Overview
- The three-part Netflix series, released Feb. 16, climbed to No. 1 on the U.S. TV chart, renewing scrutiny of America’s Next Top Model.
- Interviews with Tyra Banks, executive producer Ken Mok, judges and alumni revisit allegations of harmful production tactics, including racially insensitive shoots, body-shaming and a contestant’s on-camera sexual assault claim.
- Producers say Banks is not a producer on the docuseries and had no editorial control, according to interviews about the project’s making.
- A former CW executive disputes Banks’ account of being forced to dismiss longtime judges J. Alexander, Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker after Cycle 18.
- New reactions include public defenses of Banks from season one winner Adrianne Curry and former contestants Jaslene González and Isis King, even as broader debates over accountability continue.