Isis King

{{short description|American model, actress, and fashion designer (born 1985)}}  {{use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox model | image = Isis King.jpg | caption = King in 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|10|1}}{{hairspace}}<ref name="MM">{{cite web|title=Isis King Is Transgender America's Next Top Model Contestant|url=http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=4644|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018040729/http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=4644|archive-date=October 18, 2010|publisher=Right Celebrity|first=Consuela|last=B.|date=November 17, 2008}}</ref> | birth_place = Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.female.com.au/celebrities/isis-king.htm |title=Isis King|publisher=female.com.au|accessdate=2022-01-18}}</ref> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref name="MM"/> | haircolor = | eyecolor = | agency = | spouse = | website = {{URL|kingisis.com}} }} '''Isis King''' (born October 1, 1985) is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. King is most widely known for her role on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show ''America's Next Top Model''.<ref>{{cite web|title=21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture|date=May 29, 2014|url=https://time.com/130734/transgender-celebrities-actors-athletes-in-america/|publisher=Time Magazine|access-date=November 17, 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805093258/http://time.com/130734/transgender-celebrities-actors-athletes-in-america/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was the first openly trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television.<ref name="WP">{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/10/03/DI2008100301375.html| title = Isis King from 'America's Next Top Model'| newspaper = Washington Post|date = October 3, 2008}}</ref> King starred as Sol Perez on the Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy series ''With Love'' between 2021 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Franken |first=Claire |date=2023-11-22 |title=Amazon Cancels 3 Series, Including The Horror of Dolores Roach |url=https://tvline.com/news/amazon-cancelled-shows-2023-horror-of-dolores-roach-list-1235008156/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250804165153/https://tvline.com/news/amazon-cancelled-shows-2023-horror-of-dolores-roach-list-1235008156/ |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=2025-09-10 |work=TVLine |language=en}}</ref>

==Biography== King was born as a male but has stated, "mentally and everything else" she was "born female."<ref name="The Cut:TANTM">{{cite web|title= The Cut: Transgender 'America's Next Top Model' Contestant Speaks, Works It|publisher=New York magazine|date=August 13, 2008|url =https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/08/video_transgender_americas_nex.html|access-date= September 10, 2008}} </ref> She has stated, people might refer to her as "transgender" or "transsexual", but she prefers the phrase "born in the wrong body".<ref name="The Cut:TANTM"/> While in high school, King came out as "gay" but later felt it was not an accurate label for her.<ref name="USMagPage72">{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Natalie|title='I've Always Felt Like I Was Different': One New Hopeful From 'America's Next Top Model' was Born a Man. Now Isis King Tells Her Story To 'Us'|publisher=Us Magazine|date=September 15, 2008|url=http://i36.tinypic.com/1h5gmv.png|access-date=September 10, 2008|page=72|archive-date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004135809/http://i36.tinypic.com/1h5gmv.png|url-status=dead}}</ref>

King has an associate degree in design and illustration from the Art Institute of Philadelphia.<ref name="USMagPage73" /> King moved to New York to begin her transition, but didn’t earn enough money to afford rent, and her family opposed her transition. As a result, she moved into the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBTQ youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/isis-king-transgender-star-americas-next-top-model|title=How This Transgender Woman Went from Homeless to Starring on ANTM|publisher=Teen Vogue|first=Vera|last=Papisova|date=October 16, 2015|access-date=2015-10-18}}</ref>

In 2007, King appeared in an MSNBC special titled ''Born in the Wrong Body'', which documented the lives of transgender teens from across the United States.<ref name="Isis to bring it">{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Chris |title=Isis to bring it to the judges' panel on America's Next Top Model |publisher=Human Rights Campaign |date=August 13, 2008 |url=http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2008/08/isis-to-bring-i.html |access-date=September 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918093932/http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2008/08/isis-to-bring-i.html |archive-date=September 18, 2008 }} </ref> King began hormone replacement therapy in the summer of 2007, as part of her transitioning process.<ref name="USMagPage73">{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Natalie|title='I've Always Felt Like I Was Different': One New Hopeful From 'America's Next Top Model' was Born a Man. Now Isis King Tells Her Story To 'Us'|publisher=Us Magazine|date=September 15, 2008|url=http://i35.tinypic.com/2u6zinm.png|access-date=September 10, 2008|page=73|archive-date=May 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524055557/http://i35.tinypic.com/2u6zinm.png|url-status=dead}}</ref> She had gender reassignment surgery in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/americas-next-top-model-isis-k-27349.aspx |title=America's Next Top Model: Isis King's Surgery a Success |publisher=Buddytv.com |date=2009-03-30 |access-date=2013-12-05}}</ref> which she stated on ''America's Next Top Model: All-Stars''.

==Early career== King had been runway modeling for seven years before participating in ''America's Next Top Model''. Her experience included competing in the underground ball culture scene. In a promotional interview for ANTM, King stated she was looking forward to runway as she had been "walking" for seven years.{{citation needed|date=February 2010}}

She has also worked as a receptionist at a hair salon, and as a program assistant for a nonprofit organization.<ref name="Cycle 11 Cast Isis"> {{cite web|title= Cycle 11 - Cast: Isis|publisher= CWTV|date= August 2008|url= http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model11/cast/isis|access-date= September 10, 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328125954/http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model11/cast/isis|archive-date= March 28, 2010}}</ref>

== America's Next Top Model ==

=== America's Next Top Model Cycle 10 ===

King was living at the Ali Forney Transitional Living Program when she learned about an upcoming photo shoot for the tenth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model''.<ref name="ANTM TG 3 Sept">{{cite web|title=America's Next Top Model Transgender Contestant: "This Is Who I Am" |publisher=Us Magazine |date=September 3, 2008 |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/antm-transgendered-contestant-this-is-who-i-am |access-date=September 10, 2008 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909230107/http://www.usmagazine.com/antm-transgendered-contestant-this-is-who-i-am |archive-date=September 9, 2008 }}</ref>

=== America's Next Top Model Cycle 11 ===

King asked ANTM art director Jay Manuel whether she could be accepted as a girl "born in the wrong body" if she were to audition as a contestant for the program.<ref name="ANTM TG 3 Sept" /> After the shoot, show host and producer Tyra Banks had her staff search out King to encourage her to audition based on her performance in the photo shoot. King was the twelfth finalist selected (just before Clark Gilmer and Joslyn Pennywell filled the final two places) for the top fourteen to compete on the reality television show ''America's Next Top Model Cycle 11''. <ref name="The Notorious Fierce Fourteen">{{cite episode|title = The Notorious Fierce Fourteen|episode-link = America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11#The Notorious Fierce Fourteen|series = America's Next Top Model|series-link = America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11|airdate = September 3, 2008|season = 11|number = 1}}</ref><ref name="War Of The Supermodels">{{cite web|last = Hinds|first = Paulene|title = War Of The Supermodels|publisher = Reality TV Magazine|date = September 9, 2008|url = http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2008/09/09/war-of-the-supermodels/|access-date = September 10, 2008|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120907104102/http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2008/09/09/war-of-the-supermodels/|archive-date = September 7, 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref> She received one second call-out (after Marjorie Conrad) and survived the bottom two over Nikeysha Clarke. She became the fifth eliminated overall in her second bottom two appearance after eventual runner up, Samantha Potter, survived for the first time ever.

Isis King began posing for a photography set primarily concentrated on youth homelessness, which became the catalyst for her returning for cycle 17.<ref name="prnewswire.com">{{Cite press release|title=Reciprocity Grad Isis King Returns to America's Next Top Model: NYC-Based Nonprofit Groomed Isis for Celebrity|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reciprocity-grad-isis-king-returns-to-americas-next-top-model-nyc-based-nonprofit-groomed-isis-for-celebrity-129948483.html}}</ref>

=== America's Next Top Model Cycle 17: All-Stars ===

After her first appearance on the show, King was selected to return to America's Next Top Model along with former fellow contestant Sheena Sakai to both represent their Cycle together on the first All-Star edition of the show along with twelve other returning models from past America's Next Top Model cycles. During her time on the show, she received one first call-out in the first week and was eliminated third after former Cycle 12 semifinalist and Cycle 14 contestant Angelea Preston survived her first-ever bottom two appearance.

Taz Tagore, co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation, said that King had an agenda when participating in Cycle 17, she wanted to break the stigma and destroy the barriers for those who identify with the LGBTQ+ community. She became a role model for women in that community.<ref name="prnewswire.com"/>

==After ''ANTM''== {{BLP sources section|date=July 2020}} King appeared on ''The Tyra Banks Show'' twice. In her first appearance she discussed her life story further, along with fellow contestant Clark Gilmer. Banks surprised King by introducing her to Marci Bowers, a fellow trans woman and top gender reassignment surgeon, who offered her an all-expenses-paid surgery which was conducted in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/TyraMediaPlayer/player.html?=promos/4062|title = Video Promo 4062|publisher = Tyra Banks Show}}</ref> New shots were taken after the surgery, which were revealed in King’s second appearance. King's transition to being anatomically female was deemed "complete." She also appeared on ''Larry King Live'' on July 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Balser |first=Erin |url=http://crushable.com/entertainment/isis-king-on-larry-king-live/ |title=Isis King on Larry King Live |publisher=Crushable |date=2009-07-28 |access-date=2013-03-03 |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713045230/http://crushable.com/entertainment/isis-king-on-larry-king-live/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> King competed in the seventeenth overall and first 'All Star' cycle of America's Next Top Model, which aired on the September 14, 2011. She was eliminated.

Since then King has worked with American Apparel, making her the first transgender person to do so.

In July 2015, Isis was a guest star on multiple episodes of the soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.

King played Gia in a guest role on season 7 of the Showtime show ''Shameless''.

In Fall 2016, King's docu-series ''Strut'', executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg, aired on the Oxygen Network. It followed five trans models, and documented King's move from New York to Los Angeles.

In 2019, she starred in the Netflix series ''When They See Us'', created by Ava DuVernay, a series about the real story of the Central Park Five.<ref>{{Cite news|title='When They See Us' tells the important story of the Central Park Five. Here's what it leaves out.|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/29/when-they-see-us-tells-important-story-central-park-five-heres-what-it-leaves-out/}}</ref> She plays Marci, the deceased older sister of Korey Wise. King said that playing this role is ‘like a magnifying glass on the world right now’(express online). King’s role is “relatable to who she is as a person.” She feels like transgender women of color are especially at risk of being the victim of murder, as Marci Wise suffered.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Isis King Is No Longer Just the Trans Model Contestant From Top Model".|date=July 25, 2019|url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/7/25/isis-king-no-longer-just-trans-contestant-top-model}}</ref>

In August 2019, King was the subject of a ''Deadline'' interview. In it she discussed trans visibility, acceptance, and other matters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/when-they-see-us-isis-king-interview-lgbtq-trans-diversity-inclusion-ava-duvernay-netflix-1202666053/|title = From 'Top Model' to 'When They See Us': Isis King Talks Acceptance of Trans Community in Hollywood|date = August 14, 2019}}</ref>

On July 3, 2020, King appeared on fellow ''America's Next Top Model'' star Jay Manuel's weekly web chat, Jays Chat, to discuss the show's Cycle 11, on which she made her debut.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/8lTEnQk-0vM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200905014208/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lTEnQk-0vM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lTEnQk-0vM| title = Jay's Chat: ANTM Cycle 11 | website=YouTube| date = July 3, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

King is now signed with AEFH Talent for Theatrical, and A3 Artist Agency for commercial work in Los Angeles. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3109027/|title = Isis King|website = IMDb}}</ref>

===Print work=== King appeared in ''Us Weekly'' (September 2008), ''Seventeen'' magazine (December 2008/January 2009), ''Out'' magazine, ''Mallard International'' magazine, and the cover of the Spring 2010 ''Swerv'' magazine.{{citation needed|date=February 2010}} King also did a variety of test shots that were used to promote her visit to ''The Tyra Banks Show''. In 2012 she became American Apparel's first openly transgender model.<ref>{{cite web|author=Burra, Kevin |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/american-apparel-isis-king-glaad-ad_n_1581251.html |title=American Apparel Features Isis King, Transgender Model, In New GLAAD Pride 2012 Partnership |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2012-06-08 |access-date=2013-03-03}}</ref> However, Media Advocates Giving National Equality to Transsexual & Transgender People (MAGNET), an anti-defamation organization dedicated to educating the media about transsexual, transgender, and intersex issues, launched an education campaign against the t-shirts King modeled because they say "Gay O.K.", which some feel is misleading since King is a straight transgender woman.<ref name="advocate1">{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/06/23/gay-tees-cause-trans-boycott-glaad |title=Gay Tees Cause Trans Boycott of GLAAD |work=The Advocate |date=June 23, 2012}}</ref> Chanel Jessica Lopez, a transsexual and transgender communities based counselor at New York City's Anti-Violence Project, called for a boycott of the t-shirts for the same reason.<ref name="advocate1"/>

In 2014, King was featured on the fifth anniversary cover of ''C☆NDY'' magazine along with 13 other transgender women: Janet Mock, Carmen Carrera, Geena Rocero, Laverne Cox, Gisele Alicea, Leyna Ramous, Dina Marie, Nina Poon, Juliana Huxtable, Niki M'nray, Peche Di, Carmen Xtravaganza, and Yasmine Petty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/laverne-cox-carmen-carrera-on-candy-magazine-cover/12/2014/|title=Laverne Cox, Carmen Carrera, Among 14 Trans Stars On "Candy" Magazine Cover|work=NewNowNext}}</ref>

==Cultural impact== King is one of a small but growing number of transgender people and characters in film and television, and her inclusion on ANTM has been called an "unprecedented opportunity" by Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD.<ref name="In From Cold">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0243933820080903|title="Next Top Model" brings transgender in from cold|date= September 3, 2008|access-date=September 10, 2008 | work=Reuters}}</ref> By competing on the show, King has brought national and prime time attention to issues of gender transitioning and gender expression.<ref name="Fox News Addresses">{{cite web|title= Fox News Addresses Isis King, Angers GLAAD|publisher=New York magazine|date=August 15, 2008|url=https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/08/fox_news_addresses_isis_tsunam.html|access-date= September 10, 2008}} </ref><ref name="Major twist revealed">{{cite web|last = Pivirotto|first = Alyssa|title = Major twist revealed on America's Next Top Model|publisher = ABC 15|date = September 5, 2008|url = http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1bf4d12f-fb06-4bef-bbd2-9f1d2f2b1b00|access-date = September 10, 2008|archive-date = September 10, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080910055603/http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1bf4d12f-fb06-4bef-bbd2-9f1d2f2b1b00|url-status = dead}}</ref> ''New York'' magazine has called King the cause célèbre of Cycle 11, comparing her to previous contestant "issues" featured on the show such as Cycle 9 contestant Heather Kuzmich's Asperger syndrome.<ref name="ANTM Takes Lovelies"> {{cite web|last = Brown|first = Lane|author2=Jessica Coen |author3=Nick Catucci |title= 'ANTM' Takes Lovelies Closer to Fame, in Hollywood|publisher=New York|date=September 2, 2008|url =https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/09/antm_takes_latest_lovelies_clo.html| access-date= September 10, 2008}}</ref> ANTM executive producer Ken Mok stated her casting was done in support of "redefin[ing] what beauty is," one of "Tyra's original missions" for the show.<ref name="Top Model producer">{{cite web|last = Rocchio|first = Christopher|title= 'Top Model' producer: Transgender model to help "redefine" beauty|publisher=Reality TV World|date=August 22, 2008|url =http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-model-producer-transgender-model-help-redefine-beauty-7698.php| access-date= September 10, 2008}} </ref>

Due to the intimate nature of the program, which films the contestants living together during the several weeks of the competition, GLAAD spokesman Damon Romine noted "the show deals head on with the contestants confronting their own phobias. Facets of King's transitioning process have been portrayed in the show, such as her hormone injections and subsequent nausea.<ref name="ANTM Takes Lovelies" /> There's going to be support, and the reverse of that. It opens the door for the other girls and the viewers to get to know King and the transgender community." Some of King's fellow contestants revealed prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender issues, and others commented about how her gender transitioning would be poorly received in their own small communities or in the southern United States.<ref name="The Notorious Fierce Fourteen"/> Contestants have referred to King pejoratively as a "he/she" and a "drag queen".<ref name="Top Model Inauguration">{{cite episode|title = Top Model Inauguration|episode-link = America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11#Top Model Inauguration|series = America's Next Top Model|series-link = America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11|airdate = September 3, 2008|season = 11|number = 2}}</ref>

''New York'' magazine noted that King is one of few transgender models in history to rise to public prominence, comparing her to Teri Toye, former club kid Amanda Lepore, and the gender-bending club promoter and model André J.<ref name="Tranny Models Who Made History"> {{cite web|last = Odell|first = Amy|title= Tranny Models Who Made History|publisher=New York|date=August 14, 2008|url =https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/08/tranny_models_who_made_history.html| access-date= September 10, 2008}} </ref> Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, told ABC News that the time may be right for a transgender supermodel: "Maybe it's time for a tranny {{sic}} to end up on the cover of ''Vogue''."<ref name="Top Model producer" />

== Personal life == King is a practising Christian, and attends Mosaic Church in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/MsIsisKing/status/978104392036466688 |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809070419/https://twitter.com/MsIsisKing/status/978104392036466688 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Her younger sister Chanel died as a baby after being born with all of her organs outside of her body. Because of that, Isis King has participated in the Catwalk for Cause, where all the proceeds go to Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=John|title='TOP MODEL' FINALIST HELPING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: GOOD WORKS; ISIS KING TO WALK THE WALK FOR A CAUSE THAT HITS HOME|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213213643/http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=8626|archive-date=February 13, 2007}}</ref>

In 2016, she began to focus on her acting and modeling skills and moved to Los Angeles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Isis King {{!}} Official Website|url=https://www.kingisis.com/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=kingisis|language=en}}</ref>

She is a motivational speaker and shares her experiences to schools across the country.<ref name=":0" />

King identifies as being on the asexual spectrum.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reddish |first1=David |title='With Love' star Isis King on surviving pandemics, sex scenes, and action heroism |url=https://www.queerty.com/love-star-isis-king-surviving-pandemics-sex-scenes-action-heroism-20211217 |website=Queerty |access-date=11 October 2024 |date=17 December 2021}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Film and television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Note |- |2007 |''Born in the Wrong Body 2: On the Edge'' |Herself | |- |2008 |''America's Next Top Model'' | Self | Cycle 11; 10th place |- | 2010 | ''Bella Maddo'' | Cassandra | Short film |- |2011 |''America's Next Top Model: All Stars'' | Self | Cycle 17; 12th place |- | 2013 | ''Hello Forever'' | Rommy | Film |- | 2015 | ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' | Sonja | 3 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Strut'' | Self | 6 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Shameless'' | Gia | Episode: "Own Your Sh*t" |- | 2017 | ''The Heart of a Woman'' | Rosie | Short film |- | 2017-21 | ''Hey Qween!'' | Self | Celebrity guest |- | 2018 | ''Grown'' | Bea | Episode: "Viral" |- | 2019 | ''Dark/Web'' | Jersey | Episode: "Chapter Two" |- | 2019 | ''When They See Us'' | Marci Denise Wise | Miniseries |- | 2019 | ''Savage X Fenty Show'' | Herself | Amazon Prime Video fashion special |- | 2019 | ''Stonewall Outloud'' | Self | Documentary short |- | 2020 | ''Equal'' | Alexis | HBO Max docuseries |- | 2021 | ''Good Trouble'' | Brooke | Episode: "Arraignment Day" |- | 2021 | ''The L Word: Generation Q'' | Claudia Hanson | Episode: "Launch Party" |- | 2021-23 | ''With Love'' | Sol Perez | Amazon Prime Video series;<ref name="With Love a new Amazon Prime Video original series">{{cite web|last = Cordero|first = Rosy|title= With Love': Amazon Drops Premiere Date & First Look Photos For Gloria Calderón Kellett Comedy|publisher=Deadline|date=October 5, 2021|url =https://deadline.com/2021/10/with-love-amazon-drops-premiere-date-first-look-photos-for-gloria-calderon-kellett-comedy-1234849995/|access-date= November 15, 2021}}</ref> Main role |- |}

===Podcasts=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |Dec. 4, 2017 |''LGBTQ&A'' |Herself |"Isis King: Paris is Burning Changed My Life" |- |unknown |''Not So Glamorous'' |Herself |"I'm A Trans Model w/ Isis King" |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links==  * {{Official website|http://www.kingisis.com/#!bio/c2414}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100328125954/http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model11/cast/isis Profile page] on ''America's Next Top Model''

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