They wanted to be on top, but did they stay there? We're rounding up some of the most memorable winners from "America's Next Top Model" in honor of the 15th anniversary of the show's debut on May 20, 2018, and checking in to see where some of your favorite catwalk queens ended up!
It's hard to believe that Tyra Banks launched the reality competition show "America's Next Top Model" 15 years ago on UPN. As the first winner of the series in 2003, Adrianne Curry scored a Revlon endorsement deal and a contract with Wilhelmina Models at 20 years old.
Adrianne Curry went on to model for magazines like Playboy. She also continued to dabble in reality TV with her show "My Fair Brady," which chronicled her relationship with "Brady Bunch" star Christopher Knight — whom she met while filming "The Surreal Life." The couple eventually married in 2006 but didn't find their happily ever after and called it quits in 2011. Christopher and Adrianne also appeared on "Dr. Phil" to deal with some of their marital issues. In 2017, Adrianne announced her engagement to voiceover actor Matthew Rhode. She currently resides in Arizona where she sells Avon products. She told Huffington Post in 2018 that she's among the brand's top 28 sellers nationwide.
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Eva Pigford won "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 3 in 2004. Prizes that season included a spread in ELLE magazine plus contracts with CoverGirl and Ford Models.
Over the years, Eva Marcille — who switched out her last name for her middle name — has appeared in various modeling campaigns and in small roles in movies, music videos and TV shows including "Smallville" and "The Young and the Restless." Most recently, though, she appeared as NeNe Leakes' sidekick on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." The model-turned-reality star has a daughter, Marley, with former beau Kevin McCall and a son, Michael Sterling Jr., with fiance Michael Sterling. The little guy was born in April 2018.
Nicole Linkletter came out on top during Cycle 5 of "America's Next Top Model." The North Dakota native won a contract with Ford Models, a spread in ELLE magazine, an ELLE Girl magazine cover and a CoverGirl cosmetics contract.
Nicole Linkletter continued modeling and appeared as a judge on the 2006 Miss USA pageant. She married Adam Nathanson in 2013 and welcomed their first child, Theo, in 2016. These days, Nicole can be seen on Instagram and her blog, NoWay Mama, enjoying life as a mom.
Cycle 10 of "America's Next Top Model" saw the show's first plus-size winner in 2008, Whitney Thompson. That year, the top prize included a contract with CoverGirl, a cover and six-page spread in Seventeen magazine and a contract with Elite Model Management.
Since her success on "America's Next Top Model," Whitney Thompson has gone on to model for Torrid, Faith 21 (Forever 21's plus-size line) and various other fashion brands. She has also become a spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association. In 2014, she married painter Ian Forrester in a Scottish castle. She currently resides in Tennessee, where she owns a restaurant called Copper Vault and runs her blog, Whitney's Wanders.
CariDee English used her larger-than-life personality to help her win Cycle 7 of "America's Next Top Model" in 2006. The second "ANTM" winner from North Dakota (Nicole Linkletter was the first) secured herself a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, a cover and six-page editorial spread in Seventeen magazine and a contract with Elite Models.
CariDee English continued to model after her win and migrated to hosting duties for the MTV show "Scarred" in 2007 as well as Oxygen's 2009 series "Pretty Wicked." CariDee also became a spokesperson for the psoriasis treatment Stelara, a good fit since the beauty is a member of the National Psoriasis Foundation. She's currently dating rocker Ilan Rubin, who's best known for drumming in bands ranging from Nine Inch Nails and Paramore to Tom DeLonge's Angels and Airwaves.
Saleisha Stowers won Cycle 9 of "America's Next Top Model" with her bubbly personality and strong runway walk in 2009. The California native took home a contract with CoverGirl, landed a cover of Seventeen magazine and signed with Elite Model Management.
In 2013, Saleisha Stowers moved over to acting and shortened her name to Sal Stowers. She became a series regular on "All My Children" before joining the cast of "Days of Our Lives," on which she currently plays Lani Price. These days, she's dating fellow actor John-Michael Carlton, who most recently appeared on the CBS hit "Mom."
Lisa D'Amato returned for the "America's Next Top Model" all-star season in 2011 after placing sixth on Cycle 5. This time around, the California native dominated the show. Prizes for this special season were a slight departure from usual cycles and included a CoverGirl cosmetics contract, a spread in Vogue Italia, a national campaign for Express and a gig as a celebrity guest correspondent for "Extra."
Lisa Marie D'Amato Friedman has seemingly done it all since rocketing to fame! While continuing to model, she released her debut album in 2009 and has appeared on numerous reality shows including "Celebrity Rehab" and "Marriage Bootcamp." In 2012, she married Adam Friedman and the two went on to have two sons: Dax, born in 2013, and Venice, born in 2016. She made headlines with her second when she decided to live-stream the birth on Facebook. She has a strong presence on social media, where fans can keep up with all of her antics.
Nyle DiMarco really made his mark on Cycle 22 of "America's Next Top Model" back in 2015. The deaf activist came out on top, making him the second male winner in the show's history and the very first victor with a hearing impairment. He took home a modeling contract with Next Model Management, a fashion feature in Nylon and a $100,000 prize from Zappos Couture.
Nyle DiMarco has gone on to do some pretty great things! But the hunky model isn't just a pretty face. Besides walking for Giorgio Armani during Milan Fashion week, acting on an episode of Hulu's "Difficult People" and winning Season 22 of "Dancing With the Stars," he also started his own charity, The Nyle DiMarco Foundation, to raise money for deaf people and those with hearing impairments.