Adrianne Curry has come a long way since she was crowned the first-ever winner of America’s Next Top Model.
“[America’s Next Top Model was] a polished jewel that prepared me for the awful truth that I couldn’t trust anybody, even people that I thought I could, and even knowing that I still got screwed over,” Curry told People in July 2024. “I’m grateful that things didn’t pan out the way they were supposed to because I don’t think I would be a very good person if I had found major success in modeling.”
She continued, “I felt like I was used as a guinea pig and I felt so cornered. I couldn’t say no because the way they approached me was like, ‘Oh, we know you’re awesome with this, so we want you to pose nude right here, and we know you’ll do it,’ and blah, blah, blah.’”
After working as a model for several years after her 2003 ANTM cycle, Curry relocated to rural Montana in 2017 with husband Matthew Rhode.
“For the last seven years, I have lived VERY remote,” she wrote via X in December 2024. “I can go months without hanging [with] anyone other than my husband. My life is lived in the thundering, glorious silence of the wilderness.”
Keep scrolling to see Curry’s transformation through the years:
