Yoanna House (born April 9, 1980) is an American fashion model and television host, best known as the winner of Cycle 2 of ''

America's Next Top Model ''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to b ...

''.

Biography

House was born and raised in

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. House's father, a medical doctor, is from

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and her mother is from Mexico. From early childhood, House showed great interest in fashion, which she claims was spurred by her grandmother, saying:

I was always in her closet. We would watch TV, read magazines, go to the mall. She taught me about
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and how important it was. A lot of my appreciation came from her.

After graduating from

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in 1998, House attended the

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, majoring in international relations and Asian studies. House speaks fluent Japanese as well as Spanish (which she spoke from a young age). Around this time, House also began to pursue a career in fashion modeling, but claimed she found her options limited because she was overweight. She says she eventually lost 45 pounds after changing her diet and adopting an exercise plan. She lives in Jacksonville with her son.

Career

House was the winner of Cycle 2 of ''

''. After ''Top Model'', she signed with

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. House made her debut as a runway model at the

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Fashion Week in 2004, walking for fashion designers Petro Zillia,

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, and John Sakalis. She took part in a promotional runway show for ''America's Next Top Model'' Obsessed which premiered on

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. Her most visible modeling assignments immediately after her win include a commercial for the

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voting campaign, a cover story for '' Psychology Today'' magazine., spread in Hannah Anderson, ''Jane'', Look for Less Ads, Metro Style, Careline, Jacksonville which she had a cover and spread, Sue Wong 2005 Line, The August 2010 edition of Jacksonville. She became host of '' The Look for Less'' in 2005, replacing

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. The following year, she was named "the face" of

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network and appeared in commercials and web advertisements for the fledgling network. In overseas projects, she signed with Danish modeling agency 1st Opinion Model Management and won a contract with Careline, an

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i cosmetics company. She appeared in a commercial for make-up brand Sheer Cover,

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's make-up line, along with Cycle 4 winner of ''America's Next Top Model''

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. In the summer of 2008, House hosted The N's reality series '' Queen Bees'', which attempts to reform mean girls. She filmed a PSA for Declare Yourself, parodying a lipstick commercial.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:House, Yoanna 1980 births Living people Female models from Florida American people of Canadian descent American people of Mexican descent Bishop Kenny High School alumni People from Jacksonville, Florida University of North Florida alumni America's Next Top Model winners Hispanic and Latino American female models 21st-century American women