EPISODE
SEASON
America's Next Top Model - Season 1
A cyclical competition where women from all over the U.S. compete for the honor of being America's next 'it girl' in the modeling world.
1 September 1996, Oakland, California, USA
May 10, 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden
3 July 1975, Dominican Republic
28 September 1972, Rochester, Michigan, USA
25 March 1980, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
28 October 1984, San Diego, California, USA
November 20, 2019
The series has the stock reality elements: The competitors share a penthouse and annoy one another; a panel of experts drops one hopeful a week. But at least the humiliation is a little different.
November 08, 2019
As with most reality TV, the success of the show boils down mainly to casting, which is where it really excels. In both the judging and the modeling, the show revolves around a pair of strong opposite poles.
October 09, 2018
At its best, ANTM's first season felt like a glimpse into how fashion actually worked: infuriatingly idiosyncratic, wildly subjective, and at its core, misogynist.
November 08, 2019
The show creators settle on the right blend of drama and aspiration, and cap it off with humorous comentary and sizzling photo shoots.
November 20, 2019
America's Next Top Model is intriguing, appealing, and grotesque, much like the fashion world itself.
November 19, 2019
America's Next Top Model is a fun concept, especially for male viewers, but it would be better if the camera, and the people behind it, loved these women more.
November 08, 2019
This is the show"Are You Hot? should've been.
November 20, 2019
It's altogether awkward, a collection of stray parts that don't quite fit together, sort of like how models always describe the way they looked in junior high.
October 25, 2018
Love it or leave it-and it's had moments of both in its long lifespan-America's Next Top Model is one of the most influential reality shows of all time.
October 09, 2018
While the revolving door at the judges' table, the grossness of Tyra's constant idiotic catchphrases, and the repetitiveness of the challenges eventually eroded my passion for the series, my devotion to season one remains pure and true.
March 05, 2019
Top Model's hook is just as much in its contestants' claw-baring weirdness and whining as it is in the glamour shots and haute couture.
July 02, 2019
[Tyra Banks'] show has been undeniably imaginative and engrossing.
