America’s Next Top Model News: Winner Keith Carlos competed in honor of his late father

Keith Carlos was the winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 21 and is also the first-ever male model declared as a winner for the show's entire run.

The cycle's second to last episode saw frat boy Adam rally to take the top photo for a second week in a row. With Will called second, Keith found himself in the bottom two with sole remaining lady Lenox. After Lenox's total score fell well below Keith's, Tyra was shocked to discover the series would have its first-ever all-male finale.

Carlos competed in honor of his late father and his family is surely proud of him as he emerge the victor. He was a former American football wide receiver and hails from Bridgeport, Connecticut.

He was named the 21st winner of the Tyra Banks-produced show and Tyra has acknowledged that Carlos' uncanny resemblance to African-American model Tyson Beckford was the definitive deciding factor in his winning Cycle 21. He won best photo a total of three times and was in the bottom two photos twice.

On his NFL Career, Carlos was signed by the New York Giants in 2013 and on that same year, he was waived/injured by the Giants and was placed on the Giants' injured list. On August 27, 2013, he was waived with an injury settlement.

In another news, the new season for ANTM is now holding auditions and casting calls specifically in Washington DC today, January 3 starting from 11AM to 3PM at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, 1100 S. Hayes St., Arlington, 703-415-2401.