The House That Tyra Built | EP 10
Curse of: America’s Next Top Model
iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
No matter who won, Tyra Banks was always the real star of ANTM. But was she a fairy godmother, a villain, or both? On this final episode, we explore Tyra’s on-camera persona and off-camera legacy. We hear from models who went through the ANTM machine, and find out what they think they’re owed.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.2 | For the last episode, I want to share maybe the best story I heard from the A&TM models. |
| 0:12.7 | Stuff Magazine, that's my dream to be on the Colorado. |
| 0:15.7 | The story came from Giselle Samson, the model you've been hearing from who competed on Cycle 1. |
| 0:23.6 | She thought being on A&TM was going to be her big break. Again, like that, gorgeous. |
| 0:25.6 | Zelle, she is so beautifully present the whole time. |
| 0:31.6 | On Cycle 1, the contestants did a sexy swimwear photo shoot. |
| 0:36.6 | The photos were featured in a sexy swimwear photo shoot. |
| 0:40.5 | The photos were featured in a men's magazine called Stuff. |
| 0:41.8 | It's no longer in print. |
| 0:45.9 | The pictures were accompanied by a little Q&A from each of the models. |
| 0:50.8 | I think one of the questions was, what was the craziest thing you ever did? |
| 0:52.8 | Giselle was only 18. |
| 0:54.2 | She hadn't done much. |
| 1:00.1 | But there was one time she and a friend did something a little crazy to try to meet their favorite musician. |
| 1:08.5 | I convinced my best friend to drive us to Santa Ana-Barbara area where Michael Jackson lived. |
| 1:14.6 | And we were going to like just knock on the gates of Neverland and just be greeted and walk in there and meet Michael Jackson. Or at least that's what they hoped would happen. |
| 1:20.9 | This was back in 2003, when Michael Jackson was arguably the most famous person on the planet. |
| 1:27.0 | So when they arrived at the gates of the Neverland Ranch, his sprawling 2,700-acre theme park slash home, things didn't quite pan out the way Giselle and her friend planned. |
| 1:38.2 | When we got there, obviously, they were like, you need to turn around and go. |
| 1:42.4 | We spoke to the speaker box, and it was a three-hour drive and then three hours back. |
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