I think I would have said what's on my mind a little bit more. If you had to do it again, what would you have done differently? I think I came out of my shell after that episode. But in the music video, it's like, you're on camera showing who you are and your personality. When you're in the house, everyone is trying to stand out. The music video for Gypsy Sport because I think that was the first time I could show my personality in an acceptable environment. So I was just nervous as to which direction I was going to go.ĭid you know you were going to be a good model? It just kicked in so suddenly. Like, if I got second place what would happen, if I got first what would happen, if I got ninth or tenth what would happen? I didn't want it to ruin my reputation, but I was also thinking about how it could change my reputation and totally make my career. I guess thinking about my fate after the show. What was the scariest part of being on the show? Probably getting to meet so many important people in the industry here in New York, because I was completely unfamiliar with the New York industry at all, so getting to meet you and everyone was such a cool opportunity, and hopefully they can help me down the line and I can help them and work together at some point. What was the best part of your experience on ANTM? You just can't help but fall in love with her. Let's just say fame has not gone to her head - she is still the India I met on a soundstage in New Jersey. I sat down with the Seattle native to understand what it was like on the other side of the desk, in the house and on the streets of New York City, which she now calls home. Something clicked inside of this wonderful woman: She turned from a passive poser to a fierce competitor. Fast-forward to the finale, when my fellow panelist Law Roach and I had a showdown, and I had moved to #TeamIndia.
She has appeared many times on the Tyra Banks Show and was nominated for two Fiercee Awards but lost. She has since left the industry to work as a deejay at a nightclub in Manhattan. She has also taken part in ElleGirl presents Dare To Be You: Wal-Mart Meets America's Next Top Models 2005. She signed to Trump Model Management, and has modeled for Cover in April 2007, Fred Flare, Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation, Samsung, US Weekly and Donna L'orèn.
They patched things up the following morning, and she was eliminated the following week. India Gants emerged victorious as the winner of cycle 23 of America’s Next Top Model but who is she and what’s her story The 20-year-old, from Seattle, Washington, fought off competition. She lost her desire to be in the competition, and later berated her on the phone while she was sobbing. She was most infamous in the penultimate episode for cheating on her boyfriend, Eric, with a male model while she was in Italy. She later received the first call-out for the heights photoshoot that episode, and was called first for the music video shoot and Solstice shoot in episodes seven and eight. The next week at makeovers, she had what is considered to be the first ugly duckling transformation in ANTM, going from brunette to blonde. Shandi started off rocky, landing in the bottom two on the second episode due to her poor runway skills, but the judges kept her over Bethany because they felt that despite her unmodelesque look, she had lots of potential. She has stated that her mother considers her the ugly duckling.