<\/p>\n
All eyes are back on America\u2019s Next Top Model. <\/em>Tyra Banks\u2019 modeling competition show may have concluded its 24th and final cycle in 2018, but now, the reality series is getting a critical analysis in the E! documentary series Dirty Rotten Scandals<\/em>.<\/p>\n The third and fourth episodes of the unscripted television-focused docuseries, both of which aired Wednesday, March 11, on E!, portray America\u2019s Next Top Model <\/em>as a machine run by Banks that did little to protect aspiring models while profiting enormously from them. It features interviews with former America\u2019s Next Top Model <\/em>contestants and judge Janice Dickinson, as well as culture reporters who discuss the show\u2019s larger impact.<\/p>\n Dirty Rotten Scandals<\/em> comes on the heels of social media rediscovering America\u2019s Next Top Model <\/em>and critiquing some of its more outlandish moments, such as the race-swapping photoshoots<\/a> and dramatic, sometimes painful makeover episodes<\/a>. The program also follows the February release of Netflix<\/a>\u2019s documentary series Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a>, which highlighted the controversies surrounding the long-running competition and included interviews with Banks and others involved in the series.<\/p>\n In the wake of all the America\u2019s Next Top Model <\/em>criticism, here\u2019s what Dirty Rotten Scandals <\/em>said about the series.<\/p>\n Lisa D\u2019Amato competed in Cycle 5 and went on to win Cycle 17, the latter of which was an all-stars season. (More on the controversy surrounding her win, later.) D\u2019Amato spoke about how she felt the show goaded her to talk about her relationship with her mother, whom she called her \u201cabuser\u201d who \u201ctortured\u201d her during her childhood. She claimed that the show also used selective editing to portray her as an unstable person \u2014\u00a0an image that followed her years after her time on the show ended. That included keeping a moment on the show in which fellow contestant Coryn Woitel called D\u2019Amato an \u201calcoholic bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was set up to be publicly humiliated on repeat forever so Tyra could make money,\u201d D\u2019Amato alleged.<\/p>\n D\u2019Amato said she felt further exploited when, while appearing as a guest on Banks\u2019 daytime talk show in 2005, D\u2019Amato asked that Banks not bring up the abuse she experienced. She claimed that Banks, against her wishes, then introduced her as a survivor of abuse, something that deeply upset D\u2019Amato. When she left the talk show stage, D\u2019Amato expressed how upset she was to a production assistant, who she alleges then locked her in a closet and told her she would not receive payment for her appearance if she did not continue on the show.<\/p>\n Supermodel Dickinson appeared as a judge for the first four cycles of the series. In the time since, she has spoken negatively about her experience with Banks<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Dickinson was known for her brash, highly critical notes to the models during the judging panels \u2014 which often included Dickinson commenting on their appearance and weight \u2014\u00a0she ultimately blamed Banks for creating a toxic culture.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica’s Next Top Model<\/em> really tortured these girls for Tyra Banks\u2019 ego,\u201d Dickinson said. \u201cShe put the girls down for everything: their hairstyles, the way they walk, the way they hold their face. It really tore their ego and identity. I was there, and I saw it for four seasons. She was a hardcore bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n Sarah Hartshorne, who competed in Cycle 9 and went on to release a memoir<\/a> about her time on the show in 2025, said that the days when the women appeared in front of the judges could mean they filmed for up to 18 hours. She said that multiple contestants fainted \u2014 something that Hartshorne said production warned them about early on. Hartshorne added that she nearly passed out during her first elimination day.<\/p>\n Multiple contestants, including Cycle 2 winner Yoanna House, spoke about the conditions in the apartment where all the aspiring top models stayed. In addition to being forbidden to use their cellphones or access the internet, they were also not allowed to open windows, according to Hartshorne.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we didn\u2019t follow the rules, we would be punished,\u201d Hartshorne said. \u201cThey could take away our books, our iPods, so we would have to sit in silence for hours.\u201d<\/p>\n Hartshorne noted that contestants were allowed privacy using the toilet and in the shower, if they were alone, but if two or more contestants were inside the bathroom, cameras were also allowed in. She also said that the women were encouraged to \u201cshower together.\u201d<\/p>\n Cycle 17 of America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em>, which aired in 2011, reunited former contestants for an all-stars season. Angelea Preston, who previously appeared on Cycle 12 and Cycle 14, originally won the all-stars competition \u2014 only for the show to re-shoot the finale and crown D\u2019Amato the winner instead.<\/p>\n Audiences were not told why Preston abruptly left the show, leading to much speculation online. D\u2019Amato, who said she only returned to America\u2019s Next Top Model <\/em>after her bad initial experience on the show for redemption, said she received an onslaught of hate for her win due to the confusion around Preston.<\/p>\n It later came to light that Preston\u2019s win was revoked after the legal team associated with the show learned that Preston had previously engaged in escort work<\/a> prior to the all-stars season. In Dirty Rotten Scandals<\/em>, Preston claimed that casting director Michelle Mock was aware of her experience during her initial interview for Cycle 17.<\/p>\n As for Preston, she said she \u201cfelt used.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI felt like a throwaway,\u201d she said in interviews for Dirty Rotten Scandals<\/em>. \u201cThere had been a sensible excuse as to why Angelea didn’t make the final runway. \u2018She got sick\u2019 or something. But y’all wanted people to question what happened to me to boost your ratings. It’s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n Preston sued Banks and the network The CW<\/a> in 2014, stating that she was wrongly denied the show\u2019s grand prize. She dropped the suit in 2018, per a 2022 interview with Bustle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dirty Rotten Scandals <\/em>previously released two episodes on The Dr. Phil Show<\/em>. Next, it will explore The Price Is Right <\/em>with two more episodes that air on March 18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All eyes are back on America\u2019s Next Top Model. Tyra Banks\u2019 modeling competition show may have concluded its 24th and final cycle in 2018, but now, the reality series is getting a critical analysis in the E! documentary series Dirty Rotten Scandals. The third and fourth episodes of the unscripted television-focused docuseries, both of which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2324424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[450451,347449,450452,382108,450450,450453,318808],"class_list":["post-2324423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-angelea-preston","tag-contestants","tag-dirty-rotten","tag-janice-dickinson","tag-lisa-damato","tag-sarah-hartshorne","tag-tyra-banks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-5-most-shocking-allegations-we-learned-about-Americas-Next.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324425,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324423\/revisions\/2324425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lisa D\u2019Amato claims Tyra Banks pushed her boundaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Janice Dickinson says she was a scapegoat for Banks\u2019 agenda\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Elimination days were intense\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The contestants lived in strict conditions<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The \u2018all-stars\u2019 season controversy\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n