PRETTY DUMB
Model busted for jumping subway turnstile
HER BEAUTY took her so far — but not onto the subway.
A former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant who also appeared on “Project Runway” was busted Tuesday for jumping a subway turnstile in Chinatown where she tried to cheat her way out of paying a $2.75 fare, the Daily News has learned.
Andrea (Shei) Phan, 25, was charged with theft of services and criminal trespass for the 5 p.m. stunt at the J and Z station at Canal St., about two blocks from Manhattan Criminal Court, where she was arraigned late Wednesday afternoon.
Phan sported a punk rock get- up before the judge, along with a black leather jacket with a studded skull on the back and torn black jeans.
Phan also wore trendy gray Nike Flight high-top sneakers.
After spending the night in jail, Phan accepted a conditional dismissal deal — which means the charges will be tossed and nd sealed if she stays out of trouble e for the nest six months.
Her arrest also o brought to light a warrrant for a summons she e received previously inn Brooklyn, the nature of which was not discussed d during her brief court apppearance.
Judge Ushir Pandit-t- Durant warned Phan to “stay out of trouble” to avoid jeopardizing the offer, which is standard for many low-level offenses.
Phan, an Oklahoma native who gave cops an E. 63rd St. home address in Manhattan, was in the top five of Tyra Banks’ hit show in the 21st season, according to her website biography.
The self-described “photographer, dancer (and) dreamer” is apparently pursuing an art career instead, her website says.
“Shei realizes that modeling was not her soul (sic) passion and just like always falls into the arms of art,” the page reads.
She refused to discuss the arrest as she hightailed it out of the courthouse. “No, that’s OK,” she said. On her Instagram account, Phan has posted lots of photos of herself in recent weeks — including many with her model friends — but nothing about her subway troubles.