I was nine when I first watched an episode of America's Next Top Model. It was the hit reality TV show's second cycle – supermodel Janice Dickinson shouted at teenage girls for being too fat, and contestant Shandi was publicly hung out to dry for cheating on her boyfriend with an Italian model during a go-see trip to Milan.
I remember thinking that Shandi was absolutely deplorable as a child. How could she be so upset by her own actions? As a 31-year-old who now frequently tells my mum to "never trust the edit", I now know the truth of how Shandi was treated, and how she had blacked out while vulnerable bedroom scenes were being filmed. If she ever sees this, I'm so sorry.
