Eva Pigford – Winner of America’s Next Top Model cycle 3. One of the Legendary Winner of NTM Show with Celebrity Status. Eva Marcille Sterling is an American actress, fashion model and television personality. She started her career by winning the third cycle of America’s Next Top Model. Eva was born in Los Angeles, California. Her middle name, Marcille, is an amalgam of her grandmothers’ names “Marjorie” and “Lucille”. Her mother is African American and her father is Puerto Rican She attended Raymond Avenue Elementary School, Marina Del Rey Middle School, and Washington Preparatory High School (2002). She attended Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia; however, she left the school shortly after winning the third season of America’s Next Top Model at the age of 19.
Eva was the winner of the third cycle of America’s Next Top Model in 2004, beating fellow contestant Yaya DaCosta. Her prizes included a CoverGirl cosmetics contract, a spread in Elle, and a modeling contract with Ford Models.Eva has appeared on the cover of Brides Noir, Women’s Health and Fitness (May 2005), King (June 2005), IONA (November 2005), and Essence. Her other modeling credits include CoverGirl, DKNY, Samsung, Red by Marc Ecko, Jewel, In Touch Weekly (June 2005), King (November 2005), WeTheUrban, IONA, UNleashed, Star Magazine, Elle, Elle Girl, Apple Bottoms, Lerner Catalog, Avon Campaign 4 and Rolling Out.
Eva has guest-starred on several series on UPN and The CW Network. Her guest-star credits include two episodes of Kevin Hill, one episode of Smallville, one episode of Everybody Hates Chris, and one episode of The Game as herself. Marcille has also appeared on Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.In addition, Eva hosted BET J‘s reality show My Model Looks Better Than Your Model, as well as Rip the Runway on BET. Furthermore, she has appeared in several music videos, including “Baby” by Angie Stone (featuring Betty Wright), 50 Cent‘s “I Get Money” and Jamie Foxx‘s “DJ Play a Love Song” In 2008 she joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as a young mother named Tyra Hamilton. After a few months, her character, who was planned to be temporary was made permanent. In 2009, Marcille was nominated for two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for her Y&R role but didn’t get the awards. She did however win a Young Hollywood award
On August 5, 2015, Eva was in the main cast as the role of Tara in the TV One series Born Again Virgin. In February 2016, she was in a reality series titled About the Business.In August 2017, Marcille competed in the first season of VH1’s Scared Famous, which premiered on October 23, 2017. She joined Season 10 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta as a friend of Nene Leakes and was promoted to a full-time cast member in 2018 for season 11. She departed the series after two seasons in 2020.
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