THE DARK SIDE OF AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL

Chaos on the catwalk! In Touch takes you behind the scenes of the iconic and controversial series

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Tyra Banks had the best intentions when she created America’s Next Top Model in 2003. Her goal, she stated, “was to spread beauty and break down barriers.” But years later, after the reality series faced criticism for treating many of its contestants with “insensitivity,” the former supermodel, 51, confessed that she and other producers also got a lot wrong: “[There were] a whole bunch of things that we did mess up,” she admitted in 2020.

Six years after the show ended its 24-season, 15-year run, former contestants and a notorious ANTM judge are now opening up about what they claim happened behind the scenes on the wildly popular series. “I got to go overseas, experience different countries and cultures, meet all these celebrities.