America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks Kenya Barris
Presented by	Tyra Banks Rita Ora
Judges	Tyra Banks Janice Dickinson Kimora Lee Simmons Beau Quillian Nigel Barker Eric Nicholson Nolé Marin J. Alexander Twiggy Paulina Porizkova André Leon Talley Kelly Cutrone Rob Evans Rita Ora Ashley Graham[1] Drew Elliott[1] Law Roach[1]
Theme music composer	David Thomas Les Pierce
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	22
No. of episodes	289
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tyra Banks
Producer(s)	Ken Mok Anthony Dominici[2]
Running time	41–43 minutes
Production company(s)	10 by 10 Entertainment Bankable Productions (2003–12) The Tyra Banks Company (2012–15) Anisa Productions Pottle Productions
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	UPN (2003–06) The CW (2006–15) VH1 (2016)
Picture format	NTSC (480i) (2003–11) HDTV 1080i (2012–15)[3]
Original release	Original series: May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20) – December 4, 2015 (2015-12-04) Revived series: 2016
External links
Website

America's Next Top Model (abbreviated ANTM and Top Model) is an American reality television series and interactive competition that premiered on May 20, 2003. It originally aired on UPN, whose merger with The WB created The CW in 2006. In 2016, the show was taken over by VH1. The program currently has 23 seasons ("cycles"), and each cycle has a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model", providing them with an opportunity to begin their career in the modeling industry. The first 22 cycles were hosted by model and television personality Tyra Banks, who additionally serves as the executive producer.

America's Next Top Model employed a panel of three (cycles 13–18, 21–22) or four (cycles 1–12, 19–20, 23) judges who critiqued contestants' progress throughout the competition. The original panel consisted of Banks, Janice Dickinson, Beau Quillian, and Kimora Lee Simmons. The panel for the final two seasons consisted of Banks, Kelly Cutrone, and J. Alexander. The series was among the highest-rated programs on UPN, and was the highest-rated show on The CW from 2007 to 2010.^[4] Advertisers paid $61,315 per 30-second slot during the 2011–12 television seasons, the highest of any series on The CW.^[5]

The show's cancellation was confirmed on October 14, 2015 and the series concluded on December 4, 2015.^[6] It was the last show originally from UPN to end its run. In February 2016, it was announced that the show had been picked up by VH1. Tyra Banks will not be returning to host the show but will still serve as executive producer, and it is likely the judging panel will be revamped.^[7] It was then officially announced that Rita Ora would be serving as the host and a judge of the upcoming twenty-third cycle.^[8]

Background

It was announced on January 24, 2006, that Top Model would be part of the new The CW network, a merge between UPN and The WB, when the seventh cycle started in September airing on Wednesdays. The series became the first series among regular programming to air on the network. Prior to the announcement of merging with The WB, UPN had committed to renewing the series through its ninth cycle on January 20, 2006,^[9] for which casting was conducted throughout mid-2006. America's Next Top Model is the only show left on the network that was originally from UPN.

On July 21, 2006, the writers of America's Next Top Model went on strike while working on cycle 7, set to premiere on the new CW Network in September 2006. The writers sought representation through the Writers Guild of America, West, which would allow them regulated wages, access to portable health insurance, and pension benefits. These benefits would be similar to those given to writers on scripted shows. The strike was the focus of a large rally of Hollywood writers coinciding with the premiere of the new network on September 20, 2006.^[10] The dispute was chronicled in a July 24 interview on the website Television Without Pity with Daniel J. Blau, a former recapper on the site who covered the series, and at the time was an America's Next Top Model show producer.^[11] In November 2006, the writers on strike were taken off payroll.^[12]

To celebrate its tenth cycle, America's Next Top Model aired a special installment called America's Next Top Model: Exposed in two parts on the CW on Wednesday, February 6 & 13, 2008. It reviewed the best cat fights, mishaps and most memorable photoshoots, personalities, defining moments and contained other segments about the show since cycles 1 to 9, and featured a special opening fusing all three openings together. Camille McDonald (cycles 2 and 17), Toccara Jones (cycle 3), Eva Pigford (cycle 3 winner), Bre Scullark (cycles 5 and 17), Cassandra Whitehead (cycle 5), Joanie Dodds (cycle 6), Jael Strauss (cycle 8), Dionne Walters (cycle 8), Heather Kuzmich (cycle 9), and Bianca Golden (cycles 9 and 17) all returned to comment on events that happened in their or other cycles.

After announcing that the seventeenth season would be an All-Stars version, Banks said on The CW upfronts in May 2011, that there wouldn't be a "normal" season of the show anymore.^[13] With the start of the eighteenth British Invasion cycle, the program converted to high definition, becoming the second-to-last primetime show on the five major English-language broadcast networks in the United States to make the switch, and the last to air in the regular season to do so.

The show is syndicated to NBCUniversal's cable division, with Oxygen as well as Style Network carrying the series, usually in marathon form throughout the daytime period on either network, and running through most of or an entire cycle. Bravo, MTV, and VH1 have also aired the series in the past. E! also currently airs reruns of ANTM.

Format

ANTM logo, used 2003–2006.

Each season of America's Next Top Model has from 9–16 episodes and starts with 10–16 contestants. Contestants are judged weekly on their overall appearance, participation in challenges, and best shot from that week's photo shoot; each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though in rare cases a double elimination or non-elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals) and a trip to an international destination is scheduled about two-thirds of the way through the season.

Judges

The series employs a panel of judges who critique contestants' progress throughout the competition. Throughout its broadcast, the program has employed thirteen judges. The original panel consisted of Banks (who also serves as its presenter), Janice Dickinson, Kimora Lee Simmons, and Beau Quillian. In the first eighteen cycles, an additional guest judge was welcomed to the panel each week. The recent lineup features Banks, Kelly Cutrone, and runway coach J. Alexander. For the nineteenth and twentieth cycles, public voting was represented on the panel by Bryanboy. Though not a judge, Jay Manuel served as the creative director during contestants' photo shoots for the first to eighteenth cycles. During the nineteenth and twentieth cycles, Johnny Wujek replaced Manuel as the creative director of all the shoots, and was replaced by Yu Tsai for the twenty-first cycle.^[14]

Upon the return of the series, the judging panel will be revamped. For the 23rd cycle, Banks will be replaced by singer-model Rita Ora as the main judge and presenter, but will still serve as its executive producer. She will be joined by model Ashley Graham, Drew Elliott and runway coach/fashion expert Law Roach.

List of judges

Series overview

The first three cycles of America's Next Top Model were filmed in New York City, and was relocated back and forth in cycles 10, 12 and 14. Los Angeles has been the filming location of most of the cycles starting with the fourth cycle.

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	Destination(s)
1	May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)	Adrianne Curry	Shannon Stewart	Tessa Carlson, Katie Cleary, Nicole Panattoni, Ebony Haith, Giselle Samson, Kesse Wallace, Robin Manning, Elyse Sewell	10	Paris
2	January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13)	Yoanna House	Mercedes Scelba-Shorte	Anna Bradfield, Bethany Harrison, Heather Blumberg, Jenascia Chakos, Xiomara Frans, Catie Anderson, Sara Racey-Tabrizi, Camille McDonald, April Wilkner, Shandi Sullivan	12	Milan, Como & Verona
3	September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)	Eva Pigford	Yaya DaCosta	Magdalena Rivas, Leah Darrow, Julie Titus, Kristi Gromment, Jennipher Frost, Kelle Jacob, Cassie Grisham, Toccara Jones, Nicole Borud, Norelle Van Herk, Ann Markley, Amanda Swafford	14	Montego Bay Tokyo
4	March 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)	Naima Mora	Kahlen Rondot	Brita Petersons, Sarah Dankelman, Brandy Rusher, Noelle Staggers, Lluvy Gomez, Tiffany Richardson & Rebecca Epley, Tatiana Dante, Michelle Deighton, Christina Murphy, Brittany Brower, Keenyah Hill	14	Cape Town
5	September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	Nicole Linkletter	Nik Pace	Ashley Black, Ebony Taylor, Cassandra Whitehead (quit), Sarah Rhoades, Diane Hernandez, Coryn Woitel, Kyle Kavanagh, Lisa D'Amato, Kim Stolz, Jayla Rubinelli, Bre Scullark	13	London
6	March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08)	Danielle Evans	Joanie Dodds	Kathy Hoxit, Wendy Wiltz, Kari Schmidt, Gina Choe, Mollie Sue Steenis, Leslie Mancia, Brooke Staricha, Nnenna Agba, Furonda Brasfield, Sara Albert, Jade Cole	13	Bangkok & Phuket
7	September 20, 2006 (2006-09-20)	CariDee English	Melrose Bickerstaff	Christian Evans, Megan Morris, Monique Calhoun, Megg Morales, A.J. Stewart, Brooke Miller, Anchal Joseph, Jaeda Young, Michelle Babin, Amanda Babin, Eugena Washington	13	Barcelona
8	February 28, 2007 (2007-02-28)	Jaslene Gonzalez	Natasha Galkina	Kathleen DuJour, Samantha Francis, Cassandra Watson, Felicia Provost, Diana Zalewski, Sarah VonderHaar, Whitney Cunningham, Jael Strauss, Brittany Hatch, Dionne Walters, Renee DeWitt	13	Sydney
9	September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19)	Saleisha Stowers	Chantal Jones	Mila Bouzinova, Kimberly Leemans, Victoria Marshman, Janet Mills, Ebony Morgan (quit), Sarah Hartshorne, Ambreal Williams, Lisa Jackson, Heather Kuzmich, Bianca Golden, Jenah Doucette	13	St. John's[lower-alpha 1] Shanghai & Beijing
10	February 20, 2008 (2008-02-20)	Whitney Thompson	Anya Kop	Kim Rydzewski (quit), Atalya Slater, Allison Kuehn, Amis Jenkins, Marvita Washington, Aimee Wright, Claire Unabia, Stacy-Ann Fequiere, Lauren Utter, Katarzyna Dolinska, Dominique Reighard, Fatima Siad	14	Rome
11	September 3, 2008 (2008-09-03)	McKey Sullivan	Samantha Potter	Sharaun Brown, Nikeysha Clarke, Brittany Rubalcaba, Hannah White, Isis King, Clark Gilmer, Lauren Brie Harding, Joslyn Pennywell, Sheena Sakai, Elina Ivanova, Marjorie Conrad, Analeigh Tipton	14	Amsterdam
12	March 4, 2009 (2009-03-04)	Teyona Anderson	Allison Harvard	Isabella Falk, Jessica Santiago, Nijah Harris, Kortnie Coles, Sandra Nyanchoka, Tahlia Brookins, London Levi, Natalie Pack, Fo Porter, Celia Ammerman, Aminat Ayinde	13	São Paulo
13	September 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)	Nicole Fox	Laura Kirkpatrick	Lisa Ramos, Rachel Echelberger, Courtney Davies, Lulu Braithwaite, Bianca Richardson, Ashley Howard, Kara Vincent, Rae Weisz, Brittany Markert, Sundai Love, Jennifer An & Erin Wagner	14	None
14	March 10, 2010 (2010-03-10)	Krista White	Raina Hein	Gabrielle Kniery, Naduah Rugely, Ren Vokes, Simone Lewis, Tatianna Kern, Brenda Arens, Anslee Payne-Franklin, Alasia Ballard, Jessica Serfaty, Angelea Preston & Alexandra Underwood	13	Auckland & Queenstown
15	September 8, 2010 (2010-09-08)	Ann Ward	Chelsey Hersley	Anamaria Mirdita, Terra White, Sara Blackamore, Rhianna Atwood, Lexie Tomchek, Kacey Leggett, Kendal Brown, Esther Petrack, Liz Williams, Chris White, Kayla Ferrel & Jane Randall	14	Venice, Milan, Como & Verona
16	February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23)	Brittani Kline	Molly O'Connell	Angelia Alvarez, Ondrei Edwards (quit), Nicole Lucas, Dominique Waldrup, Sara Longoria, Dalya Morrow, Monique Weingart, Mikaela Schipani, Jaclyn Poole, Kasia Pilewicz, Alexandria Everett, Hannah Jones	14	Marrakesh
17	September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14)	Lisa D'Amato	Allison Harvard	Brittany Brower, Sheena Sakai, Isis King, Camille McDonald, Bre Scullark, Kayla Ferrel & Bianca Golden, Alexandria Everett, Shannon Stewart, Dominique Reighard, Laura Kirkpatrick, Angelea Preston (disqualified)	14	Crete & Santorini
18	February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)	Sophie Sumner	Laura LaFrate	Jasmia Robinson, Mariah Watchman, Louise Watts (quit), Candace Smith, Ashley Brown, AzMarie Livingston, Kyle Gober, Seymone Cohen-Fobish, Catherine Thomas, Eboni Davis, Alisha White (quit), Annaliese Dayes	14	Toronto Macau Hong Kong
19	August 24, 2012 (2012-08-24)	Laura James	Kiara Belen	Jessie Rabideau, Maria Tucker (quit), Darian Ellis, Destiny Strudwick, Yvonne Powless, Allyssa Vuelma, Brittany Brown, Victoria Henley, Kristin Kagay, Nastasia Scott, Leila Goldkuhl	13	Ocho Rios & Montego Bay
20	August 2, 2013 (2013-08-02)	Jourdan Miller	Marvin Cortes	Bianca Alexa, Chris Schellenger, Chlea Ramirez, Mike Scocozza, Kanani Andaluz, Jiana Davis, Phil Sullivan, Alex Agro, Don Benjamin, Nina Burns, Jeremy Rohmer, Renee Bhagwandeen, Chris Hernandez, Cory Hindorff	16	Bali
21	August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18)	Keith Carlos	Will Jardell	Ivy Timlin, Romeo Tostado (disqualified), Ben Schreen, Kari Calhoun, Matthew Smith, Denzel Wells, Mirjana Puhar, Raelia Lewis, Chantelle Young, Shei Phan, Lenox Tillman, Adam Smith	14	Seoul
22	August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)	Nyle DiMarco	Mamé Adjei	Delanie Dischert, Stefano Churchill, Ava Capra, Ashley Molina, Courtney DuPerow, Bello Sanchez, Justin Kim, Dustin McNeer, Hadassah Richardson, Devin Clark, Michael Heverly & Lacey Rogers	14	None
23	December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)[15]	TBA	TBA	Still in the running: Binta Dibba, Cherish Walters, Cody Wells, Coryanne Roberts, Courtney Nelson, Giah Hardeman, India Gants, Justine Biticon, Krislian Rodriguez, Kyle McCoy, Marissa Hopkins, Paige Mobley, Tash Wells, Tatiana Price	14	TBA

Notes

Partnerships

America's Next Top Model was also connected with Banks' talk show, on several contestants have appeared, most notably Natasha Galkina (cycle 8), who worked as a correspondent for the show.^[16] The show's stage was also used for the cycle 5 reunion show.

In 2008, Banks launched a new reality show inside the Tyra Show, called Modelville which featured past contestants Renee DeWitt (cycle 8), Bianca Golden (cycle 9), Dominique Reighard, Fatima Siad and Lauren Utter (all cycle 10) vying for a $50,000 contract with Carol's Daughter. The competition was ultimately won by Reighard.^[17]

The ANTM franchise released a clothing and accessories line based on the television show, which is sold at most Walmart stores. It ranges from cosmetic products to handbags.^[18]

Reception

Impact in pop culture

The show has been referred to in many series, such as ABC Family's GREEK, CBS's The Big Bang Theory, and Fox's Family Guy. It also had its own E! True Hollywood Story episode, featuring past contestants Ebony Haith, Giselle Samson, Elyse Sewell (all cycle 1), Adrianne Curry (cycle 1 winner), Camille McDonald (cycles 2 & 17), April Wilkner, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte (both cycle 2), Toccara Jones, Ann Markley, Amanda Swafford (all cycle 3), Eva Pigford (cycle 3 winner), Michelle Deighton (cycle 4), Brittany Brower (cycles 4 & 17), Naima Mora (cycle 4 winner), Ebony Taylor (cycle 5), Lisa D'Amato (cycle 5 & cycle 17 winner), Kim Stolz (cycle 5) and Bre Scullark (cycles 5 & 17) as well as judges & personals Janice Dickinson, Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker, J. Alexander, Jay Manuel, Ken Mok and Michelle Mock-Falcon. It covered the first five cycles and recently re-aired with a few added minutes of footage which cover cycles 6 to 10 and Stylista.

In 2009, Oxygen Network aired a series based on the show called Top Model Obsessed, featuring past contestants Lisa D'Amato (cycle 5 & cycle 17 winner), CariDee English (cycle 7 winner) and Bianca Golden (cycle 9).^[19]

U.S. television ratings

For the 2006–2009 and 2010–2011 television seasons, America's Next Top Model was the No.1 show in average viewers on The CW.^[20]

^[a] Cycle 1 does not have a ranking for the 2003 season because it aired in the summer of 2003 and not within the official 2002–2003 U.S. television season.
^[b] The finale for cycle 14 was actually on May 12, 2010. The recap was shown a week after the actual finale.
^[c] Episodes aired Wednesdays at 8:00 pm during from February 23 to April 13, 2011, when the show moved to 9:00 pm at the following week. Re-airing of previous week's episode took the old time slot to avoid clashing with Survivor, Minute to Win It, and American Idol.^[33]

Criticism

Yahoo!'s Shine lifestyle website said the show contained cruelty and elements of humiliation, and that some critiques from the judges are "really cruel and cringe-inducing", claiming that the show "humiliates and degrades young women."^[34] The site created the list "10 reasons why 'America's Next Top Model' is bad for women, humans", citing such things as giving the contestants and women viewers unrealistic visions of life as a model, and "always espousing empowerment and female strength and then forcing the contestants into embarrassing scenarios far outside the realm of real-life modeling". One such scenario highlighted was when cycle 12's final two contestants "were made to wear bikinis so skimpy that the producers had to blur out Allison Harvard's butt cheeks", and performed a "creepily sexual mud fight," after which contestant and winner Teyona Anderson was "commended for taking her weave in her hand and whipping it around on the runway like a sexy feather boa."^[34]

Allure magazine criticized the show in its October 2006 issue, saying that ANTM "hasn't exactly produced any actual supermodels."^[35]

Ken Mok and Banks noticed that most of cycle 8's girls were unusually heavy smokers. "Tyra and I understand the influence 'Top Model' has on a generation of young people, and we want to make sure we get the right message to our audience," Mok said, which then prompted the "green" theme of cycle 9.^[36]

The winner of cycle 9, Saleisha Stowers, was discovered to have been in a Wendy's commercial, on a catwalk in the cycle 6 show and an episode of Tyra Banks Show prior to her participation. The rules of the competition stated that a contestant must not have appeared as a model in a national campaign during the five years prior to the production of the cycle in which they participate. The CW network said she had revealed her role in the Wendy's commercial, and "after reviewing the commercial, it was determined that her appearance did not amount to 'modeling' experience, and therefore did not exclude her from participating in the show."^[37]

After filming cycle 10, the producers of America's Next Top Model were served with a lawsuit from Michael Marvisi, the owner of the loft used as the Top Model house. The lawsuit claimed that the contestants as well as the production crew caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to the loft. Marvisi claims the contestants engaged in food fights, made holes in the walls, caused water damage to the bathroom, damaged a $15,000 chandelier beyond repair, and caused $90,000 worth of damage to an electrical store. Also, the production crew was accused of damaging the flooring and making holes in the ceiling for lighting equipment.^[38]

Broadcast history

International broadcasts

America's Next Top Model is currently shown on TV internationally in 170 countries and regions, namely: Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the whole of Southeast Asia (except Timor-Leste). The following table shows countries and regions that have aired this show:^[39]

The channel in bold also broadcast their own version of Top Model.

Country	Channel	First aired	Last aired	Cycle(s)	Episodes
Australia	Fox8	2004	present	1–21 (cycle 21 currently airing)	137
Austria	Puls 4	2009	2009	10	13
Brazil	Sony Entertainment Television	2004	TBA	1–17	TBA
Bulgaria	BTV Lady BTV Cinema GTV	2012 2011 2005	present	1–15	TBA
Canada	MuchMusic CTV Two	2003 (Citytv) 2008 (CTV) 2012 (MuchMusic & CTV Two)	2011 (CTV)	All	All
	MusiquePlus	2008	present	4–17	182
Chile	Canal 13	2010	TBA	TBA	TBA
China	CCTV-2	TBA	present	All	All
Estonia	Kanal 2 Kanal 11	TBA	2012 2011	1–13 1–12	TBA
Finland	Nelonen	January 6, 2004	present	1–13	TBA
France	Téva Direct Star June	2005 (Téva) 2011 (Direct Star & June)	2007 (Téva) 2012 (Direct Star) present (June)	3-4 (Téva) 5–11 (Direct Star) 1-20 (June)	TBA
Germany	VIVA	2007	2011	1–8	TBA
Greece	Skai TV	2006	2013	1–20	TBA
Hong Kong	TVB Pearl	2003	TBA	All	TBA
	Channel V
	Star World
India	AXN	2015	Present	20
Italy	Sky Uno	2007	present	1–15	169
Japan	Fuji TV, TV Tokyo, YTV, Nihon Television, TV Asahi	2004(C1-5 Fuji TV), 2007(C6-9 TV Tokyo), 2009(C10-11 YTV), 2011(C12-13 NTV), 2011–present(C14 – present TV Asahi)	—	All	TBA
Latin America	Sony Entertainment Television	2004	TBA	1–17	TBA
Lithuania	TV6	TBA	TBA	1–13	150
Netherlands	Yorin RTL 5	May 31, 2004 August 18, 2005	August 11, 2005 —	1–4 (Yorin) 4–19 (RTL 5)	202
New Zealand	TV3	2004	2010	1–13	215
	Four	2011	Present	14– (cycle 21 currently airing)
Philippines	Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action), ETC, Star World, Velvet	2004 (Studio 23 now ABS-CBN Sports+Action), 2006 (ETC), 2006 (STAR World), 2008 (Velvet)	2005 (Studio 23 now ABS-CBN Sports+Action), 2013 (Velvet)	All	TBA
Poland	TVN	September 8, 2010		1–13
Portugal	SIC Mulher	2009	Present	7–22	TBA
Puerto Rico	WAPA-TV	August 17, 2009[40] May 20, 2011	September 8, 2010  —	1–14 15–16	182  —
Russia	Muz-TV U	February 1, 2010 September 17, 2012	present	1–20	All
Serbia	B92	August 1, 2012	present	2–7	TBA
Singapore	Channel 5	TBA	TBA	1–2, 4–13, 15–16	TBA
Slovenia	TV3 Slovenia	2010	2010	TBA	TBA
Taiwan	Channel V	2005	2009	3–11	141+
	Star World	October 12, 2008	present	11, 13–21
Ukraine	ApexStarMediaGroup	2013	present	1 (cycle 1 is now airing)	26+
United Kingdom	Sky Living	2004	present	1–20	204
Vietnam	Star World	2009	present	16–22 (cycle 22 is now airing)	100+

Spin-off

In October 2008, The CW announced that it had ordered a spin-off pilot of America's Next Top Model, titled Operation Fabulous. The proposed show would have starred ANTM creative director Jay Manuel and runway coach Mrs. J. Alexander as they travel the country to provide makeovers to everyday women. Tyra Banks and Ken Mok would have served as executive producers for the new show. However, The CW ultimately declined to pick up the show.^[41]

Distribution

Until 2012, only cycle 1 had been released domestically on DVD. This is because the home video license was formerly held by UPN, and was distributed for them by Paramount Home Entertainment. Since the series is now independently produced, the video rights to the remaining seasons have, until recently, been open for acquisition (and therefore, the remaining seasons had yet to be issued on DVD or Blu-ray). However, on May 30, it was announced on the CW that cycles 2 and 3 were available to pre-order on DVD via new licensee CBS Home Entertainment. They are now available for purchase on Amazon.com

Sponsors

For cycle 1, Revlon sponsored this show with the products and prizes. For cycle 2, Sephora replaced Revlon as the commercial sponsor. Through cycles 3-18, CoverGirl replaced Sephora as the continuation on products and prizes. For cycle 19, shoe retailer Nine West and Smashbox sponsored with campaigns, but the cosmetics sponsorship has ended. For cycle 20, Guess sponsored with a US$100,000 ad campaign for the winner.

Contestants' crossover appearances

• In cycle 3, Taye Diggs from Kevin Hill appeared in the acting challenge, which was won by Yaya DaCosta but it was the cycle's winner Eva Pigford who guest-starred on the show. She later starred on other UPN/CW shows such as Smallville.
• Naima Mora (winner of cycle 4 ), Kim Stolz (cycle 5) and Furonda Brasfield (cycle 6) were given guest-starring roles on episodes of Veronica Mars. Kim and Furonda's roles were cameos in the same series.
• CariDee English (cycle 7 winner), who won the acting challenge in Episode 9, guest-starred in an episode of the series One Tree Hill. More recently, she had a cameo appearance in an episode of Gossip Girl. English hosted Oxygen reality TV series, Pretty Wicked.
• For cycle 8, the acting-themed episode had Tia Mowry of CW's The Game give the girls a crash course in acting, although the "crossover" was limited to Mowry's appearance, as the challenge winner was not given a guest role as a prize. Instead, Renee DeWitt, who won the challenge, got a surprise visit from her husband and son in which she shared with Dionne Walters, whose family also showed up for a surprise visit.
• Also several contestants have landed roles in shows by UPN or The CW, such as Mercedes Scelba-Shorte (cycle 2), Ann Markley (cycle 3), Toccara Jones (cycle 3) and Cassandra Whitehead (cycle 5).
• Analeigh Tipton and Samantha Potter (both cycle 11) were featured in an episode of The Big Bang Theory which featured the main characters locating the top model house.
• At the E! News preshow for the 81st Academy Awards five contestants were featured modeling Oscar gowns: Ambreal Williams (cycle 9) and Saleisha Stowers (cycle 9 winner), Samantha Potter (cycle 11), Nijah Harris and Natalie Pack (both cycle 12)
• On May 12, 2010, Angelea Preston, Jessica Serfaty, and Simone Lewis (all cycle 14) appeared on a Jay Walking All-Stars segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On February 24, 2012, Brittany Brower (cycle 4), Bre Scullark (cycle 5) (both cycle 17), and Lisa D'Amato (cycle 5 and cycle 17 winner) appeared on a Jay Walking All-Stars segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• On November 21, 2012, Allyssa Vuelma, Jessie Rabideau, and Kiara Belen (all cycle 19) appeared on a Jay Walking All-Stars segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• Jenascia Chakos (cycle 2) appeared in 2010 in an episode of Wheel of Fortune.
• Analeigh Tipton (cycle 11) played Jessica Riley in the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love.
• Courtney Davies (cycle 13) appeared in the ABC family TV series Pretty Little Liars as Quinn in a recurring role for 2 episodes in 2011.
• Leslie Mancia (cycle 6), Lisa Jackson (cycle 9), Aminat Ayinde (cycle 12), Nastasia Scott (cycle 19) and Shei Phan (cycle 21) all competed on Project Runway or Project Runway All Stars as models paired with a designer. Lisa (paired with designer Michelle Lesniak Franklin) was the winner of the 11th season of Project Runway.
• Nyle DiMarco (cycle 22) is a contestant in the twenty-second season of Dancing with the Stars, ended up as the winner of that season.^[42]

See also

• List of America's Next Top Model contestants
• List of reality television show franchises
• Make Me a Supermodel (U.S. TV series)

References

External links

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• "List of America's Next Top Model Episodes". TV Guide. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011.