MODEL BEHAVIOUR: TV model contest successes

Supermodels Naomi Campbell, Erin O’Connor and Caroline Winberg commence their search for fresh modelling talent tonight on The Face (9pm, Sky Living). Here are just a few of the

previous TV modelling contest winners – and losers – who have made an impact....

Yaya DaCosta (1) Now better known as an actress, Yaya was the runner-up on series three of America’s

Next Top Model in 2004. She has appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Kids Are All Right and Tron: Legacy as well as the TV shows Ugly Betty and House.

Jasmine Lennard (2) Jasmine shot to fame in 2005 when she was a finalist in Make Me A Supermodel – and, more to the point, incurred the wrath of judge Rachel Hunter by calling her fat and spotty (among other things). Since then, she has become a serial reality show participant (Celebrity Big Brother, Come Dine With Me, etc) and dated Simon Cowell.

Abbey Crouch (3) Or Abigail Clancy, as she was known in 2006, when she was runner-up on the second series of Britain’s Next Top Model. She has forged a successful modelling and TV career, bagged herself a Premier League footballer husband (Peter Crouch) and is taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Kelly Knox (4) In 2008, the TV modelling contest went in a different direction with Britain’s Missing Top Model – a show to find a disabled supermodel. Kelly (who has refused to wear a prosthetic arm since she was a child) won, and is now the UK’s leading disabled model.

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