Winner of Cycle 7 – CariDee English

Birth name: CariDee English

Other name(s): Cari

Height: 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)

Hair color: Blonde

Eye color: Green

Measurements: 32B-24-36(US); 83-62-91(EU)

Dress size: (US) 6

Agency: Elite Model Management.

CariDee English is an American fashion model and TV personality who won Cycle 7 of America’s Next Top Model in December 2006. Her prize was a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl Cosmetics, a modeling contract with Elite Models, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for Seventeen magazine. She is the second ANTM winner from North Dakota, the first being Nicole Linkletter of Cycle 5. English is also the host of Oxygen’s biggest premiering show to date, Pretty Wicked.

Caridee English was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She is of Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ancestry. English was named CariDee by her brother, after both Carrie from Little House on the Prairie and her grandmother, whose name is Dee. Before appearing on America’s Next Top Model, English worked as a photographer, and was also an actor in the sketch comedy group known as The 4th Option, which performed weekly in the old East Gate Lounge in Moorhead, Minnesota. On December 13, 2004 she sang with the Willy Waldman Project.

Throughout the competition, the judges found much controversy in English’s personality, which was considered notably more outgoing than that of the other contestants. She was noted for her striking comparability to Rebecca Romijn and Karolína Kurková. In the early stages of the cycle, her personality was considered fun and outgoing, most notably during her “hiding dizzily” at a panel challenge.

As winner of the acting challenge in Cycle 7, English had an opportunity to guest-star in an episode of the CW series One Tree Hill (which airs immediately following Top Model). English had multiple scenes, while the previous challenge winners only had one. Also, during that same episode, she mentioned in an emotional outburst during the acting challenge, that she knew about stress and had attempted to kill herself earlier in life because of it.

In early 2008, English was voted as one of the most memorable contestants by AOL Entertainment Canada. With a flawless body and classic beauty, they said she was the first contestant everybody knew would win since the first episode.