Kesse Lante Wallace is an American fashion model. She competed on Cycle 1.
ANTM[]
Kesse was known for having a strong resemblance to the host, Tyra Banks. Constant comments were made about this from both the other models and judges. There was also some criticism from the girls on whether or not it was fair to have Kesse in the competition because they thought Tyra would "crown another Tyra".
Kesse was also known for being good friends with both divides in the house: the religious girls, Shannon and Robin, and the non-religious girls, Adrianne and Elyse.
When the girls go overseas to Paris, Kesse performed poorly, only making it to three of them. She was eliminated over Adrianne, and Tyra mentions that Kesse was a hard one to eliminate, with all the judges and girls crying.
Kesse was referenced in one of the cycle 8 judging panels, when Tyra saying Kesse looked more like her than Felicia.
Call-Out Order[]
| Kesse | Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| 3rd | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Eliminated | ||||||
Post-Show[]
After the show, Kesse was in the September 2003 issue of Complex magazine, and was in King magazine in March/April 2004.[1]
She walked the runway for Yeohlee Teng and Francis Hendy in Fall 2005/Spring 2006, and Renee Larc/Milan at Olympus Fashion Week in Spring 2007. She was also in a Church's Chicken commercial.[2]
Kesse was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight.
Her last set of test shots were taken around 2014.[3]
Trivia[]
- Katie is the first model from Arkansas to compete on ANTM.
- There's evidence that Kesse might be the first person in reality-television history to utter the quote "I'm not here to make friends".
- Kesse is the first model to earn First Call-Out for a non-photoshoot week.
- Kesse is the first model to have one or more of the judges cry when she was eliminated.
Gallery[]
References[]
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| Cycle 1 Contestants |
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| Adrianne Curry • Ebony Haith • Elyse Sewell • Giselle Samson • Katie Cleary • Kesse Wallace • Nicole Panattoni • Robin Manning • Shannon Stewart • Tessa Carlson |