Looks Like Tyra Was Right: Meet the Top Model Alums Ruling Fashion Month Inline
Photo: Getty Images1/3Leila Goldkuhl
An alum of the original America’s Next Top Model, Goldkuhl got the Tyra experience firsthand during the show’s 19th cycle back in 2012. Making it all the way to the final round, Goldkuhl came in third. But it was years after the season wrapped that she experienced her biggest win: At Givenchy’s Spring 2016 New York show, Goldkuhl snagged one of the coveted exclusives and made her runway debut alongside icons like Mariacarla Boscono and Raquel Zimmermann. Riccardo Tisci liked Goldkuhl’s refined look so much, he told CNN postshow that he was planning to use her for the brand’s next campaign.
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold /Indigitalimages.com2/3Aamito Lagum
Africa’s Next Top Model served as the world’s introduction to the statuesque Aamito Lagum. Mentored by the show’s host, Oluchi, Lagum kick-started her runway career last season and even snagged the opening spot at Balenciaga. Since then she’s been on a roll, with appearances in campaigns for Marc Jacobs and time spent on the runway this season for Gucci, Gareth Pugh, Burberry, and many, many more.
Photo: Sonny Vandevelde / Indigitalimages.com3/3Hyun Ji Shin
As the winner of Korea’s Next Top Model cycle four, Hyun Ji Shin set the bar high—and in the year since her win, she has continued to impress. This season she has made her presence felt in each city, walking Public School, Rodarte, and Coach in New York, then going on to tackle Simone Rocha and Mary Katrantzou in London. In Milan, she pulled off her biggest coup to date, emerging on the Prada catwalk.
