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Yvonne Powless or known as Yvonne Simone - 9th place of America's Next Top Model cycle 19. The plus-sized model who famous with her ethnic beauty. Yvonne Powless, also known as Yvonne Simone, was a contestant on cycle 19 of ANTM in 2012. She was the sixth girl eliminated and placed ninth overall. Yvonne represented the University of Texas at Austin. She was the twelfth girl called to the final cast.

In the competition, Yvonne's journey it not smooth. In episode two, she did a high kick at the club runway show challenge. She was declared the winner and had the only ten on the scoreboard. She was called seventh in judging. In episode three, she did poor at the nude photoshoot with Rob Evans, and was put in the bottom two with Darian. The two had the same score of 20.8, but Yvonne was saved because her social media score was higher. In episode four, she performed lackluster again at the zombie photoshoot, but was saved again over Destiny. In episode six, Yvonne was annoyed with Bryanboy at how he reacted to Leila's elimination from episode five. Later, at the steampunk photoshoot, Yvonne blew a raspberry on set, which annoyed Bryanboy. He confronted her, and Yvonne gave him attitude. She was put in the bottom two again with Victoria, and this time eliminated.

After the show, Yvonne changed her surname to Simone. As of 2020, she is signed to New York Model Management and IMG Models in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Milan. She has modeled for Ebony magazine, Athleta, Loft Plus, Bauce magazine, Almay x PopSugar Beauty, Moana Bikini, Fenty Beauty, Cacique - The Valentine Collection, Tampax Active, Auden, Wet Seal, Lucky Brand, Kohl's, JC Penny, Target, Lane Bryant, Roaman's, Eileen Fisher A/W16, Cabi Clothing, Gwynnie Bee, Soma Intimates, ASOS Curve, Vanity Fair Lingerie, Fashion To Figure, Forever 21 12x12 Denim, Cupid Intimates, Simply Be USA S/S18 Lookbook, Bare Necessities, Promgirl, Leota, Hanes, Glamour magazine, AYR | All Year Round, Abercrombie & Fitch, Kendra Scott, Boohoo UK Holiday Collection, Torrid, Victoria's Secret, and Skims by Kim Kardashian. She has walked for Chromat in New York Fashion Week.She also walked for Cushnie, L'Oreal, 11 Honore, Christian Siriano, Tommy Hilfiger X Zendaya and Burnett.