Behind the Scenes of America’s Next Top Model
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What disturbing themes are revealed in America's Next Top Model?
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Hello everyone, Vanessa here. I just wanted to come on for a second and say thank you so much for listening to our show. You are the reason that we get to make these episodes and put them out week after week. Yes, sometimes I know there's a rerun, but we take our time figuring out what you want to hear, what we are genuinely interested in, and, you know, putting the whole thing together for you. So this week, it is not a rerun. It is actually a breaking news story. As you know, we do breaking news sometimes. We'll do an Epstein series or we'll talk about Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. But then we have another kind of episode, which is truly perennial. And it's things that we just think you will always be interested in.
In fact, we think that so many of our stories are interesting today to listen to that we want to encourage you to go back in your feed, read the titles. I mean, I know this is mostly for people who are new to the show, but there's a lot of stuff in there that you can listen to when you're bored or driving or doing your laundry or, I don't know, deep cleaning your closet. So take a gander through those titles and check something out. But this week, we are doing something that I guess you could call a bit of a breaking news story. It is about America's Next Top Model, which has been the biggest goss in the cultural sphere this month. There's a Netflix documentary, and we'll be talking about that. And some of you have probably seen it.
There's also a podcast you may have listened to called The Curse of America's Top Model. which is from host Bridget Armstrong and Glass Entertainment. Glass has brought you Betrayal, if you're also listening to that podcast. And there's even a new documentary that's going to have Janice Dickinson and a bunch of models on it talking all about America's Top Model coming out in a couple of weeks.
How did Tyra Banks influence the contestants on the show?
So this week, we are talking to Bridget Armstrong to hear about her reporting on the show. I've listened to her podcast and I've watched some of the Netflix doc, and I have to say that I am totally horrified by the way that Tyra Banks was acting. I mean, these things are not just your normal pop culture doc or podcast where they just talk about, you know, how great it was back then. We're really getting a sense of what she did on the show, and it is not flattering. It sort of sounds like the people who are making the documentary wanted her to participate, but maybe she said no. And then they sort of boxed her in like they told her, oh, we've got all these other people who worked on the show talking to us.
You better talk to us, too. But, you know, she didn't have final say. So I don't know. Those of you who have watched that Netflix doc probably have some opinions about that. whether it is sort of slow rolling some stuff to be friendlier to her or if it's really a fair assessment. But let's get to it. We have a lot to talk about about America's next top model this week on Infamous.
From Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media, this is Infamous. I'm Natalie Robomed. I don't know if you remember watching America's Next Top Model, but I certainly do. It began airing in May 2003, when I was 12 years old, and like a lot of tween and teen girls, right from the get-go, I was glued. America's Next Top Model was pitched as the real world meets American Idol, set in the fashion industry.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What disturbing themes are revealed in America's Next Top Model?
0:00–3:01
2
How did Tyra Banks influence the contestants on the show?
3:01–5:39
3
What are the most shocking moments from the Netflix documentary?
5:39–7:15
4
How did the contestants feel about their experiences on the show?
7:15–9:22
5
What were the consequences of the extreme makeovers on contestants?
9:22–11:35
6
How did America's Next Top Model impact the modeling careers of its winners?
11:35–13:43
7
What controversies arose from the show's production practices?
13:43–16:53
8
How does Tyra Banks address the criticism of her role in the show?
16:53–46:05