Bridget Armstrong

Makeup, modeling, and fashion.

So it felt like something I could relate to, something I could aspire to.

And at that time, a lot of the shows that were out were not necessarily for a young woman audience.

So I think it was probably the first show, first reality show I watched that felt like it was for me.

So the premise is Tyra Banks, who at that time was coming off being one of the most recognizable and known supermodels ever.

in the world.

She's one of the very few, like out of two black supermodels.

And she is the host of this show where she's going to pick and make the next top model.

So girls from all over the country come to these auditions and Tyra Banks and her team of judges pick the girls that they thought had the best potential to become models.

And at least on the first season, they would do these challenges every week where they have to pose in a bikini on top of a rooftop in the middle of February.

And the girl who had the worst photo or performed the worst was sent home.

And each week, the girls were dwindled down.

They started off with 10 until you had one.

And then that girl was crowned top model.

So these were girls that were just regular, degular, pretty girls.

And they came on the show.

And Tyra and her judges were teaching them to be models.

But what made it so interesting is that you also went back home with them, right?

Like it wasn't like a American Idol where you see them sing, they get judged, and that's it.

You also went back with them to the model apartment.