Shandi Sullivan’s life changed forever when she became a contestant on America’s Next Top Model during Season 2 in 2004. As a small town girl from Kansas City, Missouri, who worked at Walgreens and never really gave modeling much thought, the chance to appear on Tyra Banks‘ reality competition series was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the then-21-year-old.
While Shandi, who uses they/them/she/her pronouns, was transforming into a supermodel in front of our eyes, Shandi was also maintaining a relationship with her boyfriend, Eric, back home. However, one night in Italy changed everything.
