and Jade Cole to win the finale in Thailand.

Now under Elite Model ManagementEvans has continued to modelbooking ad campaigns for New York & Company and Talbotsand walking runways for Nicholas K and Pyer Moss. She expanded her career by publishing 2013's The Skinny on Getting In: An Inside Peek Into the Fashion World for the Aspiring Model and launching her unisex hat-wear brandMonrowein 2018.

In 2020a resurfaced ANTM clip sparked controversyshowing Tyra Banks pressuring Evans to close the gap in her teeth. Banks later apologizedand Evans addressed the scene in an Instagram video.

“In that momentthe 19-20-year-old Danielle stood there realizing that it was my one-way ticket out on this side or keeping my gap on this side and going back to Little RockArkansas. What you think I’m gonna choosefam?” she said. “I was not going to allow something that was physical on my face to stop me from getting out to make a better life for myself.... It wasn’t about copping out. It was about understanding what holds weight and value in my lifeand teeth was not one of them.”

CariDee English (Cycle 7)

The title of Top Model went to CariDee English in 2006's seventh cycle. Born in FargoN.D.the 5-foot-11-inch beauty performed well throughout the competition; howevershe found herself in hot water after making a questionable joke to judge Nigel Barker. She still managed to come out on topbeating Melrose Bickerstaff and Eugena Washington to win it in the end.

English continues to model and has appeared in ads for NightLift lingerie and Ray-Ban. She has also expanded her television résuméwith a 2009 gig as the host of Lifetime's Pretty Wickedand cameos on One Tree HillGossip Girland Betrayed.

Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8)

Jaslene Gonzalez was 21 years old when she won the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model in 2007. The Puerto Rico-born model found success after trying out for the previous cycle. She beat Natasha Galkina — now better known as Natalie Gal — and Renee Alway to book the prize of a Seventeen spread and a modeling contract.

An active runway and print model years laterGonzalez spends time mentoring the next generation of models through her "empowerment course," On Set With Jaslenewhile also running her jewelry lineStarlite by J. She's also made TV appearances on The Tyra Banks ShowOxygen's Running Russell Simmonsand NBC's Chicago Fire.

Saleisha "Sal" Stowers (Cycle 9)

ANTM found its ninth winner in Saleisha Stowers (who now goes by Sal) in 2007. The then-21-year-old star won out against Chantal Jones and Jenah Doucettetaking home the title at the finale in China. Though Stowers had a few modeling gigs before competing on the showshe denies that any "favoritism" played a factor in her winning her season.

"I genuinely worked for it. I was put through the entire audition processas every other girl was. Did I do things prior to it? Yes. Did I have modeling campaigns? No. I was growing and learningas all of the girls were," Stowers told EW in May 2023. "It was never Tyra calling me to be like'We want you to be on this show!' I don't know if the fans will ever recognize that."

Stowers parlayed her Top Model win into a successful acting career. Though she spent the years immediately following the show modeling for magazines and walking occasional runwaysshe booked a 2012 gig on TV Land's The Exesexpanding her résumé from there with guest appearances on New GirlSwitched at Birthand The Fosters; a starring role as Cassandra Foster on All My Children; and regular series roles as Lani on Days of Our Lives and Penelope on Sistas.

Whitney Thompson (Cycle 10)

Whitney Thompson became the first plus-size winner of ANTM when she took home the Cycle 10 title. The Floridianwho was 20 at the timebeat out Anya Kop and Fatima Siad in the final challenges before winning in May 2008.

Like many of her fellow contestantsThompson modeled for ad campaigns immediately after ANTM but slowed her schedule over the years. The former reality star's focus is now on Pink Pelicanher "world-famous" ice cream parlor in Panama CityFla.

In 2014Thompson married artist Ian Forresterwith whom she has two sons.

McKey Sullivan (Cycle 11)

Illinois-born McKey Sullivan was just 19 years old when she won the reality show's 11th cycle. She beat out Samantha Potter and Lio Tiptonthe latter of whom is one of the most famous stars to come out of the show.

Sullivan has yet to achieve the same level of fame that second runner-up Tipton is seeing. She had a busy few years in the late-2000swalking in runway shows during New York Fashion Week and booking sporadic ad campaigns.

In 2013Sullivan married MMA fighter Sam Alveywith whom she has six children.

Teyona Anderson (Cycle 12)

In 200920-year-old Teyona Anderson barely edged out fellow finalists Allison Harvard and Aminat Ayinde to win the 12th cycle. The New Jerseyan was on top throughout much of the competitionfinally taking the crown at the finale in Brazil.

Now known professionally as Teyona Asia Anderson or Asia Andersonthe model saw success in Cape Townwalking runways at the city's Fashion Week and gaining representation in South Africa.

Anderson welcomed her sonNashin 2017.

Nicole Fox (Cycle 13)

Competing in the special cycle for models of shorter stature5-foot-7-inch Nicole Fox won the title of Top Model in 2009's 13th iteration. Just 18 years old at the timethe Coloradan edged out Laura Kirkpatrick and Erin Wagner to take the title.

Fox continued to model after the showlanding ad campaigns with Forever 21 and Steve Maddenamong othersand picking up representation from Paragon Model Management. The redheaded beauty also pursued an acting careerlining up credits that include a five-episode turn on The Bold and the Beautifula starring performance in Ashley (2013), and bit parts in Tag (2015) and Circus Kane (2017).

Fox is now an artist living in Maryland with her husbandJacob Abuhamadaand their sonIdris.

Krista White (Cycle 14)

Krista White24took home the title of Top Model in 2010. Beating out Raina HeinAlexandra Underwoodand Angelea Prestonthe Arkansas-born model found her footing toward the end of the competitionwinning the final few challenges.

“The show told me ‘no’ 12 times before they told me ‘yes,'” she told PEOPLE in 2010. “I’m used to having the doors slammed in my facebut I’m gonna keep knocking on your door until you tell me ‘yes.’ And look how it worked out for me!”

While she has been less active as of lateWhite booked modeling gigs after the showwalking in BET's Rip the Runway in 2011 and appearing in presentations as part of Fall/Winter 2011 New York Fashion Week. Her other work includes appearances for DLXVRSN magazinewhere she served as fashion director.

Ann Ward (Cycle 15)

In 201019-year-old Ann Ward was named the winner of America's Next Top Model's 15th cycle. The Texan beat out Chelsey Hersley and Jane Randall at the finale in Italy.

Ward now works as an artistfilling her Instagram and X accounts with her sketches and illustrations. She's withdrawn from modeling to solely focus on her passion for graphic designcreating concepts for animecomic booksmobile appsand more.

Brittani Kline (Cycle 16)

Brittani Klinewho was 19 at the timewon big in 2011taking home the title of Top Model during the show's 16th cycle. Born in Pennsylvaniashe topped runners-up Molly O'Connell and Hannah Jones.

In 2013Kline modeled under Roman Management and Premiere Models. She regularly appeared in ad campaigns and magazines while pursuing her bachelor's degree at Lock Haven University. Since graduating in 2015 and becoming a mother to son Rowan in 2017Kline no longer models.

In 2022she earned a master's degree from the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State.

Lisa D'Amato (Cycle 17)

The outspoken Lisa D'Amato beat out other major alums to win the 17th cyclealso known as America's Next Top Model: All Stars. The then-30-year-old starwho first appeared in Cycle 5was picked over fellow finalists Allison Harvard and Angelea Preston. UnfortunatelyD'Amto stated on her private Instagram account that she experienced "insane amounts of trauma" while shooting it.

D'Amato models from time to timeand she's also pursued a singing career with the release of multiple albums and one-off singles. HoweverD'Amato primarily focuses on her social media and being a mother to her two sons.

She appeared on Shark Tank in 2019 for her reusable bib companyDare-U-Go!which landed her a business deal with Barbara Corcoran. D'Amato is politically active online with her pole-itics pagein which she merges pole dancing with partisan rants about society and the government.

In 2012D'Amato married entrepreneur Adam Friedman. They have since welcomed two children.

Sophie Sumner (Cycle 18)

The 18th cycle of ANTM brought in America's Next Top Model: British Invasion and with it came OxfordEngland-born winner Sophie Sumner. The then-21-year-old beauty took home the title in 2012edging out American Laura LaFrate and fellow Brit Annaliese Dayes.

Sumnerwho appeared on the show after competing on Britain's Next Top Modeltried her hand at music in 2012 with the release of a single as she continued to model. The star went on to work as a contributing editor to The Daily Front Row and a host for Amazon Live. She also acted in a few short films and the 2024 indie horror Killington (2024).

Laura James (Cycle 19)

In 2012Laura James was named the winner of America's Next Top Model: College Editionthe reality show's 19th cycle. Then a student at Paul Smith's Collegethe New Yorker beat Kiara Belen and Leila Goldkuhl.

The reality star has transitioned to acting as wellbooking movies gigs for Axcellerator (2020)A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)and Silent Thunder (2023); appearing in episodes of The Young and the RestlessNCIS: Hawai'iand The Rookie; and recurring as Molly Hicks on S.W.A.T.

James married actor Jon-Michael Ecker in 2022. Togetherthey have two daughters.

Jourdan Miller (Cycle 20)

Cycle 20 of ANTM (also known as America's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls) crowned 19-year-old Jourdan Miller as its winner. The only woman in the final threethe Oregonian edged out Marvin Cortes and Cory Hindorff in 2013.

"When Tyra said my name…I could not even fathom the idea that my picture was the only picture lit up on the screen," she told EW in 2013. "I remember shaking like a leafand thinking that my knees were going to buckle underneath me any second."

Working with Vampped talent agencyMiller models regularly and started her own fashion and beauty blogLoveJourdan.

Keith Carlos (Cycle 21)

Keith Carlos became the show's first male winner when he was named Top Model during 2014's 21st cycle. Competing in America's Next Top Model: Guys & Girlsthe 26-year-old Connecticut native won an all-male top threebeating out Will Jardel and Adam Smith.

Carloswho had a brief stint in the NFL before the reality showcontinues to model and act. "I've built a legit teambeen doing a lot of hostinggoing to red carpet eventsinterviewing to build my brand[and] preparing to relocate to Los Angeles," he told View the Vibe in April 2015.

In addition to doing modeling work for AdidasMen's Wearhouseand morehe starred in a Cardi B's music video for "Be Careful" in 2018appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restlessand became a brand ambassador for FashionNova's NovaMEN.

Nyle DiMarco (Cycle 22)

Before competing for ANTM's' new prize of a $100,000 contract with ZapposNyle DiMarco played a recurring role on Freeform's Switched at Birth. Being the first deaf contestant on America's Next Top Modelthe then-25-year-old also became the show's second man to winbeating 2015 Miss Maryland USA winner Mamé Adjei.

"It was challenging and exhilarating at the same time," DiMarco told PEOPLE in August 2024 of his experience on the competition series. "I had to rely heavily on visual cueslip readingand sometimes my sign language interpreterwho was not always on set. My fellow contestants were generally understandingthough it was still challenging for me."

He added"It was also important for me to consistently insert myself in order to prove that being deaf does not limit one’s ability to move through life or succeed in any field."

DiMarco signed with Wilhemina Models directly after his win. He then went on to compete on Dancing With the Stars with assigned dance partner Peta Murgatroyd and won the 22nd championship titlebecoming the first deaf winner of the global franchise. DiMarco uses his model influencer platform to spread awareness about deaf culturelaunching the Nyle DiMarco Foundation — his nonprofit organization for deaf children and families — in 2016and being the keynote speaker at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in 2020.

The model/activist also regularly lands onscreen gigsappearing on Difficult PeopleThis CloseStation 19and Queer as Folkwhile also producing the reality series Deaf U, the Oscar-nominated documentary short Audible (2021)and AppleTV+'s Emmy-nominted Deaf President Now! (2025). DiMarco published a bookDeaf Utopia: A Memoir ― and a Love Letter to a Way of Lifein 2022.

India Gants (Cycle 23)

The then-21-year-old Seattleite came first in ANTM's 23rd cyclebeating fellow opponent Tatiana Price — now the founder of skincare brand Skin Buttr — without ever making an appearance in the bottom two. Gantsalso Gigi Hadid's doppelgängerwalked away with a $100,000 contract with Rimmel London cosmetics and earned a fashion spread in Paper magazine.

In AprilGants claimed on TikTok that Tyra Banks warned her not to reveal her ANTM win before the finale airedor the show would reshoot it and crown someone else.

"I was told I couldn’t tell my family or my significant other or my closest friends — nobody," she said. "But I think enough time has passed where I can confess who I told. ObviouslyI wanted to keep the secretbut I have to make plans for my life. If I’m making a move to New Yorkmy significant other at the time had to know."

Shortly after her winGants appeared in the season 3 premiere of Odd Mom Out. The model revealed her passion for music to Billboard magazine before she began working as a DJ. Gants proceeded to model for Select Management and SMG Models.

Kyla Coleman (Cycle 24)

ANTM's first/only Gen-Z winner was only 20 years old when she took the crown in its 24th cyclebeing the youngest of the series' most diverse group of contestants to date. Coleman edged out Jeana Turnerwinning the $100,000 cash prize from Pantenea contract from Next Model Managementand a fashion spread in Paper magazine. On the showthe young model was lauded as a political activistwho got into a heated feminist debate with fellow contestant Liberty Netuschil.

“Times are changingand Top Model is changing with the times,” Coleman told EW in 2018. “I want younger girls to watch it and be able to identify with us in real life. Plus-sized womenolder womenwomen with mental health struggles — that’s all very important.”

Signed to Heffner Seattle and Photogenics LAColeman continues to modelworking for ValentinoAlexander WangVogue ItaliaSkimsTommy Hilfiger x ZendayaCalvin Kleinand more. The model/activist has also appeared in Dua Lipa's 2019 music video for "Don't Start Now" and in an episode of the Andy Cohen-hosted docuseries For Real: The Story of Reality TV.