{"id":492489,"date":"2026-02-20T13:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492489\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:38:15","slug":"every-antm-contestant-whos-spoken-out-after-netflixs-bombshell-doco-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492489\/","title":{"rendered":"Every ANTM Contestant Who’s Spoken Out After Netflix’s Bombshell Doco So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix\u2019s tell-all doco about America\u2019s Next Top Model dropped this week<\/a> and now multiple former contestants have come forward to speak about against the show and recount their experiences.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The three-part series, Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model, hears from producers, castmates and judges from the infamous competition show, including Tyra Banks, to uncover the many controversies it endured<\/a> throughout its 24-season run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Tyra Banks and fellow ANTM judge J. Alexander appear in the Netflix doc. (Image: UPN)<\/p>\n

From *that* viral monologue<\/a> to controversial race-swapping shoots and fat-shaming accusations, the doco leaves no stone unturned \u2014 with some of those implicated now coming forward with their own reactions as the bombshells continue to make waves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s every former ANTM contestant who has spoken out in the wake of Netflix\u2019s Reality Check.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adrianne Curry<\/p>\n

ANTM\u2019s inaugural winner, Adrianne Curry, has had a lot to say<\/a> since Reality Check dropped. The former model, who appeared on season one in 2003, first shared bombshell accusations about being left hungry and sleepless on set due to the show\u2019s gruelling filming schedule \u2014 describing it as \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they knew that the more sleep deprived and hungry and fucked up we were, the better television would be,\u201d Curry told the Daily Mail<\/a> earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She then doubled-down in a video on social media, slamming ANTM\u2019s Tyra for her perceived lack of accountability in the doco. \u201cThat bitch is not effing sorry,\u201d Adrianne said of Tyra\u2019s interviews on the doco. \u201cShe won\u2019t bend the knee\u201d. Yikes!<\/p>\n

Tiffany Richardson<\/p>\n

You might remember Tiffany Richardson as the recipient of Tyra\u2019s infamous season four monologue<\/a> about how everyone was \u201crooting for you!\u201d The notorious meltdown came up in the doco when Tyra admitted she \u201cwent too far\u201d in accosting Tiffany, but it seems the damage had already been done.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are one lying ass bitch,\u201d Tiffany wrote of Tyra on Instagram. \u201cYou know how you treated me the whole time off and on camera, YOU WAS A BULLY!!! You treated me like shit and said the nastiest things about me and my son.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing the spray, Tiffany claimed the meltdown we saw on ANTM was \u201cnot how the argument went\u201d and said producers \u201cedited it to make it look like [Tyra] cared\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Tiffany unleashed on Tyra on social media. (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

Tiffany\u2019s implication that things happened in the scene that never made it to air was also mentioned in the doco. ANTM producer Kevin Mok said in an interview that \u201cthere was a lot more that was really said and some of the things that were said were really not well-intentioned.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI will probably never repeat the lines that were said in the room that day,\u201d Ken added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lisa D\u2019Amato<\/p>\n

Lisa D\u2019Amato, who was portrayed as villain during her season five ANTM stint, had some choice words after watching the doco. \u201cWatched the Netflix docuseries on ANTM and I still think it is sugar coated. It was way worse for so so many of us,\u201d Lisa wrote on IG.<\/p>\n

She went on to plug E!\u2019s separate ANTM doco Dirty Rotten Scandal, saying \u201ceven deeper torture\u201d will be exposed when that drops next month. It\u2019s hard to imagine how things could\u2019ve been worse, but I\u2019m well and truly sat nonetheless.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cStay tuned.\u201d (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

Shandi Sullivan<\/p>\n

The story of season two model Shandi Sullivan is central in the doco, unpacking the horrific incident in which her alleged sexual assault was filmed and partially shown on TV.<\/p>\n

Sullivan appeared in Reality Check to tell her side of the story, and she reflected on why she signed on for the doco on social media. \u201cAfter all of the years, the Top Model girls and what we went through were never forgotten,\u201d she wrote. \u201cKnowing that Tyra didn\u2019t have control over my narrative, that the director and producers here had my back\u2026 that\u2019s why I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the doco, Sullivan rightfully said her ordeal should never have happened. \u201cI think [producers] should have been like, \u2018alright this has gone too far, we got to pull her out of this\u2019,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Shandi thanked fans for their \u201cimmense\u201d love after the doco. (Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n

Whitney Thompson<\/p>\n

The doco also looks into the culture of disordered eating and fat-shaming fostered on ANTM, with first-hand experience from season ten castmate Whitney Thompson. She alleges in an interview that she was denied clothes in her size during her time on the show, and she elaborated on that claim in a statement to PEOPLE<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would go to the set, and they would have nothing that would fit me. It just makes you feel like shit to not be the right size. It was just demeaning,\u201d Whitney said. She also claimed that a plus-sized contestant, Toccara Jones, was eliminated from the show when she voiced similar concerns in season three.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just pretended like it didn\u2019t bother me,\u201d Whitney continued. \u201cI would cry in the shower every day because the shower is the only place that the cameramen couldn\u2019t come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eva Marcille<\/p>\n

While Eva Marcille wasn\u2019t featured in the doco, she was mentioned by Tyra when she discussed the cultural impact of Eva\u2019s ANTM stint as the first-ever Black winner in season three. Eva, also a Real Housewives star, later reacted to the doco during an appearance on CBS Mornings, saying she was part of the ANTM \u201cclub\u201d but was unaware of other castmates\u2019 experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched it, and after I watched it, I was gobsmacked. I was in awe\u2026My mouth was wide open. To be a part of a club, and not know what\u2019s going on in the club is crazy,\u201d Eva said.<\/p>\n

Eva Marcille, known as Eva Pigford on season 3 of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Next Top Model,\u201d which she won in 2004, says she was \u201cgobsmacked\u201d and \u201camazingly horrified\u201d by the stories of other \u201cANTM\u201d contestants detailed in a new documentary, \u201cReality Check.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marcille says her career is thanks,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/BOn46pyjRc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Lauren Utter<\/p>\n

Season 10 model Lauren Utter took to social media to share a \u201csouvenir\u201d from her time on the show \u2014 in the form of a contract stipulating that ANTM wasn\u2019t responsible in the event that she died while filming. Yep!<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on ANTM and I didn\u2019t [die],\u201d Utter wrote. \u201cApparently Netflix is dropping a doc soon so I just wanted to share some souvenirs. Did you know if we died on the show they assume no responsibility? Cool right?\u201d <\/p>\n

I\u2019m sensing some sarcasm?<\/p>\n

\"\"Lauren shared her ANTM contract on social media. (Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

Brittany Corinne Hatch<\/p>\n

In a statement provided to Front Page<\/a>, season eight contestant Brittany Corinne Hatch described ANTM castmates as \u201csurvivors\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were young, naive women who were promised a dream, lured into a trap, psychologically gutted for entertainment, and then spit out with scars that took years of therapy to heal,\u201d Hatch said. She has spoken out about the show before, alleging in 2023<\/a> that she was intentionally sleep deprived \u201cto keep people emotionally volatile\u201d.<\/p>\n

Victoria Henley<\/p>\n

One of the more recent contestants, season 19\u2019s Victoria Henley, wrote in a blog post<\/a> that she was glad to see the ANTM revelations come to light in the doco. \u201c[It\u2019s] validating to see the show-runners finally own up and fess up to perhaps even a fraction of what they actually put us contestants through\u2026 because it was a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cNot Tyra literally blaming the audience\u201d. (Images: Instagram and WordPress)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all reactions from former ANTM contestants we\u2019ve spotted so far, but at the Netflix doco continues to dominate headlines, we\u2019ll be sure to include any other responses. In the meantime, you can watch Netflix\u2019s Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model on Netflix now. <\/p>\n

Lead images: UPN and TikTok<\/p>\n