Until this cycle she was a full-time college student in the Lewiston, Maine area, working as a program coordinator at local nonprofits. In her role, she supported mostly Black and immigrant teenagers through job applications, networking, mentoring, school support, and climate education.
Born in Cameroon, she’s the oldest of six siblings. Her parents came from the Central African Republic and left amid conflict, and the family moved to the United States when she was young.
The competition drew more than 100,000 applicants and ran as a six-episode YouTube docuseries. Omon was spotted at the Chicago casting, then went through rounds of runway training, fittings, and photo shoots in New York before reaching the final three alongside Andreína Martínez Fournier and Tatyana Tinsley.
The win came with a spot in the 2026 show and a one-year contract with IMG Models. She walked alone in the Autumn Changes segment in gold wings and flowing sheer organza.
CEO Hillary Super said Omon has “a spark that’s entirely her own.” Omon, who’d had modeling on her vision board for years, said that when she first learned she’d advanced she started screaming and drove straight to her mother’s house because she had to share the news. The happiest day of her life, she called it.
