Bridget Armstrong

These women were not seen as models because, one, the way they entered the industry was not through traditional means.

And two, the stuff they were doing on Top Model was just so unrealistic that the agencies didn't take them seriously.

Another thing that I thought, I didn't think about this part, and several models told me that they experienced this.

And one of the models, Lisa, actually had modeled before

she was on America's Next Top Model and found that once she got off the show, she couldn't go back and book the same job she'd done before because now she's known for the reality show.

So while you're trying to be in an ad selling toothpaste, right, you're distracting from the toothpaste because everybody, oh, that's Lisa from Top Model and they're not looking at the product.

So clients didn't want to work with them either.

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So Joni and Dani, Dani went on to win her cycle.

They were on cycle six and they were given major dental surgery as their makeover.

So Dani had a gap and she was pressured to have it closed.

Do you really think you can have a cover girl contract with a gap in your mouth?

Yes, why not?

This is all people see.

It's Easy Read's beautiful cover girl.

It's not marketable.

At first, she resisted.

She didn't want to have it closed at all.

The signature gap is staying in my mouth.