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Tyra Banks 'Faces Being Ditched' in Reboot of 'America's Next Top Model'
After receiving backlash from her stint in the Netflix docuseries Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model where she mentioned that she was looking to revive the long-running reality series for a 25th cycle, now comes word that the former model turned mogul may be on the verge of being fired from the reboot. via: Radar Online TV execs are considering a reboot of America's Next Top Model and may be more willing to pick up the reality contest without the diva who built it
Kris Avalon
Apr 22 min read


E!’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Doc Reveals a Winner Stripped of Her Title, Reshot Finale and Unpaid Contestants in ‘Dirty Rotten Scandals’
Just when you thought “America’s Next Top Model” had faded from the spotlight again, here comes a new docuseries to dissect the global modeling phenomenon all over again. via: Variety Suddenly, documentarians can’t get enough of the scandals surrounding “America’s Next Top Model.” Last month, Netflix released “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,” which took viewers into the world of the highly controversial and influential competition show. Now, E! News has its ow
Kris Avalon
Mar 157 min read


‘America’s Next Top Model’ Warped Her Story. Dani Evans Is Having the Last Word
Danielle "Dani" Evans won cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model , but it came at a complicated price. via: Rolling Stone Dani Evans has learned to trust her gut instinct. It’s a habit she’s developed since the events that took place 20 years ago on America’s Next Top Model and after she walked away with the grand prize, only to learn that it had come with a hefty price. “If something within me is a ‘no,’ then I can’t give my attention to it, no matter what it is,” she tells Ro
Kris Avalon
Mar 810 min read


Janice Dickinson Accuses 'Hardcore B***h' Tyra Banks of Going “Harder on Black Girls” on America’s Next Top Model
Janice Dickinson is making some heavy allegations about Tyra Banks and their time on America’s Next Top Model. via: Daily Mail Janice Dickinson has launched an extraordinary attack on 'b***h' Tyra Banks, a decade after working together on America's Next Top Model. The 'world's first supermodel', 71, was known for her acid tongue when she served as judge on the show, not holding back when it came to critiquing the models' appearance, personality and weight. Yet now, Janice has
Kris Avalon
Mar 43 min read


Former Judge Kelly Cutrone Slams 'Incredibly Rude' Jay Manuel for 'Trashing' Tyra Banks to 'Become Relevant'
Kelly Cutrone has entered the chat. via: EW Former America's Next Top Model judge and Bravo reality star Kelly Cutrone has hit back at creative director Jay Manuel after the latter spoke out against Tyra Banks in the new Netflix docuseries Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. Cutrone, a powerhouse fashion industry publicist who served on the permanent ANTM panel from cycles 18-22, reacted to Manuel's criticism of Banks throughout Reality Check, in which he alleges
Kris Avalon
Feb 245 min read


Jay Manuel Says Tyra Banks Wasn’t Being Real in Netflix’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Doc
Tyra Banks and Jay Manuel have a long, winding relationship, both professionally and personally. via: Page Six The “real” Tyra Banks was missing from Netflix’s new doc, “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,” according to former pal and judge Jay Manuel. “We see prepared television Tyra. I know the real woman. I know her struggles. I know what she has fought in this industry,” Manuel told Sherri Shepherd on an upcoming episode of “Sherri,” airing Tuesday, Feb. 24. M
Kris Avalon
Feb 202 min read


‘America’s Next Top Model’ Winner Eva Marcille Says She Was ‘Amazingly Horrified’ by Docuseries
Eva Marcille is just one of the former America’s Next Top Model contestants grappling with mixed emotions in the wake of the release of Netflix’s new documentary, Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. via: Page Six “America’s Top Model” winner Eva Marcille says she was “amazingly horrified” by the bombshell Netflix docuseries about the show, because she had “absolutely no idea” such “horrible” acts occurred on it. The Cycle 3 winner — who appeared on the show in 200
Kris Avalon
Feb 203 min read


E! Announces Dirty Rotten Scandals With Episode Shining Light on the Dark Side of America's Next Top Model
E! is gearing up to release a rival doc that will dive into all the shenanigans that went down behind the scenes of America's Next Top Model. via: E! Dirty Rotten Scandals, a new explosive docuseries, will share a glimpse into the underbelly of Dr. Phil, America's Next Top Model and The Price is Right. From allegations of exploitation and discrimination to sexual harassment lawsuits, former guests and crew detail their experiences on the beloved shows. Premiering March 4 at 9
Kris Avalon
Feb 182 min read


America's Next Top Model Winner Adrianne Curry torches Tyra Banks Over Netflix Docuseries in Profane Rant
Former model Adrianne Curry is speaking out following the release of "Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model," a three-part documentary that shows viewers a glimpse of what happened behind the scenes of the modeling competition. via: Daily Mail The inaugural winner of America's Next Top Model has blasted Tyra Banks after the release of the much talked about Netflix docuseries. Adrianne Curry, 43, took to Twitter to post a video of a sarcastic rant aimed at the 52-year
Kris Avalon
Feb 175 min read


America’s Next Top Model Icon Ebony Haith Recalls ‘Danger’ of Tyra Banks Outing Her as Lesbian
Ebony Haith, who appeared on the very first cycle of America's Next Top Model is opening up about the danger of Tyra Banks outing her as a lesbian on the show. via: Pink News On Monday (16 February), Netflix documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model debuted, leaving viewers flabbergasted by the show’s overwhelming lack of sensitivity towards its competitors. Included in the documentary are interviews with creator and host Tyra Banks, creative director Jay Man
Kris Avalon
Feb 172 min read


‘ANTM’ Alum Tiffany Richardson Eviscerates ‘Bully’ Tyra Banks 2 Decades After Host’s Viral Rant: ‘F–k you’
The clip has lived online for years. Now the woman at the center of it is speaking again. via: Page Six “America’s Next Top Model” alum Tiffany Richardson eviscerated host Tyra Banks over 20 years after the pair’s viral fight on the reality show. As fans of the show may remember, Banks yelled at the Cycle 4 aspiring model, infamously telling her that “we were all rooting for you” — a moment that Banks admitted she took “too far” in Netflix’s new bombshell docuseries about the
Kris Avalon
Feb 172 min read


Netflix’s ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’: The 12 Most Shocking Revelations
We were rooting for you, Reality Check, we were all rooting for you! But alas, Netflix‘s documentary about the rise and fall of America’s Next Top Model is a rather grueling and self-serious affair which attempts to turn the reality hit that ran for 24 seasons into a cultural war crime. via: People Netflix’s new docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model takes viewers behind the catwalk to uncover what really went down on the Tyra Banks-created reality show, wh
Kris Avalon
Feb 1612 min read


America's Next Top Model Winner 'Humiliated' as She Alleges She Didn't Receive full Prize
The first ever winner of America's Next Top Model has a lot to get off her chest ahead of the launch of the Netflix expose on the world famous show. via: EW Adrianne Curry might've won America's Next Top Model cycle 1, but that doesn't mean the TV personality won everything that the models hoped for across the inaugural season of Tyra Banks' beloved reality show. "One of you is about to be a star in a matter of minutes," Banks told Curry and finalist Shannon Stewart before cr
Kris Avalon
Feb 154 min read


America's Next Top Model Contestant Shandi Sullivan Claims Production Framed Her Sexual Assault as a Cheating Storyline
Shandi Sullivan wanted to be a top model. via: EW The intersection of reality and reality TV isn't always easy to spot, but as she previously told Entertainment Weekly for a 20th anniversary oral history on the controversial Tyra Banks -hosted reality show, the line became crystal clear for America's Next Top Model cycle 2 contestant Shandi Sullivan . Often regarded as one of the most shocking moments in ANTM history, Sullivan, who was famously cast on the 2004 cycle afte
Kris Avalon
Feb 153 min read


Tyra Banks Teases ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Potential Cycle 25 Return: “My Work Is Not Done”
As Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model prepares to unpack the show’s past controversies, the fashion reality competition series could make a return. via: Out The former host and model announced the show's comeback in the third episode of the Netflix docuseries, Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model , which delves deeper into the problematic elements of her show. According to Entertainment Weekly , Banks confirmed the series will return for season 25 after its la
Kris Avalon
Feb 132 min read


America's Next Top Model Winner Adrianne Curry Compares Tyra Banks Show to 'Modeling Holocaust'
The winner of America's Next Top Model Adrienne Curry didn't participate in the upcoming three-part Netflix docuseries, but she's offering her opinion on a doc she hasn't seen yet on social media. via: EW America's Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry has compared the Tyra Banks-fronted modeling competition series to the "modeling Holocaust" in a new social media tirade. Amid news of Entertainment Weekly's exclusive debut of a new Netflix docuseries that's set to examine the
Kris Avalon
Jan 286 min read


America’s Next Top Model Winner Adrianne Curry Pushes Back on 'Woke Lens' Reexamination of Reality Series: 'Absurd'
Netflix’s documentary reexamining the legacy of America’s Next Top Model is drawing early criticism from one famous former contestant: Adrianne Curry. via: People Curry, the first-ever winner of America’s Next Top Model , is speaking out after Netflix released the trailer for its upcoming docuseries examining Tyra Banks ' reality competition. In a series of posts shared to social media on Monday, Jan. 26, Curry explained that while she's "deeply grateful" to have won the ANT
Kris Avalon
Jan 283 min read


Tyra Banks Addresses “America’s Next Top Model Criticism, Admits She Went Too Far’ In New Doc Trailer
Tyra Banks is finally addressing the backlash surrounding her hit competition series, America’s Next Top Model. via: People The supermodel, 52, at the helm of the reality series, is among the show's personalities featured in Netflix's new docuseries, Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. The documentary aims to deliver a definitive account of what really went on behind the scenes of America’s Next Top Model, which aired for 24 series from 2003 to 2018. "I knew I wen
Kris Avalon
Jan 272 min read


Tyra Banks to Be Interviewed on Camera for America's Next Top Model Documentary Series at Netflix
Tyra Banks is set to appear in the upcoming America's Next Top Model documentary for Netflix. via: EW EW can report that Banks, who...
Kris Avalon
May 13, 20252 min read


America's Next Top Model Alum Isis King Reflects on Pulling 'Curtain Back' for Trans Models, But 'Was ANTM Perfect? No'
Isis King is looking back on her time at America's Next Model, and the trail she blazed breaking barriers while competing on the show....
Kris Avalon
Mar 20, 20253 min read
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