America's Next Top Model is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. Created by Tyra Banks, who also serves as an executive producer, and developed by Ken Mok and Kenya Barris, the series premiered in May 2003, and aired semiannually until 2012, then annually from 2013. The first six seasons aired on UPN, before UPN merged with The WB to create The CW in 2006. The following sixteen cycles aired on The CW until the series was first cancelled in October 2015. The series was revived in 2016 and has been airing on VH1 ever since. The series was among the highest-rated programs on UPN and was the highest-rated show on The CW from 2007 to 2010. Advertisers paid $61,315 per 30-second slot during the 2011–12 television season, the highest of any series on The CW. The first 22 cycles of the series and cycle 24 were presented by Banks, while cycle 23 was presented by Rita Ora. The series also employs a panel of two or three additional judges, a creative director and a runway coach.
Bunim/Murray Productions is an American entertainment production company based out of Glendale, California and owned by French television media conglomerate Banijay Entertainment since 25 March 2010. Considered as a pioneer in the reality television genre with local hit programs like The Real World, Road Rules and Bad Girls Club, it was founded in 1987 by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray after an agent named Mark Itkin of the William Morris Agency put the two together to develop a scripted soap opera for MTV. When that was too expensive, they decided to try an unscripted soap and The Real World was born. "We knew within 20 minutes of shooting that we had a show," Bunim said. The company has expanded into music management, managing the pop punk/emo band A Cursive Memory.
Lisa Marie D'Amato is an American recording artist, fashion model and television personality from Los Angeles. She first came into the public eye as a participant on Cycle 5 of the television series America's Next Top Model, being the eighth eliminated, and eventually went on to win Cycle 17: All Stars.
Bad Girls Club is a 2006 American reality television series created by Jonathan Murray for the Oxygen network in the United States. The show focused on the altercations and physical confrontations of seven aggressive, quarrelsome, unruly women. They were featured on the show as "charismatic tough chicks." The cast, deemed "bad girls," enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle in a mansion for three months, during which they obeyed specified rules. Their lives inside and outside the house were recorded by a production team.
MTV's Exposed is a television dating show which ran on MTV. It debuted on January 1, 2007, and was produced by Kallissa Productions and Endemol USA, as a "successor" to the dating show Next. The show ended by 2008.
The tenth cycle of America's Next Top Model was the fourth season of the series to be aired on The CW network. The promotional catchphrase of the cycle is "New Faces, New Attitude, New York". The promotional song was "Feedback" by Janet Jackson.
Isis King is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. King is most widely known for her role on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show America's Next Top Model. She was the first openly trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television. King has been starring as Sol Perez on the Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy series With Love since 2021.
Austria's Next Topmodel was an Austrian competition reality television series based on Tyra Banks's America's Next Top Model.
The thirteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on September 9, 2009, and was the seventh season to be aired on The CW network. The cycle's catch phrase is "'The Lineup Is 5' 7" And Under. Not The Usual Suspects. BOOK 'EM!", and the promotional song was "Good Girls Go Bad" by Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester. The ending/elimination song, entitled "Top Model", is sung by Marvin Fequiere, husband of cycle 10 contestant Stacy-Ann Fequiere.
Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too is an American reality television dating game show that premiered on Oxygen on March 16, 2010. It is the second spin-off of Bad Girls Club. Three "bad girls" from previous seasons of Bad Girls Club are "looking for the man of their dreams" out of thirteen eligible bachelors. Comedian Bret Ernst hosted the first season. The show was renewed for its third season which premiered December 5, 2011. Tanisha Thomas from season 2 of Bad Girls Club has hosted from season 2 onwards.
Natalie Nunn is an American reality television personality, known for being a castmate on the fourth season of the Bad Girls Club in 2009–2010. She subsequently appeared on Bad Girls Club season 13 as well as Hair Battle Spectacular. She was also a contestant on the second season of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too. Nunn also participated on the first season of Bad Girls All-Star Battle. In 2018, she participated in the reality show Celebrity Big Brother. As of 2021, Natalie has been employed as executive producer and main cast member of the Zeus series Baddies.
The first season of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on March 16, 2010, after the fourth season Bad Girls Club reunion. It is the second spin-off to Bad Girls Club. The first season ran for eight episodes and is hosted by Bret Ernst.
The second season of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on April 18, 2011, with Bad Girls Club alumni Tanisha Thomas as the host.
Florina "Flo" Kaja is an American reality television personality, singer and actress native to Staten Island, New York. She is mostly known by her stage name "Flo". Kaja was a participant on season 4 of Oxygen's Bad Girls Club. During the show, she became an LGBT rights activist.
Eva Marcille Pigford is an American actress, fashion model and television personality. She rose to prominence after she won the third cycle of America's Next Top Model. Afterwards, she starred as Tracie Evans in Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012), and landed the role of Tyra Hamilton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2008–2009). Marcille later returned to reality television as a cast member on the Bravo television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta (2018–2021).
The third season of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on December 5, 2011, with Tanisha Thomas returning as the host. The season ran for eight episodes and concluded on January 23, 2012.
The eighth season of Bad Girls Club is titled Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas and premiered on January 23, 2012 on the Oxygen channel. This is the third season to take place in a different location from Los Angeles, the first being season five, and the second being season seven. Production of the season began in late 2011, and was located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tanisha Thomas is a reality television personality. She is best known for her appearance on the second season of the reality television series Bad Girls Club. In 2023, Thomas became the winner of season 1 of the E! reality competition House of Villains.
The fourth season of Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on November 5, 2012, and ran for nine episodes. It is hosted by Bad Girls Club alumni Tanisha Thomas, and is also the first season to feature girls from the same season and to feature a replacement as a cast member.
The Second season of Bad Girls All-Star Battle premiered on January 7, 2014 with Ray J returning as the host. This season has 16 girls competing, compared to its first season with 14 girls. The season's format has been noted for its enhanced challenges compared to the first season.
