Nyle DiMarco
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DiMarco in 2016
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| Born |
Nyle Thompson May 8, 1989 Queens, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Gallaudet University |
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| Years active | 2014 - present |
| Website | www |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Manager | Wilhelmina Models (New York), CESD Talent Agency (Los Angeles) |
Nyle DiMarco (born May 8, 1989) is an American model, actor, and deaf activist. In 2015, DiMarco was the second male winner and the first deaf winner of The CW's America's Next Top Model Cycle 22. The following year, he won season 22 of the ABC televised dance competition Dancing with the Stars, with professional dance partner Peta Murgatroyd. He was the show's second deaf contestant, the first being Marlee Matlin, and the first deaf winner.
DiMarco was born Nyle Thompson, explaining in 2016 that at some unspecified point, "We changed our last name from Thompson to DiMarco (our mother's maiden name)." DiMarco grew up in Frederick, Maryland, where he attended the Maryland School for the Deaf, and went on to graduate from Gallaudet University in 2013, with a degree in mathematics.American Sign Language (ASL) is his native language and he also gets by with lip reading and nonverbal communication. He has a fraternal twin brother, Nico, and an older brother, Neal.
In 2013, DiMarco had a leading role in the independent film In the Can, an American Sign Language Films production. In 2014 and 2015, he played the recurring role of Garrett Banducci in Switched at Birth on the Freeform network.
DiMarco was doing freelance modeling for about a year before he was contacted by America's Next Top Model producers in 2015. They scouted him via his social media without realizing he was deaf. He was named the winner of the season after beating out Mamé Adjei in the season finale. He is the only deaf contestant in the show's history, and the second male to win.
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