"America's Next Top Model": The E! True Hollywood Story Premieres on
E! Entertainment Television Sunday, March 26th at 8:00 PM ET/PT

Contestants, Winners & Judges Sit Down to Dish About All the
Behind-the-Scenes Drama -- the Fighting, the Kissing and, of Course,
Each Other


LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/09/06 -- Supermodel Tyra Banks
may have worked the catwalk for the last time but that doesn't mean
she has turned her back on the world of high fashion. In fact, Banks
sparked a surge of interest in the life of a model through her smash
hit television show "America's Next Top Model." The show that made
Janice Dickinson a household name and exposed viewers to another side
of modeling premiered its sixth season in March 2006 and has remained
the highest rated show to ever air on UPN. The cameras were there to
catch everything from extreme photo shoots to catfights to sexual
escapades, but it's what you didn't see that makes this installment of
"THS" a must watch. From near shark attacks to contestants being
detained in a foreign country, E! uncovers the inside scoop of this
hit show. Tune in to this 90-minute episode packed with exclusive
interviews including "Top Model" Judges Nigel Barker, Janice
Dickinson, Nole Marin, Jay Manuel and J. Alexander. Also in this
incredible line up are interviews with 19 contestants including past
winners Adrienne Curry, Eva Pigford and Naima Mora. "America's Next
Top Model: The E! True Hollywood Story" premiering Sunday, March 26th
at 8:00 PM ET/PT. In this episode:


Judge and Photographer Nigel Barker on the show's appeal -- "You watch
it and you hate it, you love it, it makes you cry, it makes you cringe
you know, you watch it and you look away. America's Next Top Model is
that perfect recipe."


Cycle 1 contestant Elyse Sewell on the reality of reality television
-- "People ask me a lot, 'Is America's Next Top Model real?' And the
answer is yes, it's real. But, it's real people in a really, really
unnatural environment."


Tyra Banks (archival) on casting top model contestants -- "We're
looking for eight to nine girls and, and different types of bodies.
We're looking for a full figured model as well as the super model as
well as waif type models. And it's for real. It's quality control.
She's gonna go from being nobody to being the star in eight weeks."


Top Model judge and former supermodel Janice Dickinson on her honesty
-- "They asked me if I would be critical and I said absolutely because
if, as a judge and as an authority in the industry, if those girls
don't hear from me, Janice Dickinson, that A) you're too short B)
you're too fat C) your skin isn't good enough D) your walk isn't
correct, then you are certainly going to hear it from agents."


Banks on Janice Dickinson -- "I had no idea she was going to be as
honest, and as tell it like it is, as she is, but you know, it works
for television, and with me being a producer I had to have her because
people love to hate Janice. And some people love everything that comes
out of her mouth."


Casting Director Michelle Mock on cycle 1 winner Adrienne Curry --
"People were so excited because this was a girl who came from nothing
and all of a sudden made her dream come true. One of the first things
that she says is, 'Mom, we have money to pay the rent.'"


Cycle 2 contestant Camille McDonald -- "I did feel that it was edited
to highlight the drama, which is great for ratings. Every show has to
have a villain, and I just ended up being that person."


Cycle 2 contestant, Mercedes Yvette on the so called Milan orgy --
"Did we all have sex with each other? Hell no. Come on now, you know.
We just all had a good time. Granted some people on our show had sex
but it wasn't together."


Stylist Nole Marin on the show's extreme photo shoots -- "It was
almost like fear factor fashion that I was doing I mean. I have never
in the 12 years dunk a gown or 12 girls into water. And with, what at
the time they did not realize, that there was supposed to be a live
shark in there."


Banks (archival) on cycle 2 winner Yoanna House -- "I'm really proud
of her. Yoanna has more structure than I've seen in a long time, you
know, in modeling. We're bringing back that classic, glamour with a
face, you know, she's absolutely beautiful."


Runway coach Jay Alexander on cycle 3 winner Eva Pigford -- "When she
came in and said, 'I am not like everybody else,' she made it very,
very clear, 'I'm about me and it's all about me and it's going to be
me.'"


Cycle 4 contestant Brittany Brower on the shows closing living
quarters -- "It's like a woman's penitentiary. With women all day
long. I close my eyes at night, and I see my roommate in the room,
Keenyah. I open my eyes up, I see Keenyah. Oh my gosh, it's like, let
me have five minutes away from these girls."


Marin on cycle 4 winner Naima Mora -- "That was a flawless fashion
show. The girls stomping in water. That's when Naima really took
precedence, when she walked out, I thought she was a top model."


Cycle 4 contestant Michelle Deighton on coming out -- "I never planned
on coming out ever. So when I did come out on the show, it was just as
a surprise to me as it was to everybody else. I was just going crazy,
so I started talking to the girls. Finally, I was like,'Yeah, well,
I'm bi.' And then I realized, "Ugh, there's a camera there. Might as
well keep talking."


Cycle 3 contestant Toccara Jones on being called a plus size model --
"I never really looked at is as being like, you know, plus size or me
competing against you know skinny girls. I'm a woman. I'm a model.
That's my occupation. And I'm normal. I represent the majority of the
women in America, and I'm comfortable with me. I love me. I'm
comfortable in my skin."


Mok on reality hitting the set of "America's Next Top Model" -- "We
were in London the day the terrorist attacks happened and it was on
judging day and literally, as we were about to go into judging, bombs
were going off, within a couple of miles of us, like in three or four
different locations."


Curry on the post Top Model -- "After I won the show, I was flown out
to New York; did all this publicity. Flew back home, packed my bags,
moved to New York City. Signed with Wilhelmina and waited. After 5
months, I'm kind of like, 'Ugh, what's going on?'"


Cycle 5 contestant Kim Stoltz on kissing a housemate, -- "Oh my God.
Kim and Sarah are hooking up in the limo and it was like, 'Yeah, okay.
She jumped over a few people. We kissed for 8 seconds, like crazy, out
of it. I was kind of drunk. We're just whoa.' It really wasn't that
big of a deal, but the producers loved it, obviously. Whatever makes
for good TV."


Banks (archival) on eliminations -- "They all love me when I'm saying
you know, you're going to be the 14. And then when I send them home,
they start hating me."


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