Until the third episode, California girl Nicole Panattoni-Nastazio (née Nicole Panattoni) received high praise. However, she made a stink when Tyra Banks wanted to remove her $1,500 hair extensions during her makeover. At the Revlon makeup challenge, competitor Elyse Sewell won and invited her to share the reward, but the blonde beauty declined due to feeling ill (making her the only competitor to turn down a prize). Her fellow contestants believed she actually wanted to spend more time trying to reach her boyfriend, BMX rider Cory Nastazio. She was eliminated after Banks felt that she didn’t want to compete anymore.
As of 2023, the couple is married with two children, having gotten hitched in 2017 after 16 years together. She even appeared on the reality show, “The X Life,” with her husband — the series explored the lives of extreme sports professionals and their romantic partners. That aside, she’s also started her own spray tan service Bronzed Body SD and works in real estate.
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In October 2022, Nicole spoke publicly about her experience on “America’s Next Top Model,” and it wasn’t positive, to say the least. Speaking with Oliver TwiXt, the mother accused production of plotting to paint her as an unfaithful girlfriend during a mixer with single men. When she declined to participate in the scene, she claimed Banks was rude to her for the remainder of filming. Remaining hidden from the cameras, she credited her minimal airtime to her lack of storyline participation, stating, “I didn’t wanna be the drama girl.”
