"At its peak, Top Model drew more than 100 million viewers globally, and left a niche but indelible impact on culture. Smize, meaning to smile with your eyes, is in the Collins dictionary, while Banks' infamous tirade (We were all rooting for you!) at an unruly model still circulates as a meme. With its high-concept photoshoots and extreme makeovers, Top Model was ahead of its time in manufacturing viral moments."
"Today, however, the exacting critiques and body-shaming makes for deeply uncomfortable viewing, as gen Zers bingeing the show through the pandemic have pointed out. This latter-day reckoning is the peg for Netflix's three-part docuseries, Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. The series boasts remarkable access: Banks, the catwalk coach J Alexander, creative director Jay Manuel, photographer Nigel Barker and executive producer Ken Mok all sit down to interviews, along with dozens of former contestants."
America's Next Top Model ran for ten years from 2003 and reached over 100 million viewers globally, shaping cultural touchstones like the term smize. The show popularized high‑concept photoshoots and extreme makeovers that generated viral moments and memes. Contestants experienced on‑camera weigh‑ins, harsh critiques and public body‑shaming, and certain photoshoots and gags humiliated contestants. Netflix produced a three‑part docuseries with extensive access to Tyra Banks, judges, crew and many former contestants. The docuseries highlights both claims of diversification and evidence that the programme often upheld toxic industry standards, while suffering from overlong, uneven pacing and frenetic editing.
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