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During the next judging round, host [[Tyra Banks]] was still not pleased with Whitehead's haircut as she wanted to make it even shorter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060111151813/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep03/index5.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 3 recap, p. 5}} [[Internet Archive]] cache.</ref> During their next photo shoot, Whitehead was scheduled to have another haircut, but she refused.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060111151813/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep04/index3.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 4 recap, p. 3}} [[Internet Archive]] cache.</ref> Whitehead claimed that the producers gave her one night to consider her options, following which she decided to walk out of the competition.<ref name="houstonchronicle">{{cite news|title=She's hair today and gone tomorrow / Texas contestant leaves "Top Model" show, wouldn't change her locks or her attitude |first=Joy|last=Sewing|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2005-10-12}}</ref> She also claimed that she was unhappy at the way they attempted to change her attitude.<ref name="houstonchronicle" /> |
During the next judging round, host [[Tyra Banks]] was still not pleased with Whitehead's haircut as she wanted to make it even shorter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060111151813/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep03/index5.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 3 recap, p. 5}} [[Internet Archive]] cache.</ref> During their next photo shoot, Whitehead was scheduled to have another haircut, but she refused.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060111151813/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep04/index3.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 4 recap, p. 3}} [[Internet Archive]] cache.</ref> Whitehead claimed that the producers gave her one night to consider her options, following which she decided to walk out of the competition.<ref name="houstonchronicle">{{cite news|title=She's hair today and gone tomorrow / Texas contestant leaves "Top Model" show, wouldn't change her locks or her attitude |first=Joy|last=Sewing|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2005-10-12}}</ref> She also claimed that she was unhappy at the way they attempted to change her attitude.<ref name="houstonchronicle" /> |
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Revision as of 01:21, 25 October 2007
Template:Pageant titleholder bio Cassandra Jean Whitehead (born October 5, 1985) is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas, who became the first contestant to quit the reality television show America's Next Top Model.
Biography
Whitehead went to Cypress Creek High School[citation needed] and later attended Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi[citation needed] where she was a member of the Gamma Phi Chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority.[citation needed]
Beauty pageants
She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageant from 2002 to 2004. She was a semi-finalist in both 2003 and 2004, and held the local title Miss Houston Teen USA in 2003[1]. In these pageants, she competed alongside future Miss Texas USAs Lauren Lanning (2006) and Magen Ellis (2007).
In 2005, Whitehead won the Miss Corpus Christi crown[2] (a title held by Eva Longoria in 1998) and making the top 10 at Miss Texas USA 2005[3].
In 2007, Whitehead will compete in the Miss California USA 2008 pageant under the name "Cassandra Jean".
America's Next Top Model
Whitehhead was chosen to compete on the fifth cycle of UPN reality-television show America's Next Top Model, but quit the competition during the fourth episode.
Whitehead became emotional during the makeover episode, wherein her long, dark brown hair was cut extremely short and dyed blonde, in an attempt to create a look similar to that of actress Mia Farrow in the film Rosemary's baby.[4]
During the next judging round, host Tyra Banks was still not pleased with Whitehead's haircut as she wanted to make it even shorter.[5] During their next photo shoot, Whitehead was scheduled to have another haircut, but she refused.[6] Whitehead claimed that the producers gave her one night to consider her options, following which she decided to walk out of the competition.[7] She also claimed that she was unhappy at the way they attempted to change her attitude.[7]
Whitehead was the first contestant to voluntarily leave the show.
Other TV appearances
Credited as Cassandra Jean, she has also appeared on several shows including CBS' CSI:Miami and CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, Las Vegas (NBC), Hannah Montanta (Disney), and ABC's Pushing Daisies.
Source: http://imdb.com/name/nm2069987/
References
- ^ Miss Houston Teen USA top 5
- ^ Hinojosa, Cassandra (2005-09-20). "Will Miss Corpus Christi be America's top model?". Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
- ^ Miss Texas USA 2005 pageant information
- ^ "ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 3 recap, p. 3". UPN. Internet Archive cache.
- ^ "ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 3 recap, p. 5". UPN. Internet Archive cache.
- ^ "ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 4 recap, p. 3". UPN. Internet Archive cache.
- ^ a b Sewing, Joy (2005-10-12). "She's hair today and gone tomorrow / Texas contestant leaves "Top Model" show, wouldn't change her locks or her attitude". Houston Chronicle.
External links
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