Curse of: America’s Next Top Model
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Curse of: America’s Next Top Model
When America’s Next Top Model premiered in the early 2000s, it looked like a golden ticket: a glamorous TV show that could catapult aspiring models into fame. But two decades later, many contestants describe its aftermath as a curse. Hosted by pop-culture journalist Bridget Armstrong, Curse of...
Recent Episodes
11 episodes
The House That Tyra Built
No matter who won, Tyra Banks was always the real star of ANTM. But was she a fairy godmother, a villain, or both? On this final episode, we explore T...
America’s Next Top Body Shamer
To this day, Tyra Banks hails ANTM as a champion of body positivity. But in reality, the show was one of the biggest body shaming offenders of our gen...
Fierce, Queer, and Flawed
America’s Next Top Model was a pioneer of LGBTQIA+ representation on reality TV. The show gave us iconic queer judges, featured an openly lesbian cont...
Race Swap Card
ANTM was one of the most racially diverse reality shows of its era. So why did so many of its episodes look so racist? This episode investigates how A...
Reality TV vs. Modeling Competition
ANTM was never really about creating top models. It was a reality TV disguised as a modeling competition, and it showed. We break down how photo shoot...
Psych Out
CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation.
We continue our discussion about the ANTM psychological...
Psych Up
CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation.
Before you could be cast on America’s Next Top Model, y...
Tale of Two Winners
We explore one of ANTM’s most infamous controversies. Angelea Preston won the All-Stars season of America’s Next Top Model. Later, she was stripped of...
The Blueprint
Cycle 1 was messy, low-rent, and groundbreaking. It was also the blueprint for everything ANTM would become. It introduced us to the larger-than-life...
The Set-Up
Tyra Banks screamed it, but was she ever really rooting for these girls? In the series opener, host Bridget Armstrong explores one of ANTM’s biggest c...
Introducing Curse of: America's Next Top Model
When America’s Next Top Model premiered in the early 2000s, it looked like a golden ticket: a glamorous TV show that could catapult aspiring models in...