“America’s Next Top Model” paved the way for non-singing reality competition shows on non-major networks like “Top Chef” and “Project Runway”.
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Tyra Banks announced on Twitter Wednesday that the current season of America’s Next Top Model should probably be the last one.
The popular series had many memorable moments, but is arguably best know for Banks’ now viral rant at in which she yelled at a contestant, “I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you!” May your pics be forever fierce. “Keep on Smizing!” Banks wrote. Lest you think the CW exhausted of Banks’ smize and/or schtick, the former supermodel and Lindsay Lohan plaything (in a movie) made the decision on her own.
E! News confirmed that the December. 4 episode will be the series finale. The network is discussing a retrospective that would air in late 2016.
CW president Mark Pedowitz said in a statement that the show, which first aired in 2003, was not only a ratings hit, but a global pop culture phenomenon.
“Yeah, it’s time. It really is”, she reiterated.
Forget Tyra screaming, “We were rooting for you!”
The show employs a panel of judges, who evaluate budding young models each week based on their appearances, performances in challenges and their best photo from their weekly shoot. We had plus-size models like Toccara Jones in Cycle 3 and Whitney Thompson, who actually won Cycle 9. “That’s awesome and beyond anything that I ever dreamed”, Banks pointed out in her Instagram announcement.
‘And what rhymes with 22? You.
The television personality added that the show brought the imitating modeling world to the public.
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The show’s producer finally finished her post writing: “I set out to create a show where flawless is Boring”. Always remember, you are attractive & BOOTYful.
