“You wanna be on top?

That’s not out of the box.

That’s something that would happen.”

America’s Next Top Model winner Nicole Linkletter

But, despite the show’s success, many of the winners have never achieved Tyra-level supermodel status.

Some have stopped modeling completely.

But her win wasn’t what she thought it would be.

America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry

This was a lie … they were never going to have us as a model."

Curry did see minor success as a reality TV star.

News, and ultimately falling out of the public eye in 2011.

America’s Next Top Model winner Whitney Thompson

Since then, Curry has not been able to find work as a model.

She’s an Avon lady now, reportedly getting 25 percent commission on sales over $40.

Could she not get a job?

America’s Next Top Model winner Jaslene Gonzalez

Or maybe she just decided to focus on her husband, son, food blog, and restaurant.

Thompson, now using her married nameWhitney Thompson Forrester, lives in Tennessee with her son and husband.

Her dreaming paid off when she wonAmerica’s Next Top ModelCycle 8 in 2007.

America’s Next Top Model winner Nicole Linkletter

Those who can’t do, teach, right?

But then she stopped modeling.

She became a wife and mother instead.

America’s Next Top Model winner McKey Sullivan

But she really hasn’t modeled since.

Sullivan seems to spend her time raising her family and supporting herUFC-star husband’s career.

Her exit from modeling seems to be by choice.

America’s Next Top Model winner Teyona Anderson

Her mostnotable creditsare walking in South Africa Fashion Week and Arise Cape Town Fashion Week.

Not much modeling work.

She praised her son a 2018Instagrampost, writing, “Happy 1st Birthday Anderson Nash!

America’s Next Top Model winner Ann Ward

You are the happiest person, just radiating joy everywhere you go.

I couldn’t be more excited to be your mom and watch you grow.

Momma loves her Andy!”

America’s Next Top Model winner Brittani Kline

Ward, originally from Texas, was only 19 when she won in 2010.

But she caused a stir even before she took home the title.

The judge’s response to her height and tiny frame made headlines.

America’s Next Top Model winner Jourdan Miller

I don’t want to blow it."

But that modeling career never took off.

Rather than find work as a model, she’s a self-employed artist.

She had a son named Rowan in August of 2017, often posting about him on herInstagrampage.

Kline also went back to school.

Miller won a $100,000 Guess campaign, an eight-page spread inNylon,and a NEXT Model Management contract.

But I want to grow beyondANTMand become an icon like Tyra Banks."

But her plans did not pan out.

According to herInstagrampage, shestill models, though we’re not sure how much work she finds.