SHANNON RATLIFF (née Stewart)
Her season ended in 2003, but the Cycle 1 runner-up, who recently walked the aisle with fellow model Matt Ratliff, says 2007 was the best year she's had professionally — ''runway, magazines, a lot of catalogs.'' She also just landed a commercial for the anti-aging skincare line Freeze 24-7. ''I got that call and I didn't have to try out for it. They had seen me on The Tyra Banks Show, which is funny, and they liked how I was talking about a product on there.''
QUALITY TYRA TIME ''With the [Top Model] contestants now, they never get to see her, basically just at elimination. I'm like, Are you kidding me? We hung out with her a lot because, like, [her] name was on the line. And I would have done the same thing. If I had a show, I'd be there 24/7 making sure that everything was in its place. I would want it to be perfect.'' —Reported by Tim Stack
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