When America’s Next Top Model premiered in the early 2000s, it looked like a golden ticket: a glamorous TV show that could catapult aspiring models into fame. But two decades later, many contestants describe its aftermath as a curse. Hosted by pop-culture journalist Bridget Armstrong, Curse of: America’s Next Top Model is a deep investigation into the hidden costs of reality television, and what the show’s legacy reveals about beauty, power, and the culture that cheered it on. Through conversations with dozens of former contestants, producers and crew members, Curse of: America’s Next Top Model explores what happened behind the scenes on one of the most iconic and problematic reality shows of our generation. The series starts off by exploring how ANTM almost didn’t get made. You’ll get the real story behind the show’s most infamous controversies. Then, the models and producers pull back the curtain and talk about how the most outrageous photoshoots and runaways came together. You’ll hear from contestants who say ANTM saved their lives and from those who say it ruined theirs. The contestants also talk about how the body shaming they experienced on the show caused lifelong scars. Finally, we try to answer the question, is Tyra Banks the ultimate reality television villain? Curse of: America’s Next Top Model takes you on an investigative journey to figure out if the so-called curse is real? And if so, what was the toll on the models, and us, the audience?

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Living out mid-life, trying to avoid the "crisis" part, building a business, and finding purpose. And YES a skincare discussion, too. Bethenny sits down with Dr. Sandra Lee aka Dr. Pimple Popper and Founder of SLMD Skincare.

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It sounds so easy, it's intoxicating. The gifts, the love-bombing, the STUFF. But you should understand that there's a price... and in the end it's better to make it on your own first. It's harder, but it's worth it.  

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We're all DREADING going to the big destination wedding. PLUS: Leave North West alone and Imposter Syndrome

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I'm cringing at myself. PLUS: Hot new (and not-so-new) couples.

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B shares her take on dating during the "in-between phase." That space between raising teenagers and the empty nest of kids at college. PLUS: Thinking about what YOU bring to the table and how men can be even more emotional than women. 

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Even then, you still can't shit-talk them. PLUS: Stalkers and changing our dating preferences.

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We take a look back at the ways grief can linger when you lose someone important. Even when the relationship was complicated.

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Let's remember when we were looking forward to summer, not wrapping it up! PLUS: Dating conversation is much more relevant now!

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Dating is fun if you know how to say NO.

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