India Kate Gants (born June 11, 1996) is an American

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. She is best known for winning the twenty-third cycle of ''

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'' in 2017.

Early life

Gants was born in

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. She has three younger siblings. She started modeling when she was 16. She graduated from Newport High School in 2014. Gants lived in

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before auditioning for ''Top Model''.

Career

''America's Next Top Model''

In 2016–2017, Gants appeared in the twenty-third cycle of

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's ''

'', where she competed against thirteen other contestants. During the show, many comparisons were made of her and

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. At the final deliberation in the season finale, she beat fellow competitor Tatiana Price, becoming the twenty-third winner of the show. Among Gants' prizes for winning ''America's Next Top Model'' were a talent contract with VH1, a fashion spread in ''

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'' magazine and a $100,000 contract with Rimmel London cosmetics. Gants win also means that she is the seventh winner of ''America's Next Top Model'' to have never made an appearance in the bottom two, along with

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and

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Post ''Top Model''

Following her win on ''America's Next Top Model'', Gants signed a contract with Major Model Management in Milan. She is also signed with

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in New York City. She is still signed with Seattle Models Guild. Gants appeared in the season three premiere episode of

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in July 2017. Gants also started working in the music industry as a DJ. She also appeared in the lyric video for WISH I WAS's "Go For A Ride". In 2021 India appeared and starred in the music video for the Emo revival band Your Broken Hero's song Tommy's Face.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gants, India Female models from Washington (state) America's Next Top Model winners Living people People from Seattle 1996 births 21st-century American women American female models