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Netflix’s ‘Reality Check’ Puts ‘Top Model’ Under New Scrutiny After On‑Camera Allegations

The three-part series pairs insider reflections with contestant testimony about damage done.

Overview

  • All three episodes of Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model began streaming on Netflix on February 16.
  • Season 2 contestant Shandi Sullivan alleges she was sexually assaulted in Milan while blacked out as cameras recorded and says producers did not step in.
  • Season 6’s Dani Evans and Joanie Sprague describe pressure to undergo irreversible dental procedures during makeovers, with Evans saying she feared elimination if she refused.
  • Executive producer Ken Mok accepts responsibility for a violent‑themed photo shoot he now calls a mistake, as the series revisits race‑swapping shoots that Tyra Banks says she recognizes as wrong in hindsight.
  • Banks says she “went too far” in her tirade at Tiffany Richardson, while former contestants and judges recount body‑shaming, coercive production tactics and manipulated confessionals.