America's Next Top Model (season 17)


The seventeenth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on September 14, 2011 on The CW. It featured fourteen returning models from previous seasons.
The judging panel, unchanged since cycle 14, once again consisted of Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker and André Leon Talley. The first judging was conducted in front of a live audience. The international destination for this cycle was the Greek island of Crete. The promotional song for this cycle was "You Make Me Feel..." by Cobra Starship ft. Sabi. This was the final season filmed and broadcast in standard definition and the final season for Andre Leon Talley as a judge.
The winner of the competition was 30-year-old Lisa D'Amato from Los Angeles, California, who originally placed sixth in cycle 5 making her the oldest winner at the age of 30. Allison Harvard who originally placed second in cycle 12,placed as the runner up for the second time.
Angelea Preston, who originally placed third on cycle 14, and was disqualified from the competition in the final episode of the cycle, said that she had originally won the competition but was stripped of her title after producers learned that she had once worked as an escort.

Casting

This season has been subtitled "All-Stars," featuring fourteen returning non-winning contestants representing twelve of the series' sixteen cycles for a second chance to win the title. Cycles 5 and 11 were each represented by two contestants. cycle 14 contestant Angelea Preston appeared for the third time in this cycle since she was also a semi-finalist on cycle 12. Aminat Ayinde from Cycle 12 was asked to be on Cycle 17, but declined. Most notably, Jade Cole, second runner-up of cycle 6, was offered the chance to appear in this cycle, claiming her contract was "bogus and one-sided."

Prizes

The prizes for this cycle were: A fashion spread in Vogue Italia, a cover and a spread in Beauty in Vogue, a blog on Vogue.it, and a 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics
In addition in these regular prizes, the new prizes were: A fashion campaign in Express, a guest correspondent placement for Extra, as revealed in episode 7, the chance to be the face of an ANTM-perfume to be launched and sold nationally.
The contract with IMG Models has been removed.

Contestants


ContestantAgeHometownPrevious cyclePrevious placeNumber of first call outsFinishPlace
Brittany Brower29Tallahassee, Florida440Episode 114
Sheena Sakai24Harlem, New York1160Episode 213
Isis King25Prince George's County, Maryland11101Episode 312
Camille McDonald33Bronx, New York250Episode 411
Bre Scullark26Harlem, New York530Episode 610
Kayla Ferrel20Rockford, Illinois154–30Episode 79–8
Bianca Golden22Queens, New York940Episode 79–8
Alexandria Everett22Newport Beach, California1640Episode 87
Shannon Stewart26Franklin, Ohio120Episode 96
Dominique Reighard26Columbus, Ohio1042Episode 105
Laura Kirkpatrick21Stanford, Kentucky1322Episode 124
Angelea Preston24Buffalo, New York144–31Episode 133
Allison Harvard23New Orleans, Louisiana1222Episode 132
Lisa D'Amato30Los Angeles, California564Episode 131

Episodes

Summaries

Call-out order

Bottom two

Average call-out order

Final three is not included.
Rank by
average		PlaceModelCall-out
total		Number of
call-outs		Call-out
average
12Allison36113.27
21Lisa45114.09
34Laura49114.45
45Dominique47104.70
53Angelea52114.73
68–9Bianca3975.57
76Shannon5295.78
87Alexandria5787.13
912Isis2237.33
1010Bre4567.50
118–9Kayla5477.71
1211Camille3147.75
1313Sheena24212.00
1414Brittany14114.00

Photo shoot guide

Following the finale, reports began to speculate regarding the disqualification of Angelea Preston. Due to the bizarre circumstances surrounding the event, including the re-shooting of the final panel/winner reveal, many people began to speculate that Preston had been originally named the winner prior to her disqualification. Popular theories that circulated on social media during the months following the finale included speculation that Angelea had broken contract by revealing her win on social media, that she was pregnant, or dealing with substance abuse issues.
In January 2013, Angelea confirmed the reports by announcing that she had indeed won the competition prior to being stripped of the title, though she did not specify why. Tyra Banks did not comment on the situation.
In September 2014, Angelea revealed that the reason she was stripped of the title was because she had been working as an escort prior to participating in America's Next Top Model. She said the producers had been made aware of this before the filming of cycle 17, but decided to disqualify her only after she had already won the title. She is now filing a lawsuit against the producers, the network, and the studios due to breach of contract for $3,000,000 in damages. Other allegations in the lawsuit included that the show violated fair labor practices by forcing her and other contestants to work 16-hour days, sometimes without a meal break, keeping the contestants in isolation for five to six hours at a time, without food or water. Additionally, she alleged that she wasn't paid a legal hourly wage for her work, nor overtime wages. She also claimed that show staff failed to provide her with proper medical attention when she suffered a panic attack during filming.

Cast members

Additional cast