{"id":2294176,"date":"2026-02-22T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2294176"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:47:12","slug":"antm-star-alexandra-underwood-slams-pendulum-runway-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/antm-star-alexandra-underwood-slams-pendulum-runway-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ANTM\u2019 Star Alexandra Underwood Slams Pendulum Runway Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\"><em data-node-id=\"0.0.0\">America\u2019s Next Top Model <\/em>contestant Alexandra Underwood reflected on falling during an extreme runway challenge that included swinging pendulums.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">The moment from cycle 14 was featured in Netflix\u2019s <em data-node-id=\"0.1.1\">Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em> docuseries.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">The model says the moment left her injured and \u201cmortified.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Social media has been buzzing since the release of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a70431402\/tyra-banks-ken-mok-americas-next-top-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a70431402\/tyra-banks-ken-mok-americas-next-top-model\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"2.1.0\">Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a>, but not for the better\u2014the three-part Netflix docuseries sees <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a70420204\/americas-next-top-model-contestants-react-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a70420204\/americas-next-top-model-contestants-react-documentary\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"several of the former judges and contestants reflecting\" data-node-id=\"2.3\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">several of the former judges and contestants reflecting<\/a> on the dangerous challenges the contestants were put through for viewer\u2019s entertainment. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In the time since, several women from the show have come forward with their stories, including cycle 14\u2019s Alexandra Underwood, who fell off of the runway and injured her knees during a challenge.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"youtube\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Before even encountering the runway\u2019s swinging pendulums, Alexandra had already fell while walking down the stairs to the runway. \u201cI was in that ridiculously tight dress in those super high heels, going down stairs,&#8221; she recalled in a February 21 interview with <em data-node-id=\"5.1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/antm-star-injured-runway-pendulum-speaks-out-inappropriate-challenge-11910922\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/antm-star-injured-runway-pendulum-speaks-out-inappropriate-challenge-11910922\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Entertainment Weekly\" data-node-id=\"5.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI was already shaken up going into the runway with the pendulum, so I was completely already shaken up and worried about getting axed.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The docuseries included footage Whoopi Goldberg laughing at Alexandra\u2019s runway tumble during a 2010 episode of <em data-node-id=\"8.1\">The View<\/em>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/whoopi-goldberg-apologizes-laughing-antm-contestant-pendulum-runway-11908727\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/whoopi-goldberg-apologizes-laughing-antm-contestant-pendulum-runway-11908727\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Whoopi issued an apology\" data-node-id=\"8.3\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">Whoopi issued an apology<\/a> to Alexandra on a recent episode of <em data-node-id=\"8.5\">The View<\/em> this past week, saying, \u201cI just wanted her to know that I wasn&#8217;t laughing [at her], I was laughing because to me people slipping and falling [is funny].\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cI don&#8217;t feel like she needed to apologize. I remember laughing at Whoopi laughing at me. Her reaction gave me permission to laugh at it, too,\u201d the model told <em data-node-id=\"10.1\">Entertainment Weekly<\/em>. \u201cShe gave me permission to laugh and find it funny, because to me, it wasn&#8217;t &#8230; in the midst of it, I was mortified. It was inappropriate for the show to put me in that position. I was on <em data-node-id=\"10.3\">ANTM<\/em>, not <em data-node-id=\"10.5\">American Gladiator.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">As for how Alexandra feels about the experience, she explained that appearing on <em data-node-id=\"11.1\">America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em> allowed her to get \u201ca great behind-the-scenes look at a big-budget production, and I found it very fun,\u201d but \u201csome of the other girls absolutely deserve an apology for what they were put through.\u201d <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-19\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-1jwg9pu e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cosmopolitan.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Next Top Model contestant Alexandra Underwood reflected on falling during an extreme runway challenge that included swinging pendulums. The moment from cycle 14 was featured in Netflix\u2019s Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model docuseries. 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