She quickly became a household name after her debut season at Los Angeles Fashion Week where she walked for brands like Zach Posen, Shane Peacock, and celebrity designer Christian Audigier.

Eugena was the fourth (after Melrose Bickerstaff, Jaeda Young and Michelle Babin) girl to be selected for the seventh cycle of America's Next Top Model.

The judges eliminated Washington eleventh in Barcelona during her third collective bottom two appearance which Melrose Bickerstaff had survived for the second time round (the first being over Christian Evans who was the first eliminee) after CariDee English was selected to be the first finalist and eventually won.

Eugena immediately became a leader in the fashion industry opening for designers like Beverly Johnson, she walked for LaQuan Smith, Zach Posen, Monique Lhullier, Rodarte, Oscar De La Renta, Shane Peacock.

Eugena appeared in over 20 national commercials- notably for McDonalds, Target, Wal Mart, Tide, Macys, Kohl's, Tj Max, JC Penny, Covergirl, and Clinique.