Editing America's Next Top Model (section)

===Criticism===
[[Yahoo!]]'s Shine lifestyle website said the show contained cruelty and elements of humiliation, and that some critiques from the judges are "really cruel and cringe-inducing", claiming that the show "humiliates and degrades young women."<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url = http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/10-reasons-why-americas-next-top-model-is-bad-for-women-humans-462488/|title = 10 reasons why 'America's Next Top Model' is bad for women, humans|publisher = Yahoo!|first = Jennifer|last = Romolini|date = May 15, 2009|access-date = December 21, 2011|archive-date = October 24, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024013340/http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/10-reasons-why-americas-next-top-model-is-bad-for-women-humans-462488/|url-status = dead}}</ref> The site created the list "10 reasons why 'America's Next Top Model' is bad for women, humans", citing such things as giving the contestants and women viewers unrealistic visions of life as a model, and "always espousing empowerment and female strength and then forcing the contestants into embarrassing scenarios far outside the realm of real-life modeling". One such scenario highlighted was when cycle 12's final two contestants "were made to wear bikinis so skimpy that the producers had to blur out [[Allison Harvard]]'s butt cheeks", and performed a "creepily sexual mud fight," after which contestant and winner Teyona Anderson was "commended for taking her weave in her hand and whipping it around on the runway like a sexy feather boa."<ref name="yahoo" />

''[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]]'' magazine criticized the show in its October 2006 issue, saying that ''ANTM'' "hasn't exactly produced any actual supermodels."<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/305190_tv27.html|title= 'Idol' looks like a better ticket to a dream career|first= Melanie|last= McFarland|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date= February 26, 2007}}</ref>

[[Ken Mok]] and Banks noticed that most of cycle 8's contestants were unusually heavy smokers. "Tyra and I understand the influence 'Top Model' has on a generation of young people, and we want to make sure we get the right message to our audience," Mok said, which then prompted the "[[Environmentalism|green]]" theme of cycle 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/may/16/images-continue-to-entice-kids-to-smoke/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011065024/http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/may/16/images-continue-to-entice-kids-to-smoke/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |title=Images continue to entice kids to smoke |first=Tara |last=Parker-Pope |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 16, 2007 }}</ref>

The winner of cycle 9, [[Sal Stowers|Saleisha Stowers]], was discovered to have been in a [[Wendy's]] commercial, on a catwalk in the cycle 6 show and an episode of Tyra Banks Show prior to her participation. The rules of the competition stated that a contestant must not have appeared as a model in a national campaign during the five years prior to the production of the cycle in which they participate. The CW network said she had revealed her role in the Wendy's commercial, and "after reviewing the commercial, it was determined that her appearance did not amount to 'modeling' experience, and therefore did not exclude her from participating in the show."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/top_model_9/2007_Dec_14_saleishas_model |title=Saleisha's modeling experiences and work with Tyra raise questions about her win + reality blurred |publisher=Realityblurred.com |date=December 14, 2007 |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

After filming cycle 10, the producers of ''America's Next Top Model'' were served with a lawsuit from Michael Marvisi, the owner of the [[loft]] used as the Top Model house. The lawsuit claimed that the contestants as well as the production crew caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to the loft. Marvisi claims the contestants engaged in food fights, made holes in the walls, caused water damage to the bathroom, damaged a $15,000 [[chandelier]] beyond repair, and caused $90,000 worth of damage to an electrical store. Also, the production crew was accused of damaging the flooring and making holes in the ceiling for lighting equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/top-model-10-accused-of-causing-500000-in-damage-nyc-loft-6694.php |title='Top Model 10' accused of causing $500,000 in damage to NYC loft |publisher=Reality TV World |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>