Tyra Lynne Banks, also known as BanX, is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models.
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.
Nicole Linkletter Nathanson is an American fashion model and the winner of Cycle 5 of America's Next Top Model. Her prizes were a contract with Ford Models, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl, and her photo appearing in a Ford Fusion (Americas) national advert. She is the first of two America's Next Top Model winners from North Dakota, the second being CariDee English, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7.
America's Next Top Model, cycle 1 was the first cycle of America's Next Top Model. It originally aired on UPN from May to July 2003, and was hosted by Tyra Banks, who additionally served as its executive producer and presenter. The judging panel consisted of Banks, Janice Dickinson, Kimora Lee Simmons, and Beau Quillian. The cycle's catchphrase was "One girl has what it takes."
Saleisha Lashawn Stowers is an American actress and model. She was cycle 9’s winner of America's Next Top Model. She portrayed the role of Lani Price on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives.
Italia's Next Top Model is an Italian reality television show hosted by Natasha Stefanenko and based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. It is broadcast on SKY Uno, a channel of the Italian Pay Television SKY Italia. The first season premiered in December 2007 and soon became popular among viewers.
Hrvatski Top Model is a Croatian reality television series based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model and is aired on RTL. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win the title of the new Croatian "Top Model", as well as a modelling contract with an agency in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry.
Whitney Lee Thompson Forrester is an American plus-size model and is the winner of the tenth cycle of America's Next Top Model.
Fatima Siad is a Somali fashion model. Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the last eliminated on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10.
Modelville was a spin-off reality series from America's Next Top Model which aired within The Tyra Banks Show. It featured five former contestants of America's Next Top Model who competed for a $50,000 spokesperson contract with Carol's Daughter.
Allison Harvard Burke is an American model, artist, actress, and Internet celebrity, best known as the runner-up of America's Next Top Model Cycles 12 and 17: All-Stars. Harvard has appeared on a number of magazine covers, such as Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, ONE, WeTheUrban, and one of the Philippines' leading fashion magazines, Mega. She was the brand endorser of the Belo Medical Group and covered their special edition magazine.
Top Model, also called Next Top Model, is a fashion-themed reality television show format produced in many countries throughout the world and seen in over 120 countries producing over 200 seasons. The show takes the form of a modeling competition whose winners typically receive a contract with a major modeling agency and a cover shoot and fashion photo spread in a fashion magazine. The format was created by Tyra Banks for the original series, America's Next Top Model, which first aired in 2003 and was produced by Ken Mok's 10 by 10 Entertainment.
Nicole Arianna Abuhamada is an American model and actress, best known as the winner of Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model.
Laura Sioux Kirkpatrick is an American model and fashion designer, best known as the runner-up of cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model. She was voted fan favorite in a poll the show held after the conclusion of the series, which won her a six-month, rent-free apartment in New York City.
Ann Marie Ward is an American fashion model, best known as the winner of Cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model.
Ivana Stanković born on 12 October 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia, is a Serbian supermodel and is one of the judges of the show Srpski Top Model which is broadcast on Prva Srpska Televizija. She was on the cover of the Italian Vogue, the first Serbian model ever on a cover of Spanish edition of Vogue magazine in 1994. Ivana was also the face of Armani for five years, worked mostly in Milan and New York, she haven't worked as a model in Japan, but worked in Germany for Jill Sander and many German fashion designers. In addition, she worked for Police sunglasses with Bruce Willis, and in 2011 she wrote autobiography Bez daha (Breathless). She also worked for: Gucci, Armani, Prada, Donna Karan, Missoni, Calvin Klein. Being supermodel of 1990s era of fashion models, she walked on a runway fashion shows with supermodels like Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington.
Srpski Top Model Season 1 is the first season of the reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. It started on March 16, 2011 and featured 15 contestants fighting for the title of the new Serbian Top Model, as well as a modelling contract with Click Fashion Agency, the cover and editorials of Grazia magazine and an all-expenses trip to Israel, in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry.
The seventeenth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on September 14, 2011, on The CW. It featured fourteen returning models from previous cycles.
Austria's Next Topmodel, season 5 was the fifth season of the Austrian reality documentary based on Tyra Banks America's Next Top Model. Having the entire panel of judges replaced, Austrian-born international fashion model Melanie Scheriau became the new host and was joined by runway-model and former Lagerfeld-muse Carmen Kreuzer, who was also the casting director for the season, and Rolf Scheider, who was already a judge during the third and fourth season of Germany's Next Topmodel.
The twenty-fourth and final cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on January 9, 2018 and was the second season to air on VH1. Continuing from cycle 23, this cycle featured an all-female cast. However, in a first for the series, the maximum age limit was removed, allowing contestants of all ages to enter the contest. Although this cycle aired in 2018, it was filmed from May through June 2017.
