This is a list of contestants who have appeared on the American television show ''
America's Next Top Model
''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to b ...
''. Hosted by model
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black A ...
and her panel of judges, a number of aspiring models compete to win a modeling contract with a top
modeling agency
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The top agen ...
, a cover and/or spread in a fashion
magazine
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, and a
cosmetics
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campaign. The series first aired in 2003 and as of 2018, twenty-four cycles have aired. A total of 311 different participants have been selected as finalists in the show in its fifteen years running, with twenty-four models (
Adrianne Curry
Adrianne Marie Curry-Rhode (born August 6, 1982) is an American fashion model, actress and television personality. She is best known as the winner of the first cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' in 2003.
Career Modeling
Curry won the first ...
,
Yoanna House,
Eva Pigford,
Naima Mora
Naima Mora (born March 1, 1984) is an American fashion model and the winner of Cycle 4 of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Biography
Early life
Mora was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of jazz vocalist and entrepreneur Theresa Mora and ja ...
,
Nicole Linkletter
Nicole Linkletter Nathanson (born February 27, 1985) is an American fashion model and the winner of Cycle 5 of ''America's Next Top Model''. Her prizes were a contract with Ford Models, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl, and her photo appear ...
,
Danielle Evans,
CariDee English,
Jaslene Gonzalez
Jaslene Marie González (born May 29, 1986) is a Puerto Rican model, television host, and winner of Cycle 8 of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Biography
Gonzalez was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico and grew up in Humboldt Park, Chicago. She attende ...
,
Saleisha Stowers
Saleisha Lashawn Stowers (born January 20, 1986) is an American actress and model. She was cycle 9’s winner of ''America's Next Top Model (cycle 9), America's Next Top Model''. She portrayed the role of Lani Price on NBC's soap opera ''Days of ...
,
Whitney Thompson
Whitney Lee Thompson Forrester (born September 26, 1987) is an American plus-size model and is the winner of the tenth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Early life
Before her appearance on the show, Thompson worked locally in northern Fl ...
,
McKey Sullivan
Brittany "McKey" Alvey (née Sullivan; born September 9, 1988) is an American fashion model most notable as the winner of the America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11, eleventh cycle of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Early life
Sullivan was born to Mic ...
, Teyona Anderson,
Nicole Fox,
Krista White
America's Next Top Model's fourteenth cycle debuted on March 10, 2010, marking the eighth season on The CW. The first three seasons of America's Next Top Model, as well as seasons 10 and 12, were filmed in New York City; however, the series did ...
,
Ann Ward
Ann Marie Ward (born April 20, 1991) is an American fashion model, best known as the winner of Cycle 15 of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Early life
Ward states that Dallas, Texas is her hometown, although she hails from nearby Prosper, a s ...
,
Brittani Kline,
Lisa D'Amato
Lisa Marie D'Amato (born October 22, 1980) is an American recording artist, fashion model and television personality from Los Angeles. She first came into the public eye as a participant on Cycle 5 of the television series ''America's Next Top M ...
,
Sophie Sumner
Sophie Sumner (born 15 January 1990) is an English fashion model. She is best known for winning cycle 18 of ''America's Next Top Model'' and previously the runner-up of cycle 5 of '' Britain's Next Top Model''.
Early life
Sumner was born an ...
,
Laura James
Laura Ellen James (born November 18, 1990) is an American model and actress. In 2012, James won the nineteenth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' and was consequentially signed with L.A. Models and New York Model Management. She is the daug ...
,
Jourdan Miller
Jourdan Miller (born October 6, 1993) is an American fashion model, best known for winning the twentieth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model''. She is also the only female model to have won a cycle that included male models; the other two cyc ...
,
Keith Carlos
Keith Kasson Carlos (born December 19, 1987) is a former American football wide receiver and fashion model who became the first male winner of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Early life
Carlos attended Central High School in Bridgeport, Conn ...
,
Nyle DiMarco
Nyle DiMarco (born May 8, 1989) is an American model, actor, and Deaf culture, Deaf activist. In 2015, DiMarco was the winner of The CW's reality television series ''America's Next Top Model'' in America's Next Top Model (cycle 22), season 22, be ...
, India Gants, and Kyla Coleman) crowned "America's Next Top Model".
Contestants usually apply to be on the show through video-auditioning, or attend casting calls, but the series has been known to recruit contestants from a myriad of various methods.
Cycle 9 winner
Saleisha Stowers
Saleisha Lashawn Stowers (born January 20, 1986) is an American actress and model. She was cycle 9’s winner of ''America's Next Top Model (cycle 9), America's Next Top Model''. She portrayed the role of Lani Price on NBC's soap opera ''Days of ...
and
cycle 11 second runner-up
Analeigh Tipton were recruited via
MySpace
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.
Isis King
Isis King (born October 1, 1985) is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. King is most widely known for her role on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show ''America's Next Top Model''. She ...
from cycle 11 was recruited after appearing as an extra from
cycle 10's homeless photo shoot, while
cycle 6 contestant Sara Albert was scouted at a mall.
Cycle 13's Ashley Howard was also scouted at ''
The Tyra Banks Show
''The Tyra Banks Show'', also known as and shortened to ''Tyra'' or ''The Tyra Show'', is an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks that aired from 2005 to 2010.
While Banks's show covered a variety of topics, there was a sensationalized focus ...
'', while
cycle 15 contestants
Jane Randall
Jane Elizabeth Randall (born August 28, 1990) is an American former fashion model from Baltimore, best known for her participation in the fifteenth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' where she tied for 3rd overall. She is now a New Jersey pol ...
and Kendal Brown were scouted through a photo challenge on Tyra Banks' website.
Cycle 20 contestant Mike Scocozza was scouted while working in an
ice cream truck
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. In more recent years of the show, the production team has taken to scouting for contestants on various
social media
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platforms, like
Instagram
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.
Contestants
Notes
# Contestants' ages are at the time of their respective season's filming.
# Disqualified.
Statistics
* Quitters: 10 – Cassandra Whitehead (
Cycle 5), Ebony Morgan (
Cycle 9), Kim Rydzewski (
Cycle 10), Amber DePace (
Cycle 13), Ondrei Edwards (
Cycle 16), Louise Watts (
Cycle 18), Alisha White (
Cycle 18), Maria Tucker (
Cycle 19), Liz Woodbury (
Cycle 24) and Brendi K Seiner (
Cycle 24)
* Disqualifications: 2 – Angelea Preston (
Cycle 17) and Romeo Tostado (
Cycle 21)
* Models eliminated outside of judging panel: 6 – Magdalena Rivas (
Cycle 3), Hannah White (
Cycle 11), Rachel Echelberger (
Cycle 13), Terra White (
Cycle 15), Cory Hindorff (
Cycle 20) and Shanice Carroll (
Cycle 24)
* Most times in the bottom two: 5 times – Ann Markley (
Cycle 3), Bre Scullark (
Cycle 5) and Jade Cole (
Cycle 6)
* Most times in the bottom two for a winner: 4 times – Whitney Thompson (
Cycle 10)
* Most times in the bottom two for a runner-up: 4 times - CoryAnne Roberts (
Cycle 23)
* Fewest times in the bottom two for a winner: 0 times – Jaslene Gonzalez (
Cycle 8), McKey Sullivan (
Cycle 11), Nicole Fox (
Cycle 13), Krista White (
Cycle 14), Sophie Sumner (
Cycle 18), Jourdan Miller (
Cycle 20) and India Gants (
Cycle 23)
* Fewest times in the bottom two for a runner-up: 0 times – Joanie Dodds (
Cycle 6), Anya Kop (
Cycle 10) and Mamé Adjei (
Cycle 22)
* Most first call-outs: 7 times - Ann Ward (
Cycle 15) and Jourdan Miller (
Cycle 20)
* Most first call-outs for a runner-up: 5 times - Joanie Dodds (
Cycle 6) and Anya Kop (
Cycle 10)
* Least first call-outs for a winner: 1 time - Adrianne Curry (
Cycle 1), Yoanna House (
Cycle 2), Nicole Linkletter (
Cycle 5), Danielle Evans (
Cycle 6), Whitney Thompson (
Cycle 10) and Brittani Kline (
Cycle 16)
* Least first call-outs for a runner-up: 0 times - Laura Kirkpatrick (
Cycle 13) and Chelsey Hersley (
Cycle 15)
Deaths
*Mirjana Puhar (Cycle 21), aged 19, February 24, 2015
*Kim Rydzewski (Cycle 10), aged 29, December 19, 2016
*Jael Strauss (Cycle 8), aged 34, December 4, 2018
References
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