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TYRA’S ‘TOP MODEL’ NOW A ‘TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY’: E! spotlights all the behind-the-scenes drama in a special premiering March 26.
*E! has dug up all the dirt for a new “True Hollywood Story” expose on the UPN reality series “America’s Next Top Model,” created and hosted by retired supermodel Tyra Banks.
The 90-minute special, airing March 26 at 8 p.m., includes exclusive interviews with "Top Model" judges Nigel Barker, Janice Dickinson, Nole Marin, Jay Manuel and J. Alexander. Also in the line up are interviews with 19 contestants, including past winners Adrienne Curry, Eva Pigford and Naima Mora.
During the program, runway coach Jay Alexander said of cycle 3 winner Pigford: "When she came in and said, 'I am not like everybody else,' she made it very, very clear, 'I'm about me and it's all about me and it's going to be me.'"
Cycle 3 contestant Toccara Jones spoke about the beauty of being a plus size model, stating: "I never really looked at is as being like, you know, plus size or me competing against you know skinny girls. I'm a woman. I'm a model. That's my occupation. And I'm normal. I represent the majority of the women in America, and I'm comfortable with me. I love me. I'm comfortable in my skin."
Banks even had some words about former judge – and “world’s first supermodel” Janice Dickinson, saying: "I had no idea she was going to be as honest, and as tell it like it is, as she is, but you know, it works for television, and with me being a producer I had to have her because people love to hate Janice. And some people love everything that comes out of her mouth."
Banks also commented on the pressures of elimination day: "They all love me when I'm saying you know, you're going to be the 14. And then when I send them home, they start hating me."
“Top Model” premiered its sixth season on Wednesday (Mar 8) with biracial contestant Jade a frontrunner to be the season’s love-to-hate star. Her boastful demeanor gives “American Idol’s” ousted hopeful Brenna a run for her money.
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