'The Circle': All about sister duo Chanel and former 'ANTM' star Ava Marie Capra
What happens when you add a 'Big Brother' like living situation and the drama of 'Catfish' all rolled into one series? If you guessed 'The Circle', then you're absolutely right. Netflix's reality show sees contestants living in the same building; however, they only interact online. The show aims to see which contestants can catfish the rest and finesse their way to the top.
'The Circle' usually has eight players, but season 3 has an exciting addition, as two sisters teaming up and playing as one player. In case you're wondering who they are, this sister duo is Chanel and Ava Marie Capra. The sisters are no strangers to fame, and if you find their names oddly familiar, there's a good reason behind it!
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Who is Chanel Capra?
Chanel Capra is an actress, writer and producer. Among Chanel's writing credits are movies like 'Nora's Hair Salon', 'Nora's Hair Salon II' and In the Mix -- which featured Usher in the lead role. She has also worked alongside Nicki Minaj, seeing that she served as the location manager for the rapper's TV Movie documentary, 'Nicki Minaj: My Time Now'.
She currently runs Bella Mafia Entertainment, which as per their Instagram page is a 'Development Co. focused on the creative direction of diverse talents & brands in all media'.
Who is Ava Marie Capra?
An influencer, singer and model, Ava Marie's name is a familiar one, for a rather obvious reason -- she was on cycle 22 of 'America's Next Top Model' back in 2015 and placed 12th during her season. Her elimination caused quite the stir, seeing that she did rather well the week prior. However, the following week's exorcism-inspired high-fashion photo shoot proved to be her downfall. Even during her final panel appearance, Tyra Banks called her out for looking like a housewife, compared to the rest of the girls, as she was not dressed fashionably enough.
But, as reported by Celebrity Laundry, Ava Marie took it all in stride. "Oh, yes. I smiled and nodded while trying to as professional as possible! I was just happy to be there. I had wanted to model and compete on ANTM since I was a little girl. It's a dream and I was truly happy to be there." she said.
She was also not immune to the show's somewhat questionable makeovers and ended up with a model mullet before her elimination. These over the top makeovers often throw the young models off their game and it seemed to have had quite the impact on Ava Marie who was 19 at the time, with long blonde hair.
"I had to remind myself why I was there, and I was there to win. Not being able to confide in my family after getting the most dramatic makeover in ANTM history, the "model mullet" was extremely hard for me. I did my best to act as professional as possible; after all, I was living my dream and I knew that there was a chance that my hair would be cut off going into it." she said while talking to She Knows
"I will say that although my confidence wasn't what it used to be after my transformation, I was still very shocked when I was eliminated. I went from winning the Tyra suite, getting a model mullet and then getting eliminated, all within a week. I don't remember when that's ever happened on ANTM before." she added.
Catch season 3 of 'The Circle' on September 8, on Netflix.
