At the end of the day, at the end of the competition — checkmate. I won. She told me in Greece, in panel, in front of everyone, that in all the years of America's Next Top Model , in hearing all the stories from all the different girls all through the years, the one that stands out to her is from Cycle 5 when I told her the story of my life and my childhood.
Out of all the girls' stories, mine was the one that resonated in her heart. Since her first appearance on America's Next Top Model in , D'Amato has spoken openly about being sexually abused as a child; she also appeared on Celebrity Rehab in to deal with addiction issues. Cycle 17 was terrible for a variety of reasons , but the bizarre ending was perhaps the worst.
After the rest of the finale was filmed in Crete, judging was held in Los Angeles, with Tyra Banks revealing that Angelea had been disqualified. Afterward, it was confirmed by Angelea herself that she actually won the season — hence the need for a refilmed finale.
No reason was given at the time for Angelea's disqualification, which got the rumor mill churning. The primary theory at first was that Angelea leaked her win ahead of time on social media, but that was debunked fairly quickly by both Angelea and eventual winner Lisa D'Amato.
Perennial runner-up Allison Harvard was off somewhere, not being consulted, snubbed once again. She explains the escort work which caused her disqualification — and it turns out she'd only taken up sex work after the infamy she'd gained from her first run on Top Model cycle 14 meant she couldn't find any other work. Though reports accompanying her filing the lawsuit last year noted that she'd worked as an escort for "about a year," she now says it was "a stupid decision that lasted a month.
Looking back in anger , however, Angelea remembers Tyra as "like a stranger" during filming, someone who'd only show up just before the cameras started rolling to make OTT fake pleasantries and toss out illogical advice during elimination ceremonies like cookies except see above re: no food.
Being on Top Model changed her life, Angelea acknowledges — but for the worse. And while this is a disconcertingly common complaint from reality TV participants, particularly the more controversial ones, in her case it really seems there's more at hand than sour grapes. She hopes to rally more former contestants behind her cause, because "people need to know what's really going on behind the scenes. I'm not scared of Tyra — after everything you've done to me.
I'm not scared of you at all.
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