Tyra Banks Talks 'America's Next Top Model,' Says Show Didn't Always 'Get It Right' But Still Made a Mark

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Tyra Banks owned up to some controversies surrounding her hit reality series America’s Next Top Model.

The 51-year-old supermodel launched the show in 2003. It ran for 24 seasons with Tyra serving as the main judge for all but one.

In 2020, the show went through a reckoning online with some viewers calling out troubling moments, including a photoshoot where contestants had their skin darkened to appear “biracial.” Although Tyra acknowledged that the show sometimes got it wrong, she also praised it for breaking ground. Keep reading to find out more… She made the remarks while being honored as the Luminary Spotlight honoree at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards on Thursday (February 27). “Over 20 years ago I created a show called America’s Next Top Model.

And you guys have no idea how hard we fought to bring the diversity to that television show at a time when it didn’t exist; to show different beauties at a time when the world was like, ‘What?