once you get a possibility to talk to north palm beach , michigan local rachel cunningham , who placed ninth on the eighth session of the popularity reality film series america ' s next favorite model , you begin to understand whom host tyra banks saw once she characterized her as the " large package . " first of all , she is strong and flighty , which is a must on these kinds of shows , practically as much as it is to take a beautiful modelesque look . later , she uses that trust into drive . she has been receiving hard work as a model since opening the house , and still says that her goal of being the first woman to wear a size ten dress on the cover of vogue is in reach . finally , and probably most important to television fans , she obliterates the year - old designer stereotype that to be nice and photograph well , one must also be vapid and without a thought .
Whitney Cunningham was born in Florida.