A new Netflix documentary, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, aims to deliver a definitive account of what really went on behind the scenes of America’s Next Top Model, which aired for 24 series from 2003 to 2018. The just-released trailer for the upcoming docuseries puts supermodel Tyra Banks, who was at the helm of the famed reality series, front and centre.
“I knew I went too far. It was very, very intense, but you guys were demanding it, so we kept pushing it, more and more and more,” Banks explains as some of the series’ most controversial moments are seen in flashes through the trailer.
Banks is, of course, just one the show’s personalities featured in Netflix’s docuseries. Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model also features interviews with Jay Manuel, Jay Alexander, Nigel Barker and several of the show’s most well-known contestants. The three-part documentary reflects on the show’s rise and the intense pressures placed on contestants as the series grew into a ratings powerhouse.
Hosted and executive produced by Tyra Banks, America’s Next Top Model promised a path into the modelling world and quickly turned into a pop-culture obsession, complete with catchphrases and moments fans still quote today.
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model begins streaming on Netflix on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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