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Cycle 17 of America's Next Top Model, also known as Cycle 17: All Stars, premiered on The CW on September 14, 2011 and concluded on December 7, 2011. This cycle featured fourteen returning models from previous seasons.
Tyra Banks reprises her role as host for the seventeenth time, while Nigel Barker returns for his role as main judge for the fifteenth. André Leon Talley returns for his fourth and final time. This cycle had 13 episodes with 14 contestants.
Angelea Preston, who tied for third place on cycle 14, was the original winner of the competition but was stripped of her title after producers learned that she had once worked as an escort. The finale was re-filmed, and Lisa D'Amato, originally sixth place from cycle 5, was crowned as the replacement winner of the cycle.
Prizes[]
- A fashion spread in Vogue Italia
- A cover and spread in Beauty in Vogue
- A blog on Vogue.it
- A $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics
- A fashion campaign with Express
- A guest correspondent placement for Extra
- Be the face of the America's Next Top Model fragrance "Dream Come True"
Contestants[]
The ages stated are from the start of the contest.
Cycle 17: 2011[]
| No. in Series |
No. in Cycle |
Title | Original Air Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | 1 | "Nicki Minaj" | September 14, 2011 | ||||
| Fan-favorite contestants from past cycles return to compete; the women re-enact memorable moments during the first photo shoot. | |||||||
| 206 | 2 | "Ashlee Simpson" | September 21, 2011 | ||||
| The models form alliances; makeovers send some models over the edge; singer Ashlee Simpson serves as guest judge. | |||||||
| 207 | 3 | "Kristin Cavallari" | September 28, 2011 | ||||
| Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari tells the models how to be a celebrity personality; TV host Mario Lopez interviews the contestants; the women must model on stilts. | |||||||
| 208 | 4 | "Anthony Zuiker" | October 5, 2011 | ||||
| A model has a health scare that makes her nervous about her future in the competition; the models head to an audition with Anthony Zuiker, the creator of the "CSI" franchise; a few women struggle during a photo shoot with male models. | |||||||
| 209 | 5 | "LaToya Jackson" | October 12, 2011 | ||||
| The models take part in a runway show featuring fashion designs by Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian; guest judge La Toya Jackson guides the models during a photo shoot. | |||||||
| 210 | 6 | "Coco Rocha" | October 19, 2011 | ||||
| The models play a game of flag football with professional football players, during which they pause for photos; the all-stars pose alongside supermodel Coco Rocha. | |||||||
| 211 | 7 | "Kathy Griffin" | October 26, 2011 | ||||
| The models create a signature fragrance and launch the scent at a public event while posing in a bathtub; tension is high during a photo shoot where the women pose as reality stars. | |||||||
| 212 | 8 | "Game" | November 2, 2011 | ||||
| The models struggle when they are asked to write and sing a song about their lives; rapper Game directs the women in music videos. | |||||||
| 213 | 9 | "Nikos Papadopoulos" | November 9, 2011 | ||||
| The women head to Greece where they collaborate with designer Michael Cinco; one model is conflicted when asked to pose in underwear. | |||||||
| 214 | 10 | "Exploring Greece" | November 16, 2011 | ||||
| When asked to judge each other during a challenge, one model is confronted about her insecurities; the models enjoy Greece during some time off; Nigel Barker photographs the contestants as they re-create ancient Olympic sports. | |||||||
| 215 | 11 | "Highlights" | November 23, 2011 | ||||
| Reviewing this cycle's challenges, photo shoots and personalities. | |||||||
| 216 | 12 | "Tyson Beckford" | November 30, 2011 | ||||
| The final four contestants are asked to write a fashion blog for Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani and work with Tyra on a motion editorial. | |||||||
| 217 | 13 | "All-Star Finale" | December 7, 2011 | ||||
| The contestants face their last photo shoot and a challenging runway finale; the winner is chosen. | |||||||
Controversy[]
Angelea's disqualification[]
Following the airing of the finale, there was mass speculation surrounding why Angelea Preston was disqualified. Due to the final panel and winner reveal being re-filmed, it was highly speculated that Angelea had been crowned the original winner.
In January 2013, Angelea confirmed that she had in fact been crowned the original winner of the cycle. She also confirmed that the popular theory, that she was stripped of her title due to revealing her win before the finale episode was aired, was not true.[1] The theory after this was that she was secretly pregnant, making her ineligible to compete in the first place.
Later in September 2014, Angelea finally revealed that the true reason she was stripped of the title was because she had worked as an escort prior to participating in the show. She added that the producers had been aware of this before filming, but she was ultimately disqualified anyway. A popular theory is that her disqualification had more to do with CoverGirl, with many believing that they were not made aware of Angelea being an escort until after she had won, and that due to this they did not want her to represent their brand, which therefore gave the producers no other choice but to disqualify her and select another winner.
Angelea eventually filed a lawsuit against the producers, the network, and the studios due to breach of contract for $3,000,000 in damages.[2]
Poor conditions[]
In Angelea Preston's lawsuit against the show, it stated that the show had violated fair labor practices by forcing her and other contestants to work 16-hour days, sometimes without a meal break, keeping the contestants in isolation for five to six hours at a time, without food or water.[3] It was also revealed that Bianca Golden and Kayla Ferrel were eliminated because they led a revolt against the producers due to this.
Trivia[]
- This is the only cycle that is composed entirely of returning contestants.
- Cycles 3, 6, 7 and 8 were not represented. However, Jade Cole from Cycle 6 was offered to participate in the cycle, but declined because she thought her contract was "bogus and one-sided".[4]
- Other alumni who were offered but either declined or were rejected include:
- Tessa Carlson from cycle 1.
- April Wilkner and Shandi Sullivan from cycle 2.
- Toccara Jones, Amanda Swafford and Yaya DaCosta from cycle 3.
- Furonda Brasfield and Joanie Dodds from cycle 6.
- Melrose Bickerstaff from cycle 7.
- Natasha Galkina from cycle 8.
- Marvita Washington and Lauren Utter from cycle 10.
- Lio Tipton from cycle 11.
- Natalie Pack, Fo Porter, Aminat Ayinde, Teyona Anderson from cycle 12.
- Rachel Echelberger, Sundai Love, Jennifer An and Erin Wagner from cycle 13.
- Monique Weingart and Molly O'Connell from cycle 16.
- This is the first "Themed" cycle.
- This is the final cycle to be aired in standard definition.
- If the original finale aired, then All-Stars would be the first cycle to have three girls left for the final panel. The first cycle to successfully do this is College Edition.
- The international destination for this cycle was Crete Island, Greece.
Gallery[]
To view the gallery for Cycle 17, click here.
References[]
- ↑ http://siresays.com/2013/01/angeleaprestoninterview.html
- ↑ http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/15/americas-next-top-model-angelea-preston-lawsuit-escort-all-star-season/
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186136/It-like-Model-prison-Dethroned-ANTM-Stars-winner-breaks-silence-claiming-Tyra-Banks-EXPLOITS-women-keeps-ice-not-allowed-drink-eat-talk-filming-20-hours-casts-aside.html
- ↑ http://www.livingly.com/Daily+Dish/articles/p8KRREWFBvv/Tyra+Banks+Reveals+America+Next+Top+Model
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