Kesse Wallace was a contestant on Cycle 1 of ANTM.
Wallace coined the acronym DIVA in the attempt to describe herself in the most accurate way. DIVA wittingly stands for Devastating, Intriguing, Vivacious and just plain All That. She was raised a devout Baptist and majored in accounting in college.
On the sixth week, the show flew Kesse and the other remaining Top Model finalists to Paris, where they were asked to pose with a male model wearing only lingerie. The challenge allowed a number of Parisian designers to view the models, and although all of them tried their best to produce spectacular pictures, the judges felt that Kesse did not possess enough desire to advance in the competition. Consequently, Kesse became the sixth finalist to be eliminated.
Since appearing on the show, Kesse has gone on to work under the management of Gilla Roos. Her runway projects include Yeohlee Teng Fall 2005/Spring 2006, and Francis Hendy. Kesse has also graced the pages of King Magazine and Complex Magazine and has appeared in a Church’s Chicken television commercial.
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February 17, 2010 at 7:29 am
I loved Kesse! One of my favorites of the first cycle.
May 19, 2010 at 4:38 am
Your pics on ANTM looked great, but the other pics make you look like a pin-up chick looking for a one-night stand. I guess all the training Tyra gave you went right out the door.
December 21, 2014 at 11:06 am
how dare you, kathy. you know just as well as anyone models dont control shit. calm yourself. chill.
June 7, 2010 at 2:35 am
I love Kesse Wallace of Cycle 1. She is one of my favorite girls in the house.
July 8, 2010 at 10:28 pm
WOW! What a beauty!!
July 10, 2010 at 9:13 am
Kesse was an awesome model. I think she and Elyse should have been in the top two. It was stupid to send her home.
January 29, 2011 at 6:19 am
She looks like Tyra.
July 17, 2011 at 5:58 pm
I agree! Especially in the second picture!
March 12, 2011 at 8:46 am
I still love Kesse she shouldn’t have ever been sent home. Is she still modeling today?
March 22, 2011 at 3:17 pm
SHE IS GREAT TOO.
March 31, 2011 at 3:45 am
Sent home before Robin!!!? Ridiculous!!!
June 28, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Has anyone ever noticed how much she looks like Saleisha from Cycle 9?
July 20, 2011 at 7:54 am
hahaha! no she doesn’t not even close to looking like freakisha. and yeah, before robin????????? she seemed so sweet and was such a beauty.
October 20, 2011 at 7:44 pm
I thought she was great on the show. I can’t believe some of the others survived longer than her. She should have been in the finale for sure.
February 14, 2012 at 12:07 am
Love the pic with u sporting red hair. u remind me of a living doll. FAANTABUUULOUS!!!!!! 🙂
July 19, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Kesse was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! She was sent home before Robin, wow…Tyra and all of those judges made a bad decision, in my opinion. She made beautiful pictures, I don’t know why she was sent home in the fourth too end of the cycle. :3
July 23, 2012 at 1:42 am
Different, but a good different. She looks like a doll.
November 6, 2012 at 1:09 am
Gorgeous. She looks like a doll.
May 23, 2013 at 5:39 am
Man, this girl was stunning. I wish she had more photos and had done more with her career. She looks kinda like Tyra.
September 27, 2013 at 4:44 am
Tyra only kicked off Kesse cuz she looks like her.
May 8, 2014 at 11:06 am
Yeah, she was pretty, sad she left and all, but seriously, the idiot went shopping during the go sees then brushed it of in the judges faces!!