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What Are Our Favorite "Top Model" Contestants Doing Today?

With thirteen seasons of the hit reality-TV series "America's Next Top Model" aired, there is no escaping of the cat-fighting drama around the catwalk for the legions of aspiring contestants we have grown to love since 2003.  After its first-run airing on the CW network, the Tyra Banks-helmed show has re-runs on cable networks Oxygen, Lfietime, VH-1 and MTV.

So what have our favorite runway divas been up to?  Check out these contestants' updates.

 

Jade Cole, Season 6: Remembered as one the uh, abrasive personalities on "ANTM," Jade Cole has since gone the way of the video vixen, appearing in segments for Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo and, aptly, in Jay-Z's "Change Clothes." When the biracial beauty isn't busy working the runway in Hong Kong or South Africa, she's scribbling her autobiography and going on film auditions. As for "Top Model," Cole has said, "I feel like they only focused on my negative attributes." Uh huh.

 

Fo Porter, Season 12: One of the more memorable faces of that season, freckled Fo Porter made it a priority to get her GED after getting dismissed from the show last April. In six short months, she's scored gigs for Target, Nike and for Abercrombie & Fitch, shooting with Bruce Weber.

 

Fatima Siad, Season 10: Somalian and Ethopian stunner Fatima Siad, who found herself as the face of genital mutilation causes on season 10, may not have taken the title, but she definitely won big. Since wrapping "Top Model," the NYU-grad has posed pretty for Elle, Ebony, WWD, and walked the runway forBetsey Johnson and Louis Vuitton, amongst others. Still, Siad called her season of "Top Model" a joke, noting that the fact that a reportedly plus-sized model -- whose biggest gig since has been JCPenneycatalog work -- won "might be about politics."

 

Toccara Jones, Season 3: She came in seventh on the third season of "ANTM," but that didn't stop Toccara Jones from making a name for herself. Signing as a plus-sized model with Wilhelmina Models, Jones has worked for Ashley Stewart, Avon, Torrid, Rocawear, New York & Co. and other major brands. Most recently, she scored a major coup with a 14-page spread, shot by Steven Meisel, for the all-black issue of Italian Vogue. Still, the sometime BET-host's stellar portfolio is marred by a 2008stint on the VH-1 reality hit "Celebrity Fit Club," where the proud Jones dropped some 32 pounds.

G-CHECK: Who Is Your Favorite "America's Next Top Model" Contestant?

So many of us are fans of the hit TV series "America's Next Top Model." With its thirteenth season airing, so many memorable contestants have captured our hearts with their energy and spirits.  Some captured our hearts because they stood up for a cause or had that determining winning spirit.

Who were your favorite contestants throughout the seasons, and what made you cheer them on?

"Nic, Danielle, Bianca, Eva, Bre, Whitney, Jaslene, Tiffany, Lisa, Rachel, Lisa"

- Cornelius

"There were so many contestants that I personally liked, from Jade, Eva, Bre, Lisa, Toccara, etc.."

- Wayne

"Toccara!!!!!"

Sherrie

"I was a big fan of Heather."

- Maurice

"Toccara had my vote from the start!"

- Rich

"1. Toccara - She was so full of life & confident.  2. Isis - It took guts for her to be on the show & handle the drama surrounding her being trans.  3. Bree - She was beautiful.  4. Jaslene - She was sweet & I loved her tag line "Oh my God Tyra" LOL  5. Adrienne - ANTM Season 1's first winner kept me laughing with her I still do heroin manner of speech/she was hot though.  And can't forget #6. Eva "The Diva", need I say more!

- Maurice

"There are a few, and I know I will leave someone out but the ones that come to mind right now are Yah-Yah, Nnenna, Isis, Naima, April, Toccara, Dani (Danielle), Joanie there was a sister who on the 1st season, I can't remember her name but I thought she was cool too."

- Jair

"Eve...LOL....she had the slickest comments about some of the other models and somehow in her own little ghetto way spoke the truth no matter how tactless she was!!!"

- Ethiopia

"I loved Fatima from cycle 10 because she was so ethnic and beautiful.  I absolutely adored Jaslene cause you knew she was full of passion and heart.  Cycle 12 I actually did love Allison and Teyona they were both amazing.  Cycle 3 Eva of course!!!!!  I love love love love loved Saleisha and Chantal from cycle 9.  Cycle 11 I loved McKey because she was from Illinois...and Samantha because she was so youthful and sweet. I also enjoyed Isis because she broke new ground for Top Model. She wasn't afraid and she was there for a purpose. Also from that cycle Clark. She was hot!!!!!!"

- Robert