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NEWS ABOUT: America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model stories: 12 news summaries

Designer Sentenced to
59 Years for Sex Crimes

Alexander lured victims to his home with promises of modeling work

Sep 1, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(AP) - A fashion designer has been sentenced to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles, AP reports. Anand Jon Alexander, 35, was convicted of 14 crimes, including forcible rape. His victims ranged in age from 14 to 21. Alexander, who has been... More »

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Anand Jon • rape • Beverly Hills • sentencing • sex crime • America's Next Top Model • fashion designer • sexual assault • prison sentence

(Newser) - Although not fatal, renting out your pad to a reality star babe through Craigslist can be destructive, Gawker reports. A tipster says she rented out her apartment to America's Next Top Model contestant CariDee English and her beau, and returned home 2 weeks later to witness the remains: "... More »

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reality TV • Craigslist • America's Next Top Model • reality shows

 Teyona Wins 
 Top Model; 
 Porizkova Fired 

Porizkova announces departure on Late Late Show

May 14, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though America’s Next Top Model crowned its latest winner last night, it also made headlines the previous evening when judge Paulina Porizkova announced she’d been fired, the Chicago Tribune reports. Teyona Anderson, 20, won the show, overcoming comments that she wasn’t telegenic, the New York Post reports.... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • judge • America's Next Top Model • Craig Ferguson • Jay-ZTV • Teyona Anderson • Paulina Porizkova

 Banks 'Concerned' 
 by Top Model Melee 

Working with NYPD to determine what happened

Mar 16, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks responded—somewhat vaguely—to the weekend’s audition stampede but said she does not know what triggered the incident, CNN reports. “We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call,... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • America's Next Top Model • stampede

 Bomb Scare 
 Sparks Melee 
 at Top Model 
 Auditions 

Mob stampedes; 2 hospitalized, 3 jailed for inciting a riot

Mar 15, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A smoking car mistaken for a bomb sparked a high-heeled stampede among thousands of women awaiting Manhattan auditions for America's Next Top Model yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. Six were injured and three jailed for inciting a riot. "The girls were running like it was 9/11 Part... More »

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Tyra Banks • model • America's Next Top Model • stampede • bomb scare

Banks Will Pay for Top Model Contestant's
Sex Change

'This is not happening,' cries Isis King

Nov 17, 08 7:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tyra Banks shocked a former America's Next Top Model contestant by offering to pay for her sex change, the New York Daily News reports. Transgendered Isis King, booted off the show for flunking a poolside photo shoot, was stunned when Banks said a doctor will operate pro bono. "This... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • transgender • sex change • America's Next Top Model

 Transgender
 Woman
 Competes on
 Top Model

Isis was born a male

Aug 14, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new season of America's Next Top Model will include a transgender contestant, US Weekly reports. "My cards were dealt differently," says Isis, 22. The former receptionist from Maryland identifies herself as "a woman born physically male." The president of a gay advocacy group says the... More »

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reality TV • Tyra Banks • transgender • model • America's Next Top Model

Tyra Says It: She 'Wants Power'

Host of 2 TV shows produces a third to 'instill self-esteem in young girls'

Jun 1, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The supermodel who hosts two TV shows and sits front-row center at fashion galas insists she is frugal and unhip, but ambitious. "I want power,” 34-year-old Tyra Banks says in a New York Times profile. “The power to make change.” Savvy and outrageous, the follower of... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • Oprah Winfrey • Tyra Banks • Martha Stewart • America's Next Top Model

Top Model Argument Leads to Stabbing

Woman who wouldn't stop talking during show now in hospital

Apr 25, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle woman allegedly attacked an acquaintance who refused to stop talking loudly over an airing of America's Next Top Model, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The ensuing scuffle got bloody when the upset attacker pulled a paring knife from an apple and stabbed the 42-year-old victim in the chest and... More »

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crime • Seattle • stabbing • noise • America's Next Top Model

Tyra, Hillary Dish About Bill

Clinton: 'I never doubted Bill’s love for me ever'

Jan 15, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton talked about her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky during a taping of The Tyra Banks Show yesterday, People reports. No tears were shed (it's New York, not New Hampshire), and Clinton said she "never doubted Bill’s love for me, ever." Asked to offer advice to... More »

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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Tyra Banks • Clinton 2008 • America's Next Top Model

Hair Alert: Best and Worst on TV

Entertainment Weekly rolls out the best and worse hair on television

Dec 8, 07 11:51 AM CST
(Newser) - What's TV for, if not an excellent opportunity to mock celebrity hairstyles? Entertainment Weekly readers selected the best and worst: Hair-Do Top Five:
  1. Chloe (Allison Mack), "Smallville"
  2. Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), "Heroes"
  3. Karen (Natalie Zia), "Dirty Sexy Money"
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Heroes • hair • list • celebrity • America's Next Top Model

'Top Model' Draws Focus
to Asperger's

Reality TV contestant with disorder becomes a viewer favorite

Dec 4, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Although she has been eliminated from "America's Top Model," contestant Heather Kuzmich, a consistent viewer favorite, continues to bring attention to Asperger's syndrome. Kuzmich, who has the neurological disorder, says she hopes to keep modeling and become a spokesperson for others with the condition, the New York Times... More »

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reality TV • ADHD • New Yorker magazine • autism • Asperger's Syndrome • Heather Kuzmich • America's Next Top Model • Aspies • Tim Page

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