Random Behind-The-Scenes Stories From 'America's Next Top Model' That Prove This Show Is Out Of Control (15 items)

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  (#6) Cycle 10 Contestant Allison Kuehn Was Racist Towards A Castmate

  In 2008, Allison Kuehn went home and viewers cheered. Why? She responded to a remark by Somali-American contestant Fatima Siad by padding the rear end of a Black doll and saying, "I like to take it in the back because I'm Black!"

  This came after she and Siad discussed Kuehn's battles with anorexia, but that's no excuse for Kuehn's abhorrent comments. Her excuse? She claimed her words were "a retaliation," but Kuehn was rightfully voted off and viewers soon forgot about her.
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  (#9) Judge Janice Dickinson Was Fired After Repeatedly Insulting Banks And The Show

  The so-called "original supermodel," Janice Dickinson, was a big hit as a judge on ANTM. But she was fired early in 2005 - allegedly because she wanted a lot of money - and Dickinson insulted Tyra Banks and her TV show repeatedly. Later, she repented, saying she wasn't sober when making those remarks.

  Janice told Us Weekly:

  "The one regret I've had is badmouthing Miss Tyra Banks when I was not speaking with a sober mindset. I just want to take this time to apologize to Tyra, and say I'm terribly sorry for any of the antagonistic things I've said about her in the past. It was just because I was hurt from being fired from the show.”
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  (#7) Photographer Yu Tsai Made Very Offensive Comments Towards Chantelle

  In 2014, photographer and ANTM consultant Yu Tsai said something really awful. He dubbed ANTM contestant Chantelle Brown-Young a "panda" because she has a skin condition called vitiligo. Brown-Young stood up for herself and told the creative consultant just how rude he was being. He sort of apologized, but beautiful Brown-Young had the last laugh.

  Now going by the name Winnie Harlow, she has become a super-successful model who has inspired countless other women with vitiligo.
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  (#3) 2009 NYC Auditions Caused A Stampede And Three People Got Arrested

  In 2009, auditions for America's Next Top Model caused a near-riot in New York City. Prospective contestants swarmed the studios; one even said she had to pee in a cup and change outside.

  A few thousand women were lined up in the street, some even fainting. Someone noticed smoke pouring out of a car and shouted out that there was a bomb. A stamped resulted and people fell over one another, suffocating those underneath them. The cops arrested three people and six were injured.
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  (#5) Angelea Preston Was Stripped Of Her 'ANTM' Crown When It Was Discovered She Used To Be An Escort

  Angelea Preston won ANTM's Season 17, but producers took her title back, instead giving second-place finisher Lisa D'Amato the crown. Why? Because she had once worked as an escort.

  Preston sued for $3 million and claimed that contestants are treated really poorly. They allegedly had to film for 16 or 17 hours per day without refreshment breaks. One time, Preston suffered a panic attack and no one allowed her medical attention.

  Preston told The Daily Mail:

  "I used to admire Tyra so much. I wanted to be like her. I don't want to be like her now. Tyra was nonexistent. The only time we saw Tyra was at panel. Tyra never came in to talk to us personally. When the cameras stopped rolling it's like she's a stranger."
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  (#11) The Show Isolates Eliminated Models In Hotels

  In an ANTM Reddit AMA, ex-contestant Sara Longoria revealed that eliminated models are sequestered in hotels. She wrote, "We're housed in a separate location :) probably my favorite part of everything now that I think of it," adding, "I mentioned before that the eliminated girls stay in a hotel until filming moves overseas and then they fly home."

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