Netflix's new docuseries Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model has renewed the public's fascination with one of the most divisive reality hits of all time. Since 2020—a mere two years after the modeling competition went off the air—critics and former fans have re-examined ANTM and its influence on pop culture. The wave in critique has also prompted the show's alumni to speak out about their time on the competition, and the exploitative practices that were left off camera.
In Reality Check, several of the show's most notable contestants and judges reflect on ANTM and give new details on what happened behind-the-scenes. Beyond all the tea—from Miss J, Jay Manuel, and Nigel Barker's firing to Tyra Banks's remorse to the "We were all rooting for you!" moment—the doc also reveals the surprising turns that many of the key players' lives took after ANTM's cameras stopped rolling.
