Bridget Armstrong

One of the things that we did

two episodes on was the psychiatric evaluations.

And so I found out about those from talking to these models.

And as I started talking to more models, they all had a very similar experience.

And then some of them had a really disturbing experience where they found out that like the psyche valve was being used to produce them on the show, right?

And so it was things like that where we're talking and I'm seeing the through line.

Absolutely.

So when we started production on the program, I was a little resistant, to be honest, to using that title at first because I was like, oh, I'm a fan and I want this to be as much about the negative impact as it is about the fandom and why we liked it.

But the more we spoke with people and the more we really looked into it, I sort of realized the curse part is undeniable.

And the curse, it's not just on the models.

It's not just about Tyra.

It's not even just about us, the audience, right?

And it's not even just about...

The treatment the models faced when they were working on the show.

It's what happened to them after.

It was the stigma.

So we talked to models who, winners, like we talked to several winners of their season, who once they left the show, they were signed with whatever agency was the agency sponsoring the season.

But they would go in and they found that the agencies didn't know what to do with them.

These days, if you go to a talent agency, they might have a division that works with reality TV stars, that works with folks who are influencers.

But back in these days, they didn't have that.