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Tyra Banks has reflected on the ‘intensity’ of America’s Next Top Model in a new Netflix documentary.
All of us have seen a clip of supermodel host Tyra Banks shouting at an America’s Next Top Model I (ANTM) contestant, even if it is screaming she’s ‘rooting’ for them. If you haven’t, well done for staying off social media this long.
First premiering in 2003, the show is certainly of its time and reflected the brutal reality of the modeling world. And ever since, it’s faced a divided response from those on it, alongside viewers.
While some contestants have come out the other side arguing ‘the only reason the door was open for’ them into the modeling industry ‘was because of Tyra’, the host has also faced accusations of bullying.
However, new Netflix documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model offers a behind-the-scenes insight into the program alongside reflections from those involved in making it all these years later.
The upcoming three-part documentary series features ‘unprecedented access to former constants, judges and producers’ – including Banks herself, who can be heard in the trailer admitting she ‘knew [she] went too far’.
She added: « It was very very intense, but you guys were demanding it. So we kept pushing. More. And more. And more. »
Indeed, resurfaced clips from the show, which ran from 2003 until 2018, are regularly shared on social media, such as Banks telling a model to cut off most of her long hair.
And many have led to bullying accusations against Banks, one X user alleging: « Tyra Banks purposely ruined young women’s lives on America’s Next Top Model. »
