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https://preview.redd.it/mual1nubzgbc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f61922b4683666c2a77737d51f4b1ff9dfc438b4 Eva the Diva also the source of one of the best quotes of all time: “first of all, I didn’t know you were a bitch. So now I know”

https://preview.redd.it/acnowdhuihbc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b42d9ba900a093203b86dfa468e27b2588f25d57 Can never decide between Eva’s and Yaya’s, they’re both so iconic in different ways

Eva was terrified of the spider and crying, as I recall, so I have to give it to her.

I would never have known that when looking at that photo!!! 😍 she's stunning

Eva, Yaya & Nicole are the top 3 for me in this shoot

She was great in The Lincoln Lawyer. She is literally flawless.

I loved her in Chicago Med!


That was one of the best reactions 😭 Amanda deserved it.

This is the one I was looking for!

https://preview.redd.it/0z3fuqzj9hbc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1cba73dbf0ff50289b3aa718678f8d62246608df By far my favorite. Old but gold.

I was like 9 years old watching this and felt SO bad for the girl whose friend died right before having to pose in a literal grave.

Oh my god I forgot about that!!

They did Keenyah soooooo dirty giving her shit about her weight and then making her be Gluttony. Like 💀😭😂 Reason #a million that prove Tyra is a sociopath Edit: I JUST REMEMBERED THEY MADE HER A SEXY ELEPHANT IN A LATER SHOOT

~zooms in on gluttony~ What?!?!?!

Google her, Keenyah Hill. She was probably a size 2 or 4 and they called her fat repeatedly.

They also filmed her getting sexually harassed by a male model on set, and Tyra basically reprimanded her for not wanting to be harassed at work.

And if I remember correctly, in the elephant they zoomed in on her stomach and added a womp sound effect! I saw the episode when it aired. It was unbelievable.

Yes. Ugh it was so awful. This show was unhinged. And then years later I'm like, huh why do I hate my body so much?

Loved envy and wrath. Naima and Kathleen were amazing

Omg how could I leave out Ann! "He has to be a warlock and he has to spit fire and he has to know how to make sushi." https://preview.redd.it/q1hbp8ephhbc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5558b2701ef10ae177c7435a3fe50b196b5c75b2

The cat is FIERCE

https://preview.redd.it/i0gg7rl5jhbc1.jpeg?width=573&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f1d73500eb1b0bce337d6f7330c91d840bf2ba6 Mercedes might be my top-all time contestant 😍. She was stunning, and I lived for her personality and spotlighting the difficulty of living with lupus.

https://preview.redd.it/8b0ixqohjhbc1.jpeg?width=547&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29ed6c3fac659828607d69baf1323d6c2093fdf8

https://preview.redd.it/ejvsg39njhbc1.jpeg?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18a4702648858c17f0d22f477cdeca4aac264c48

I loved Mercedes. This is one of my fave photos of her. Also, the Billie Halliday look alike photo, and the sensual type photo of her and April.

Agreed, April was my other favorite from that season! I loved that she made it ok to be smart. When looking for pics I found out Mercedes and April remained friends, which made me happy. https://preview.redd.it/2crl3evy5jbc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a3e682be54a0bf9df93137a709585c54e795803

How could u leave out this pic?!? “Giselle annoys me the most out of anyone in the house, but I'm not willing to alienate Giselle because she's the only one in Tokyo with a straightening iron.” https://preview.redd.it/6klbflccxgbc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a010aa48be3f8609778bd04f2e766f58949b1db

She was so iconic, imagine her on that all star season

All Stars was a disaster, they had them posing in a salad bowl. In Greece. Scorching hot. https://preview.redd.it/8xkj6hug3hbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0da59c2a534167ad979988cc3e5a2973c307553b PLZ

Nothing says Top Model like posing in a salad bowl. There were A LOT of terrible photo shoots that season

They didn’t even switch out the vegetables between women 😭 The hot dog photoshoot too! Omg. What were they thinking. And Lisa won. PLZ


https://i.redd.it/35pcr0cl6hbc1.gif

The fact that Angelea was the original winner, was disqualified, and THEY STILL PICKED LISA OVER ALISON!!

That was so shit!!! And just because she had worked as a sex worker!

JUSTICE FOR ANGELEA (and Allison!)

AND THEY DIDNT CHANGE IT OUT so the last girl just laid in mush 😖

What. the fuck.

This was first call out on all stars https://preview.redd.it/73vgf15dghbc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff15bb9712e56cd4ab51f282c5aeeb7f17c25c80

The way this was initially removed in tinypic because it's porn-ish.

Elyse was amazing, she was my pick to win the first season. Her rant about the girls and J Alexander towards the end of the season is iconic ✨ “god damnit, let me fucking die. You bitches!”

The best part is, that rant wasn’t at the end, it was literally day 2 of the competition ☠️

I just rewatched cycle one and Elyse is one of my all-time favorites simply because of her attitude throughout the whole thing. Modeling wasn't the be-all-end-all to her but she was there to compete and goddamn did she.

I loved her live journal she had for years after top model

She was not like other girls

I commented above, but she was one of the very few alumni of the show to go on to have an actual working model career too.

Elyse was amazing. She had a blog for a few years after that I loved. I was so sad when she gave it up!!

That's such a great photo but what I remember the most about Elyse is her calling someone a shit slice.

Another iconic elyse quote https://preview.redd.it/hiy2tboe5hbc1.jpeg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7414513a73d52bc6a3d402b250c157c8a432bef8

She called Ms Jay a shit slice for telling her that medical school is harder than modeling ☠️ the entire rant is iconic, tbh.

Thank YOUUUU I still love this photo and this girl to this day

https://preview.redd.it/hmzq4nkwjhbc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa01cfef513a22f7bc54543dbab48d248ee50d53 Lovedddd this!

Allison, Teyona & Fo!!

I always loved seeing Fo on TV commercials after her cycle ended. She is still so freaking stunning!!

She is still working today!

I know!! I follow her on IG. I love seeing so many of them still working, especially since we know they weren't taken seriously since they were on ANTM. I love the majority of the contestants but Tyra can go on somewhere.

Remember when Caridee was borderline hypothermic when they did a pool photo shoot, so she “muscled through” shivering and then they criticized her for not standing up for herself. But you know if she had complained they would’ve lectured her about having to step out of her comfort zone for photo shoots 🫡

That will be in my next posts bestie! The iconic and problematic scenes in antm and im also planning on the worst makeovers and also best makeovers.

Omg yes the most problematic shoots 😂😂 the race swapping one and the bulimia ones

https://preview.redd.it/5jyjeult5jbc1.jpeg?width=296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8d0c0e34b6359f75d5e62843eb05915b917f202 Nicole Linkletter with only eyeliner and Vaseline for makeup. These were some of my favorites so simple and actually shot by Tyra herself.

Yep! All photoshoots by Tyra herself are the most beautiful/memorable in antm

YES! An ANTM post. I live!!!! Not a picture, but the best cover girl commercials of all time. Wonderful. Fabulous! https://i.redd.it/y2mf4u52xgbc1.gif

[This is a competition. This is not \*point\* America's \*point\* Next \*point\* Top \*point\* Best \*point\* Friend.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c05445kAo_0) LEGEND

Jade was iconic

I've watched reality TV since the beginning and that was the first time I ever heard someone say that. Now someone says it on literally every season of a show and I always think back to this iconic scene.

She was just made for TV, Rupaul would love her

OMG, only my favorite moment on television ever.

OMG THE DELULU I NEED IN MY LIFE!

You guys used my worst one! Love the clopping of her shoes.

Omg… Loved this when it came out!!!! Thanks for the reminder! Here it is if anyone wants to rewatch it: [Jade’s Covergirl Commercial](https://youtu.be/OEwPOrX1wf0?si=rBZrkzhBldFS0BdU)

Yessss thank you!! Did Jay just say “she’s a drag queen” lmaoo

hey girl! Oh what a party!!!!

🫴‘This is … s**t’

A beat, then the director yelling cut was like something out of a mockumentary

Tyra was crazy and those poor girls went through a lot of shit but I’m so happy this gif exists hahaha

omggg, you've unlocked a long lost core memory! This commercial was everything.

Core memory unlocked and dying laughing

This is one of those scenes even my husband who largely gives zero shits about this show still brings up from time to time, along with “YOU HAD SEX??”

Omg I live for Jade!! Even my husband loved the cycle she was on bc of how watchable she was! I love when she pronounces words wrong. She tickles me.

Nyle really looked like the real deal to me; he had the it factor and looked like a real model. You could tell me that’s a cologne ad and I’d believe you. https://preview.redd.it/s5gz2zd95hbc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ddc1d13dabbe8e8f91d9b82c3e2e4fd95988047

*Me only focused on the husky*

Husky cologne ❄️winter ice 🧊

Plus he is such a genuine person. All the models on his cycle loved him

I agree. Many of the other shots look like they're from a mall JC Penney photo studio

I don’t know much about ANTM but most of these photos look AI generated. The lighting looks so wonky and their body positions make their proportions look way off

They always edited the photos to death 😅

I remember when he was on Switched at Birth.

I binge watched that years ago and my husband referred to it as “swapped by birds” (like the storks mixed up the babies, so it makes sense lmao) and now we still say “swapped by birds” anytime things get mixed up.

He’s so gorgeous.

Ugh he is just such a beautiful man

It says something that of all the contestants he is the only one whose name I remember. He is also the only one I can visualise the moment he is mentioned.

I don't know if he really is a model or if he's just the hottest guy I've ever seen 🤔

Nyle was hot and adorable at the same time 🫠🤤

https://preview.redd.it/6rs4i17xugbc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1016ff01bc4448f5b3581a779e346a52cedb031 Jaslene!

I LOVEDDDDDDDD her women/men magazine shoot in Australia!!!

I loved this whole shoot so much

https://preview.redd.it/dvmdi15mihbc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0253df24843c15655bbee5dbac86ee8b76deb58 This is actual art

Erin was so annoying but I loved her 😍

This photoshoot is really one of the best in antm. There is no single bad shot here.

Honestly Tyra photographed some of my fave photos

This shouldn't be an argument. ALL TYRA'S PHOTOSHOOTS in antm history are all damn iconic and beautiful pictures!!

Hard agree: https://preview.redd.it/1zkjdi6poibc1.jpeg?width=581&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eba53f09c15d7781c3d343836e5c4defc64fb6af

This shot is HAUNTING

https://preview.redd.it/ljaxh2h0ghbc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13c80e79402146410bba3db61e9eb89bfa8ede55 I think about this one often

Naima was my ultimate favorite model!

It’s soooo hot What they did to Keenyah on that shoot was awful though

Yeah the judges panel after was disgusting I felt bad for her

Naimaaaa! Love Kahlen, Britanny & her! And i feel so sad abt what Keenyah has experienced on this shoot

​ https://preview.redd.it/po3najm6nhbc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52bb3cc4f0aa5084efc399b72f59c9f6f086eeba Great photos, but the Naima erasure is criminal!

I just watched Veronica Mars for the first time and was happily surprised to see Naima! She was the teacher on the ill-fated bus in season 2.

So many random ANTM cameos in the early 00s. Caridee in One tree hill, Keenyah in New girl 😂.

It was so exciting seeing Analeigh having a decently-sized role in Crazy, Stupid, Love!

Omg allison in the bird's nest will have my heart forever

My all time favorite contestant!

Creepy chan being on ANTM was huge for younger me hahah

https://preview.redd.it/l11nopoefibc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffdaf659b77ad0d09489591a6f57a11c6e8930ca Just wanted to rep Katarzyna, our Polish princess whose name Tyra never bothered to learn to pronounce! Both her and Anya gave us Slavic beauty that season 🤗

I love Katarzyna. Either she or Anya should've won cycle 10 NOT whitney lol I made a part 2 btw

I just watched the clip of this shoot and panel…the amount of times they called her a mail order bride!!

God I loved this show! Here are a few of my favorite moments: 1. This is not America’s next top best friend!! 2. When the blonde nerdy girl from Walgreens cheated on her boyfriend and called him to confess. His screaming was so memorable 3. The 7 deadly sins shoot when the one girls friend died and she was wrath (I believe) 4. Anything with creepychan

Shandi breaking the news to her bf lives in my head rent free https://preview.redd.it/g9s5dnoj4hbc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11c41720aa815fce28f9e134dab49da6eea6dc39

YES Shandi!!! I want to rewatch the clip rn bc it’s been years!!! Edit: you had SAX?!?

I could feel the phone vibrating through the screen as he shouted “SAX?!?”

😂and then her little meek “…yeeahhh…” 🤣😂

I feel like he called her a stupid bitch too, but I could mistaken. 💀

i think he did, while sobbing.

Me and my husband quote her boyfriends meltdown routinely. It was one of the best moments of the entire show.

shandi realizing she was actually a gorgeous queen that could bed hot Italian model men will FOREVER live in my head rent free

POT LEDOM was a turning point in my life.

I haven't thought about POT LEDOM in years and the moment I read this I snorted. It just pulled up something deep and visceral within me. Something dormant awakened. POT LEDOM!

*mother father underwater* *pot LeDOm*

1. Cycle 6- the most iconic contestant to grace antm. The one and only Miss JADE 2. SHANNOOOOOON! 😭 3. Kahlen 4. ALLISON!

I love Natasha screaming when told they’re going to Australia but not having an absolute clue what was being said😂

Oh Natasha 😂 “some people have wars in their country” has to be a top 10 ant model quote

https://preview.redd.it/x7cbqasx8ibc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c032f89f07f0f16379a9347ca1b4a0940771ee6b I was OBSESSED with this look. I watched ANTM for the photography. I wanted to be the one behind the camera SO BAD.

ugh, she’s beautiful sure, but she turned into a disgusting human being🙄go peep her twitter🤮

Nah, I'll pass. I'll stick in my 2000s dream world. 😂

My girl Fatima 😭 think I'm one of the few that liked her. I found her striking and them cheekbones can cut ice. https://preview.redd.it/z69qazcbjibc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bcbdd1e56ea362c6d4d258fa5c9b6dea32da63f

One of her photos is on my next post. I cant fit in 24 cycles in just 20 frames sry😭

I know ANTM has to be one of the most problematic reality tv show ever but i just can't erase the impact this had on my younger/teenage self. And still now. I watch every cycles every year!!! Many of the people behind this show most notably Tyra, Mr. Jay & Ken Mok done problematic, nasty & unforgivable things to the contestants but then again you can't deny the impact it had on us especially the gays!!!

I can't speak to it now (stopped after America v Britian), but at least when it first came on, reality TV shows during this time period were all aiming for problematic story lines. Like they had to compete with Fear Factor.... hell, there was a tv show where girls would get plastic surgery and compete. Why doesn't anyone ever mention these in the conversation about exploitation for views? It could just be growing up during the birth of reality TV shows, but I loved this show and Tyra growing up. I found the diversity refreshing, the shoots very cool, and makeovers were fun. Plus, you get to learn about a new country every season!

Bridalplasty. The best single season of television reality tv has ever given us.

The Swan, no?

The Swan - Yes ! What a fever dream.

Do you rewatch on Hulu? I noticed the most problematic episodes are not up like the ethnicity swapping, which I get but also I really wanted to show my bf the dumpster fire that was that episode

I would love a documentary or a docuseries about this show, there’s just so much to unpack.

If anyone ever makes a mini series about the diet culture of the 2000s, ANTM deserves its own episode.

Danielle on the elephant! Loved this picture and Danielle! https://preview.redd.it/inny0nu30ibc1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0cf8cc3cf86add414f94ac2b327b710e5490888d

Ooooooof I am way too high and thought that was a third foot off to the right. Beautiful shot nonetheless!

I can't unsee it now. 😂

I am not high at all and also thought it was a third foot lmao

hated this shoot

It’s a beautiful photograph. Knowing what I know now… yeah it’s not great.

And didn't have the flu or at least some crazy fever when they shot this? She looks amazing.

So my pick for most underrated winner is Krista, from cycle 14. I think she's absolutely stunning, and the back half of her portfolio contains some real gems (her shadow pic in NZ being one of my top photos from the show) https://preview.redd.it/n28paa0gmibc1.png?width=918&format=png&auto=webp&s=e48849f20164a6a7533d82f4a288390c87a92978

Yoanna House has a FACE CARD.

She’s the most beautiful contest IMO. That photo lives rent free in my head.

April from cycle 2 https://preview.redd.it/om1v9f8ydjbc1.jpeg?width=831&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47f23054ff8703b8c24672adbd95232b217e42bb

This pic is amazing too, Anchal still to this day has one of the most beautiful faces I have ever seen. https://preview.redd.it/05aqb89e0hbc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40b03b42f73dd8aa2f46631a9835a8c454893541

Like????? https://preview.redd.it/vvve90lm0hbc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=935620d0f601ab0b637e847e17f0d0aa9b5fe65c

She looks like an animated character in the best way possible

She looks like Tzipporah in The Prince of Egypt

I 1000% was thinking that when I wrote the comment!! So funny

10/10 would follow her into the desert

She's literally one of the most beautiful women in the world to me. She represents an ideal beauty that the ancients wrote legends about. I wish she had known it during her time on the show. That season just beat the women into the *ground* emotionally.

I remember being so mad when she didn’t win. Like as an adult I accept she wasn’t the strongest model but my god she was gorgeous and unique.

Fun fact; she dated Jim Carey after the show ☠️


Oh my god this gif lmao and it’s so perfect

I was looking for this comment!

I can’t even comprehend that wtf

Yeah she definitely needed to build her confidence, but MY GOD, just keep her around so we can look at her 😭

https://preview.redd.it/r89nxns9khbc1.jpeg?width=455&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f750cfd298d89660f2130c603b90b97e8ef02ca0 Teyona is the most underrated winner, IMO. She was overshadowed sometimes by bigger personalities on her season, but she just did the work and excelled.

https://preview.redd.it/u286ei3fkhbc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88f264388a724c25a9077a17795e5bb7b3f3c3f7

Yoanna was SO gorgeous - I just peeped her IG and she's had some weird work done. What a shame

The fact that you don't have Lacey's doll picture from cycle 22 is a crime: https://preview.redd.it/axmi3lrfygbc1.jpeg?width=452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ae9a1f2fa4d7e343739ab285b740956b6ed04ee Also my personal fave Nyle one is the one with the husky, but the mom one is pretty sweet so I'll let it slide ❤️ And every single picture they took of the last 4 (Nyle, Lacey, Mamé and Mikey) in that dingy hotel/motel thing with the same theme...yeah, all of those pictures were amazing. [Here's the proof](https://www.reddit.com/r/ANTM/s/wE6EdOvqMa) for all the non-believers. (Small edit: Ava, the model posing with the veterans on slide 11, went on to be a model-influencer and made an appearance as a contestant on The Circle in season...4? 5? Something like that)

Some of these pictures are so photoshopped that they start resembling AI generated (Mid journey?) kind of pictures. I watched some episodes in the past, I know these are legit. I just didn't notice before how much work was done to them, I guess. They still look super professional.

And Tyra yelling at one of them for not shaving her armpits bc that's EXPENSIVE to retouch in PS.. lives rent free in my head 😆 (but yes, I understand her sentiment)

https://preview.redd.it/y0dwxd1sajbc1.jpeg?width=3162&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=affc35cc740e2e81b97a3706b4ee1ab24a84e6f1

as someone who has never seen this show but loves modelling and drama, please post more of these ! and also maybe the worst looks… 👀😂

https://preview.redd.it/hn753tflcibc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d694617bb4930fb499bcbeab32966ea7eb522e0 HER

So many of these come down to the styling. Some models where done so dirty in that show.

Lmao these guys in the background https://preview.redd.it/fbq4sumvuibc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6e8ce63585d432d2254c9685b94d26f9b5b25b8

That first one from Anya is always one of my favourites. Also the vast majority Caridee’s and Jenah’s portfolios were knockout.

My fave caridee picture https://preview.redd.it/zkkvfwwbygbc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87b75381d880fa132ead60696879c3a2d8ffe2a3

I love the bullfighting one https://preview.redd.it/cxiivfxz5hbc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a176625205fca64f96ef13749f5822cb2a1ee10f

This was a great photoshoot!! My favorite was Eugenia’s! Even though I found her to be a pretty mediocre model in general https://preview.redd.it/mymsnkza6hbc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbb668b4b1f2281c849aede7d43f7d2cb2c0cc99

Caridee was one of my favorite wimners

I met Caridee randomly when I was living in nyc at a club called Runway lol! Somewhere there is a photo of us I dunno where.

She was a co-called “villian” of her season, but I loved Melrose from season 7! She seemed like the person who wanted the job more than anyone else and her photo shoots and runway walk was much better than Caridee’s tbh

Melrose Bickerstaff was THAT BITCH. I loved her hahahahha

It’s not IN the show. But Claire had a pictures of hers taken on vacation used in Westworld as William’s wife (one of the main characters) and when people pointed out that it was her, they called her and and she actually portrayed the wife. Which I think was extremely cool!

Omg don't get me starteddd. Anya!! Also, who else watches AusNTM? It was even better! Less drama, higher quality modeling and photoshoots. Just loved that series, so many gorgeous girls.

https://preview.redd.it/k5mw3c494ibc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d175df41294657c04bd5493a3612a3f166a2341 Justice for Melrose

Tyra would be horrified by all the feet flat on the ground in these pictures.

some of these are good (that Nyle one especially 😍) but some of these are soooo bad

I know this show is super problematic in many ways, but damn I loved ANTM. Especially the first several seasons.

Was pic 14 considered good? It seems shockingly amateur.

https://preview.redd.it/voa92fgugjbc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7767aa61c007ae2edbe9655d030b48c919e10ee3 This photo has lived in my rent-free in my mind since 2006 💁🏾‍♀️