“America’s Next Top Model” ends with cycle 22
The famous long-running American reality television series and interactive competition, “America’s Next Top Model” will end its 12-year run with cycle 22 as the finale season!
Tyra Banks, who is the host and executive producer of the show, announced the shocking news on her Twitter, saying, “Thinking #ANTM22 should be our last cycle. Yeah, I truly believe it's time.”
TYRA MAIL!
Thinking #ANTM22 should be our last cycle. I truly believe it's time. May your pics be forever fierce. Keep on Smizing!
💛Tyra
— Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) October 14, 2015
The show started in 2003 and has spawned numerous national and regional versions throughout the world.
It first began as a competition between skinny female models but then as the series developed, petite women, plus-size women, and in recent seasons, men are welcomed to join the competition.
“America’s Next Top Model was a successful franchise for two networks, first at UPN and then The CW, and it became not just a ratings hit, but a global pop culture phenomenon,” CW President Mark Pedowitz said in a statement obtained by Variety.
“I want to thank Tyra and Ken for all their years of success in establishing a show that was not just popular in the U.S., but all across the world,” he added.
The finale episode of “America's Next Top Model” cycle 22 is scheduled to air 4 December 2015, which coincidentally happens to be Tyra Banks’ birthday.
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With the original series coming to an end, it is not known whether it will affect the other “Top Model” series around the world.
“America’s Next Top Model” is the first reality show that revolves in the fashion industry, and it has inspired countless of other fashion-themed reality shows like “Project Runway”, “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency”, “Make Me a Supermodel” and “The Fashion Show”.
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