StatsBirth Name: Claire-Aimee Unabia Country of origin:  United States Height: 5' 10" Ethnicity: Mixed Relationship Status: Married
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Unabia has stated that she was born in Hawaii but now lives in New-York. She is married and has a young daughter. She is actually Half Filipino (Father Dave Dungan & Mother Leila Andico) and she is fluent speaker of the Filipino Language after being left behind when her parents returned to America. Unabia has 2 brothers Ryan & Corey, and a half sister Corinne. She hopes to be reunited with fathers side of the family in upcoming years. In the meantime she is very happy with her current li
Unabia has stated that she was born in Hawaii but now lives in New-York. She is married and has a young daughter. She is actually Half Filipino (Father Dave Dungan & Mother Leila Andico) and she is fluent speaker of the Filipino Language after being left behind when her parents returned to America. Unabia has 2 brothers Ryan & Corey, and a half sister Corinne. She hopes to be reunited with fathers side of the family in upcoming years. In the meantime she is very happy with her current life and her husband Matt who is Japanese and Caucasian and also from Hawaii.
Claire Unabia was the 24-year-old production coordinator from New York, New York. Throughout the show, Claire had consistently strong photos and standout performances, winning two reward challenges and winning the Cover Girl of the week title five weeks in a row. Additionally, during the third episode, she won the make-up challenge held at Wal-Mart. During episode six, Claire struggled to portray country music in her music genres photo shoot and landed in the bottom two with Aimee, and was spared. During episode seven, she struggled again with her face down on the water photo shoot, and was sent home for her lack of versatility. Claire was the sixth model eliminated.
Claire described the task of balancing motherhood with her modeling career as a tricky one. Claire’s participation in the competition required her to leave her baby behind for some time. Even though she missed her baby, she moved on with the show, using her baby and husband as her inspiration.
Regarding her elimination, Claire maintained a clear mind about it even though she was also disappointed. “To go home was kind of heartbreaking in a way, but after being in the bottom two the previous week, it was kind of hard for them to choose anyone else,” she said. She also understood the fact that the judges wanted to see improvement more than just skill. Claire also admitted in interviews that it was a great fault that she didn’t impress them more every week.
Since the show, Claire has modeled for Fati Light and has an ad for Kodak. She’s appeared on the cover of Parents magazine with her daughter Halina in 2007 and February 2009 and was additionally in Unvogue, New York Daily News and Supermodels Unlimited.
Unabia has been featured on the 500th episode of the Tyra Banks Show, where she planted a tree to celebrate along with the last two winners (at the time) Jaslene Gonzalez and Saleisha Stowers. She has been in Stork Magazine, Glamour UK No. 84 and the June 2008 issue of [[Seventeen Magazine magazine and graced the cover of Islands Weddings & Honeymoons, Spring/Summer 2002. She also attended the party held by Seventeen magazine to celebrate Whitney Thompson's win, back to her black hairdo, along with fellow alums Lauren Utter, Atalya Slater, Katarzyna Dolinska, Anya Kop and Fatima Siad and hugged the winner as soon as she found out. She has also been in several photoshoots since the show for various photographers, including Shiloh Crawford. She has also appeared on Runway Moms, Season 2 , sparking a little controversy over her eligibility for ANTM, which was shut down since it is not a national advertising campaign.
Claire is currently signed to Empire Model Management in New York City.
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