Saleisha Lashawn Stowers (born January 20, 1986) is an American actress and model. She was cycle 9’s winner ''

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''. She portrayed the role of

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's soap opera '' Days of Our Lives''.

Early life

Stowers was born in Pasadena, California. She was raised in Madera by her grandmother. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a receptionist before appearing on ''

''.

Career

Modeling

Stowers was signed with Photogenics Model Management and had also appeared in a commercial for fast-food restaurant

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, with actor

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. She had modeled for DOMIJ clothing, and d.e.m.o. She was also an extra in an episode of the TV series ''

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'' and on two episodes of the ''

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'', modeling for Rami,

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season four contestant. Stowers appeared in the "Welcome Back" music video, and had an ad for 24 Hour Fitness. She also modeled for Especially Yours wigs, and was featured in a fashion spread for ''

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''. She was recruited for ''

'', where she where she subsequently won the ninth cycle of the competition, beating Chantal Jones in the final. She was signed with

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. Several blogs and news outlets have speculated that her past relationship with Banks (her participation in Banks' T-Zone camp and her past appearances on Tyra's television shows and her appearance as a model on ''

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'' and Cycle 6 of ''America's Next Top Model''), may have influenced the selection of the winner. Stowers had also been a national spokesmodel for Especially Yours wigs for more than a year before the show ran, as well as appearing in an episode of the hit US sitcom ''

''. Stowers had a Metro Style campaign along with fellow ''Top Model'' alum,

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, Dani Evans and

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. Stowers was on the cover of '' Seventeen'' as part of her prize. She has appeared on the cover of ''Paper Doll Magazine'', had a cover and spread in ''Florida International Magazine'' and had spreads in the January 2008 issue of ''

'', '' OK! Magazine'', the July 2008 issue of ''

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'', Jam Style. and had a four-page spread in an issue of

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. She has modeled for

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and

catalogue online. She has also modeled for Dereon,

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, and Love Tease for Macy's. Stowers had a campaign with Garage Clothing for their Spring 2009 line. She has also appeared in Modern Bride for the February/March 2009 issue. Stowers had walked for Tibi in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2008, Peter Som's Bill Blass Fall 2008 Collection at

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on April 2, 2008, Carson Kressley's Safilo USA Spring/Summer '08 Designer Eyewear Fashion Show at Vision Expo East on April 12, 2008, Jose Duran for NYC fashion week, which also showed on her My Life as

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commercials, a GenArt Fashion Show for Jennifer Mary, Billabong's 2nd Annual Design for Humanity fashion show in Los Angeles, and Pamella Roland at

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, and she opened for a mock

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runway show. Stowers walked for Beach Bunny Swimwear and Lana Fuchs in

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Spring/Summer 2009. She also appeared on the

for the episode titled ''Tina Knowles'' modeling in a House of Dereon fashion show.

Acting

In 2013, Stowers was cast as the daughter of

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(

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on the Prospect Park's continuation of ''All My Children'', she made her debut on April 30, 2013. In March 2015, Stowers guest starred on an episode of the ABC Family show, Switched at Birth as Tara. In June 2015, Stowers joined the cast of '' Days of Our Lives'' in the role of

. She made her first appearance on September 25, 2015. In the same year, she guest-starred in an episode of Major Crimes as Heather. In 2016, she recurred on Caged as Shawna Carlson. In 2017, she was cast in the lead role of Krista in a film called "Tomboy", as well as Josie Miller in the series "Beyond Therapy". In 2018, she guest-starred in an episode of The Fosters as Priya.

Filmography

References

External links

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