Shandi Sullivan

Shandi Sullivan is an American former model and podcast host. Sullivan placed third in the second cycle of America's Next Top

Model in 2004 and later appeared in the 2026 documentary series Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model.^[2][3]

Sullivan is from Kansas City, Missouri. Before appearing on America's Next Top Model, Sullivan worked at Walgreens.^[4] Sullivan was cast on the program after attending an open casting call at a Kansas City shopping mall.^[5]

Sullivan appeared in the second cycle of America's Next Top Model, which aired in 2004. Sullivan reached the final three and finished behind winner Yoanna House and runner-up Mercedes Scelba-Shorte.^[6]

One of Sullivan's photographs from the competition, taken for a mock eyewear campaign in Italy, was recreated in 2024 with New York artists Tanner Abel and Nicholas Needham. The shoot marked Sullivan's return to professional modeling after a ten-year break.^[6]

''Entertainment Weekly'' reported in 2023 that Sullivan owned a Brooklyn-based jewelry business called Dream Meow Corner.^[7] Sullivan later co-hosted the horror-film podcast ''Urn Fulla Popcorn''. In 2026, Netflix Tudum reported that Sullivan also worked full-time for a cat-sitting company.

Sullivan appeared in the 2026 Netflix documentary series Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, which revisited the production and legacy of ''America's Next Top Model''.^[8]

The documentary revisited an incident during the second cycle's filming in Milan, Italy, which the original program presented as a storyline about Sullivan cheating on a boyfriend. Sullivan later said that Sullivan had been heavily intoxicated and had blacked out during the encounter with an unidentified man. Sullivan described the encounter as sexual assault and criticized the production team for continuing to film rather than intervening.

Executive producer Ken Mok said in the documentary that the footage had been reduced significantly during editing and described the program as having been filmed in a documentary style. A spokesperson for Tyra Banks told Entertainment Weekly that Banks had played no role in the events and that production had been surprised by what occurred.^[9]

Sullivan also said that footage from the Milan incident was shown during a later appearance on The Tyra Banks Show despite a request that it not be replayed. A spokesperson for Banks told Entertainment Weekly that Banks had not been personally approached about the request and would not have deliberately aired the footage if asked not to do so.^[9]