Cassandra Whitehead

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title= Miss Houston Teen USA 2003
Miss Corpus Christi 2005
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Miss Texas USA 2005 (Top 10)|name=Cassandra Whitehead
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location= Houston, Texas, United States
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eye color= Light Brown
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Cassandra Jean Whitehead (born October 5, 1985) is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas, who became the first contestant to quit the reality television show "America's Next Top Model".

Cassandra attended Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi where she was a member of the Gamma Phi Chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority.

Beauty pageants

She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageant from 2002 to 2004. She was a semi-finalist in both 2003 and 2004, and held the local title Miss Houston Teen USA in 2003 [cite web|url=http://www.baystarproductionsinc.com/former_houston_teen/fht_2003_whitehead.htm|publisher=Bay Star Productions|title=Miss Houston Teen USA former titleholders] . In these pageants, she competed alongside future Miss Texas USAs Lauren Lanning (2006) and Magen Ellis (2007).

In 2005, Whitehead won the Miss Corpus Christi crown [cite news|first=Cassandra |last=Hinojosa|title=Will Miss Corpus Christi be America's top model?|date=2005-09-20|url=http://www.caller.com/ccct/ladies_only/article/0,1641,CCCT_19665_4094651,00.html|publisher=Corpus Christi Caller-Times] (a title held by Eva Longoria in 1998) and made the top 10 at Miss Texas USA 2005 [ [http://tftj.com/db/preliminary.htm?year=2005&pag_id=3&prelim_id=32 Miss Texas USA 2005 pageant information] ] .

In 2007, Whitehead competed in the Miss California USA 2008 pageant under the name "Cassandra Jean", but did not place. The following year she was a judge for the Miss Newport Beach pageant. [cite web|publisher=Miss Newport Beach|title=2008 Judges - Cassandra Whitehead|url=http://www.newportbeachpageant.com/2008/judges-2008/cassandra-jean/]

"America's Next Top Model"

Whitehead was chosen to compete on the fifth cycle of UPN reality-television show "America's Next Top Model", but quit the competition during the fourth episode.

Whitehead became emotional during the makeover episode, wherein her long, dark brown hair was cut extremely short and dyed blonde, in an attempt to create a look similar to that of actress Mia Farrow in the film "Rosemary's Baby". [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060205034845/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep03/index.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 3 recap, p. 3 Internet Archive cache.]

During the next judging round, host Tyra Banks was still not pleased with Whitehead's haircut as she wanted to make it even shorter.cite news|title=Role Model |publisher=Houston Press|date=2005-10-13|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2005-10-13/news/can-t-stop-giving/full] [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060111151813/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep03/index5.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 3 recap, p. 5 Internet Archive cache.] During their next photo shoot, Whitehead was scheduled to have another haircut, but she refused. [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060111151813/www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/show/ep04/index3.shtml|publisher=UPN|title=ANTM Cycle 5 - Episode 4 recap, p. 3 Internet Archive cache.] Whitehead claimed that the producers gave her one night to consider her options, following which she decided to walk out of the competition.cite news|title=She's hair today and gone tomorrow / Texas contestant leaves "Top Model" show, wouldn't change her locks or her attitude |first=Joy|last=Sewing|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2005-10-12] She also claimed that she was unhappy at the way they attempted to change her attitude.

Whitehead was the first contestant to voluntarily leave the show. [cite news|title=Over the Top|last=Bark|first=Ed|date=2005-11-09|publisher=The Dallas Morning News] She was recently voted as one of the most memorable contestants by AOL entertainment [cite news|title=|url=http://entertainment.aol.ca/article/Top-Model-Memorable-Contestants-Two/130914/|publisher=AOL entertainment|title=Top Model Contestants We Can't Forget, II|first=Chris|last=Jancelewicz] ] .

Cassandra made an appearance in "The Cycle 5 Reunion." She also appeared on "America's Next Top Model: Where the Girls Are" along with the contestants Bre, Sarah, Kim and Lisa. At that time, Cassandra had long red hair. She reappeared on "America's Next top Model: Exposed" with long brown hair, much like she had before it was dyed and cut.

Other TV appearances

Credited as Cassandra Jean, she has also appeared on several shows including , , Las Vegas, LINGO and Hannah Montana.

Cassandra appeared on the game show 1 vs. 100 on February 15, 2008, winning $500,000.

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