Danielle Evans was a contestant and winner of Cycle 6 of ANTM.
Danielle “Dani” Evans is an American fashion model. In May 2006, she won Cycle 6 of America’s Next Top Model. Her prize was a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl Cosmetics, a modeling contract with Ford Models and a photoshoot for Elle magazine.
Dani was thought by the judges to be one of the front-runners in the competition, noted for her striking face. It was not until the second half of the contest that she came under criticism for her heavy southern accent, which the judges felt was problematic, as the competition winner would shoot commercials for CoverGirl; however, they acknowledged that she could work with a speech coach to eradicate her accent. In the finale, the judges were torn, with some of the judges preferring fellow finalist Joanie Dodds’s versatile portfolio, while others (notably judge Nigel Barker) preferring Evans’s “signature look.” However, they felt Dani had the stronger in-person presence and commanded the final catwalk as well as having a stunning portfolio. Dani ‘s charisma and charm edged out Dodds, and she was crowned the winner of the sixth cycle of America’s Next Top Model. She has been voted by Top Model Obsessed viewers as their favorite contestant ever.
Dani has been featured in MetroStyle, ELLE, Elle Girl, Jewel Magazine, In Touch Weekly, Essence Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, The New York Post, PowerPlay Magazine, Ashro catalog, Sephora, Akademiks, CoverGirl eyewear, the Tory Burch line for Saks Fifth Avenue and Cover magazine.
She has walked the runway for Issue, Victorio & Lucchino, Baby Phat Fall ’07 and Zang Toi Fall ’07, BET’S Rip the Runway, Style Salon, Jenni Kayne’s spring collection fashion show. She has received a showcard from her agency, Click Model Mangement, for NY Fashion Week. She is one of few ANTM alumnae to be given a showcard for fashion week, an honor she received multiple times. Dani also walked in Korto’s finale show on Project Runway season 5.
She has starred in the continuing CoverGirl commercial campaign on The CW entitled “My Life as a Cover Girl” during Fall 2006 as well as starring in a CoverGirl commercial with fellow CoverGirls Queen Latifah and Tiiu Kuik. Dani was one of only a few Top Model winners to have her CoverGirl contract renewed and do multiple ads for the brand. She has recently been featured as one of CoverGirl’s Top Models in Action.
She is the spokesmodel for Akademiks clothing line. She also appeared on the The Wendy Williams Show on September 16, 2009 as a model for Pastry, which is a line owned by Vanessa Simmons and Angela Simmons.
After the show, Danielle signed with Ford Models as part of her prize, however, she is currently signed with Click Model Management.
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May 19, 2010 at 4:32 am
I watched you on America’s Next Top Model. When you won, I was so excited. You deserved to win. After the cycle was over, I never watched another cycle because there hasn’t been anybody as interesting as you in the competition. May God continue to keep and bless you in your career. You take such beautiful pics; I hope to meet you one day.
November 10, 2010 at 11:50 am
Ha! How do you know nobody is as interesting as her if you never watched any others ? Lol
April 1, 2011 at 6:23 am
January 14, 2012 at 6:41 am
Ya! I kno my favorite winner is naima and cari and my favorite that hasn’t won is melrose! Anyways the rest of the cycles are pretty damn good!
June 2, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Southern accent, down-to-earth gal; brains and beauty. Ya gotta love AMERICA! Dani, you (((rock)))!
God bless ya!
Rubyswan from Boston
June 7, 2010 at 4:23 am
Hi Danelle! This is Bre from Bunnlevel, NC. I just want to say that I’m happy that you won ANTM and I wish you the best.
July 10, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Joanie should have won over “Dani” but not over Jade.
August 5, 2010 at 1:09 am
Dani, yours was my favorite cycle! You weren’t scared of anyone and somehow I knew you were gonna win. I hoped your ‘country talk’ wouldn’t get in the way during the show and it didn’t. These photos are nice, girl! Keep up the good work and focus on your career; no husband or children yet! I hope you continue to do your thing and I hope your mother has been better since the cycle. Bless you, black sister!
September 19, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I love Danielle’s tenacity and her personality. One of my favorite winners.
October 2, 2010 at 7:08 am
And she’s now the new face of American Living! Great job Dani!
October 17, 2010 at 12:21 am
I wish I had seen more of her after the show! It seems like none of the ANTM models really make it big, except maybe Nicole Fox recently.
November 20, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Danielle is THE BEST. And she’s from my home town.
December 12, 2010 at 6:44 am
Dani has a great career. Many of the ANTM models have great careers and they owe it all to good ole TYRA.
January 16, 2011 at 6:36 am
Dani, you are one of my favorite contestants! I was pulling for you to win. These photos are great. You are truly a beautiful young lady. Good luck in your career!!!!!!
February 5, 2011 at 9:15 am
One of my faves, if not MY FAVE contestant ever! I mean, every single episode I was wishing Danielle would not be eliminated and would win the competition. I always get what I want. (Except for Jaslene and all the others after. xD)
February 24, 2011 at 11:05 am
You rock!! I saw you win and cried because I was so happy. These are beautiful pictures. My prayer for you is to stay grounded and always be yourself.
February 25, 2011 at 8:58 pm
She looks soo different since the season ended!! But I love you Dani!! You were one of my favourite winners.
March 4, 2011 at 1:27 am
What I don’t understand is why Tyra kept on her about her gap, however, in cycle 15 I believe she encouraged Chelsey to keep hers. And why did the judges constantly harp on Dani about her accent when I couldn’t even understand Anya or Natasha of other cycles? I was so happy when Dani won though as I believe she really deserved it!
March 9, 2011 at 5:04 am
I agree with you, Terri, and wondered why Tyra never mentioned how bad Jaslene’s accent was either.
July 2, 2011 at 1:31 am
I totally agree with you guys but hey, at least she won.
March 10, 2011 at 1:58 am
I was glad Danielle won. She seemed to be the most down-to-earth contestant with a good heart, and these photos are absolutely stunning.
March 11, 2011 at 9:56 pm
DANI EVANS YOU WERE MY TEST IN THE ANTM. I LOVE YOU DANI. STAY FOCUSED, OK BABY?
March 22, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Dani Evans is the most gorgeous, gentle, interesting, pleasant person from her cycle; no two ways about that. Dani, the sky should be your limit! Stay blessed from Ghana!
March 30, 2011 at 4:21 am
Dani you should be in movies. What is your next move. I am glad you won.
May 5, 2011 at 9:22 pm
dani totally rocked it for….even with her southern accent…well i think it suited her just fine!!!go danii love you
May 12, 2011 at 7:52 pm
I love her!!!
She is very charming, beautiful and a woman of good character.
I admire her!!!!!
May 16, 2011 at 12:44 am
In these later pictures it looks like Dani got her gap closed even more. I thought she was beautiful regardless. I adored her during her cycle.
So glad many here are noticing the bias against the Southern accent. Jaslene had such a strong accent and nothing was said about that. Anya’s accent was strong and very bizarre. Many of the girls have had strong accents, even some who have progressed far in the competition, but only with Dani’s Southern accent was the accent seen as a detriment. Please don’t misunderstand my point; I also adored Jaslene and Anya and thought they were both lovely girls.
This bias against Southern accents isn’t limited to Tyra, but is a common one, although that certainly doesn’t excuse Tyra and friends.
People need to stop buying into the stereotype that a Southern accent is indicative of an uneducated, unsophisticated person. While there are plenty of Southern people who are just that, there are also plenty of people without Southern accents who are also uneducated and unsophisticated, just as there are many people with Southern accents who are highly educated and well-traveled, well-rounded, sophisticated people.
Stereotypes are so unfair, and they are infuriating when a person who is too lazy to take the trouble to get to know you completely dismisses all you have built and accomplished in your life because you have a certain accent or your skin is a certain color, or simply because of whatever stereotype they have perpetuated upon you.
Again, I am encouraged that others here have recognized the unfairness.
May 24, 2011 at 7:38 pm
I know it is too late to make comment. She was and is still the best girl ANTM have ever had. She was polite, she was beautiful, she had tenancity. I was so happy when you won. Please keep being beautiful and you will always be my favourtie ANTM contestant. May the Good Lord Bless and protect you. I hope you continue to shine.
June 16, 2011 at 5:37 am
I didn’t know this site was here, the first thing I did was look up Danielle’s name. I am so happy her career is going great. I was a fan of Dani’s from the moment I saw her in cycle 6, I thought she was a natural beauty and her poise, beauty and work ethic really impressed me. While all the other girls would be bitchy, catty or just plain mean she steared clear of it all not because she was intimidated, she is just a young lady that had her act together, and was above it all, she was more on a spiritural level. She out- shoned them all including Jade, and Joni. I agree with the poster that stated that Tyra made Dani get her gap closed, she made it seem like if she didn’t she would be eliminated. When I saw this other contestant with a bigger gap than Dani, it made me look at Tyra in a diffrent light.
July 4, 2011 at 8:33 am
Dani is on of my favorite ANTM winners ever! Congratulations!
July 4, 2011 at 11:14 am
Here in Uganda we have just concluded watching America’s next top model cycle 6 on one of our local TVs, this is a programme i have been watching closely and i really loved Dani from the beginning because of her good character and beauty, i was happy when she won, and i am happy that she is doing well upto date, keep the candle burning Girl- Tony Ssimbwa-Kampala, Uganda (East Africa).
July 18, 2011 at 12:45 am
So ironic that Tyra and the judges complained so much about her separated teeth and nowadays, Lara Stone, one of the most high fashion and successful models has the most separated teeth on the face of this earth… that only proves that beauty in fashion is just relative, and dani rocks with or without her teeth right
August 31, 2011 at 2:26 pm
She is so beautiful. I love her smile. All I gotta say though is that pic of her in the yellow and purple bathing suit she has terribly visible razor bumps. Airbrush that crap off.
September 11, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Ms Evans, I am a great admirer of your natural beauty. Seems you have the ability to balance your facial expression with whatever designs you wear. From one photo to the next you can look totally different, yet beautiful. You were blessed with a classic yet youthful appeal. Thank you for your intelligence and fierce-ness.
Beautiful Ebony brown lady with legs that go on forever, may you always be blessed and protected along your journey.
September 18, 2011 at 12:35 am
She is so SKINNY Tocarra… She FIERCE!!!!
October 23, 2011 at 5:28 pm
I’m just glad that she can now take better care of her sweet angel, her mum. Keep going places, girl.
December 9, 2011 at 1:22 am
I loved Dani in her cycle. Strong women push through obstacles and she is proof that it pays off.
December 9, 2011 at 6:44 pm
hello dani!!
I´m from Uruguay a tiny country in south america.
I watched you in antm, Iwondered you win and it was like that
Well I always wanted to be a top model but i’m 13 and i only model in my school
thank you for reading
you are the best
December 26, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Nothing special, so ordinary girl with ugly face.. I don´t understand she won… Mollie Sue should have won!
January 20, 2012 at 1:59 am
One of the classier winners of the show. And she actually DID go on to become a true model, unlike many of the others.