Nothing is stopping "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22 contestant Mame Adjei. After clinching the fourth runner-up spot in the Miss USA 2015 pageant held a few weeks ago, she will take on the challenge to compete for one of the biggest reality modelling searches on television.
Twenty-three-year-old Mame Adjei hails from Silver Spring, Maryland and is not new to the modelling industry. She says in one of her Instagram posts that she is more of an avant-garde and editorial image model.
Before "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22, Mame represented her state in the Miss USA 2015 pageant and placed fourth runner-up, acing the swimsuit and the evening gown competitions.
Wearing a black gown during the pageant, this "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22 hopeful answered the final question in full confidence.
Mame was honest when she said she wants Oprah Winfrey to be the woman on the $10 bill.
"I think she's a great role model, she's a person that has transcended so many adversities," she answered. "She's an example of someone that has been steadfast in following her dreams, never letting go and always holding herself accountable to reaching her goals."
In her profile posted on the official Miss USA website, Mame is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, after taking up Political Science and Africana Studies and minor in Business.
She then developed a passion for social justice having volunteered with various humanitarian organizations, her profile added. This "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22 contestant wants to earn a degree on International Law and work on human right policy for the United Nations.
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Mame is a staunch contestant for "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22 as she has started developing an empowerment program for the youth in her home state.
As she takes on "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22, viewers will see Mame in a different angle never seen before, including her whereabouts inside the model house as well as in her photo shoots.
"I want to be just like [Oprah] because of the things that she has gone through and the things she has surpassed," she further went on during the Miss USA pageant. "No matter what you go through, you can do whatever you want and that to me is inspiring."
Mame Adjei is joining other hopefuls as "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22 begins August 5 on The CW.
