What The Winners Of America's Next Top Model Look Like Today

You wanna be on top? There are 24 models who can say they reached the top of the top of "America's Next Top Model," and yes, those 24 models are still sickeningly beautiful today. What's more, they've also grown in personal and professional ways. And more often than not, that growth is reflected in how they look.

If this list of "ANTM" graduates proves one thing, it's that there's more than one path for a season winner to take. Some of the former champions have hung up their fashion world hats for good, whereas others keep hustling in the modeling game. There are the alumni who have started young families, which has imbued them with a new natural glow. There are the "ANTM" stars who've gotten into other areas of show business. The list goes on and on. All that said, the series winners may be just as photogenic as ever, but time and life moves have definitely updated their looks in one way or another.

So, get your runway walk ready and smize like your life depends on it, because this is what the winners of "America's Next Top Model" look like today.

In the words of Tyra Banks herself during the "America's Next Top Model" Season 2 finale, Yoanna House transformed herself from being a "quirky, kind of weird girl" into the sort of "hip, stylish, gorgeous being" who comes away with first prize. As she's gotten older, House has embraced a more natural look, her honed cheekbones softened by a lion's mane of hair, but her green eyes are still as magnetic as ever. She also underwent a breast augmentation following the birth of her son. 

Speaking to E! Online in 2010, she stated that she's "never done anything" to her face, and likely never would (via Digital Spy). However, she was simply unhappy with how her body looked and decided to make changes. "I thought I had a boyish figure," she said. "I wanted to look more womanly, and I think it's the best decision I've ever made." 

On top of a successful modeling career, House also enjoyed some fame as a TV host and actor. The star presented the reality show "Queen Bees" in 2008, wherein a gang of Regina Georges were transformed into something resembling a pre-Plastics Cady Heron. She even landed a single acting credit in an episode of the short-lived sitcom "Eve," starring the hip-hop star of the same name, who — for whatever reason — confusingly depicted a character called Shelley.

Fans of "America's Next Top Model" will remember Naima Mora as being something of a renegade. With her signature haircut and gutsy punk rock swagger, it was clear from the get-go that she had the makings of a winner and the fortitude to fight for the mantle. Following her triumphant season, Mora was featured in a CoverGirl commercial with Yoanna House, and modeled in magazines like Elle, per Syracuse.com.

But there was no way to remove the punk-rocker from the model. On top of Mora starring in the music video for TV on the Radio's killer lycanthropy indie hit "Wolf Like Me" (per MTV),  she was also the frontwoman of the punk outfit Galaxy of Tar, per AfroPunk. A creative at heart, Mora has lent her voice to a TED talk about her background, Buddhism, and career, and also starred in an off-Broadway play that she co-wrote, "The Amazing Adventures of a Woman in Need." 

Clearly a force of nature, Mora has seemingly never lost sight of herself. In 2021, the artist unveiled a new look on Instagram — her old one — sharing that she'd reinstated the classic 'do. Explaining that the "fashion industry" had pressured her to have long hair for some time, she wrote, "I've been wanting this hair cut again ... I felt it time to really just return to my sexy punk rock authentic self." Job done.

A good ten years before the fashion boom of diastema — a gap between the two front teeth — made models like Lara Stone and Georgia Jagger industry darlings, there was Dani Evans being called out for hers on "America's Next Top Model." The striking model went on to win Cycle 6 of the show, but not without eventually closing up the gap in her teeth on the advice of host Tyra Banks. 

In 2020, a moment from the show where the "ANTM" host challenged Evans over her initial refusal to receive dental work on her teeth went viral. In the resurfaced clip, Banks mockingly asks Evans, "Do you really think you can have a CoverGirl contract with a gap in your mouth?" and as Body + Soul recapped, it subsequently provoked endless criticism and debate on social media.

Tyra Banks took to Twitter to acknowledge "the insensitivity of some past 'ANTM' moments" and apologized. Meanwhile, Evans challenged the messaging of the moment in an Instagram video. Addressing "all the young queens" affected by the clip, she said "It doesn't matter if you have a gap, stacked teeth, straight teeth ... I want to remind you of your worth. You are a masterpiece." She may not have her charming gap, but Evans continues to radiate her beauty, inside and out. 

Having originally auditioned for Cycle 7 of "America's Next Top Model" before being cut from the final batch, Jaslene Gonzalez managed to bounce back from rejection to climb to the top of Cycle 8 — and became the first Latina woman to do so. Following her win, the 21-year old reflected to Seventeen that there were "so many roadblocks" to overcome so she could win the reality show, including an abusive relationship (via People).

"It was such a dark moment in my life," she told the magazine, stating that her mental wellbeing was negatively affected by the relationship. "But I still did what I had to do. I think perseverance is the key to success." As evidenced by her active Instagram account, Gonzalez is still thriving in her career and looks to be just as spirited and outrageously stunning as she was when she won the competition. 

On top of modeling, Gonzalez has dabbled with some minor appearances in films like Eli Roth's "Death Wish" and an episode of "Chicago Fire" as the obviously pivotal character "Seizure Woman." Notably, the model is now helping to inspire other aspiring models nurture and navigate their own careers via her website, On Set with Jaslene, where she hosts workshops designed to support such ambitions. 

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Making history as the first plus-size winner of "America's Next Top Model," Whitney Thompson's season ten win seemed to be a game-changer for an industry that she described as "treacherous" and "based on lies" to HuffPost. The model became a spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association in 2010, and the position seemed to affirm her mission in life. In 2018 she shared with the outlet that she continues to receive fan mail from people affected by body image issues and disordered eating, who have been inspired by her story.

These days, the model lives a much simpler life but she's no less inspiring for it. Thompson now lives in Tennessee with her husband, and as the Tennessean reported, the two opened an exciting "multi-concept restaurant" by the name of Copper Vault in 2016.  She furthermore maintains a lifestyle blog, "Whitney's Wanders," where she posts candidly about motherhood, travel, and the joys of being a restaurateur. 

To this day, Thompson remains the only plus-size winner of "ANTM," and is still skeptical about how much progress has truly been made in the industry. The star told HuffPost, "If we want a true body revolution, we have to stop emphasizing plus and start integrating all sizes, without gloating about it."

During Cycle 12 of "America's Next Top Model," the finale pitched two very different and very compelling models up against each other. On one hand, there was the spooky Allison Harvard. On the other, the versatile yet consistent catwalk queen Teyona Anderson. The latter won, and as she recalled to NJ.com, though she'd worked hard to claim the title, she was still "so surprised" to be given it. "We were so neck and neck and the judges loved Allison," she said. "I just swore they were going to pick her."

Following her win, Anderson modeled in South Africa, and also flexed her incredible runway strut for almost 30 shows in Arise Cape Town Fashion Week, according to NJ.com. These days, however, she's less focused on modeling and more focused on being a mom to her young son. Anderson's baby son is a huge feature on her Instagram, where the model used 2020 to share every stage of her incredible and poignant loc journey. 

Like a few of her "America's Next Top Model" alums, Krista White's win was proof that perseverance pays off. The model had notoriously been auditioning for the show since 2003, but only got let into Tyra Banks' "Battle Royale" of modeling seven years later for Cycle 14. Speaking to Reality Wanted, White proclaimed that she simply "doesn't give up easily" when she wants something. "You tell me no, I'm gonna keep coming back," she stated. It's a trait that likely served her well in the modeling world where every "yes" can potentially follow a crushing amount of "no."

As of 2021, White appears to be living in Las Vegas, if her Instagram is anything to go by. And while she may not be doing the same high fashion shoots or runways as she used to, she definitely appears to still be modeling — and hasn't lost her finesse for working a camera and making everything she wears look luxe as heck. She also landed a gig as the fashion director of DLXVRSN magazine. "I never thought I wanted to work for a magazine and actually put my own thoughts out into the world," she told Luxe News Magazine in 2016. "I just wanted to be a part of the fashion world."

As a final thought, can we all take a moment to appreciate how this woman rocks a thigh-high boot? It appears to be the model's signature and good grief, it's a look. 

Appearing on "America's Next Top Model" straight out of high school, 19-year-old Brittani Kline was given a dramatic black bob and took home first prize. In the years that followed, Kline was realistic about the challenges of the industry. She balanced inconsistent modeling gigs with bartending to make ends meet, ensuring she did so without having to compromise herself or dramatically alter her looks for shoots.

"I needed to make enough money to support myself and stay true to who I am," she explained to Williamsport Sun-Gazette in 2013, "so I moved back home to my family, boyfriend and bartending job." When more jobs became available, she found herself traveling the world again for jobs, but by 2017 she'd been worn down by the lack of stability that the role provides.

Stating that she was "tired" of "waiting months for paychecks," having no "health or retirement benefits," and having her mental health put "at risk," the model announced her resignation from modeling on Instagram. These days, Kline looks more focused on taking care of herself and her loved ones — including her "life partner" and ludicrously cute baby son, Rowan. Good for her. 

For the "British Invasion" season of "America's Next Top Model," a crop of British and American models vied to be on top. However, it was Sophie Sumner's classic English rose good looks and bubbly personality which eventually won over the judges, catapulting the model to stardom. In 2012 she suggested to Vogue that she suddenly became so famous that she was recognized more than her bestie and former roommate Emma Watson when they attended Coachella together. 

As noted on her website, Sumner's high fashion look landed her into the pages of publications like Vogue, Nylon, Harper's Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan, and her personality took her into a new career as a TV star. In 2015, the model appeared in the reality series "Taking New York," a show about a group of British folk in their twenties attempting to make the Big Apple their own.

According to her Instagram, Sumner keeps busy as a contributing editor for Daily Front Row and a style host for Amazon Live. She's still, thankfully, also an active model with the star sharing work she's done for designer eyewear brand Krewe and Nordstrom.

The twentieth cycle of "America's Next Top Model" was the first to allow men to compete. Naturally, this made everyone assume that a dude would be a shoe-in for the win — except they didn't count on the elevated, delicate beauty of Jourdan Miller, who wound up taking the title instead. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the model admitted that her victory — though well-earned — was a surprise to her, too. "I remember standing there and thinking, 'It has to be a guy,'" she said. "'They want something exciting to happen.'"

As of 2021, the model is still enjoying an extremely active modeling career with her consistent rotation of work constantly evidenced on her popping Instagram profile. She's even been featured in the music videos for songs like "Sunburns" by indie outfit Fences and "Lemon Drop" by Jonathan Visger's atmospheric solo project Absofacto. Unsurprisingly, Miller still packs the "ANTM" beloved "Boom, Boom, Wow" effect, which is honestly a comfort.  

Nyle DiMarco made history in 2015 as the first Deaf winner of "America's Next Top Model." In his words to Entertainment Weekly, taking the Top Model mantle "proves that Deaf people can do anything and everything." Not that his journey to do so wasn't still difficult. The model told the website that some shoots weren't accessible for him, and that the isolation he was shown experiencing in the model house was very much real. However, he used part of his struggle to his advantage, telling the outlet, "I was not distracted at all. I was focused. One hundred percent focused."

He's continued to be one hundred percent focused ever since. As well as enjoying a thriving modeling career, DiMarco's also doing well as an actor having starred in Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner's comedy series "Difficult People," and other projects like "Station 19" and "Switched at Birth." But he's also doing a lot away from the spotlight too. As Deadline reported, the star is an executive producer on two projects focused on the American Deaf community for Netflix — a coming-of age documentary series titled "Deaf U" and a film about a Deaf high school athlete called "Audible." He also won Season 22 of "Dancing with the Stars."

In 2021, DiMarco further proved he's gone way beyond the small screen by also becoming an author. The model announced the 2022 release of his first book, "Deaf Utopia" in an Instagram post wherein he described the tome as being "a memoir of my life but also a celebration of Deaf culture." 

Two dozen cycles into the reality competition, the seemingly fearless and wonderfully outspoken Kyla Coleman proved the kind of moxie it takes to win "America's Next Top Model" nowadays. As Entertainment Weekly perfectly described the 2018 champion, "She's got the looks of a star and the tenacity of a social activist," with the young model telling the publication that her background in community activism helped to ground her goals and values in the industry.

Speaking with the outlet about the intersections between activism and modeling, Coleman stated, "Representation is so important." She went on to say she'll do what she can to raise the voices of marginalized people. While the star's Instagram shows the model is getting some impressive work to this day — including an editorial shoot with legendary photographer Mario Sorrenti for Rihanna's takeover of i-D and modeling for Alexander Wang at The Webster – she's still engaging with activism.

In 2020, the star shared an Instagram post offering handmade "protest kits" — featuring first aid kits and bottles of water — to her fellow Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland. She also signposted where people could find her at the rally, so they could collect said kits. Clearly, Coleman is a woman of her word.