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Lio Tipton
Tipton in 2008
Born	Analeigh Christian Tipton Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Modeling information
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)[1]
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Agency	Abrams Artists Agency Ford Models I Model & Talent
Website	Ford Models

Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, 1988) is an American figure skater, actress^[2] and fashion model, most noted for placing third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model.

Analeigh Tipton was born on November 9, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[3] When Analeigh was 8, her family relocated to Sacramento, California,^[3] where she later attended St. Francis High School and the New York Film Academy's Film School program at Universal Studios, Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} Currently she is studying film at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California.^{[citation needed]} Analeigh was also a supporter of the Invisible Children.^{[citation needed]} She participated in the Global Night Commute in the Cesar Chavez park.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to America's Next Top Model, Analeigh was signed to I Model & Talent in Los Angeles^[4] and walked in Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008 for designer, Kelly Nishimoto for her Fall 2008 collection, Imasu.^[5]

Tipton began skating at the age of two and a half,^[3] and competed in four U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships.^{[citation needed]} Later, she and her pair partner, Phillip Cooke,^[6] became two-time regional champions, and competed at the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships twice on the Juvenile level.^[6] She retired from competitive skating at 16, but continued to skate in charity ice shows for AIDS foundations.^[3]

Analeigh placed third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model in 2008.^{[citation needed]} She was recruited through Myspace and was asked to audition in Los Angeles.^[3] After landing in the bottom 2 in the episode You're Beautiful, Now Change for not using her ice-skating moves to her advantage, she rebounded and appeared in the top three for seven consecutive weeks.^{[citation needed]} Analeigh was called first twice, one for the first CoverGirl commercial, which Tyra Banks deemed "the best CoverGirl commercial in the history of America's Next Top Model." ^{[citation needed]} She also won the go-sees challenge, by booking all three of her go-sees she went to and getting back on time.^{[citation needed]} In a challenge won by Elina Ivanova, Elina shared her prize with Marjorie Conrad and Analeigh; they appeared alongside each other in the December 2008/January 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine.^{[citation needed]} She was subsequently eliminated in the finale after forgetting her lines in the second CoverGirl commercial, which left Samantha Potter and McKey Sullivan to walk in the finale runway show.^{[citation needed]}

Tipton is signed with Ford Models in Los Angeles and Abrams Artists Agency, in both the commercial and theatrical divisions.^[1][7] Additionally, she appeared on Spain's Marie Clare, Seventeen magazine's December 2008-January 2009 edition, and a several page spread in Maxim.^{[citation needed]} She has also done catalog work for Forever 21, Guess, Three Dots.^[8] and featured in the CampusGirls USA 'Girls of Pac 10 Conference' calendar which is published by her cousin and raises money for breast cancer.^[9]

In 2010, Tipton modeled Geren Ford's pre-fall 2010 collection.^[10] For Los Angeles Fashion Week she walked for Skingraft and David Alexander for the S/S 2010 season.^{[citation needed]} Tipton's other runway credits include Mercedes Benz Fall Fashion Show, Ticket Fashion Show, Nick Verreos Line, Guess?, and America's Next Top Model obsessed fashion show.^{[citation needed]}

Tipton and Samantha Potter appeared as guest stars on the television series The Big Bang Theory, in the episode "The Panty Piñata Polarization."^[11] She made her film debut in The Green Hornet, where she acted alongside Cameron Diaz and Seth Rogen, which was released on January 14, 2011.^[12] Tipton has also signed on to play a babysitter who has a crush on Steve Carell's character in Crazy, Stupid, Love, alongside Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, being called a "face to watch" by The New York Times.^[13][14]

Tipton, who is studying film, is also the head supervisor for an upcoming film called Stealing Second.^[15]

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