ND: Aside from my mother, I didnвЂ™t tell anyone. MTV: Could you tell anyone before the show aired that you won? That really touched me and that really mattered more than winning. I saw a lot of social media posts from my Deaf community cheering me on, being shocked I won the entire thing and saying a lot of positive things about how I represented them well. I'm on cloud nine all over again after watching the finale episode! I'm truly honored to be the last winner and.

MTV: First things first: how does it feel to be the final winner of AmericaвЂ™s Next Top Model?

MTV News had the opportunity to find out from DiMarco himself what's next, what he's working on and if he is (or isn't) single. But time and time again over the 22nd season of 'ANTM,' other contestants would bring up DiMarco's identity as a Deaf person as a reason he couldn't possibly win - when in actuality being part of the Deaf community seemed to give the 26-year-old a unique perspective in challenges and goings-on in the Top Model house.ДiMarco, who grew up in Maryland before graduating from Galludet University in Washington DC, was already getting booked for gigs while the season aired, walking in a show for 2Xist and being photographed by Tony Veloz with fellow DC Metro-area contestants Justin Kim and runner-up Mame Adjei. In this day-and-age, it's hard to believe that people still think that the Deaf aren't completely capable of doing all the things hearing people can.

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