Are the Winners of America’s Next Top Model Still on Top? We’ve Got All the Photos in Our Hands

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Are the Winners of America’s Next Top Model Still on Top? We’ve Got All the Photos in Our Hands

Are the Winners of The United States's Subsequent High Model Peaceful on High? We've Got The general Pictures in Our Hands

We had been all rooting for them. As Tyra Banks, J Alexander, Nigel Barker and Jay Manuel relive their time on The United States's Subsequent High Model in Netflix's Actuality Compare, seek which winners are soundless on top.

As Jay Manuel, Nigel Barker, J Alexander and the opposite fixtures from The United States's Subsequent High Model sashay support into the pop custom zeitgeist, we are in a position to't abet however smize.

While the matters tackled by Tyra Banks and her fellow judges on Netflix's newly launched docuseries Actuality Compare: Inner The United States's Subsequent High Model cut deeper than being instructed your Ty-over requires the shortest of pixie cuts, it's soundless nice to search out used friends.

Though, while we had been rooting for them, we had been all rooting for them, mature decide Jay revealed he and Tyra, 52, are soundless at odds.

A make-up artist for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit quilt lady, Jay used to be brought on as a decide when the truth sequence began its 15-year urge on UPN. But after he instructed Tyra of his intentions to accelerate away after cycle eight, she would now not smize in his direction.

Though he persisted directing deliver shoots until he used to be let affiliate with Nigel and Shuffle away out J after cycle 18 in 2012, he shared on Actuality Compare, “It used to ensure I used to be now not allowed to talk with her outdoors of that.”

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Tyra declined to share her facet on camera, telling producers, “I ought to soundless call Jay. I don't must gain that right here. He's a obvious man.”

But the entrepreneur, who launched his fetch make-up trace Jay Manuel Elegance in 2014, is soundless watching for his cell phone to ring. “I don't deem I'm getting a cell phone call,” the 53-year-used now not too long within the past instructed Folks, revealing he hasn't spoken to her since their shared 2017 appearance at BeautyCon. “She's obtained my number.”

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She has Shuffle away out J's contact records readily available as smartly.

Tyra did reach out to the runway specialist after he suffered a stroke in December 2022 announcing she'd settle on to pay him a consult with, however it completely hasn't occurred yet.

After spending 5 weeks in a coma, J fought to receive his means to talk, however working the runway remains out of reach.

“I taught fashions the map to lunge, and now I will't stroll—now not yet,” the 67-year-used said within the doc. “Not yet. I'm definite to lunge…I'm obvious you're going to search out me all yet again, I'm obvious. That's now not focused on me yet.”

Tyra's now not moderately performed, either, revealing she'd soon be maintaining some photos in her hand.

“I feel fancy my work is now not performed,” explained the model, now essentially based fully in Australia, the put she runs her SMiZE and Dream ice cream store. “You do not fetch any thought what we’ve got got deliberate for cycle 25.”

As for the 24 supermodel hopefuls who ended their season on top, we're checking in to search out which of the winners stayed there.

Adrianne Curry-Rhode, Cycle 1

Though she would accelerate on to pose for Ed Hardy and Von Dutch, the sequence' inaugural winner is, perchance, most excellent for the waaaaay she became a Brady accomplice. Marrying Christopher Knight after they met on VH1's Surreal Life, she and the Brady Bunch alum would accelerate on to megastar on the network's spinoff My Beautiful Brady sooner than ending their 5-year union in 2011. Now remarried to voiceover actor Matthew Rhode, she defected from L.A. to Montana had been she runs her blog and sells Avon merchandise.

“I felt that I used to be on a cusp,” Adrianne instructed Folks in July 2024. “I used to be 32 years used and I obtained offered a job for face fillers, and it used to be an big payday with free face fillers and one up to my contract and all these items. And I be conscious sitting there, and that cash used to be so lovely that I regarded as it. Then I thought, I’m willing to deface, to mutilate myself for cash?”

She may per chance well envision what came subsequent as smartly.

“I saw a future on The Exact Housewives of Beverly Hills with my face stout of filler and me clinging to early life that is long previous,” she admitted. “I lovely felt fancy there used to be something extra accessible than lovely relevancy and cash, and I made that possibility to accelerate away.”

Yoanna Dwelling, Cycle 2

Having gleaned a ingredient or two about hustling from Banks, the trained vocalist from Florida is juggling modeling (she walked in Recent York Vogue Week in 2015) an HSN gig and hosting work. But her “proudest achievement”, as she set it on Instagram, is parenting son Alastair with attorney Gregory Lineberry, the man she's called her “finest friend.”

Eva Marcille, Cycle 3

Then identified as Eva Pigford, the 5-foot-6 L.A. native confidently claimed her throne atop the ANTM empire, then assuredly pivoted from modeling (having landed a few shoots and runway reveals) into performing with a 2007 arc on Dwelling of Payne. A two-year stint on The Younger and the Confused and parts in films equivalent to Sistercode and Busted adopted. And, up until asserting her departure in June 2020, the Rickey Smiley Morning Present host and mother of three (single since her 2023 fracture up from attorney Michael Sterling) used to be Long gone With the Wind unparalleled on Bravo's Exact Housewives of Atlanta.

For now she's desirous about performing, starring as Marilyn “Madam” DeVille within the Tyler Perry-produced BET+ sequence The general Queen’s Males.

Naima Mora, Cycle 4

Since her 2005 get, the coed has change into the teacher. In between modeling gigs (the mature Detroit resident is represented by EMG and MMG), she's offered advice on the 'gram, in her 2012 e book Model Behavior and on her Model Pointers Stay podcast. One standout visitor: fellow cycle 4 alum, Keenyah Hill.

She also now not too long within the past seemed in two episodes of BET+'s Diarra from Detroit and dropped her directorial debut in October with documentary Elizabeth Speaks. Intended to explore “the transformative powers of ancestral connection,” as detailed on her Instagram, the flick aspects a conversation between her and political artist grandmother Elizabeth Catlett.

Nicole Linkletter Nathanson, Cycle 5

The coed from Sizable Forks, North Dakota (a hometown she affectionally refers to as “the tundra”) walked away from the fifth round with a cool prize: a $100,000 CoverGirl contract and a profession that saw her posing for the likes of Burberry and Bebe. Now living on the west soar with husband Adam Nathanson, she signed with HRI Skill, however also worked as a court docket appointed special advocate. Her other main function is parenting son Theo and daughter Olive.

Danielle Evans, Cycle 6

Obvious to accelerate away Puny Rock within the rearview, (“I wasn't even hungry, I used to be starved to gain out,”) the 5-foot-11 beauty acquiesced rather when instructed host Tyra Banks wanted her to gain rid of the role between her front enamel.

“I used to be now not going to allow something that is bodily on my face to cease me from getting out to compose the next life for myself,” she explained in 2020. Peaceful, she burdened to her “younger queens” she fully believes beauty is on the internal.

As for her solutions on Tyra pushing her, she shared in Netflix's 2026 docuseries Actuality Compare: Inner The United States's Subsequent High Model, “Me getting my gap closed is now not opening any doors for me. You knew what you had been doing for the keep. You had been making it lovely for TV, at my expense.”

If truth be told, the champ said she felt thrown “to the wolves” post-keep. “I be conscious my first keep season I didn't e book any reveals,” she mirrored. “What I used to be instructed used to be that no-one wanted to e book me for their reveals ensuing from I used to be considered as this fact megastar.”

Indirectly, she dissolved her contract and sashayed away from the modeling industry, calling that “the correct possibility of my life.”

As well to publishing a 2013 e book, The Skinny on Getting In: An Inner Scrutinize Into the Vogue World for the Aspiring Model, she launched her unisex hat line, Monrowe.

“I not at as soon as must amplify into other niche household items,” she instructed Ghidotti, “however most severely I desire Monrowe to lovely replicate me as a person.”

CariDee English, Cycle 7

Post-get, the Fargo native turned her finest liability—a mettlesome personality that had her teasing decide Nigel Barker regarding the “stick up his ass”—into her finest asset. Along with advert campaigns (she became the face of Ray Ban in 2013) and runways, she scored work as a host (MTV's Scarred, Oxygen's Reasonably Frightful) an advocate (with the Nationwide Psoriasis Foundation) and as a singer, songwriter and drummer. She also returned to her images roots, sharing her work on Instagram @carideephotos.

Jaslene Gonzalez, Cycle 8

The bodily embodiment of now not giving up for your objectives, she became the eighth winner after getting disregarded for cycle 7. No doubt that perseverance is a message the L.A. resident, who starred in transient movie An Outfit, espouses in workshops thru her company On Put With Jaslene. Well, that and mastering six signature poses that compose you stand out. It's advice she makes employ of as a working model beneath Wallflower Administration.

Sal Stowers, Cycle 9

Making the transition to performing after a handful of kind weeks, the California native (who'd modeled previously on The Tyra Banks Present) caught to what she knew, scoring a visitor function on The Exes in 2012 as a supermodel. Components on Recent Lady and All My Children adopted, not at as soon as leading the World Vision ambassador to her typical gig as Lani on Days of Our Lives. In April 2023, the Sistas actress announced her engagement to actor John-Michael Carlton.

Whitney Thompson Forrester, Cycle 10

A 10-season drought used to be broken when the Floridian used to be named the most major stout-figured victor because of her dimension six(!) garb. On the opposite hand, Elite Model Administration, who offered her winning contract didn't even fetch a plus-dimension division on the time of her 2008 get.

“I used to be going on castings for straight-dimension fashions,” she revealed in a 2026 interview with Folks, noting she felt the agency used to be “stunned that I with out a doubt moved to Recent York to work.”

Indirectly, she grew bored with being instructed to either compose or lose weight. “We would accelerate alongside with our pads to castings and movie shoots, and the padding would compose our waist greater, our hips greater, however we'd soundless fetch the same jawline, fingers and ankles,” she explained of attending to suit into the plus-dimension field. “You fetch a stomach, however you proceed to needed to fetch a cut jawline.”

She now shares the experiences she received touring the arena for heaps of jobs on her Whitney's Wanders blog and her indulge in of vegan eats at Purple Pelican, the Panama City Coastline ice cream and fudge store she opened and now not too long within the past offered. Her other main tasks: Sons Winston and Tristan with husband Ian Forrester.

McKey Sullivan Alvey, Cycle 11

In the case of 12 years after she came out on top, the 6-foot Renaissance faire fanatic is soundless struggling with. Wed to knowledgeable MMA fighter Sam Alvey since 2013, she shall be a blended martial arts fanatic, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, chef, midwifery student and mother of six.

Teyona Anderson, Cycle 12

After accumulating her prize within the Brazilian finale, the Recent Jersey native (now working professionally as Teyona Asia Anderson) headed additional south, strolling some 30 reveals in Cape Town's kind week. But in her private life, she's extra doubtless to be learned on the support of the camera, taking pictures photos of son Anderson Nash.

Nicole Fox Abuhamada, Cycle 13

Proving lovely things approach in rather smaller packages, the winner of the small season (at 5-foot-7, she's with out a doubt an accelerate taller than Marcille) went on to e book main advert campaigns for Ceaselessly 21 and Steve Madden alongside with parts on The Dauntless and the Magnificent and in 2016 films Hero of the Underworld and Paradise Club.

On the present time, even though, she describes herself as a mature model and actress, as an different working as an interdisciplinary literary and visual artist with specialization in poetry and oil painting. The author and illustrator of Lipton Loves lives in Maryland with husband Jacob Abuhamada and their son Idris.

Krista White, Cycle 14

The twelfth(!) time auditioning used to be the enchantment for the College of Arkansas at Pine Bluff beauty, who nabbed the crown in 2010. Though she's since worked runways in NYC, Los Angeles and Milan, according to her internet internet page, she's now desirous about TV hosting gigs to declare up her two-season stint as a decide and student mentor on TLC's Global Elegance Masters, while also serving as kind director for DLXVRSN Journal.

Ann Ward, Cycle 15

Though the lanky 6-foot-2 Texan (runway specialist J. Alexander infamously wrapped his hands around her cramped waist) spent time working as a model, gracing covers of both Velvet Journal and ENE Journal, her Instagram feed is devoted to her other ardour: illustrations from her work as a thought artist, personality kind designer and animator.

Brittani Kline, Cycle 16

In spite of 5 years within the industry and a portfolio stuffed with impressive titles (Vogue Italia! Vogue Mexico! Interview!), the Lock Haven College grad's Insta profile describes herself as a mature model and “fresh human elevating cramped humans.” Along with bringing up son Rowan—and her September 2025 arrival—she earned her Grasp of Skilled Study diploma in Strategic Communications from Penn Speak in 2022.

Lisa D'Amato, Cycle 17

Inserting lovely sixth throughout cycle 5, she used to be then all yet again unforgettable for attention-grabbing antics that saw her utilizing a diaper while on internet page and having lengthy chats with a pampas grass plant she named Cousin It. Nabbing the title within the all-megastar round, she translated that notoriety into additional show time on Megastar Rehab, Marriage Boot Camp Actuality Stars and Shark Tank. (Her pitch for Dare-U-Shuffle!, section bib, section storage container earned her $350,000.)

She and mature husband Adam Friedman welcomed their first son Daxel in September 2013 and second son Venice with regards to three years later. Now living in Portugal, D'Amato continues to share her ongoing fight to receive custody of her boys.

Sophie Sumner, Cycle 18

The Oxford native came for High Model honors within the sequence' British Invasion round. After edging out American runner-up Laura LaFrate, she launched her single “Aiming For You” on iTunes, then served as host of a TRL-esque weekend countdown keep on Song Preference. On the present time, the Recent York City resident juggles a handful of gigs at the side of Amazon Stay host, Day-to-day Front Row contributing editor and actress, starring in 2023's Killington.

Laura James Ecker, Cycle 19

Having schooled the opponents within the College Model round, the Recent Yorker graduated to the wide leagues. Not finest did the daughter of Dynasty actor John James and Shuffle away out World contestant Denise Coward shoot campaigns for Wager, she built up the moderately the performing resume because of visitor spots on Grandfathered and The Younger and the Confused and a habitual gig on S.W.A.T. Married to actor Jon-Michael Ecker in 2022, they welcomed daughter Ellie in July 2023.

She announced her second pregnancy in September 2024, writing on Instagram, “We’re so so melty with joy, and may per chance well’t wait to search out our toddler lady change correct into a limiteless sister.”

Though that two beneath two life used to be a project, “That is completely essentially the most fun I’ve ever had in my life and I with out a doubt deem I used to be intended to manufacture and elevate life,” she wrote in an October 2025 post. “I gain up each and each single day splitting in half with gratitude and with a indulge in I didn’t know may per chance well exist.

Jourdan Miller, Cycle 20

Within the most major fight of the sexes, the 6-foot Oregon teen dominated, besting male finalists Marvin Cortes and Cory Hindorff. So no surprise she's been working step by step ever since. Amongst the roles she's featured on her Instagram: the quilt of Desnudo Journal Italia and an advert for Gucci.

Keith Carlos, Cycle 21

As soon as the mature NFL huge receiver obtained within the recreation, he like a flash proved to be a winner. The sequence' first male victor, he's posed for the likes of Macy's, Diesel, Wager and Nike. From there, the cofounder of multimedia company Dream Katchers Endeavor, “made a pure transition into performing,” as his bio on the corporate internet internet page explains. Amongst the standout roles for the father of Keith Jr.: Cardi B's “Be Cautious” tune video, the 2017 drama Chocolate City: Vegas and a habitual function on The Dauntless and the Magnificent.

Nyle DiMarco, Cycle 22

A undeniable winner: After smizing his map to the quit of the ANTM heap in 2015, the keep's second male winner (and first deaf victor) shimmied to mirrorball gold on Dancing With the Stars the next year. Then he made his subsequent cross into producing and performing (credits consist of Sophisticated Folks, Switched at Birth and Dan + Shay's “Tequila” tune video) while continuing his work as an activist for the listening to impaired alongside with his Nyle DiMarco Foundation.

After producing the 2020 Netflix fact sequence Deaf U, trailing a bunch of college students at his alma mater, Gallaudet College, a school for deaf and onerous-of-listening to college students in Washington, D.C., and the 2021 Oscar-nominated documentary brief Audible, DiMarco teamed with Davis Guggenheim for his directorial debut, 2025's Deaf President Now.

In 2022, he revealed a e book titled Deaf Utopia: A Memoir — and a Worship Letter to a Scheme of Life.

India Gants, Cycle 23

With the fixed comparisons to Gigi Hadid, plus the abilities to steer clear of the dreaded bottom two, the Seattle native's 2017 victory wasn't all that horrible. Nor is the indisputable fact that she's been step by step working within the years since, a job for Las Vegas' Ambra Italian Kitchen + Bar earning her a large billboard on the facet of the MGM Sizable. “I even had been modeling for over 8 years and fetch performed every thing from magazines to undercover agent books to TV to internet campaigns to commercials, and extra,” she shared in a November 2019 post. “But never fetch I EVER had a limiteless marketing campaign fancy this.”

Peaceful, she famed in an April 2024 Instagram video, posing used to be never ample to pay the payments. “Even for the explanation that very early days of my modeling profession, I even fetch never worked lovely as a model,” she said of her varied facet gigs, fancy working at a golf direction or a bar.

She also shares her wellness recede on her Instagram and discusses her ongoing sobriety on The Sober Scoop podcast.

Kyla Coleman, Cycle 24

A expeditiously scan thru her Instagram feed proves she's made essentially the most of her 2018 victory. In between posting for manufacturers equivalent to Ivy Park, Calvin Klein, Wrangler and Alexander Wang (and acting in Dua Lipa's “Don't Commence Now” tune video), she's cementing her internet page on the runway. “first szn in paris & i debuted with @off____white,” she raved in 2020, “so mf main – i'm with out a doubt living a dream.”

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