Laura James

Laura Ellen James is an American fashion model. She is the winner of Americas Next Top Model Cycle 19. She is the daughter of actor John James, known for portraying Jeff Colby on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty. Her mother is also a model representing Ms. Australia in the Miss World Pageant. In 2012, James rose to prominence after winning the nineteenth cycle of Americas Next Top Model, and was consequentially signed with L.A. Models. New York Model Management

Laura James was born in Cambridge, New York to American actor John James and Australian model Denise Coward, second runnerup in Miss World 1978. She has a younger brother, Philip James. Prior to being on Americas Next Top Model, James studied at Paul Smiths College, studying Hotel Resort Tourism Management. She has a very close relationship with her mother. She is a certified Pilates instructor since 2009. She also became friends with Kristin Kagay whom she met during Cycle 19.

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