{"id":227792,"date":"2026-03-11T10:16:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/netflix-es-americas-next-top-model-docs-how-they-compare\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:16:03","slug":"netflix-es-americas-next-top-model-docs-how-they-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/netflix-es-americas-next-top-model-docs-how-they-compare\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix, E’s America’s Next Top Model Docs: How They Compare"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The legacy \u2014 and controversy \u2014 surrounding America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a> is at the center of Netflix and E!\u2019s documentaries, but how do the specials compare?<\/p>\n

America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em>, which ran from 2003 to 2018, followed aspiring models as they competed to receive a modeling contract, a fashion spread, a cover in a major magazine and a cosmetics campaign.<\/p>\n

After Hulu made episodes available in 2020, America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em> received<\/a> backlash for its insensitive modeling challenges that featured concepts such as race-swapping, murder and eating disorders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was controversial. I was in my own little bubble in my head,\u201d Tyra Banks<\/strong> said in a rare comment for Netflix\u2019s Reality Check<\/em> docuseries, which premiered in February 2026. \u201cLooking at the show now through the 2020 lens, it is an issue and I understood 100 percent why.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAmerica\u2019s Next Top Model\u2019s most memorable contestants aren\u2019t staying quiet about their experience on TV. After more than 24 seasons, the reality show is being put under the microscope in a new Netflix docuseries titled Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model. While host Tyra Banks and judges J. Alexander, Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Banks hinted at ANTM returning after she addressed the controversy.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at that show through the lens of today, it\u2019s like, \u2018Why did you do that?\u2019 I thank you for that. That is the only way you change. That is the only way you get better is by somebody calling you out on your s***,\u201d Banks said. \u201cIt is important. I want to let you know that I want you guys to be just as open as I am now by getting called on my s*** by when somebody calls you out on yours. Because that day will come and continue to evolve. Because that\u2019s what we\u2019re all doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

E\u2019s Dirty Rotten Scandals<\/em>, meanwhile, premiered one month later with different former contestants and participants. Keep scrolling to see how Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em> and Dirty Rotten Scandals<\/em> are similar \u2014 and how they differ:\n<\/p>\n

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Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/em> premiered in February 2026 with contestants who opened up about their experiences behind the scenes, which included discrimination, sexual assault and more shocking claims. Whitney Thompson, Giselle Samson, Shannon Stewart, Shandi Sullivan, Danielle Evans<\/strong> and Keenyah Hill<\/strong> were some of the alums who weighed in on their experience.<\/p>\n

Dirty Scandals, meanwhile, featured Lisa D\u2019Amato, Jaslene Gonzalez, Sarah Hartshorne, Brittany Brower<\/strong> and Angelea Preston<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cycle 4 finalist Keenyah Hill<\/strong> sat down to speak with<\/a> both Netflix and E! for their respective docs.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tNetflix\u2019s America\u2019s Next Top Model docuseries revealed where Tyra Banks stands with many former contestants after they offered their unfiltered opinions of the show. Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model, streaming now, features interviews from alums Whitney Thompson, Giselle Samson, Shannon Stewart, Shandi Sullivan, Danielle Evans and Keenyah Hill. New confessionals with executive producer [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reality Check<\/em> incorporated Tyra Banks\u2019 perspective alongside fellow executive producer Ken Mok<\/strong> and former judges Jay Manuel, Miss J. Alexander<\/strong> and Nigel Barker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to fight against the fashion industry. One day, this idea just hit me. What if I created a show where you saw what it took to become a model,\u201d Banks explained. \u201cAnd for this show to represent not all white, not all skinny and to just show all the differences and all the different types of beauties. I had a feeling that I was gonna change the beauty world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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