In 2007, he was a contestant in season one of VH1's reality competition television program America's Most Smartest Model, in which he placed fourth.
[3] In 2007 Novek moved from Florida to Los Angeles, California to pursue other modeling opportunities and video, television, and film work.
Novek symbolically tied with the eventual winner VJ Logan for the most number of challenges won, but ended the game in fourth place.
According to the judges, it was because of a disappointing performance in an automobile presentation challenge and because it appeared that he had lost his motivation after his friend and fellow contestant, Jeff Pickel, was eliminated the episode before.
Brett Novek lived with fellow America's Most Smartest Model contestant Jeff Pickel in Los Angeles, California.