Overview
- The three-part Netflix series surfaces alumni accounts of manipulation, coerced cosmetic and dental procedures, disordered‑eating pressures, and dangerous makeovers.
- Cycle 2 finalist Shandi Sullivan alleges she was sexually assaulted while intoxicated in Milan and says production filmed the aftermath and portrayed it as cheating.
- Tyra Banks appears with limited apologies and repeated references to “production,” a stance that has drawn sharp criticism from former contestants and viewers.
- Directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan say the project would have proceeded without Banks, who they add had no editorial control and did not see the final cut before release.
- Reactions from alumni range from solidarity to claims the film is still “sugar coated,” while a viral meme questions Banks’s accountability and an E! follow-up is slated for March 11.