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ContentsArticles

Taye Diggs 1America's Next Top Model 5Basic (film) 17Black Panther (comics) 22Brown Sugar (2002 film) 40Cake (film) 43Chicago (musical) 45Day Break 55Days of Wrath 60Equilibrium (film) 62Gabriel Diggs 67Go (1999 film) 69Grey's Anatomy 73House on Haunted Hill (1999 film) 101Idina Menzel 106Kevin Hill 116Malibu's Most Wanted 119Morris Chestnut 122New Best Friend 125Private Practice (TV series) 127Rent (musical) 138Sam Bennett (Private Practice) 156School of the Arts (Rochester, New York) 159Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 161Second Stage Theatre 166Syracuse University 171The Best Man (1999 film) 192The Other Side of This Life 197The Super Hero Squad Show 199The Way of the Gun 207The Wild Party (Lippa musical) 211The Wood 214

References

Article Sources and Contributors 217Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 223

Article LicensesLicense 225

Taye Diggs 1

Taye Diggs

Taye DiggsBorn Scott Leo Diggs

January 2, 1971

Occupation actor, singer

Years active 1994–present

Spouse(s) Idina Menzel (2003–present)

Children Walker Diggs

Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs (born January 2, 1971) is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps bestknown for his roles in the Broadway musical Rent, the motion picture How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and thetelevision series Private Practice. His nickname, Taye, comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as"Scottay".[1]

Early lifeDiggs was born in Newark, New Jersey but grew up in Rochester, New York,[2] the son of Marcia (née Berry), ateacher and actress, and Jeffries Diggs.[3] He attended Allendale Columbia School in Rochester and later transferredto School of the Arts. He starred in the first production of "It All Adds Up", an original musical by the piano teacherand musician John Gabriele and math teacher Jack Donovan. He is the oldest of five children; he has two brothers,Gabriel and Michael, and two sisters, Shalom and Christian.[4][5] Diggs received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree inmusical theater from Syracuse University. He performed many times at the popular Lakes Region Summer Theatrein Meredith, New Hampshire. Diggs's Broadway debut was in the ensemble cast of the 1994 Tony Award-winningrevival of the musical Carousel. In 1995, he also performed as a dancer in Sebastian's Caribbean Carnival at TokyoDisneyland.

CareerIn 1996, he originated the role of the nasty landlord Benny in Jonathan Larson's Tony Award- and PulitzerPrize-winning Rent, which also starred his future wife, Idina Menzel. After Rent he appeared as Mr. Black alongsideIdina Menzel's character of Kate in Andrew Lippa's off-Broadway production of The Wild Party at ManhattanTheatre Club. Diggs also played The Bandleader in the 2002 film version of the long-running Broadway revival ofChicago and filled in as Billy Flynn on Broadway.[6] He also temporarily filled in for Norbert Leo Butz (an originalRent standby) as the love interest Fiyero of Idina Menzel's Elphaba character in Wicked.Diggs then moved from stage to television, with a role on the soap opera Guiding Light. In 1998, he made his filmdebut in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. This movie brought Diggs much acclaim and exposure. The followingyear he played a tantric sex god in Doug Liman's Go, and an AWOL groom in the coming-of-age drama The Wood.Malcolm D. Lee's The Best Man features Diggs as the eponymous character, an author and best friend of the groom(portrayed by Morris Chestnut). He also starred in the remake of William Castle's The House on Haunted Hill. Diggswas featured in an episode of America's Next Top Model, to help the contestants through an acting challenge.Another notable role of his was when he guest starred on the comedy-drama Ally Mcbeal as a lawyer named JacksonDuper who was the love interest of the character Renee Raddick and also the possible love interest on the Ling Woocharacter.Diggs portrayed the title character on the short-lived UPN television series Kevin Hill which despite critical acclaim was not renewed for a second season due to the troubles that UPN was having. He reprised the role of Benny for the

Taye Diggs 2

2005 Rent film. Diggs is featured on the following cast recordings: Carousel 1994 revival cast; Rent 1996 originalBroadway cast; The Wild Party original off-Broadway cast. He also sings on the Rent film soundtrack. In 2002, hereprised his role as the Bandleader in the film adaptation of Chicago, and also played opposite Christian Bale asBale's partner/antagonist Brandt in the dystopian sci-fi thriller Equilibrium.In 2003, Diggs was on Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher, while getting a check-up at a Punk'd-operateddoctor's office. In early 2006, Diggs guest-starred for several episodes as Will Truman's love interest, James, on thefinal season of Will & Grace. In May, ABC picked up his pilot, Day Break, in which he portrayed a detectivetrapped in the same day and forced to relive it to clear his name of murder; the show debuted in mid-November2006, but was abruptly canceled due to poor ratings. Although his film and television career continue to moveforward, he still returns to the stage frequently. Most recently he was seen alongside James McDaniel in CharlesFuller's A Soldier's Play at Second Stage Theatre in New York.Diggs co-stars opposite Kate Walsh in Private Practice, the fall 2007 spin-off of Grey's Anatomy.[7] Diggs had aguest role on The West Wing as a Secret Service agent in charge of the security detail for the President's daughter. Hethen guest-starred on Grey's Anatomy again in the Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice Crossover Event. Diggs stars inthe live adaptation of the comic Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.[8] He also narrated the ESPN Films documentary TheFab Five about University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King,and Ray Jackson.

Personal lifeDiggs married actress Idina Menzel, his Rent co-star, on January 11, 2003. Their son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, wasborn on September 2, 2009.Diggs is the co-artistic director of a dance company, Dre.dance, with fellow Broadway veteran and School of theArts alumnus Andrew Palermo.[9]

Diggs apprehended a burglar in his home after returning from the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards on the nightJanuary 27, holding him captive until police arrived.[10]

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes

1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back Winston

1999 Go Marcus

The Wood Roland

The Best Man Harper Stewart

House on Haunted Hill Eddie Baker

2000 The Way of the Gun Jeffers

2002 New Best Friend Artie Bonner

Just a Kiss Andre

Brown Sugar Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis main role

Equilibrium Andrew Brandt

Chicago The Bandleader

2003 Basic Pike

Malibu's Most Wanted Sean (aka Blood Bath)

2004 Drum Henry Nxumalo

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2005 Rent Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III

Cake Hemingway Jones

2007 Slow Burn Jeffrey Sykes

2008 Days of Wrath Steve Lerato

2010 Our Family Wedding (Family Friend)

2011 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Vampire Vargas

The Fab Five Narrator

2012 Between Us Carlo

2012 Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire Tommy

TV credits

Year Title Role Other notes 1996 New York Undercover Stephon Episode 50: NoGreater Love

1997 Guiding Light Adrian 'Sugar' Hill

2001 Ally McBeal Jackson Duper 10 episodes

2003 Punk'd Himself Episode: 2.05

Ed Himself Episode: "Captain Lucidity"

2003 The West Wing Secret Service AgentWesley Davis

Episodes: "Twenty Five", "Commencement"

2004 America's Next TopModel

Himself 1 episode

2004–2005 Kevin Hill Kevin Hill

2006 Cake Hemingway Jones

Will & Grace James Episodes: "Grace Expectations", "The Definition of Marriage", "ILove L. Gay", "Von Trapped"

2006–2007 Day Break Detective Brett Hopper

2007–2009 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Sam Bennett Episodes: "The Other Side of This Life: Part 1/Part 2" (PrivatePractice backdoor pilot), "Before and After"

2007–2013 Private Practice Dr. Sam Bennett 111 episodes Season 1-6

2009 The Super HeroSquad Show

Black Panther Voice

Better Off Ted Greg Episode: Love Blurts

Awards and honors

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Year Award Category Film Result

2000 Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture The Best Man Nominated

2002 Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ally McBeal Nominated

2003 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Chicago Won

Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Brown Sugar Nominated

2005 Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Kevin Hill Won

2008 Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Private Practice Nominated

2009 Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Private Practice Won[11]

2010 Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Private Practice Nominated

In popular culture• In 2012, in the "Dr. Klaustus" episode of the animated TV series American Dad, the character Roger the Alien

sees a picture of Diggs in a magazine and comments that he's "still perfect." He refers to Diggs as "my constant,my ebony north star".

ReferencesNotes

[1] http:/ / www. filmcritic. com/ misc/ emporium. nsf/ reviews/ Diggstown---An-afternoon-with-rising-star-Taye-Diggs[2] Private Practice – Home – ABC.com (http:/ / abc. go. com/ primetime/ privatepractice/ index?pn=bio& t=character& d=25009#t=actor&

d=25013)[3] Taye Diggs Biography (1972?-) (http:/ / www. filmreference. com/ film/ 75/ Taye-Diggs. html)[4] http:/ / www. people. com/ people/ archive/ article/ 0,,20134399,00. html[5] http:/ / www. moviespad. com/ celebrity/ biography/ 8654/ taye-diggs/[6] http:/ / www. ibdb. com/ person. php?id=73847[7] Yahoo! News (http:/ / news. yahoo. com/ s/ nm/ 20070222/ tv_nm/ taye_dc_1)[8] 'Dead of Night' Adaptation Reclaims 'Dylan Dog' (http:/ / www. bloody-disgusting. com/ news/ 20154)[9] Sulcas, Roslyn. "Party Guests With Jazzy Moves and Political Leanings" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2008/ 10/ 13/ arts/ dance/ 13dre. html)

New York Times (October 12, 2008)[10] "Taye Diggs apprehends burglar" (http:/ / www. 3news. co. nz/ Taye-Diggs-apprehends-burglar/ tabid/ 418/ articleID/ 284759/ Default.

aspx). 3 News NZ. January 29, 2013. .[11] Hudson, Diggs and "Raisin in the Sun" Among NAACP Image Award Winners (http:/ / www. playbill. com/ news/ article/ 126288. html)

External links• Taye Diggs (https:/ / www. facebook. com/ TayeDiggs) on Facebook• Taye Diggs (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm4875/ ) at the Internet Movie Database• Taye Diggs (http:/ / www. ibdb. com/ person. asp?ID=73847) at the Internet Broadway Database• Taye Diggs (http:/ / www. lortel. org/ LLA_archive/ index. cfm?search_by=people& first=Taye& last=Diggs&

middle=) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database• Taye Diggs interview (http:/ / television. aol. com/ tv-celebrity-interviews/ taye-diggs)

America's Next Top Model 5

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

Format Reality television

Created by Tyra Banks

Starring Tyra Banks

Judges See below

Theme music composer David Thomas, Les Pierce

Country of origin United States

No. of seasons 19

No. of episodes 241

Production

Running time 41–43 min.

Production company(s) 10 by 10 EntertainmentBankable ProductionsThe Tyra Banks Company

Distributor Pottle Productions (United States)CBS Television Distribution (International)

Broadcast

Original channel UPN (2003–06; C.1–6)The CW (2006–present; C.7-present)

Picture format 480i SDTV (2003–11; C. 1–17)1080i HDTV (2012–present; C.18-present)

Original run May 20, 2003 – present

External links

Website [1]

America's Next Top Model, often abbreviated as ANTM or Top Model, is a reality television series in which anumber of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in themodeling industry. It was created by talk-show host and model Tyra Banks, who also serves as the host, head judge,and executive producer. She co-produces the show with Ken Mok and Anthony Dominici.[2] Banks also performs theopening theme, which is produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.The first "cycle" premiered on May 20, 2003 on UPN and became one of the network's highest-rated shows. Theseries moved to UPN's succeeding network, The CW, for the seventh cycle, and is currently the network's highestrated series.[3] Advertisers pay $61,315 per 30-second slot during the 2011–12 television season, the highest of anyseries on The CW.[4] On October 16, 2012, The CW renewed the show for a 20th season, which will premiere insummer 2013 and will feature female and male contestants for the first time, so it will be called America's Next TopModel: Co-ed Edition [5] The show is now in an HDTV format.[6]

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Format

ANTM logo, used 2003–2006.

Each season of America's Next Top Model has from 9–13 episodesand starts with 10–14 contestants. Each episode, one contestant iseliminated, though in rare cases a double elimination or noelimination was given by consensus of the judging panel.Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the season(usually after the first or second elimination in the finals,) and a trip

to an international destination is scheduled at about two-thirds of the way through the season (usually with five or sixcontestants remaining.)

JudgesThe current judging panel consists of Banks, fashion PR maven Kelly Cutrone and male supermodel Rob Evans.Previous judges included fashion icon Twiggy, models Janice Dickinson and Paulina Porizkova, fashion stylist NoléMarin, runway coach J. Alexander, designer Kimora Lee Simmons, fashion editors Beau Quillian and EricNicholson, Vogue editor André Leon Talley, and fashion photographer Nigel Barker. Though not a judge, JayManuel was featured in every episode as the photo shoot director. From Cycles 1–18, an additional guest judge sat inon the panel every week. In Cycle 19, top fashion blogger Bryanboy, served as the social media correspondent.It was announced in April 2012 that Barker, Alexander, and Manuel would not be returning to the show for thenineteenth season, as their contracts were not renewed.[7][8][9] Banks stated that it was a difficult decision but theshow needed a "new boost" and that she hoped to work with "her guys" in the near future.[10]

Name Dates Seasons

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Tyra Banks 2003-present Presenter/Judge

Kelly Cutrone 2012-present Judge

Rob Evans 2012-present Judge

Janice Dickinson 2003-05 Judge

Beau Quillian 2003 Judge

Kimora Lee Simmons 2003 Judge

Nigel Barker 2004-12 Judge

Eric Nicholson 2004 Judge

Nolé Marin 2004-05 Judge

J. Alexander 2005-09 Judge

Twiggy 2005-07 Judge

Paulina Porizkova 2008-09 Judge

André Leon Talley 2010-11 Judge

NetworkIt was announced on January 24, 2006, that Top Model would be part of the new The CW network, a merger betweenUPN and The WB, when the seventh cycle started in September airing on Wednesdays. The series became the firstseries among regular programming to air on the network. Prior to the announcement of merging with The CW, UPNhad committed to renewing the series through its ninth cycle on January 20, 2006,[11] for which casting wasconducted throughout mid-2006. ANTM is the only show left on the network that was originally from UPN.

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With the start of the eighteenth British Invasion cycle, the program converted to high definition, becoming thesecond-to-last primetime show on the five major English-language broadcast networks in the United States to makethe switch, and the last to air in the regular season to do so.To celebrate its tenth cycle, ANTM aired a special installment called America's Next Top Model: Exposed in twoparts on the CW on Wednesday, February 6 & 13, 2008. It reviewed the best cat fights, mishaps and mostmemorable photoshoots, personalities, defining moments and contained other segments about the show since Cycles1 to 9, and featured a special opening fusing all three openings together. Camille McDonald (Cycles 2 and 17),Toccara Jones (Cycle 3), Eva Pigford (Cycle 3 winner), Bre Scullark (Cycles 5 and 17), Cassandra Whitehead(Cycle 5), Joanie Dodds (Cycle 6), Jael Strauss (Cycle 8), Dionne Walters (Cycle 8), Heather Kuzmich (Cycle 9),and Bianca Golden (Cycles 9 and 17) all returned to comment on events that happened in their or other cycles.After announcing that the seventeenth season will be an All-Stars version, Tyra Banks said on The CW upfronts inMay 2011, that there won't be a "normal" season of the show anymore.[12]

SyndicationThe show is syndicated to NBCUniversal's cable division, with Oxygen as well as Style Network carrying the series,usually in marathon form throughout the daytime period on either network, and running through most of or an entirecycle. Bravo, MTV and VH1 have also aired the series in the past.

The Tyra Banks Show

America's Next Top Model was also very connected with Tyra Banks' talk show: several contestants have madeappearances on it, most notably Natasha Galkina (Cycle 8), who worked as a correspondent for the show.[13] Theshow's stage was also used for the Cycle 5 reunion show.Tyra launched a new reality show inside the Tyra Show, called Modelville which featured Renee Alway, BiancaGolden, Dominique Reighard, Fatima Siad and Lauren Utter vying for a $50,000 contract. Dominique won andreceived a contract from Carol's Daughter.[14]

Writers' labor disputeOn July 21, 2006, the writers of America's Next Top Model went on strike while working on Cycle 7, set to premiereon the new CW Network in September 2006. The writers sought representation through the Writers Guild ofAmerica, West, which would allow them regulated wages, access to portable health insurance, and pension benefits.These benefits would be similar to those given to writers on scripted shows. The strike was the focus of a large rallyof Hollywood writers coinciding with the premiere of the new network on September 20, 2006.[15] The dispute waschronicled in a July 24 interview on the website Television Without Pity with Daniel J. Blau, a former TWoPrecapper who covered the series, and at the time was an ANTM show producer.[16] In November 2006, the writers onstrike were taken off payroll.[17]

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Partnership with WalmartThe ANTM franchise has released a clothing and accessories line based on the television show. The line is sold atmost Walmart stores. The line ranges from cosmetic products to handbags.[18]

CyclesThe first three cycles of America's Next Top Model were filmed in New York City and it was relocated there incycles 10, 12 and 14. Los Angeles has been filmed throughout most of the cycles starting with the fourth cycle.

Cycle Premieredate

Winner Runner-up Other contestants in order ofelimination

No. ofcontestants

Destination(s)[19]

1 May 20,2003

AdrianneCurry

ShannonStewart

Tessa Carlson, Katie Cleary, NicolePanattoni, Ebony Haith, Giselle Samson,Kesse Wallace, Robin Manning, Elyse

Sewell

10Paris

2 January 13,2004

YoannaHouse

MercedesScelba-Shorte

Anna Bradfield, Bethany Harrison,Heather Blumberg, Jenascia Chakos,Xiomara Frans, Catie Anderson, Sara

Racey-Tabrizi, Camille McDonald, AprilWilkner, Shandi Sullivan

12Milan, Como &

Verona

3 September22, 2004

EvaPigford

Yaya DaCosta Magdalena Rivas, Leah Darrow, JulieTitus, Kristi Grommet, Jennipher Frost,Kelle Jacob, Cassie Grisham, Toccara

Jones, Nicole Borud, Norelle Van Herk,Ann Markley, Amanda Swafford

14Montego Bay

Tokyo

4 March 2,2005

NaimaMora

Kahlen Rondot Brita Petersons, Sarah Dankleman, BrandyRusher, Noelle Staggers, Lluvy Gomez,Tiffany Richardson & Rebecca Epley,

Tatiana Dante, Michelle Deighton,Christina Murphy, Brittany Brower,

Keenyah Hill

14Cape Town

5 September21, 2005

NicoleLinkletter

Nik Pace Ashley Black, Ebony Taylor, CassandraWhitehead (quit), Sarah Rhoades, Diane

Hernandez, Coryn Woitel, KyleKavanagh, Lisa D'Amato, Kim Stolz,

Jayla Rubinelli, Bre Scullark

13London

6 March 8,2006

DanielleEvans

Joanie Dodds Kathy Hoxit, Wendy Wiltz, Kari Schmidt,Gina Choe, Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi,

Leslie Mancia, Brooke Staricha, NnennaAgba, Furonda Brasfield, Sara Albert,

Jade Cole

13Bangkok & Phuket

7 September20, 2006

CariDeeEnglish

MelroseBickerstaff

Christian Evans, Megan Morris, MoniqueCalhoun, Megg Morales, A.J. Stewart,Brooke Miller, Anchal Joseph, Jaeda

Young, Michelle Babin, Amanda Babin,Eugena Washington

13Barcelona

8 February28, 2007

JasleneGonzalez

NatashaGalkina

Kathleen DuJour, Samantha Francis,Cassandra Watson, Felicia Provost, Diana

Zalewski, Sarah VonderHaar, WhitneyCunningham, Jael Strauss, Brittany Hatch,

Dionne Walters, Renee Alway

13Sydney

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9 September19, 2007

SaleishaStowers

Chantal Jones Mila Bouzinova, Kimberly Leemans,Victoria Marshman, Janet Mills, Ebony

Morgan (quit), Sarah Hartshorne, AmbrealWilliams, Lisa Jackson, Heather Kuzmich,

Bianca Golden, Jenah Doucette

13St. John's Shanghai &Beijing

10 February20, 2008

WhitneyThompson

Anya Kop Kimberly Rydzewski (quit), Atalya Slater,Allison Kuehn, Amis Jenkins, Marvita

Washington, Aimee Wright, ClaireUnabia, Stacy-Ann Fequiere, Lauren

Utter, Katarzyna Dolinska, DominiqueReighard, Fatima Siad

14Rome

11 September3, 2008

McKeySullivan

SamanthaPotter

ShaRaun Brown, Nikeysha Clarke,Brittany Rubalcaba, Hannah White, Isis

King, Clark Gilmer, Lauren Brie Harding,Joslyn Pennywell, Sheena Sakai, ElinaIvanova, Marjorie Conrad, Analeigh

Tipton

14Amsterdam

12 March 4,2009

TeyonaAnderson

AllisonHarvard

Isabella Falk, Jessica Santiago, NijahHarris, Kortnie Coles, Sandra Nyanchoka,

Tahlia Brookins, London Levi-Nance,Natalie Pack, Fo Porter, CeliaAmmerman, Aminat Ayinde

13São Paulo

13 September9, 2009

Nicole Fox LauraKirkpatrick

Lisa Ramos, Rachel Echelberger,Courtney Davies, Lulu Braithwaite,

Bianca Richardson, Ashley Howard, KaraVincent, Rae Weisz, Brittany Markert,

Sundai Love, Jennifer An & Erin Wagner

14Maui

14 March 10,2010

KristaWhite

Raina Hein Gabrielle Kniery, Naduah Rugley, RenVokes, Simone Lewis, Tatianna Kern,Brenda Arens, Anslee Payne-Franklin,

Alasia Ballard, Jessica Serfaty, AngeleaPreston & Alexandra Underwood

13Auckland &Queenstown

15 September8, 2010

Ann Ward ChelseyHersley

Anamaria Mirdita, Terra White, SaraBlackamore, Rhianna Atwood, Lexie

Tomchek, Kacey Leggett, Kendal Brown,Esther Petrack, Liz Williams, Chris White,

Kayla Ferrel & Jane Randall

14Venice, Milan,

Como & Verona

16 February23, 2011

BrittaniKline

MollyO'Connell

Angelia Alvarez, Ondrei Edwards (quit),Nicole Lucas, Dominique Waldrup, Sara

Longoria, Dalya Morrow, MoniqueWeingart, Mikaela Schipani, Jaclyn Poole,

Kasia Pilewicz, Alexandria Everett,Hannah Jones

14Marrakech

17 September14, 2011

LisaD'Amato

AllisonHarvard

Brittany Brower, Sheena Sakai, Isis King,Camille McDonald, Bre Scullark, Kayla

Ferrel & Bianca Golden, AlexandriaEverett, Shannon Stewart, DominiqueReighard, Laura Kirkpatrick, Angelea

Preston (disqualified)

14Crete & Santorini

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18 February29, 2012

SophieSumner

Laura LaFrate Jasmia Robinson, Mariah Watchman,Louise Watts (quit), Candace Smith,

Ashley Brown, AzMarie Livingston, KyleGober, Seymone Cohen-Fobish, Catherine

Thomas, Eboni Davis, Alisha White(quit), Annaliese Dayes

14Toronto

Macau Hong Kong

19 August 24,2012

LauraJames

Kiara Belen Jessie Rabideau, Maria Tucker (quit),Darian Ellis, Destiny Strudwick, Yvonne

Powless, Allyssa Vuelma, Brittany Brown,Victoria Henley, Kristin Kagay, Nastasia

Scott, Leila Goldkuhl

13Ocho Rios &Montego Bay

Reception

RatingsFor the 2006–2009 and 2010–2011 television seasons, America's Next Top Model was the No.1 show in averageviewers on The CW.[20]

Cycle Timeslot (ET/PT) Season premiere Season Finale Network Season Rank Viewers(in millions)

1 Tuesday 9:00 pm May 20, 2003 July 15, 2003 UPN 2003 N/A[a]

2 January 13, 2004 March 23, 2004 2003–04 #122[21]

6.13[21]

3 Wednesday 8:00 pm September 22, 2004 December 15, 2004 2004–05 #108[22]

5.0[22]

4 March 2, 2005 May 18, 2005 #106[22]

5.1[22]

5 September 21, 2005 December 7, 2005 2005–06 #113[23]

5.0[23]

6 March 8, 2006 May 17, 2006 #113[23]

5.0[23]

7 September 20, 2006 December 6, 2006 The CW 2006–07 #112[24]

5.4[24]

8 February 28, 2007 May 16, 2007 #112[24]

5.4[24]

9 September 19, 2007 December 12, 2007 2007–08 #148[25]

5.12[25]

10 February 20, 2008 May 14, 2008 #168[25]

4.23[25]

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11 September 3, 2008 November 19, 2008 2008–09 #140[26]

4.43[26]

12 March 4, 2009 May 13, 2009 #142[26]

4.35[26]

13 September 9, 2009 November 18, 2009 2009–10 #122[27]

3.28[27]

14 March 10, 2010 May 19, 2010[b] #121[27]

3.29[27]

15 September 8, 2010 December 1, 2010 2010–11 No. 126 3.46[20]

16 Wednesday8:00 pm,[c]

Wednesday 9:00 pm[c]

February 23, 2011 May 18, 2011 No. 133 2.52[20]

17 Wednesday 9:00 pm September 14, 2011 December 7, 2011 2011–12 No. 142 2.42[28]

18 February 29, 2012 May 30, 2012 No. 151 1.52[28]

19 Friday 8:00 pm August 24, 2012[29] November 16, 2012 1.22

[a] America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 does not have a ranking for the 2003 season because it aired in the summer of 2003 and not withinthe official 2002–2003 U.S. television season.[b] The finale for Cycle 14 was actually on May 12, 2010. The recap was shown a week after the actual finale.[c] Episodes aired Wednesdays at 8:00 pm during from February 23 to April 13, 2011, when the show moved to 9:00 pm at the followingweek. Re-airing of previous week's episode took the old time slot to avoid clashing with Survivor, Minute to Win It, and American

Idol.[30]

CriticismYahoo!'s "Shine" lifestyle website blasted the show's cruelty and elements of humiliation, saying that some of thegirls' critiques from the "cruel and unusual" judges are "really cruel and cringe-inducing," and that the show"humiliates and degrades young women."[31] They created a list called "10 reasons why 'America's Next Top Model'is bad for women, humans," citing such things as giving an unrealistic vision to girls (both on the show, andwatching) about what life as a model is like, and "always espousing empowerment and female strength and thenforcing the contestants into embarrassing scenarios far outside the realm of real-life modeling." One such scenariohighlighted was when two final contestants "were made to wear bikinis so skimpy that the producers had to blur outAllison's butt cheeks," and performed a "creepily sexual mud fight," after which the contestant Teyona Anderson was"commended for taking her weave in her hand and whipping it around on the runway like a sexy feather boa."[31]

Allure magazine criticized the show in its October 2006 issue, saying that ANTM "hasn't exactly produced any actualsupermodels."[32]

Ken Mok and Tyra Banks noticed that most of Cycle 8's girls were unusually heavy smokers. "Tyra and I understandthe influence 'Top Model' has on a generation of young people, and we want to make sure we get the right messageto our audience," Mok said, which then prompted the "green" theme of Cycle 9.[33]

The winner of Cycle 9, Saleisha Stowers, was discovered to have been in a Wendy's commercial, on a catwalk in theCycle 6 show and an episode of Tyra Banks Show prior to the Cycle 9 event. The CW network said she had revealedher role in the Wendy's commercial, and "after reviewing the commercial, it was determined that her appearance didnot amount to 'modeling' experience, and therefore did not exclude her from participating in the show."[34]

After filming Cycle 10, the producers of America's Next Top Model were served with a lawsuit from Michael Marvisi who owns the loft used as the Top Model house. The lawsuit claims that the contestants as well as the production crew caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to the loft. Marvisi claims the contestants engaged in food fights, made holes in the walls, caused water damage to the bathroom, damaged a $15,000 chandelier beyond repair, and caused $90,000 worth of damage to an electrical store. Also, the production crew has been accused of

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damaging the flooring and making holes in the ceiling for lighting equipment.[35]

Contestants' crossover appearances• In Cycle 3, Taye Diggs from Kevin Hill appeared in the acting challenge, which was won by Yaya DaCosta but it

was the cycle's winner Eva Pigford who guest-starred on the show. She later starred on other UPN/CW showssuch as Smallville.

• The winner of the following cycle Naima Mora also got to guest-star on a show, Veronica Mars.• Kim Stolz (Cycle 5) and Furonda Brasfield (Cycle 6) were given small guest-starring roles on episodes of

Veronica Mars. Kim and Furonda's roles were cameos in the same series.• CariDee English (Cycle 7), who won the acting challenge in Episode 9, guest-starred in an episode of the series

One Tree Hill. More recently, she had a cameo appearance in an episode of Gossip Girl.• For Cycle 8, the acting-themed episode had Tia Mowry of CW's The Game give the girls a crash course in acting,

although the "crossover" was limited to Mowry's appearance, as the challenge winner was not given a guest roleas a prize. Instead, Renee Alway, who won the challenge, got a surprise visit from her husband and son in whichshe shared with Dionne Walters, whose family also showed up for a surprise visit.

• Also several contestants (winners or not) have landed roles in shows by UPN or The CW, such as MercedesScelba-Shorte, Ann Markley, Toccara Jones and Cassandra Whitehead.

• Analeigh Tipton and Samantha Potter (both Cycle 11) were featured in an episode of The Big Bang Theory whichfeatured the main characters locating the top model house.

• At the E! News preshow for the 81st Academy Awards five contestants were featured modeling Oscar gowns:Ambreal Williams, and Saleisha Stowers (both Cycle 9), Samantha Potter (cycle 11), Nijah Harris and NataliePack (both Cycle 12)

• On May 12, 2010, Angelea Preston, Jessica Serfaty, and Simone Lewis from Cycle 14 appeared on a Jay WalkingAll-Stars segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

• On February 24, 2012, Brittany Brower, Bre Scullark, and Lisa D'Amato from Cycle 17 appeared on a JayWalking All-Stars segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

• On November 21, 2012, Allyssa Vuelma, Jessie Rabideau, and Kiara Belen from Cycle 19 appeared on a JayWalking All-Stars segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

•• Jenascia Chakos (Cycle 2) appeared in 2010 in an episode of Wheel of Fortune.• Analeigh Tipton starred as Jessica Riley in the well known romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love.•• Cycle 13 contestant Courtney Davies appeared in the ABC family TV series Pretty Little Liars as Quinn in a

recurring role for 2 episodes in 2011.

Influence on pop cultureThe show has been referred to in many series, such as ABC Family's GREEK and The Big Bang Theory and Fox'sFamily Guy. It also had its own E! True Hollywood Story episode, featuring past contestants Ebony Haith, GiselleSamson, Elyse Sewell, Adrianne Curry, Camille McDonald, April Wilkner, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, Toccara Jones,Ann Markley, Amanda Swafford, Eva Pigford, Michelle Deighton, Brittany Brower, Naima Mora, Ebony Taylor,Lisa D'Amato, Kim Stolz and Bre Scullark as well as judges & personals Janice Dickinson, Tyra Banks, NigelBarker, J. Alexander, Jay Manuel, Ken Mok and Michelle Mock-Falcon. It covered the first five cycles and recentlyreaired with a few added minutes of footage which cover cycles 6 to 10 and Stylista.Oxygen Network, which has acquired the cable rights of ANTM, is going to air a series of documentary called TopModel Obsessed, featuring past contestants Lisa D'Amato, CariDee English and Bianca Golden.[36]

The show has even inspired a game of the same name. The game was released on May 23, 2010.