Natalie Roboned

For most models, getting that supermodel stride isn't that easy.

So who do they turn to for guidance?

Jay Alexander.

But there was a lot more going on behind the scenes, which is what we're talking about today.

You may have seen the new documentary about America's Next Top Model.

It's called Reality Check, and it's a pretty wild watch.

How many people were scared?

I always believed that she would have my back.

I was ultimately proven wrong.

In it, the filmmakers sit down with lots of former Top Model contestants, judges, and executives.

who reveal what it was really like to be in the running to become America's next top model.

From the body shaming.

If the body could just slim down 150 pounds, that would be good.

Then she'd be 30 pounds.

That would be better.

To the ludicrous photo shoots.

We are actually going to switch your ethnicities.

To the early 2000s reality TV shenanigans.

There was a lot about Top Model that was really, really ugly.

because at the same time that Tyra and the show claimed to be challenging beauty standards in the fashion industry, they were also upholding and reinforcing them.