Jade antm biography

American model

Jade Chantel Cole (born June 19, ) is an American fashion and print model and former reality television personality. She first appeared on Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model.

She is the founder of Biracial Butterfly Productions,^{[citation needed]} an agency that represents models with biracial ethnicity.

In , Marie Claire named Cole as one of the best 24 contestants of all time on ANTM, ranking her as number six, followed by Pop Culture naming her one of the "Hottest reality TV villains" in ^[2][3]

Early life

Cole was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,^[4] and she is of mixed ethnicity: her father is African-American, and her mother is Dutch.

Though her ambiguous ethnicity initially caused her annoyance when people questioned her about it, she learned to use it to her advantage in her modeling career.^[5]

Career

Before appearing on ANTM, Cole was a Kindergarten teacher in Philadelphia.