We had to film straight through, 15, 18 hours without eating.” I see no problem here. Former contestant Angelea Preston once said that “ there are times when we didn’t get fed. Now let me jump in here a sec to defend Tyra and the other producers. Years and even decades later, many say they are still dealing with the emotional trauma of it all. The competition series – which pinned dozens of often young and vulnerable women against each other for the chance of becoming the next big thing in fashion – has often been called out by past judges and contestants alike for allegedly unfair treatment, cruel practices and an overall toxic environment. Tyra Banks is once again being put on blast over the way she and her fellow producers allegedly treated the contestants of her long-running reality television show, America’s Next Top Model. It’s enough to make you shake your head in disgust and say “ Pot Ledom, Pot Ledom.” According to Radar Online: $40 a day, no residuals, and we had to pay for food. We’ve heard the stories of the drekitude that went on behind the scenes (and on our screens) before, so a report from former cycle 9 contestant Sarah Hartshorne that the models were only paid $40 a day, and had to pay for their own food, does not come as a huge surprise. All for the chance to become America’s Next Top Model, a title as meaningless as one of Tyra’s made-up words.

For 24 cycles that seemed to go on for decades, aspiring models have contorted their limbs, tooshed their boots, smized their eyes, had pubic hair glued to their faces, and generally made fools of themselves at Tyra Bank’s bidding.

You know what they say, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs just like you can’t make an episode of America’s Next Top Model without a few broken-down baby dolls.

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