Friends create GoFundMe to help America’s Next Top Model’s Miss J. Alexander recover from stroke

CHICAGO — Miss J. Alexander, the iconic runway coach from America’s Next Top Model, is receiving a wave of support as friends launch a GoFundMe to help cover the rising costs after suffering a stroke.

The fundraiser follows new revelations in Netflix’s Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, where he speaks candidly about the health incident that reshaped his life.

Miss J Alexander’s Stroke: A Medical Crisis That Changed Everything

Miss J. suffered a severe stroke on December 27, 2022, the GoFundMe reads.  His niece found him unresponsive in his apartment, and he spent five weeks in a coma. When he woke, he could not walk or talk. He then spent nearly a year and a half in a rehabilitation center, enduring mini‑strokes, seizures, and repeated hospitalizations.

Today, he uses a wheelchair and continues physical, speech, and occupational therapy. Friends say he kept the ordeal private for years, hoping to recover without public attention.

GoFundMe Created to Support Miss J Alexander’s Long‑Term Care

Miss J.’s longtime friend and talent manager, Steven Grossman, launched the GoFundMe. The campaign seeks $50,000 to cover full‑time care, ongoing therapy, and medical expenses. Donations climbed quickly as fans learned the extent of his condition.

Miss J Alexander Speaks About His Recovery

In Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Miss J. opens up about the stroke for the first time. “I spent five weeks in a coma … I couldn’t walk, and I couldn’t talk,” he says in the documentary. “And I thought to myself, ‘What was I going to do?’”

Directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan told Netflix Tudum that Alexander was “completely open about his health” and insisted on telling the story in his own voice. They emphasized that he did not want to be framed only as a survivor. “He is not his health. First and foremost, he’s a diva who just shattered every single glass ceiling,” Sivan said.

Alexander keeps his update short and characteristically blunt: “Fine. Healing and dealing.” When asked why now felt like the right time to share his story, he said, “I’m good at what I did — do and did — which is teaching models how to inky slink down the runway.”

Community Response and Signs of Progress

Former colleagues Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker visited him during his hospitalization. Manuel says Miss J. can now stand from his wheelchair and take a few steps. Barker described the visit as emotional but praised his determination.

Fans and celebrities have rallied online.

Miss J. says the reason to share now is simple: he is still here. “After spending five weeks in a coma and one year, five months in the hospital, I’m alive to tell it as I lived it,” he says in the documentary. “And no dreams of the afterlife, not one.”

The GoFundMe continues to circulate as supporters push to ensure he receives the care he needs. His story reflects both resilience and the community rallying behind him.

To learn more or donate, visit the verified GoFundMe here.