America's Next Top Model Is 'Rigged' Says Former Judge
After the unexplained disqualification of contestant Angela Preston on Wednesday night, fans were left speculating whether America's Next Top Model is actually reality TV.
Although Lisa D’Amato eventually won the crown after battling it out with Allison Harvard, Preston's sudden departure appeared to overshadow the win.
It was reported that Preston had actually won first, but after being disqualified she allegedly had her title revoked.
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The show acts as a platform for aspiring supermodels, who compete in weekly tasks to ultimately win the crown as “America's Next Top Model.”
Criticism of the show's authenticity is growing after explosive comments from former judge Janice Dickinson.
The former supermodel, notorious for bad-mouthing the show's Executive Producer Tyra Banks, made the claims in an interview with filmon.com.
"There was a way I experienced being on that show, being conned, thinking that I was actually helping judge a TV franchise, that actually my say had any impute...But it really didn't."
Each week the aspiring models face a small judging panel who unite to decide each of the models' fate based on their weekly performance.
The ultimate winner is given lavish rewards, including a $100,000 contract with Covergirl cosmetics.
Dickinson, also a former friend of Banks, was a judge for at least five seasons before abruptly quitting.
She insists she was shocked to learn her critiques never counted toward determining each season's winner.
"Cover Girl are the people that choose the model ... not any of the judges, not what Tyra says. It's who Cover Girl thinks should win, each season."
The troubled mother of two went on insisting, "it's rigged!...she (Banks) makes a lot of money hawking that franchise around the world, but... it's Cover Girl who chooses the winner."
Since Preston left, rumors have hit the web including one that suggests the model was disqualified after taking to Facebook to publicize her win before the show had even aired.
Reports suggest producers were forced to edit footage of Preston's win, to show a different winner after she was sent home packing.
The CW network who air the show immediately released a statement attempting to explain the controversy.
"After production wrapped on the current cycle of America's Next Top Model, we learned information that made Angela ineligible and she was subsequently disqualified from the competition. As a result, new scenes were filmed to address this for the audience during the finale," the statement said.
