Deaf "Switched At Birth" actor Nyle DiMarco is one of the contestants of "America's Next Top Model" cycle 22. (Photo : Instagram/Nyle DiMarco)
"America's Next Top Model" cycle 22 episode 11 will reveal who among Nyle DiMarco, Mikey Heverly, Lacey Rogers, Mame Adjei, Hadassah Richardson and Devin Clark will make it to the top five.
Among the models expected to win "ANTM" cycle 22 is DiMarco, who is known not only as the very first deaf contestant of the modelling competition created by Tyra Banks. He is also known for playing a deaf character in "Switched at Birth" season 3 episode 18.
Picking up from the previous episode, in which returning contestant Dustin McNeer was eliminated for the second time, "ANTM" cycle 22 titled "And Then That Happened Again" is likely to say goodbye to Clark, Richardson or both.
There has already been a double elimination in "ANTM" cycle 22. In episode 18, Clark joined the bottom three with Bello Sanchez and Courteney DePruow. Clark made it to episode 9, in which he was again at the bottom two with Justin Kim, who was then sent home.
In "ANTM" cycle 22 episode 10, Clark was not at the bottom two, which was shared by McNeer and Richardson. If Clark and Richardson both get eliminated in episode 11, there will be no elimination in one of the consequent episodes before the finale.
Among the remaining six "ANTM" cycle 22 finalists, Rogers is in the lead considering the first 10 episodes with an average score of 34.8 followed by DiMarco with 34.0, Adjei with 32.7 and Heverley 33.2. At the bottom two are Clark and Richardson with average scores of 32.1 and 31.2, respectively.
Whether or not DiMarco becomes the second male "ANTM" winner after Keith Carlos, it appears that the deaf model has a promising acting career. Recently, he was featured in "Switched at Birth" season 4 episode 16, which aired on Sept. 28.
