ELLE favourite Charlee Fraser has walked more shows than we can count, South Australian beauty Adut Akech closed Saint Laurent (and walked plenty of others), and Australia’s Next Top Model winner Aleyna FitzGeral‘s resume has included the likes Chanel, Balmain and Dolce & Gabbana.

Seeing Aleyna dominate the runway, particularly, during her reign in the Spring Summer ’18 shows got us thinking about all of the other ANTM veterans who are still enjoying success in the notoriously hard-to-crack fashion industry.

Take Duckie Thot, for example, the runner-up from season nine who relocated to New York and now counts Rihanna and Kanye West as fans. Another example could be Brooke Hogan, the Instagram fitness star has earned herself more than 700,000 Instagram followers since her time on the competition show.

Curious to know who else has cracked the industry? Below, we round up five alumni from Australia’s Next Top Model whose careers are only just beginning.

Aleyna FitzGerald

Season: Winner, cycle 10.

Where is she now?: Since winning her season last year, Aleyna is arguably enjoying one of the biggest careers of any ANTM contestant, having walked the runway for Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Valentino and Balmain, among many others, in her first year alone.

Career highlight: Joining Kaia Gerber, Taylor Hill and Arizona Muse on the Chanel spring summer ’18 runway.

Tahnee Atkinson

Season: Winner, cycle 5.

Where is she now?: With over 150,000 Instagram followers, Tahnee has become an online celebrity in her own right since winning the series in 2009. Nowadays, she’s considered something of a Sydney It-girl, attending social events around the country while still landing regular work as an editorial and commercial model.

Career highlight: A beauty contract with Maybelline.

Duckie Thot

Season: Runner up, cycle 8.

Where is she now?: Duckie is enjoying a meteoric rise to success, after relocating to New York and quickly being cast by Kanye West in his ‘Yeezy’ runway show last season. She has since appeared on the cover of Paper magazine, in the 2017 Pirelli calendar, appeared on Netflix makeup show Glow Up and walked for Jeremy Scott, Fenty by Puma and Helmut Lang, among others.

Career highlight: Acting as a beauty muse and model for Rihanna’s cult status ‘Fenty’ beauty line, and walking the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2018.

Simone Holtznagel

Season: Third place, season 7.

Where is she now?: Simone was revealed as the new face of Guess, which is a big deal when you consider that Gigi Hadid, Hailey Baldwin and Kate Upton started their careers as Guess girls.

Career highlight: Starring on the cover of Playboy magazine.

Brooke Hogan

Season: 11th place, cycle 8.

Where is she now?: You may have forgotten that Instagram sensation Brooke Hogan started her career as a contestant of Top Model, but that she did! Nowadays she boasts 630,000 followers, is signed with modelling agencies in Sydney, London and Europe, and has fronted campaigns for Lorna Jane.

People — cruel people — love to joke that winning America’s Next Top Model is essentially like getting a pat on the back and a gold star. Roughly zero contestants on Tyra Banks’s long-running series (we’re on Cycle 21 now) have gone on to become supermodels. Instead, maybe they earn a modest living doing runway shows, ad campaigns, and music videos; sometimes they fall to pieces and end up seeking Dr. Phil. Part of the irony in watching ANTM: Knowing that their smizes will soon disintegrate into crying emojis. Some, however, defy the odds and flip their quasi-fame into movie roles (those acting challenges really pay off), non-modeling gigs, and more reality TV. Since ANTM (Boys & Girls 2) returns tonight, Vulture created a power ranking of the show’s most enterprising contestants based on their biggest achievements.

The tenth cycle of America's Next Top Model was the fourth season of the series to be aired on The CW network. The promotional catchphrase of the cycle is "New Faces, New Attitude, New York". The promotional song was "Feedback" by Janet Jackson.

A few major changes were made this season. The show was moved back to New York, after being housed in Los Angeles since cycle 4. The number of contestants was also increased to 14, after being maintained at 13 since cycle 5. Finally, the judging panel, unchanged since cycle 5, was also altered; Twiggy was replaced by model Paulina Porizkova due to the former's scheduling conflicts.

The prizes for this cycle were:

• A modeling contract with Elite Model Management
• A fashion spread and cover in Seventeen
• A US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics

The international destination for this cycle was Rome, Italy, the franchises' second of three visits to Italy throughout the current seasons.

The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Whitney Thompson from Atlantic Beach, Florida. Thompson was the first plus-size model to win the competition. This season averaged 4.23 million viewers per episode.

Contestants[edit]

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place Kimberly Rydzewski † 20 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Worcester, Massachusetts Episode 2 14 (quit) Atalya Slater 18 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Brooklyn, New York 13 Allison Kuehn 18 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Waunakee, Wisconsin Episode 3 12 Amy 'Amis' Jenkins 20 5 ft 11 (1.80 m) Bartlesville, Oklahoma Episode 4 11 Marvita Washington 23 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Francisco, California Episode 5 10 Aimee Wright 18 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Spanaway, Washington Episode 6 9 Claire Unabia 24 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Brooklyn, New York Episode 7 8 Stacy-Ann Fequiere 22 5 ft 11 (1.80 m) Miami, Florida Episode 9 7 Lauren Utter 22 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Brooklyn, New York Episode 10 6 Katarzyna Dolinska 22 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Roslyn, New York Episode 11 5 Dominique Reighard 23 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Columbus, Ohio Episode 12 4 Fatima Siad 22 5 ft 11 (1.80 m) Boston, Massachusetts Episode 13 3 Anya Kop 18 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Honolulu, Hawaii 2 Whitney Thompson 20 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Atlantic Beach, Florida 1

Episodes[edit]

Summaries[edit]

Call-out order[edit]

Order Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 1 Allison Anya Lauren Anya Stacy-Ann Whitney Fatima Anya Fatima Fatima Anya Anya Whitney 2 Fatima Claire Marvita Whitney Dominique Katarzyna Anya Lauren Katarzyna Dominique Whitney Whitney Anya 3 Katarzyna Whitney Aimee Katarzyna Claire Fatima Katarzyna Dominique Anya Anya Fatima Fatima 4 Kimberly Lauren Claire Claire Anya Lauren Whitney Katarzyna Dominique Whitney Dominique 5 Stacy-Ann Aimee Stacy-Ann Dominique Lauren Anya Stacy-Ann Whitney Whitney Katarzyna 6 Aimee Amis Fatima Fatima Stacy-Ann Aimee Dominique Dominique Fatima Lauren 7 Marvita Anya Lauren Katarzyna Stacy-Ann Lauren Stacy-Ann 8 Claire Katarzyna Whitney Marvita Fatima Claire Claire 9 Whitney Stacy-Ann Katarzyna Aimee Whitney Aimee 10 Marvita Dominique Amis Fatima Marvita 11 Lauren Allison Dominique Amis 12 Atalya Amis Allison 13 Anya Atalya 14 DominiqueKimberly The contestant was eliminated The contestant quit the competition The contestant won the competition

Bottom two[edit]

Episode Contestants Eliminated 2 Amis & AtalyaKimberlyAtalya 3 Allison & Dominique Allison 4 Amis & Fatima Amis 5 Marvita & Whitney Marvita 6 Aimee & Claire Aimee 7 Claire & Lauren Claire 9 Fatima & Stacy-Ann Stacy-Ann 10 Lauren & Whitney Lauren 11 Katarzyna & Whitney Katarzyna 12 Dominique & Fatima Dominique 13 Fatima & Whitney Fatima Anya & Whitney Anya The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two The contestant quit the competition The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Average call-out order[edit]

Casting call-out order and final two are not included.

Rank by average Place Model Call-out total Number of call-outs Call-out average 1 2 Anya 29 11 2.64 2 1 Whitney 45 4.09 3 3 Fatima 48 4.36 4 6 Lauren 36 8 4.50 5 5 Katarzyna 43 9 4.78 6 8 Claire 29 6 4.83 7 4 Dominique 53 10 5.30 8 7 Stacy-Ann 40 7 5.71 9 9 Aimee 32 5 6.40 10 10 Marvita 27 4 6.75 11 11 Amis 33 3 11.00 12 12 Allison 23 2 11.50 13 13 Atalya 13 1 13.00 14 14 Kimberly — — —

Photo shoot guide[edit]

• Episode 1 photo shoots: School ID (casting)
• Episode 2 photo shoot: Homeless models
• Episode 3 photo shoot: "Intimates" lingeries by Elle Macpherson on a yacht by the Brooklyn Bridge
• Episode 4 photo shoot: Meat packing factory
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Extreme beauty shots with paint
• Episode 6 photo shoot: Music genres
• Episode 7 photo shoot: Fuerza Bruta on mylar
• Episode 9 photo shoot: Vintage jet setters boarding an airplane
• Episode 10 Commercial: CoverGirl queen collection vibrant hue lipcolor commercial in Italian
• Episode 11 photo shoot: Roman castle renaissance haute couture
• Episode 12 photo shoot: Paparazzi divas
• Episode 13 Commercial and photo shoot: CoverGirl lashblast mascara commercial and print ad; Seventeen magazine covers

Other cast members[edit]

• Jay Manuel
• Sutan Amrull
• Christian Marc
• Anda & Masha

Makeovers[edit]

• Allison – Dyed copper and volumized
• Amis – Long golden blonde extensions with bangs
• Marvita – Horse mane weave
• Aimee – Cut to shoulder-length with bangs and dyed red
• Claire – Buzz cut and dyed platinum blonde
• Stacy Ann – Cut short
• Lauren – Long strawberry blonde extensions
• Katarzyna – Trimmed and dyed chocolate brown; later, bob cut
• Dominique – Bob cut and dyed dark brown; later, re-dyed dark blonde
• Fatima – Long chestnut brown weave
• Anya – Cut to shoulder-length and dyed platinum blonde with bleached eyebrows
• Whitney – Long blonde extensions

Post-Top Model careers[edit]

• Kimberly Rydzewski modeled for Twenty Three Vintage, Calico and Swimwear Plus and did some test shots. She died on December 19, 2016, aged 29.
• Atalya Slater is signed with Wilhelmina Models under the W Media division in New York and has walked for Jose Duran in New York Fashion Week and House of Dereon on the Tyra Show. She appeared in Source Magazine, New York Daily News, American Cheerleader magazine, Cosmogirl Prom F/W 2009, Cosmopolitan, April 2009 and has modeled for hair magazines. She also has a campaign with South Pole and had a Billboard in Times Square. Atalya played a female fan in the movie Notorious. She is also on the cover of the Book Friend Til the End. She has modeled on The View Elisabeth Hasselbeck's clothing line. and the clothing line Coogi. She featured in the Fabolous video "Throw it in the Bag". She has also appeared on the June 19, 2009, broadcast of The Today Show modeling swimwear and later Fall fashion. and appeared in Seventeen magazine August 2009 issue.
• Allison Kuehn is signed to DreamModels Workshop in Hong Kong and BMG Models in Chicago. She was previously with Ford Models in Milwaukee, Vue Model Management and I Model and Talent in Los Angeles. She has been in Wedding More, Jessica Code and Pop magazine. She currently lives in Hong Kong with cycle 1's Elyse Sewell.
• Amis Jenkins has done some test shoots; but she revealed on the Tyra Banks Show that the show helped her realize that she is not interested in modeling, but instead wants to pursue a styling career.
• Marvita Washington is signed with Ikon Model Management. She appeared in Ebony Magazine, December 2008. and Supermodels Unlimited. She has walked for various designers, including at BET's Rip the Runway 2009.
• Aimee Wright is signed to Heffner Model Management in Seattle, Washington.
• Claire Unabia signed to Empire Model Management in New York City. She has modeled for Fati Light and has an ad for Kodak. She appeared on the cover of Parents magazine with her daughter Halina in 2007 and February 2009 and was in Unvogue, New York Daily News and Supermodels Unlimited. Recently she appeared as one of the models for Ven Budhu on Project Runway season 10's season premier. A stock photo of Unabia was used to represent the character "Juliet" on the first season of HBO's Westworld.
• Stacy-Ann Fequiere is signed to Base Models in Miami. She has walked for various designers for Miami Funkshion fashion week and Toronto Fashion Week. She has modeled for Cooyah clothing, and appeared in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 2009 Calendar. She made it to the semi-finals of the Victoria's Secret model search. She appeared in magazines like Seventeen, JamRock, Fair Lady, Winter Park, Chellea, Vocess and Glamour South Africa. She also worked for Iman's Global Chic collection on HSN.
• Lauren Utter is signed to VIP Stars Models in New York. She has done some test shoots and starred in Modelville (see above) which she later quit. She modeled for Pomp and Circumstance magazine, Thorn and Class Struggle. She also appeared in the season finale on the sixth season of Project Runway.
• Katarzyna Dolinska ("Kat Doll") is signed with Elite Model Management in New York City and Ace Models in Athens, Greece, She has also walked in Athens Fashion Week S/S 09 for designers Vassilis Zoulias, Custo Barcelona, Elena Strongyliotou, Afroditi Hera. She walked for Issey Miyake in Paris Fashion Week F/W 09.10. She closed the Christophe Josse show in Paris Haute Couture fashion week S/S '09 and walked in Dilek Hanif Haute Couture S/S '09. She was one of the Top Models in Action featured in cycle 11 and was featured again in cycle 13. She was on a billboard with Jaslene Gonzalez in Times Square for a Lot 29 advertisement. She has been on the cover of Women's Wear Daily and TJF Magazine and has appeared in City Magazine, Cosmogirl, OZON, Young Magazine Greece, Cosmopolitan Greece, Diva Magazine Greece, LaMilk, L'Officiel. Gerlan Jeans Look Book, Vogue Australia, Italian Glamour, Bolero, Ninja Magazine and Tokion.
• Dominique Reighard has signed with House of Talent PA. She has won Modelville, as a result, she is currently a spokesmodel for Carol's Daughter. She was a contestant on the first All-Star Season of America's Next Top Model. She has been seen in J'Adore, Fashion Q&A, Ebony, C Magazine and Seventeen. Reighard had also been featured on the websites of Essence and Sovereign Soles and ads for Carol's Daughter and Grove City Dental. She has walked in Philippine Fashion Week for Michael Cinco and modeled for Bench in "Bench Universe" with Sophie Sumner and Allison Harvard. Dominique has released her first music video called "On Top of the World".
• Fatima Siad is currently signed with IMG Models NY. She has signed to New York Model Management, LA Model Management, Ace Models in Athens, Greece and Ice Models in Milan, Italy. She has been in In Fashion Magazine and Elle, March 2009 and July 2009. Siad has a contract with the Swiss cosmetic company, Arbonne and is one of the new faces for Arbonne FC5, appearing in ads for the products. She was in Marie Claire in July 2010. In addition, Siad had an ad campaign with BCBG Max Azria for their Spring/Summer 2010 campaign. She was also chosen for the Spring 2012 Herve Leger campaign by Max Azria. Fatima also walked for noted fashion houses such as Dries van Noten and Hermès during the Spring/Summer 2012 fashion week.
• Anya Kop is signed to Wilhelmina Models in New York and Style International Management in Hong Kong and was once signed with Elite Model Management. Rozova has appeared in both Level Magazine and Nylon Magazine. Rozova has appeared in several Hong Kong based publications including Elle Hong Kong, Cosmogirl Hong Kong, Marie Claire Hong Kong, Daily Sun, "Jessica Magazine" and Jessica Code. She shot a Fall 2009 campaign for the Chinese brand "Calfland". Anya has also appeared in Vogue Nippon. Anya walked the Nuj Novakhett and Julian Louie runway shows during New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2009 season. She also walked for shows during Hong Kong fashion week in the Fall/Winter 2009 season such as Fashion Shenzhen, Taipei in Style, In Full Bloom, HK Young Fashion Designers' Contest 2009, Brands Collection Show I and The 9th Footwear Design Competition Awards Hong Kong 2009. In August 2009, Rozova was featured in Project Runway All Star Challenge as one of the models for Sweet P Vaughn's collection.
• Whitney Thompson has collected her prizes though has since ended her representation with Elite Model Management and has since switched to Wilhelmina Models in New York. Whitney created a jewelry line called ShopSupermodel. She's also the spokesmodel for Smile Stylists, modeled for Metrostyle, JC Penney, People Magazine, Diana Warner Jewelry, Forever 21, Saks Fifth Avenue, the face for Torrid, Converse One Star, Fashion Bug, and a campaign with Pure Energy/Target, Fall 2010. She's also an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association, and a spokesperson for the Right Fit brand of Fashion Bug. She has also shot a CoverGirl commercial with Rihanna. In January 2010, Whitney became a model for the Faith 21 line by Forever 21. In 2015, she made an appearance on cycle 22 as a judge.

Controversies[edit]

Kimberly[edit]

Months later after the second episode (see top), Kimberly Rydzewski appeared on the October 15, 2008, episode of The Tyra Banks Show together with fellow cycle 10 contestants Marvita Washington, Dominique Reighard and cycle 8 winner Jaslene Gonzalez where they talked about domestic violence. Rydzewski revealed later that the true reason she quit the contest was because she experienced depression, influenced by her ex-boyfriend's suicide three months prior to the competition, which in turn, revived her experiences of her mother's suicide when she was a child.

She explained that she initially wanted to join ANTM to help her divert her emotions, but she felt that it was not working and later used a ambiguous excuse to voluntarily leave the contest. She confessed that she really likes fashion and wanted to pursue it as a career. Rydzewski died on December 19, 2016, at the age of 29.

Property damages[edit]

During the contestants’ stay in New York, the models stayed in a $6 million apartment. However, when the season was over, it was revealed the contestants had caused over $500,000 in damages. The landlord Michael Marvisi explained that the girls had left food on the walls, damaged a $15,000 chandelier “beyond repair” and caused $90,000 of damage to a store below. He also said the film crew had punched “hundreds of holes in the ceiling to hang lighting equipment.” and had torn up the Brazilian wood floors. A $125K settlement deal was reached between the landlord and America's Next Top Model.

Notes[edit]

• Fatima thus became the second contestant in the show's history to miss a photo shoot yet not get eliminated, the other being Shannon Stewart from cycle 1.
• In episode 1, the pool of 35 girls was reduced to 13. This call-out order does not reflect their performances that week. Aimee and Amy were called simultaneously when Tyra vaguely said their name. Amy later changed her name to "Amis" to avoid confusion with Aimee. The judging panel originally intended to have thirteen contestants in the final cast, but after the final thirteen were revealed, Tyra announced that the fourteenth contestant–Dominique–would also be part of the cast. In episode 2, Kimberly quit the competition when she was called forward for her individual evaluation at judging panel.

Who is the most successful model from ANTM?

We also won't be limiting this list to winners – every contestant is eligible..

10: Allison Harvard. Allison Harvard came close but never quite tasted victory. ... .

9: Adrianne Curry. ... .

7: Whitney Thompson. ... .

6: Yaya DaCosta. ... .

5: Fatima Siad. ... .

3: Nyle DiMarco. ... .

2: Analeigh Tipton. ... .

1: Leila Goldkuhl..

Who is the richest model from ANTM?

1 Lisa D'Amato — Net Worth $46 Million So far, Lisa has released two studio albums, and she allegedly has an estimated net worth of $46 million — which makes her the richest contestant!

Did America's Next Top Model contestants get paid?

A former model who appeared on "America's Next Top Model" ("ANTM") said contestants were paid $38 per day, which would go towards their meals during the show.

What happened to Fatima from ANTM?

Fatima ended up placing third in the competition, behind Anya Rozova (runner-up) and Whitney Thompson (winner). After Cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model was over, Fatima transferred back to Bryn Mawr College.