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Infamous

Behind the Scenes of America’s Next Top Model

Infamous

Sony Music

News, Relationships, Society & Culture, True Crime, Entertainment News

3.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Updated with the correct link! America’s Next Top Model was our early-2000s obsession—until the rewatch era exposed disturbing content hiding in plain sight. Natalie talks to pop-culture journalist Bridget Armstrong, host of Curse of: America’s Next Top Model, about Tyra Banks’s role, the show’s most disturbing moments and why “winning” the series didn’t mean a modeling career. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  Read Vanessa’s book, Blurred Lines: Sex, Power and Consent on Campus, and check out Natalie on Instagram at @natrobe To connect with Infamous's creative team, join the community at joincampsidemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Campsite Media.

0:05.0

Hello everyone, Vanessa here.

0:07.7

I just wanted to come on for a second and say thank you so much for listening to our show.

0:12.6

You are the reason that we get to make these episodes and put them out week after week.

0:18.0

Yes, sometimes I know there's a rerun, but we take our time figuring out what

0:23.3

you want to hear, what we are genuinely interested in, and, you know, putting the whole thing

0:28.8

together for you. So this week, it is not a rerun. It is actually a breaking news story. As you know,

0:36.1

we do breaking news sometimes. We'll do an Epstein

0:39.5

series or we'll talk about Blake lively and Justin Baldoni. But then we have another kind of

0:45.3

episode, which is truly perennial. And it's things that we just think you will always be interested in.

0:51.4

In fact, we think that so many of our stories are interesting today to listen to

0:56.3

that we want to encourage you to go back in your feed, read the titles. I mean, I know this is

1:02.3

mostly for people who are new to the show, but there's a lot of stuff in there that you can listen

1:07.1

to when you're bored or driving or doing your laundry or, I don't know, deep

1:12.6

cleaning your closet.

1:14.4

So take a gander through those titles and check something out.

1:19.1

But this week we are doing something that I guess you could call a bit of a breaking news story.

1:24.6

It is about America's Next Top Model, which has been the biggest goss in the

1:29.3

cultural sphere this month. There's a Netflix documentary, and we'll be talking about that,

1:34.9

and some of you have probably seen it. There's also a podcast you may have listened to called

1:39.6

The Curse of America's Top Model, which is from host Bridget Armstrong and Glass Entertainment.

1:45.3

Glass has brought you betrayal if you're also listening to that podcast.

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