Wanna be on top? After 12 years and 22 cycles, America's Next Top Model is finally ending its search for the next big thing. The reality show, which debuted in May , airs its series finale Friday, Dec. In honor of the show's illustrious run, catch up with the 21 previous winners of ANTM , then and now. The laid-back brunette, then 20, modeled Baby Phat in the final challenge and beat out fellow finalists Shannon Stewart and Elyse Sewell to take home the crown.

18 Former "America's Next Top Model" Contestants Who Are Actually Getting Work



18 Former "America's Next Top Model" Contestants Who Are Actually Getting Work
Police found drugs, two knives, seven rounds of 9mm ammunition, a safety deposit box, and several mobile phones at the property — leading them to believe it may have been a drug den. She later pleaded guilty to four counts of burglary, one count of vehicle theft, one count of being in possession of a firearm, and one count of identity theft. She made it to the final three of the show, but was then thrown off the show after producers revealed that she had been working as a paid escort prior to filming. Preston argued that she wrongly disqualified and should have won. She previously appeared on Cycle 5 of the show and fell into drug addiction after it ended.


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Since it launched in , Tyra Banks ' "America's Next Top Model" has turned dozens of something girls and a couple of guys into experienced models. Adrianne Curry born August 6, was the very first winner of "America's Next Top Model ," and she's gone on to become one of the most successful and well known of all the "Top Models. The rebellious model went on to walk the runway for designers such as Jamie Pressly and Ed Hardy. She's also modeled for numerous magazines, appeared in Playboy , made several "Sexiest women" lists and appeared on TV commercials. Curry appeared on game shows and also became a reality TV star, appearing on where she met her now former husband, "The Brady Bunch"'s Chris Knight and "My Fair Brady" which documented their life together.




First airing in , this show has given us endless models to root for and an insight into the realities of the fashion industry. The contestants on the show have to follow a number of rules, some of them expected for reality television, and some of them totally surprising. ANTM is similar to many other reality TV shows in that contestants have to be completely cut off from the world during filming.