Laura James is one of the most popular and richest Model who was born on November 18, 1990 in Cambridge, New York State, United States. Winner of Cycle 19 of America’s Next Top Model who secured ad campaigns with Nine West and Smashbox Cosmetics after winning.
She won the America’s Next Top Model reality show, created and hosted by Tyra Banks.
Laura Ellen James (born November 18, 1990) is an American model. She is the winner of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 19. She is the daughter of actor John James, known for portraying Jeff Colby on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty. Her mother is also a model who represented Australia in the Miss World Pageant. In 2012, James rose to prominence after winning the nineteenth cycle of America’s Next Top Model, and was consequentially signed with L.A. Models and New York Model Management.
In 2012, James was selected to compete on the nineteenth cycle of America’s Next Top Model. In the competition she was one of the front-runners, receiving three first call-outs as well as winning three challenges for her scholarship bank. She appeared in the bottom two three times. In Jamaica, James landed in the bottom two with Nastasia after the Dream Come True photoshoot for their weak photographs but in the end, James had the higher score, leaving James to compete alongside fellow contestants Leila Goldkuhl and Kiara Belen in the finale. At the final runway at Rose Hall, James struggled with her runway walk and at panel, James was criticized for her stiff walk, yet praised for her Nine West photo. In the end, James received the highest total average of the three remaining contestants, making her America’s Next Top Model. As a result, she was offered modeling contracts with New York Model Management and L.A. Models, she became the face of America’s Next Top Model’s fragrance Dream Come True, won a spread in Nylon magazine, campaigns with Nine West and Smashbox Cosmetics, and a $100,000 cash prize as well as the $30,000 she earned from her three challenge wins to be used to pay off her college education.
Her mother was Australian model Denise Coward.
