Cassi Van Den Dungen
| Cassi Van Den Dungen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cassandra Jade Van Den Dungen 19 May 1992 St Albans, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Brad Saul (fiance) |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
Cassandra Jade "Cassi" Van Den Dungen (born 19 May 1992) is an Australian fashion model. At 16, Van Den Dungen competed on the fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model, going on to be runner-up.
Van Den Dungen grew up in the town of Sunbury, in Victoria, Australia. In press interviews, she has described Sunbury as a "ghetto", which caused controversy and frustration among Sunbury residents and the City Council Mayor, Jack Ogilvie, causing him to call her a "very immature, silly little girl".
Van Den Dungen gained a spot as one of the thirteen finalists of the fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model in 2009. She immediately caused controversy on the show and became the centre of media attention. In spite of all the spotlight, Van Den Dungen started the show very strong, received the best photo for the first week (but she was called second, because fellow contestant Franky received immunity from the elimination), second best photo for the second week, and the third best photo of the third week.
Her string of strong photos eventually stopped in the fourth week, when she was producing her worst photograph so far, and landed her in a bottom-three appearance with fellow contestant Mikarla and Eloise, but Van Den Dungen's very strong portfolio keeps her safe. She improved in the fifth week, producing one of the best photos of the week. In the sixth week, however, Van Den Dungen again produced an uninspiring photo, and placed in the bottom three.
Van Den Dungen stepped up in the seventh and eighth weeks, called out third each time In the ninth week, even though her photo received unanimous criticism, her strong performance at the international destination, London, kept her safe and she took second place. Now in the final three, Van Den Dungen produced one of the best photo ever from the show, but she was criticised for her performance at Fashion Week, and landed in the bottom two alongside fellow contestant Clare Venema, while Tahnee Atkinson safely progressed to the final. Although Venema did a very good job at the Fashion Week, Van Den Dungen's hard work and great portfolio gets the judges' choice and Venema was eliminated, allowing Van Den Dungen to join Atkinson in the final.
In the live finale of the show, Van Den Dungen received the majority of votes from the professionals including Alex Perry, Claudia Navone, Russell James and Priscilla Leighton-Clarke. Van Den Dungen's runway walk had improved and she stated that she was now "thinking of the bigger picture"; however, the voting public awarded Tahnee Atkinson the title of "Australia's Next Top Model".
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