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April Wilkner on Royal Pains

Erin Balser — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14:58 +0000

April Wilkner, who competed on Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model made a brief appearance in the pilot of USA’s new show Royal Pains. Royal Pains is about Hank, an emergency room doctor who has lost everything. After his friend sneaks him into a deluxe party in the Hamptons, he sort-of-accidently becomes a doctor for the rich and famous in the area.

April plays one of the party guests, a beautiful gold-digging socialite who mistakes Hank for a wealthy entrepeneur. She;s only in the show for a few seconds, but has a few lines. Here scene is in the video below.

April looks fantastic! I really liked April, even though she made for pretty boring reality television. Her career since then has involved co-hosting a show in Miami and landing bit parts in television series. I always imagined bigger things for her, but it’s great she’s pulling in a steady paycheck.

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Top Models in Action: April Wilkner

Erin Balser — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:32:05 +0000

Last night’s Top Models in Action segment featured America’s Next Top Model Cycle 2 third runner-up and Nigel favorite April Wilkner. If you recall, April was torn between a high powered corporate career and the modeling world during her time on the show. It looks like she found her calling, as ever since ANTM, she’s been busy modeling, acting and hosting.

Most recently, April has been a correspondent on Miami Vibe and had a small guest part in Lipstick Jungle.

I really liked April and I’m glad to see she has a thriving career she’s proud of.

Who is going to be the next ‘Top Model in Action’? Any guesses?

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ANTM Cycle 12 Interview: Nijah Harris

Erin Balser — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:31:59 +0000

Nijah is a 6′0′ aspiring model from California. She’s done quite a bit of modeling work before the show and is looking to use ANTM as a launching pad for a stellar career.

Nijah wants to win because she sees herself as a top model. Her heart and soul is in this industry. She also likes the idea of being a role model. She thinks she is confident but not cocky and has a unique look. Her experience should give her an advantage.

She’s excited for her makeover and to see how living with 12 other girls is going to play out. Nijah is currently taking a year off school to see where modeling takes her.

Nijah seems really sweet and down-to-earth. I like her quite a bit, but I think this might make for some boring television. Hopefully she can pull some stunning photos out!

What do you think of Nijah?

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Yoanna House at New York Fashion Week

Erin Balser — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:46:53 +0000

It looks like Yoanna House, winner of Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model, is getting back into the fashion world! After hosting a couple shows on television (The Look for Less on the Style Network and Queen Bees on Noggin), she pretty much disappeared. Yoanna finally unveiled herself – and told the world she had a new husband and son! – at Oxygen’s America’s Next Top Model Obsessed launch party in New York last month.

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Yoanna was seen in and out of the tents all day today, February 14, at Bryant Park, where the Fall/Winter 2009 New York Fashion Week shows are taking place. I don’t know exactly what shows she went to, but I hope she enjoyed herself and saw as many as she could!

I think Yoanna looks stunning. I’m glad she’s back to her dark hair, but I miss her porcelain skin. I wonder why she started tanning.

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Oxygen Celebrates the Launch of America’s Next Top Model

Erin Balser — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:36:13 +0000

Last year, Oxygen acquired the exclusive cable rights to our favorite reality show, America’s Next Top Model. On January 18th, they are premiering America’s Next Top Model Obsessed, which will be a regular marathon of past ANTM seasons, complete with never-before-seen footage, interviews and more.

The promotional campaign will include several blasts from the past, including CariDee English (Winner, Season 7), Jaslene Gonzalez (Winner, Season 8), Saliesha Stowers (Winner, Season 9), Bianca Golden (Season 9), and Lisa D’Amato (Season 5).

On January 13, Oxygen held a launch party at Gotham Hall in New York City for this new endeavor. The festivities brought out loads of former ANTMers, including Jael Strauss (Cycle 8), Yoanna House (Winner, Cycle 2), Saleisha Stowers (Winner, Cycle 9), Jaslene Gonzalez (Winner, Cycle 8), Bre Scullark (Cycle 5), Dani Evans (Winner, Cycle 6), Rebecca Epley (Cycle 4), Whitney Thompson (Winner, Cycle 10), judges Nigel Barker and J Alexander, Tyra Banks, and a whole slew of stars.

Whitney Thompson

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Saleisha Stowers

Jaslene Gonzalez

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Dani Evans

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Yoanna House

Jael Strauss

Bre Scullark

Bianca Golden

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Rebecca Epley

Tyra Banks

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Nigel Barker

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J Alexander

More photos:

Samantha Potter

Randoms (including Joanie Dodds, Marvita Washington, McKey Sullivan, Furonda and more.)

Randoms (including Stacy-Ann Fequiere, Camille Macdonald, Atalya Slater and more.)

Randoms (including inside the party, Kimberly Leemans, Lauren Utter, and more.)

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Yoanna House is a Mom!

Erin Balser — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:38:18 +0000

Yoanna House, the winner of Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model, is now a mother! Her son, Alastair, was born in August 2008. Her Wikipedia page also mentions she is married, but I can’t find any information about her husband anywhere!

You can see photos of Yoanna with Alastair here and here.

Alastair is absolutely gorgeous and while Yoanna looks tired, she’s stunning for a mother of a five-month old.

Yoanna has been one of the more successful ANTM winners, turning modeling into a television hosting career. She was the host of Style Television’s The Look for Less and more recently hosted the N’s Queen Bees, which aired this summer.

Image: Newscom | Via: Top Model LiveJournal

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Mercedes Scelba-Shorte in Subway Commercial

Erin Balser — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:06:35 +0000

Mercedes Scelba-Shorte is in one of the commercials from Subway’s “Five Dollar Foot Long campaign.” The campaign features campy situations where various instances, like a cop stopping a woman on a moped, inadvertently indicate a foot-long sub. I think the commercials are cute and fun, but I’ve seen it too many times.

Mercedes isn’t in the main commercials of this campaign, but rather one that features construction workers, firefighters and secretaries singing the five dollar footlong song.

It’s nice to see Mercedes getting work in a national campaign. The fact she’s recognizable takes away from the purpose of this commercial-we now know they are actors, as opposed to real people asked to sing-but that’s minor!

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Mercedes Scelba-Shorte for Rachel Pally

Erin Balser — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:45:09 +0000

Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, runner-up of Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model is modeling for Rachel Pally at Haute Look. She’s all over the website, which is currently having a holiday sale where everything is 50% off!

I liked Mercedes and it’s great to see her working again. First up, we have her in a twist shoulder dress. It’s available in 12 different colors and is currently on sale for $95.00.

Image: Haute Look

Here she is in a racer-back tank, on sale for $40.00.

Image: Haute Look

I think Mercedes looks great. This is a gret gig for her-she’s all over the website. And it’s nice to see ANTM girls getting gigs for designers whose clothes look age appropriate. I can see Mercedes wearing most of these outfits in her everyday life.

The sale ends in less than 30 hours, so if you’re interested in any of the clothes, you better head over there!

Thanks to Top Model Live Journal!

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April Wilkner on Lipstick Jungle

Erin Balser — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:31:42 +0000

April Wilkner from Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model made a brief appearance in last week’s episode of Lipstick Jungle. The episode, titled “The Lyin’, the Bitch and the Wardrobe” aired on October 31 and featured Victory’s flagship store opening and April was one of the models who walked in the show.

She had a few lines, as featured in the video below:

It’s such a small role. While it’s great to see April getting some television work, you’d think she’d have moved n to bigger and better things by now.

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Yoanna House Declares Herself

Erin Balser — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:11:43 +0000

Cycle 2 winner of America’s Next Top ModelYoanna House is in one of David Chapelle’s “Declare Yourself” campaign commercials. These are the super-creepy but powerful advertisements that feature celebrities with their mouths seven shut or locked shut. Jessica Alba appeared in a recent ad, channeling Hannibal Lecter.

Yoanna is in a video commercial, in what at first appears to be about lip gloss. The ad pivots later on, claiming that the lip gloss and make one empty and void of opinions.

What do you think? Is this commercial or just plain creepy? And are you glad Yoanna ditched the long red hair for her short, dark ‘do again?

Hat tip to Top Model Live Journal

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