Elyse Sewell Biography

Elyse Sewell (Elyse Marie Sewell) is an American fashion model best known for her appearance as a contestant in the first cycle of the reality television series America’s Next Top Model. She was named one of Wired Magazine’s 2005’s 10 Sexiest Geeks.

Elyse Sewell Age

She was born on June 10, 1982, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. She is 39 years old as of 2022.

Elyse Sewell Height

Sewell stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m).

Elyse Sewell Family

Elyse’s mother was a nurse by profession and her father was the owner of their personal business. She is the second child out of the children and her 2 sisters, one elder and younger than her also currently active in the modeling industry as their career.

Elyse Sewell Boyfriend

Sewell was in a relationship with Martin Crandall, who was a member of the American band The Shins at the time. In January 2008, it was reported that the two were involved in a domestic dispute that resulted in both of them being arrested.

Both Crandall and Elyse were charged with felony domestic assault, though their cases were later dismissed. The two are no longer together.

Elyse Sewell Salary

She is a professional fashion model with an annual salary is approximately $310,523.

Elyse Sewell Net Worth

Sewell has an estimated net worth of around $2 million which she has earned through her modeling career.

Elyse Sewell Education

Elyse obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of New Mexico. She also worked as a research assistant in an evolutionary biology lab.

Elyse Sewell America’s Next Top Model

Elyse Sewell’s start in modeling came with her appearance on the first cycle of America’s Next Top Model. Sewell was known on the show as the “edgy pre-med student”. She placed third, after Adrianne Curry and Shannon Stewart.

In 2005, one of her “confessional” clips from the show, in which she expressed a profanity-laden rant against the people on the show, earned her 16th place on E!’s Most Outrageous TV Moments. Sewell attributes this outburst to the unusual requirement on the show to voice one’s private thoughts and to soliloquize in a “confessional booth.”

While on the show, Sewell said that she would be going to medical school if she did not win the competition.

After America’s Next Top Model

Although Elyse did not win the competition, she carved out a successful modeling career in East Asia, working mainly in Hong Kong. Sewell has had print advertisements for Chanel and Chow Sang Sang Jewelry and appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Hong Kong.

Despite Tyra Banks’ hope that Sewell would come to see that modeling was not as easy as it was often made out to be, Elyse continued to insist that it was the “easiest job in the world”.

In 2004, she started a LiveJournal blog about her experiences of modeling overseas. In 2006, Sewell published a book called Beauty and The Biz: The International Adventures of America’s Third-to-Next Top Model, in Hong Kong based in part on her (now abandoned) blog. She appeared at multiple book signings across Hong Kong.

Sewell’s other writing credits include a satirical piece for Bust Magazine on how to be a reality TV star, as well as posts for the website Lemondrop.

In a June 5, 2009 blog entry, she wrote that she was leaving Hong Kong and returning to her hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Elyse Sewell Agency

Wilhelmina Models, M4 Models, Q6 Models, Dream Models, Elite Models

Elyse Sewell Measurements

Weight: 52 kg.
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Body Measurement: 32-24-34 inch
Hair color Brown: Brown
Eye color: Blue

Elyse Sewell and Adrianne Curry

Adrianne confirmed that she and Elyse were no longer friends after Elyse backstabbed her. Adrianne wanted to sue Wilhelmina Models, she then told Elyse her plans but instead Elyse went to Wilhelmina Models and told on Adrianne.

 Did Elyse Sewell ever become a doctor?

Elyse always dreamed of being a doctor but when the time came everything changed and she did not get a chance to go to med school.

Elyse Sewell Book

Sewell wrote a book called  ‘Beauty and the Biz: The International Adventures of America’s Third-to-Next Top Model’.