I Didn’t Expect This ANTM Documentary To Get This Dark…

We can't air you as the winner. And I was like, why? with paper bags over our heads. They were under no obligation to pay you. — A lot of people are like, why did the girls wait 20 years after the show ended? Because of this. They actually made it worse. Oh my god. Wait a second. Did they plan this all along? Was All-Stars just a disguise? This documentary took a dark turn. Today's video is sponsored by Squarespace. They're dropping documentaries left and right on America's Next Top Model. The It has not been a good 2 months for the show. First, Netflix dropped their documentary and now E! has dropped their own called Dirty Rotten Scandals. — So, I already reacted to the first episode of this. Today, we're reacting to episode number two. And let me tell you, I was not ready for this documentary. So, I'm a photographer myself and I've spoken to the contestants from the show. We've done reaction videos together. So, I'm speaking as someone who's worked personally with models and spoken to the models on the show. We have the bingo card for part two. And Pipsy is just inspecting it. She's security, making sure that it's up to code. And I think that she is okay with it. This is how the bingo card looks so far. And we're going to be keeping track of what's said or my predictions of what's going to be said in this documentary. So, follow along and join me as we continue part two. Everything I say in this video is my own personal thought, opinion, speculation, theory, not facts. There was so much body shaming on the show. — even realize the comments they were making were toxic. — And it was this like sort of awakening and I had it at the same time. People kept saying, "That's so messed up. That's so messed up. " And I was like, "Wait. Is that so messed up? " — I think it's so interesting how the models on the show, some of them didn't As Sarah is saying, even realize that the those things were problematic. They And even Sarah says she thought that they didn't have bad intentions. It's only when you're removed from something and you're able to reflect on it even years later, maybe you think, "Hey, that wasn't right. " Why did I put up with that? I That's very relatable, right? I think we've all in been in the situation where something happens to us and we're like in the moment we're like, "No, it's fine. Like, it wasn't a big deal. This person didn't mean it. " And then later on, you're like, "Wait. Actually, maybe they did mean it and maybe they're a terrible person. " No, they're my friend. I've known her for 10 years. She's She would never do that. She'd never hurt me. She wouldn't do But, she would. But, you only realize that 17 years later after people tell you. After a grandma at CVS in line tells you. It takes for a grandma to tell you that what your friend did was messed up. And then you're like, "Wow, a grandma's saying that? She's onto something. She's wise be It's a grandma. Maybe in the first few seasons, Tyra earnestly believed in her ability to make a career modeling for these women. But, once you have evidence that your show doesn't actually do anything for anybody. The evidence. — You got a machine going. Keep making money. The Right. She's my favorite in this documentary. She does not hold back at all. The evidence that your show doesn't actually do anything for anybody. Except Tyra and Ken Mok. A lot of people might have assumed that we were paid to be on that show. We were not the show. This Now, this was my biggest speculation. Were they paid on the show? Did they make any money? We were not paid to be on the show. We worked 12-16 hour days. And even when we were sleeping on the camera — The guy filming them sleeping. — $37 a day to buy our food. — Yeah, so I think Yeah, it was Sarah Hartshorne who told me that they got money They got $37 to just get food. They would give them a list and then they would go get the grocery items. It's like everyone was getting paid but the models on this show. That's And they're the ones who should be paid. First of all, you think the executive producers aren't already millionaires making all this money? Come on. You think they need more? They're like, "Actually, let's just pay us, the already millionaires and billionaires. We need more money. Let these poor people just get $37 for some groceries. They don't need it. They don't They're poor. What do they need it for? Money. — They don't have it. They don't know what it's like. We have it. We need to maintain this lifestyle. They can stay poor. They don't know what it's like up here. Don't let them wonder what it's like, okay? Because then they're going to want what we have. We were given $37 a day to buy our food. These girls don't get residuals. And then Tyra says, "Go back to your life. " — What? with no money. Well, I collect millions and millions Yeah. off of their faces. — They zoom in on Tyra's face. I mean, yes, it's good that they mentioned this in this documentary. Guess who didn't mention anything about money? The Netflix documentary. Did they talk about that? No. They're like, "Actually, Tyra, um she ghosted me while I was on

vacation in Saint Lucia. Do you not know where that is? Oh, yeah. You poor models don't You probably don't even travel at all. Yeah, you can't afford that. I can, though. Okay, now go and rehearse those lines in Japanese for the CoverGirl commercial. " Great. So, the models were not paid for anything. And the models don't even get residuals. It's crazy. They don't get anything. In the first couple of seasons, they got this coveted CoverGirl contract. I'm really happy with Adrianne's success. She has cosmetics contracts. She's doing really, really well and she's making a lot of money. Like, a lot. — How much, Tyra? This is what poor — Why was that such She's like, "She's making so much money. " Yeah. I don't know why that was kind of awkward. She's like, "Yeah, she gets paid a lot. " So much. But, not more than me. Tell them, Tyra. — Compare the salaries, Tyra. How much are you making versus these models? I mean, of course they're not going to make as much as Tyra. She's like the host of the show, but Give I want to hear numbers. A $100,000 contract does not mean a $100,000 check. It was actually just the promise of the opportunity to do $100,000 worth of work over a year. Oh my god. — a clause that said — What? That's insane. What? So, they don't even get I always thought it was $100,000. They literally say in the show, "$100,000 contract. " What the hell do they win then? Just work the Oh, you get to work for $100,000. Maybe. Perhaps. The hell is this? They are showing us the contract. This is juicy stuff right here. Netflix would never. Tyra would not let this slip in the Netflix documentary. She'd be like, "Don't Definitely don't show the actual contract. " But, there was a clause that said that if circumstances arise and that work can't be provided, they were under no obligation to pay you. What? Oh my god. I understand that any breach of this agreement may also result in my immediate termination and disqualification from the program and forfeiture of any prizes. Wait a damn minute. Hold on. What are you talking about? Any breach of this agreement may result in my immediate termination of ter- termination of what? Your career? The hell is What the hell are they talking about? If she completed the show and won, that should be the end of it, right? She should just get the contract. What it Any breach So, they're still tied to this contract from America's Next Top Model even after the show has ended and they've won. Because it says that if they breach any kind of contract regarding America's Next Top Model, then they forfeit any of the prizes, which is that contract. It's And also, it's like the only prize, right? I mean, what the Like, the challenge prizes, too? Wow. I understand that if a judgment is entered against me, Pottle Producer and/or CW may take all steps necessary to enforce such judgment, including, but not limited to, garnishing my wages and/or placing a lien on any real property I own. Do you guys understand how crazy that against me, they're going to They will garnish your wages. And they can place a lien on your any real property that you own. Wow. I don't even blame the girls for not wanting to speak up after the show. This is And this is how they keep them quiet, right? Even after the show has ended. A lot of people are like, "Why did the girls wait 20 years after the show ended? " Because of this. Did you guys Are you reading this? Look. It says garnishing wage They will garnish your wages and place a lien if they I think if they try to go against this contract and if a judgment is entered against them. Just my interpretation of it. That is so Like, they will come after you, basically, if you try to go against this con- Anything that you sign. Who knows how long this contract is. How many pages is it? Would you take the risk of speaking out if this were you? So, you then you technically don't even win that money. You have to earn it through work. So, then you could have just skipped America's Next Top Model and worked as a real model and just made $100,000 by being signed to a good agency and having them get you that work. After 5 months, I'm kind of like, "What's What's going on? " And it wasn't going to be a big cosmetics campaign. It was just going to be convention work. And they knew that my mom was about to lose her house — and I was told you win this, you're

millionaire overnight, you take care of your family. — And you know, I told my family this and I felt like I failed them. Oh my god. So they used her mom almost losing her house in order to get her to do all these things on the show. You know, you're going to change your family's life. And then what happens? She's talking about convention work. It's not even a campaign. And they want to say this is the real world of modeling. I don't think so. See how they use the girls' family dynamics against them? And remember one of the guys said, "Oh, it's a little exploitative. " It's a lot exploitative. The next day when I went to New York City and I signed with the modeling agency and my mother said, "Well, where is Yona going to stay? " And they said, "We don't know. " Then who does? — one year, I was indebted to the franchise America's Next Top Model. I had to do a lot of appearances. I never got paid for any of them. I was sleeping on a couch and I had to figure out how am I going to eat. And she's the winner. Tyra's — What the hell? She's literally the she's the winner of her cycle. And she's sleeping on a couch. But she has to be there to do all these appearances for the show America's Next Top Model to promote that. While not being paid for that. It's all about the girls doing stuff for Tyra and making her show a success. It's not about their careers or their livelihoods. It's all about, "Okay, yeah, even though you won our show, you're going to still work for our show. You're not going to go and do this career that we promised you. " Tyra's production company at the time was quite literally called Bankable Productions, right? Which is the play on her name. — So fitting. You copyright the format and then sell it all over the globe and you do get to literally rake in a lot of the profits. So they finish making money for America's Next Top Model by being on the show and doing all these ridiculous challenges and things. And then even after they win, they can't even do what they were on the show to do, which is have a modeling career. They can't even do that because then they have to keep on working for the show and keep making them money by doing these appearances and interviews and all this stuff, which doesn't leave them time to do actual modeling. And that is supposed to give the illusion that the girls are successful models. It feels really good having the show be such a hit and be so successful. — These interviews — make me just go home at night, smile, and then go into sleep. I left the show broker than I'd ever been in my life. It's masterful how they use these old interviews of the judges, especially with Tyra, in this documentary without needing Tyra herself to be in it. 2026 Tyra, we don't see her in this documentary because it's not necessary. We're getting the truth from another source and it's the 2003 version of her to where she's the most truthful and the most honest and the most genuine about her thoughts on the show. And now it's not through now the criticism that the show has received after all these years, the last 6 years. Being that she picked them and like — Jaslene want to create their careers, but in all honesty, the show is about Tyra Banks and I don't think she's going to try to make you more famous than her. Wow, Jaslene. They brought in some really good models for this documentary. I love it. Jaslene, Yoanna, Sarah. They really Whoever is the casting director for this documentary, good job. And the commenters, I mean, I'm loving it. I'm loving it so far. Jaslene says Tyra's not going to make you more famous than her. You're going to be known a little bit, but not more than me. Just remember, there's a hierarchy here. Tyra loves to portray herself as somebody who has a helping hand. No, she's doing this all to manipulate people for her own profit. Yeah. — The central delusion of the show is that — delusion. helping you. The central delusion is Tyra's trying to help you. — [gasps] — Tyra watching this Tyra I don't Do Tyra watch this documentary? I doubt. She's not going to like this. this one. The central delusion. There's cuz there's like side delusions. There's like baby delusions on this on the side. And then there's the central the main one. Just because you are getting exposure because you're on TV, but like being on television is not help. It's not. I grew up in the hood of Buffalo. East side girl through and through, 716. The wow. The models that they got.

Angelea, you brought the queen herself. I don't even know what to say. Jaslene, Angelea, Yoanna. Sa Who else? All-star lineup right here. All-star. In cycle 14, I was okay with placing top four because some of the girls who don't win get signed. So I thought the agencies will be calling me. No, nobody called me. Nobody wanted to work with me because of how I was portrayed on the show. Okay, cuz you want me to be this hood ghetto And they said they can't market that. That scares clients. I didn't even think about that how even after the show, even if you have the model look, how you were portrayed on the show can affect what agencies sign you and what clients want to work with you. It seems like if you want to actually be a model, you don't go on America's Next Top Model. Because even if you do a good job, you have the look, you do what they tell you to do, you still will have difficulty being signed to an actual agency. Just because of their portrayal of you on the show or how you acted. Being again, being put in an environment that they created. We act in ways that we normally would not when we're in certain environments. Maybe you're being seen at your worst on the show. Cycle 5 made me the enemy of my own life around the globe on repeat. Well, then why did you go back? I went back for revenge. redemption. I went back to change my life. — Yeah, maybe Lisa thought that was her chance to rewrite her story. Like, "Okay, now I know what they did in the past and their tactics. Now I can go on the show more prepared and try to flip things around, change things around for the better. " But you're going against a well-oiled machine. They have way more prepared for you than you realize. They kept us in the vans for like 4 or 5 hours with paper bags over our heads. What? Why? — what this all reminds me of? Kidnapping? — prison experiment. What? What on earth? The hell do you mean they put paper bags over your head in a van? What is the reasoning behind that? Why am I just hearing about that? That's actually psychotic. Tell me what's the reason for that. They're messing They mess with these girls so much, I swear. I'm telling you you try to come back and make things right. The show's like, "I don't think so. " Good luck. You think you know our tactics and you think you're going to get past this time because you're a veteran of the show and this is All-Stars? No, we have something new here. You're putting people in prison. Some are given roles as wardens. prisoners. I did a whole project on the Stanford prison experiment, actually. And it's the study of how people act when they are given authority, like regular people, when they're given authority, what how they abuse it, how they go too far. And I always thought it was so fascinating. And yeah, and I think it was my psychology class in high school that I did an entire research project on it. How will the show justify this? Putting the paper bags over the heads. How? Can you justify it? Before the Stanford prison experiment started, they had everybody line up and sit on these benches and made them wear paper bags over their heads for hours to make them vulnerable and feel completely out of place and confused. That's what they did to us on All-Stars. The bag over the head. If I had hair, girl, I'd be pulling it right now cuz it was stressful. There's no reason for them to do this. Absolutely no reason. What's the justification? Tell me. For it's a TV show about modeling and you're going to put a paper bag over some What's the point? There's no excuse you can come up with. Absolutely not. That can is going to explain this. This is so This is so wrong. And I'm This is my first time hearing about it. There's an idea that if you throw ordinary people into extraordinary circumstances, you will learn something about human nature. And I think that America's Next Top Model is very much building on that legacy. Yes, and that's why this the way that the girls act on the show, I don't think that's a true portrayal of who they really are. I think it's a portrayal of their them surviving the environment that the show has created for them. Okay? And when I say for them, I mean, they're using their childhood trauma against them. They're bringing up stuff that triggers them from their relationships. They are poking at them slowly and making them believe a reality they may that may not

be true. And my this is just my opinion of it. The producers set up these situations and environments. So, whenever I see the girls acting out or there's drama or there's fights, it's like, okay, it can be true that the girls some of them don't like each other, right? And there's drama. That's okay. That's fair. You put a bunch of girls in the house, there's going to be some conflict, right? But also remember that this is an environment that was set up behind the scenes. There we have like people like puppeteers setting all of this up, making people like pushing them towards having drama with one another. Some of it is just nature and but a lot of it is the puppeteering in the back. It was the Cycle 17 All-Stars the finale. It's Allison, it's Angelea, and it's me. And then I won this show. A few weeks later, I was back in Buffalo and I had gotten a phone call and it was from Michelle Mock, the casting director. — she want? She was Michelle. So, Angelea didn't win her first season. She was invited back to All-Stars. She ends up winning that cycle and she's thinking, okay, great. The first time I was on the show, it didn't work out. I wasn't getting any jobs or booking anything as a model. Now, I can do things right. She says, I knew how to network better and do all of that. And then she gets a call. What the hell is going? What does she want? What do you want, Michelle? Make it quick. I'm busy. She was like, "Hey, we want to fly you to New York City because we want to talk about sponsorships since you won. " Okay, fine. Just do it over the call me. Flying to You want to fly me to New York? Okay. Do I bring witnesses with me? I Imagine they're like, okay, we have put this paper bag over your head. I'll be like, I don't think so. — [gasps] — I don't think so, you psychopaths. The attorney for CBS is there. The casting director, Michelle Mock, is there. And was like, "Now we need to get down to business. " I'm like, "Oh, okay. We can't air you as the winner. And I was like, "Why? " So, I heard about this, right? But I didn't I didn't know the 100% what actually happened. So, it's good that she's finally explaining this in this documentary. — Because you were engaging in sex work. Yeah, I think I heard some um things about that. After Cycle 14, before I went on All-Stars, — I was in a bind and I was just desperate to you know, to make some money. Because she wasn't making money from the show. What do you guys want her to do? They don't care if the girls are making money after the show. Yoanna just said that she was sleeping on a couch. She wasn't able to get jobs. It was hard. Like all these models have been talking about is how hard it is for them to get work after the show. And they're going to shame her for that? For trying to make some money to continue her livelihood? That's crazy. And someone took advantage of me. A predator swooped in and just put me on a path of self-loathing and destruction um and harm. I obviously didn't make the best choice, but I was desperate and I wasn't thinking straight. So, I just won this show. This show that would change my life for the better. Just for them to take my away from me. Surely they knew what her past was. They know everything about these girls. I get why they technically can do that because escorting is illegal. But for a show that is gifting a prize for selling beauty to disqualify a woman using her agency to sell her beauty is hypocritical, Yes, right. and misogynist. Had Angelea not been on the show, she probably could have been a successful model. Isn't that crazy to think about? Had she not done this show at all and she just went to an agency, went to a casting, open call and submitted digitals and just she could have been working and not have to worry about all this, being portrayed the way that the show portrayed her and all that. Before All-Stars, I meet with the casting director, Michelle Mock. She's asking me, "What have you been up to since the show? " Oh, just modeling. "Anything else? " She knew. — I'd ask me. She was like, "Um were [clears throat] you being pimped? I know what happened to you, but I want you to take this opportunity and run with it. " That is exactly what she said. This is

like confirming that somebody knew what had happened to me. In my opinion, from what we've heard, they knew everything. Okay, and you're telling me they didn't know this? Didn't know this part of her life? And do I don't know why they did went through all this just to take away her win. And now they're trying to act like, "Oh, no, we didn't know. We didn't have any idea. " They knew everything about all of us. I'm going to keep saying that. — type and our fingerprints. She was set up from the very beginning to be the one that's disqualified at the end. — Yeah, wow. Yeah, I believe that. Angelea didn't make any money doing the thing you promised you would help her make money doing. And you snatched it away from her. — Yeah. That's cruel. Yeah, that's evil. That's just evil. That makes me so angry. You made her go through all this to what for what? To take it away from her so that you can make headlines? Oh, we took this win away from the model. I think it's awful how they're playing with these girls' lives. I was supposed to walk away with $100,000, but they gave me $300 cash. $300? — and sent me on my way. $300? 2 months later, the producers called me. "We're going to do a reshoot for the finale. " And then on the show — That's crazy. They're like, "Hey, Lisa, we need you real quick. Yeah, we kicked out Yeah, Angelea's no more. She's not the winner. You are. " A special kind of It's like a special type of evil. It's not evil light. It's evil It's evil plus type of evil. What do you mean you put her through all that and you're going to take the win away and then you're going to call someone, "Hey, um can you come in to reshoot cuz we took it away from her now we're going to just make you the winner. " I don't need to be the winner, habibti, please. And then on the show, they said Angelea is disqualified. It turns out that after shooting was wrapped, our production team and the network learned information from Angelea that disqualifies her from the competition. Yeah, and they act like that's the first time they heard about it. America's Next Top Model is Lisa. So, when the episode aired, Lisa is the on-air winner of Cycle 17 All-Stars. You're telling me I'm supposed to believe that they didn't know this part of her life. Okay, they found out only after after she won the entire show. I don't believe it. Imagine you're Angelea and you go through all that and then they and then you see they reshot them announcing the winner with two other people. I'd be I would be pissed. Nothing about me being the original winner or why we had to disqualify Angelea. So, now the trending topic on Twitter was me. What happened to Angelea? They went back to change the narrative so people would stop calling me an alcoholic Oh. — They actually made it worse. Oh my god. Wait a second. Could this be all pre-planned that they wanted to Could this be pre-planned in a way where they wanted to further ruin Lisa's life and then for they just brought them back to be like, "Oh, you think you're going to do well this time? We have something in store for you. " Is that why they just brought them back for All-Stars? Not because they're the favorites, because hey, we have The show has unfinished business with you guys. Was All-Stars just a disguise to continue to like push the girls into these storylines? To ruin their life more? So, now Lisa is now being hated on because she's crowned the new winner of the show over Angelea being disqualified. It's like she came there to rewrite her story and to change everything and it's like she Even though she tried to do that, they the show would not allow for that. Did they plan this all along? That's what I think, you guys, that they planned this from the beginning. This was it. They knew Angelea's past. They're like, okay, let's disqualify her, make Lisa the winner, make everyone mad at Lisa because people are going to be asking about Angelea and why and evil What's more than plus? Evil max. That's what it is. What the hell is this? Allison was also a fan favorite and the show knew that. So, them giving the win to Lisa and snubbing Allison again, even though Allison lost the first time, I think

people were upset about that she lost the first time on her cycle. They bring her back only to snub her again. They know that people are going to be upset about that. Because they don't really the people were not really fans of Lisa's in the beginning like in her cycle. They knew the production knew that. Am I just I feel like that one meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Charlie like putting the red yarn everywhere like that's what I feel like this moment is. I'm like wait is this thing all connecting right now? Am I connecting the dots? Or am I just overthinking everything? This makes sense to me. They're going to snub Allison for the 17th time. They're going to give the win to Lisa even though people weren't huge fan of hers. They and the everyone knew that and then Angelea we're going to just disqualify her and make people wonder why she was disqualified. It's the perfect storm. Wow. Don't underestimate the production of this show. No, and I think that the All-Stars season also the girls knew their tricks and tactics. But even they were not ready for this. Even they could not prepare for this level of manipulation and puppeteering. There was fans coming after me. Asking what happened to Angelea. So, now I have people reaching out to me and of course I don't want to talk about it cuz I'm embarrassed. I just went through something so traumatic. The attorney for CBS told me, "You know Angelea, you did this to yourself. " Yes, thank you. Thank you for being so kind in telling me that I up. Thank you. The show did that to her. — People kept talking about it and so they brought in the ratings. Yes, there it is. I felt used. Oh my god. The They have Lisa who's going to take the fall because Angelea is going to be disqualified. No one's going to know why because she can't talk about it and they know that Lisa no one's going to really want Lisa to win because she was already criticized because of her first season and they're going to completely snub Allison again who is the favorite that people want to win. Wow. This is beyond anything I could speculate or make up or think of anything. But it to me it makes sense that this was pre-planned. And my again my just my opinion and theory. Y'all wanted people to question what happened to me to boost your ratings. It's not right. It was wrong. I completely forgot about the bingo card. — I'm like, "Okay, I did not pay attention to that at all. Did we do it Did we even get any of these? " Contestants say they were set up. I'm going to just going to check that off. I feel like that came up and I totally was sidetracked and I didn't even pay attention I wasn't even paying attention. So, we're crossing that off. Contestants say they were sidetracked. It's inevitable. That one was coming. Reality TV was different back then. Someone also said that as well. Just — [gasps] — me making up stuff like no one said that. Feel like that was said. So, we're checking off those two. Because I wasn't paying attention. I'm sorry. They put a paper bag over someone's head in a van for 4 hours. What the hell? This documentary took a dark turn, but that's how I know it's doing its job because I'm over sitting here disgusted. I'm like, "Excuse me. We got a bingo, you guys. " — [applause and cheering] — Right here. We got a bingo. We did it, guys. Thank you guys so much. Everyone here. Where's Pips Where's my cat? My cat left. No, Pipsy. Pipsy, I got a bingo. We could get a second bingo. It could happen. So, let's not lose hope. Even though I am losing hope watching this. It wasn't always about who the best model was. It was about who would be the best spokesperson for the brand. — Perez, stop. Top model — He's like it was for the who's the best spokesperson. It wasn't always about who's the best model. For the modeling show. Okay. He's trying to be the best Tyra he can be for this documentary. Top model took Angelea's win away because CoverGirl allegedly was not happy that an escort won. Do you have a presenting sponsor? — that's the fault of America's Next Top Model. Why did They demean her by calling her they just called her an escort like before she was doing that she was trying to be a professional model. So, Angelea was good enough to be casted for All-Stars, to be on the show, do all the challenges. They did an express photo shoot with her wearing the clothes with the models. That was good That was fine that she was on the entire cycle of the show up until the last moment where it's now she can't be the winner. Yeah, but everything else is fine. You can still be on the cycle and do all

this ridiculous stuff, just not the winner. But out of all 24 seasons of America's Next Top Model the sponsor has always been a makeup brand. Mhm. My season was the only season that the sponsor was a hair company. How was I ever going So, just coincidentally we have a model with alopecia and the sponsor for the main contract I think for the show was hair. So, that Okay. You cast a girl with alopecia on a hair product competition. They got to get tired of it at some point every season. They're like, "Okay, let's bring in the girl with alopecia for this Pantene commercial. Come on. She doesn't have hair. Okay. Why don't you have hair? Alopecia? Okay. It's for Pantene Pro. What are we going to do? You Where are you going to get hair from? You need hair for this competition. Where are you going to get it? Okay, figure it out. You're a model. Make it work. Be professional and have hair immediately right now. The commercial's on in 5 minutes. And Tyra was like looking at me like this. And I was like, "Are you guys referring to Playboy? " As soon as I said that I noticed Tyra's expression change to like kind of smug and like cold. So, notice how they knew that about her past, right? They're like, "Oh, you did this when you were younger. You did this type of modeling. " They knew that about her. But now we're again we're supposed to believe that they didn't know that about Angelea her past what she did in between the first cycle she was on and then All-Stars they didn't know what she's up to. So, I told them, "I lost my hair at the same time every girl was getting boobs and like having a glow up. " She looks at me and goes, "Now tell me about alopecia. " While I'm mid breakdown. She's mid breakdown and Tyra's like, "Tell us about the alopecia. " Tell us about that. Gina, that wig that you have you're going to have to say goodbye to her. I never saw that video. I never saw Tyra say that to me. I was told I was getting a wig. The editing process changed that video. So, she never saw that video of Tyra before the makeovers. The one that they showed Tyra saying to her. Does that mean I feel like I'm confused saying that. So, she never saw that video of Tyra telling her what her makeover is going to be. They told her that she's getting a wig. So, she thought, "Okay, I'm getting a wig for this makeover. " No, they I guess they switched it out. And now they're going to just take off the wig in front of everyone. I just never know it's a surprise every time. Like I always hoped that there's hair that I was supposed to wear. — They literally just told me they were giving me hair and then all of a sudden it was different. Their editing was that deceptive that they were actually able to make an audience think that I felt powerful. Oh what Oh, I can't believe that they told her she's going to get a wig and then they just I mean actually should I even be surprised? Why am I acting Come on. I don't know why I just acted surprised. And make sure that they cast girls that came from a really hard or toxic childhood background. And in the Netflix documentary Ken Mok talks about how a lot of the girls that were casted did not have supportive families. He mentioned that and I think it's so important. It's not just a passing comment. No, this is they casted these girls for a reason on the show. — Tell me about growing up and all the things that you went through and all the tragedy. I've been — off to family members — a lot. I was molested, raped. Tyra, you have to understand I have a family to take care of. My husband was living on the beach. My son is living with his mom. I have a lot on my shoulders right now. Having support from family and friends is very important. And a lot of these girls they would cast them knowing that they don't have that. They're not close with their families. They know that they can do whatever they want to these girls and they're not the show will not get any pushback from the families and the friends. They know that if we do this girl wrong, no one's going to try to come after her family's not do anything. They don't she doesn't talk to them. She doesn't have a close relationship. No one's going to care about this girl enough to hold us responsible for anything we do to her. And I think that's very telling. After the show Renee um she was in a bad way. Renee did an interview in prison. I was like in shock. This documentary has been doing such a good job of tackling these Like little issue the show has had, they're tackling all of it. Okay, they're going into detail and they're getting the models who had either knew that person or knew of the situation and they're speaking on that. And I think it's just done so well so far. Everybody says, "Well, wow, you have all this great opportunity. " But when it comes down to it, I I got

into the world and I went I went, "Okay, like here I am, you know, ready to do this. " And it was just closed door after closed door. I couldn't get past the reality TV stigma that had been put on me. — A lot of girls have said this and Renee's situation is very sad. I think it's an extreme version of what happens after the show to some of these girls. A lot of the girls have said this that they couldn't shake this TV stigma, like the reality show personality that was put upon them by the show. And here we have Renee's situation that is so sad. I mean, even on the show she's trying to get Tyra to understand that she has a family to take care of. Tyra, we're not all millionaires like you. We have to we struggle when we struggle in our life. We don't have it easy. And after they leave the show, their life seems to get harder because of being on the show. And then there's — Mirjana Puhar, cycle 21. Girls who were labeled with an attitude. She was having a hard time getting signed after being portrayed as difficult or as a villain. And did she choose that? N- No. She wanted to go on the show to become a model and have a career. And they portrayed her as being difficult and a villain. — [clears throat] — She was killed. That's awful. They've done a great job showing the realities of these girls' lives after the show. From every kind of cycle, from every background. It's sad It's sad to hear. Um yeah, it's awful that she had to go through that. I wish that she had more support. People will get cast who are relying on this to make their paycheck. I was hoping that I could use this to pay off all of the bills that, you know, we're swimming in debt. We don't have any place to live. And I just feel like I failed. I feel like I failed my family. They And again, they cast women like this on the show. They're dependent on this. Like this is their only way out of their poverty, of the struggles in their life, that they're willing to do whatever it takes. Because I have to stay in this competition. This is my only chance to make money to help my family. They are easy to exploit because they are the most desperate and are willing to accommodate the most things. — Yes. If I If Tyra Banks is my only shot, I'm going to give everything I have. — Yeah. Okay, it's just 6 weeks of this crazy competition and I'll never have to live in a roach-infested apartment again. — Yeah. Well, then I — Or I'll be able to help pay my bills. support my family. Wow. Filming All-Stars, Camille He came in the room and he says, "I just want to thank you girls so much because you girls put my girls through college. " And the silence in the room at that point was deafening. And how many of the girls on his show had an opportunity like that? To go through college or to go through modeling, to get a job with anything that had to do with modeling. We did not come on this show to make your family's life better. We came on this show to make our lives better. I wanted to be able to give young girls that dream because it's an amazing dream and I had the power to give them that dream. — What dream? Don't go and do a media blitz about how you care about us. You didn't and you don't. The models themselves are saying this. It's really all a facade. The girls thinking that their life is going to get better. No, the production's Tyra's face was — Yeah, that's what I always When I was reacting to the photo shoots and stuff, it would Tyra's face It was like Tyra mail. Her face was in the limo. She had They had pictures of her everywhere. They always showed a picture of her before judging. It was the Tyra show. It was Yeah, it was the She was the host. She was the face of it. It was all about her. Before we continue, today's video is sponsored by Squarespace. Squarespace is an all-in-one platform for you to build your business and brand online. Whether you're just starting out, you want to manage a growing brand, Squarespace makes it easy to create a beautiful-looking website, engage with your audience, and sell anything that you can think of. Squarespace has so many amazing features. You can create your own online store. Whether you want to sell physical or digital products, Squarespace has the tools you need to start selling online. You can also handle appointments using Squarespace. You can offer online, in-person private sessions, workshops, or even group classes. Squarespace provides everything you need to manage your schedule, accept secure payments, send automatic reminders, and beautifully showcase your services and more. How you display your work is really important and Squarespace makes it easy by having so many customizable features. With a click of a slider, you can change how large or small your photos are. You can add space

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— I'm not I wouldn't tell these people anything. And I said, "Not happening. " We all agreed that we will just talk about your experience on Top Model. And then she said, "But what you don't know is that she has been physically and sexually abused most of her childhood. " It was like ice in my veins. And then I look over and I see Tyra just sitting there like, "Fuck you. " I was like, "Fuck you. you. " I was so livid. Tyra did the same thing to Shandi, another contestant from the show. Shandi says that she could not watch the show back. She didn't want to see the footage. Tyra brings her on the Tyra show, and then plays that footage in front of her. Shandi told her behind the scenes on the show that she didn't want to watch it. Like, don't play it. And they still played it. — They locked me in a closet. I was in there, I don't know, like 20 30 minutes. I was like, I don't want to go back. And they're like, "Well, then you aren't going to get the $750. " And so I got back up on the stage and finished shooting. You have a giant TV set, and you're putting someone in a closet? What the hell's wrong with these people? I don't think Tyra really reveals herself very much to people. Mhm. You couldn't really get to her in that way. Except if you're Naomi. — I wish I could tell you what you get out of this experience except — Where's Naomi Campbell? — They if they had Naomi Campbell in this documentary, that would be crazy. That would be absolutely crazy. They rate it That would be a ratings boost right there. Tyra would not have been happy. And that's why they should have done it. They could They still have time to do a part three. A third episode with special guests. Tyra's not best friend to Naomi Campbell. You're not going to be able to be a mother or have a child if you continue trying to always lose weight and be this thin. — [snorts] — And that really scared me. The girls were just wanting to be professional models. That's all they wanted. They wanted to work and be successful as models. And they left the show with all of this trauma, hate comments. She Jenna was telling us the hate comments. Workout disorders, image body image issues. They were hopeful, and they put their trust in this show, only for it to turn out this way. Maybe these women wouldn't have had a modeling career anyway. But you promised me something. And you didn't deliver. My life is worse off. And you own my face. How are you any different from a pimp selling dreams? — Yeah, that's what I Yeah. I don't know how you sleep at night. — In that video, it got like 190,000 views, like I don't know, 2,000 comments, like literally Tyra blocked me from Instagram and Twitter in like 2011. Thanks for sharing your words and story, girl. Carrie D wrote that comment under Lisa's video talking about the show and how they used her trauma and childhood trauma against her. Wow. Tyra blocked Carrie D. Why? The angel Carrie D. It just blew up. Someone said I'm Jenna's like, "I'm black now, too. " by Tyra. Tyra's just blocking everyone. Jenna! Oh my god, it's amazing. Aw. It opened up this camaraderie. That's so cute. — didn't feel alone anymore. — I have had a great career in the world of broadcasting, fashion reporting, commentating, I love that. — being a mom to my son, Alister. Aw, how cute. Given up being so hard on myself. So, I've come out stronger. I love that. Now the models are sharing what they've been up to after the show. And I love how that this documentary is ending on that. So, I made the shift and I started working as a writer. I just wrote my book called You Want to Be on Top. Wait, let me grab my book. A memoir of makeovers, manipulation, and not becoming America's Next Top Model. Love that. Like when I saw my own words on the page, I was like, that was a human being that was doing that to me. Yeah. And again, sometimes in the moment, you don't know that something wrong was done to you until after the fact. Like someone you're telling the story to someone, or you're thinking about it years later, and you're like, wait. Actually, maybe how I perceived it in the moment was not right. Maybe I was done wrong. I am an award-winning journalist. And I always say award-winning because you're going to put some respect on my name. And no matter what I've been

through, I'm here now. Now, I help other aspiring models, and I develop them and help them start their own modeling careers with my company, Find Your Light. — Kenya is an amazing posing coach, and I love that she works one-on-one with models and helps them get signed. I refuse to have my legacy be about some stuff linked together on the internet when there were 24 cycles of changing the world. Okay, but what about the world of each of the contestants? Changing the world. Tyra doesn't consider the individual life of each and every model that was on her show. It's just like, "Oh, we changed the world. We had 24 cycles. " And each cycle had individual models whose life was changed. Tyra Banks is a woman with all kinds of issues. Ray is not letting up. — girls and giving them issues while she's working out her own issues. Get therapy. You got the money for it. They end on Ray, and I think she's the perfect person to give the final commentary for this documentary. Tyra Banks and Ken Mok were approached for comment. Their representation declined. Notice how they said their representation declined. They couldn't even get in contact with them. It's time to call Netflix. Again, I'm going to repeat how masterful this editing was, that they still had Tyra speaking on her thoughts, but in the time frame that was relevant. 2003, 2004, 2005, when the show was at the peak of its popularity, when Tyra was excited about it. Thank you for being honest with us, Angeli. Okay, you're no longer the winner. We'll take the crown. What is it? The one like beauty pageant moments where it's like we announced the wrong winner. Let me take that crown, and let me put it on this girl. For $750, I could tell you about an Animal Crossing villager that wanted to leave my island, but I wouldn't let them. Because why would you leave? My island is three stars. It's perfect. Yeah, there's some fake paintings everywhere and trash, and a a duck/seagull that shows up passed out every now and then, but what's the problem? Stop complaining, Bluebear. You're never going to leave my island.