The seventeenth cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: All Stars) premiered on September 14, 2011, on The CW. It featured fourteen returning models from previous cycles.
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 show's first visit to Southeast Europe.
The promotional song for this cycle was "You Make Me Feel..." by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi. This was the final cycle filmed and broadcast in standard definition and the final cycle for Andre Leon Talley as a judge.
The original winner of the competition was 25-year-old Angelea Preston, who was originally a top 34 contestant on Cycle 12 and became the eleventh contestant eliminated on Cycle 14, but was later disqualified, stripped of her title after it was made known that she had once worked as an escort. A lawsuit was filed by Preston in 2014 for breach of contract and labor law violations but dropped in 2018. The finale was re-filmed with the crowning of 30-year-old Lisa D'Amato from Los Angeles, California, who originally became the seventh contestant eliminated (since fellow contestant Cassandra Jean quit the competition in episode four) on Cycle 5 making her the oldest winner ever at the age of 30. Allison Harvard, who originally became the runner-up on Cycle 12 losing to Teyona Anderson, placed as the runner-up for the second time.
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 3, 6, 7 and 8 are all not represented. Cycles 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 were all represented by one contestant each and Cycles 5 and 11 were each represented by two contestants.
Before Cycle 17 became an all-star season, early production for the cycle was a regular season. All of the American contestants of Cycle 18 were all contestants. The production team turned Cycle 17 into an All Stars season very early into production and promised the contestants that were new that they have a shot at winning by being on the next Cycle. Eventual sixth contestant eliminated, AzMarie Livingston from Cycle 18 and a Cycle 16 top 32 contestant named Molly (not to be confused with runner-up Molly O'Connell) who also auditioned and made it pass the top 32 contestants confirmed this.
Cycle 14 contestant Angelea Preston competed for the third time on America's Next Top Model in Cycle 17 as she was initially introduced as a Top 32 contestant on Cycle 12 best known for her fight with Sandra Nyanchoka who was the fifth contestant eliminated after Celia Ammerman survived the bottom two in week five. Tenth contestant eliminated Bianca Golden of America's Next Top Model Cycles 9 and eleventh contestant eliminated Dominique Reighard and 10, respectively, participated in a competition hosted by Tyra Banks for the third time as they had both appeared on Modelville alongside Renee Alway from Cycle 8 and Cycle 10 contestants, Fatima Siad and Lauren Utter. Modelville aired within The Tyra Banks Show after their original appearances on America's Next Top Model.
The following former America's Next Top Model contestants were asked to be on Cycle 17, but they all declined or did not make the final cut.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Contestant Cycle RankingTessa Carlson110April Wilkner 24Shandi Sullivan3Toccara Jones 37Yaya DaCosta2Lluvy Gomez410Furonda Brasfield 65Jade Cole3Joanie Dodds 2Melrose Bickerstaff7Natasha Galkina8Heather Kuzmich95Lauren Utter106Fatima Siad 3Analeigh Tipton 11Samantha Potter2Fo Porter 125Aminat Ayinde3Teyona Anderson1Jennifer An 13 4-3Erin WagnerMonique Weingart 168Molly O'Connell2
Prizes The prizes for this cycle included 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
Additional prizes included a fashion campaign with Express, a guest correspondent placement for Extra, and the chance to be the face of an ''America's Next Top Model'' fragrance. The contract with IMG Models (present in the last 2 cycles) was removed.
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest) ContestantAgeHeightHometownOriginalCycleOriginalPlacementFinishPlace Brittany Brower 29 Tallahassee, Florida Cycle 4 4 Episode 1 13 Sheena Sakai 24 Harlem, New York Cycle 11 6 Episode 2 12 Isis King 25Prince George's County, Maryland Cycle 11 10 Episode 3 11Camille McDonald 33 Bronx, New York Cycle 2 5 Episode 4 10Brittney 'Bre' Scullark 26 Harlem, New York Cycle 5 3 Episode 6 9 Kayla Ferrel Onder 20 Rockford, Illinois Cycle 15 4–3Episode 78-7 Bianca Golden 22 Chicago, Illinois Cycle 9 4 Alexandria Everett 22 Newport Beach, California Cycle 16 4 Episode 8 6 Shannon Stewart 27 Franklin, Ohio Cycle 1 2 Episode 9 5 Dominique Reighard 27 Columbus, Ohio Cycle 10 4Episode 10 4 Laura Kirkpatrick 22 Stanford, Kentucky Cycle 13 2 Episode 12 3 Angelea Preston 25 Buffalo, New York Cycle 14 4–3(Disqualified) Allison Harvard 23 New Orleans, Louisiana Cycle 12 2Episode 13 2 Lisa D'Amato 30 Los Angeles, California Cycle 5 6 1
Episodes
Summaries
Call-out order OrderEpisodes1234567891012131IsisLisaAllisonAngeleaLauraDominiqueLisaAllisonDominiqueLauraLisaLisa2AllisonBiancaBiancaDominiqueShannonLisaAngelea LisaAllison AllisonAngelea AllisonLisaAllison3CamilleAlexandriaShannonAllisonDominiqueBiancaLauraDominiqueAngeleaLisaAllison4LisaLauraBreLauraAllisonAngeleaAlexandriaLauraLisaAngelea Laura5AngeleaAngeleaKaylaKaylaAlexandriaAllisonAllisonShannonLauraDominique6LauraDominiqueCamilleShannonKaylaKaylaDominiqueAngeleaShannon7BreShannonAlexandriaBreBreShannonShannonAlexandria8BiancaAllisonLisaBiancaBiancaLauraBiancaKayla9ShannonIsisLauraAlexandriaAngeleaLisaAlexandria10DominiqueBreDominiqueLisaBre11SheenaCamilleAngeleaCamille12KaylaKaylaIsis13AlexandriaSheena14Brittany
The contestant was immune from elimination The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two The contestant was eliminated The contestant was originally eliminated but was brought back The contestant originally won but was disqualified The contestant won the competition
Bottom two EpisodeContestantsEliminated1Alexandria & BrittanyBrittany2Kayla & SheenaSheena3Angelea & IsisIsis4Camille & LisaCamille5Angelea & LisaNone6Alexandria & BreBre7Bianca, Kayla, & ShannonBiancaKayla8Alexandria & AngeleaAlexandria9Laura & ShannonShannon10Angelea & DominiqueDominique11Allison & LauraLaura13Allison & LisaAllison The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after her third time in the bottom two The contestant was disqualified from the competition The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order Final three is not included. Rank byaverage Place Model Call-outtotal Number ofcall-outs Call-outaverage 1 2 Allison 36 11 3.27 2 1 Lisa 46 11 4.18 3 4 Laura 49 11 4.45 4 3 Angelea 51 11 4.63 5 5 Dominique 47 104.70 6 8-9 Bianca 39 7 5.57 7 6 Shannon 52 9 5.78 8 7 Alexandria 57 8 7.13 9 12 Isis 22 3 7.33 10 10 Bre 45 6 7.50 11 8-9 Kayla 54 7 7.71 12 11 Camille 31 4 7.75 13 13 Sheena 24 2 12.00 14 14 Brittany 14 1 14.00
Photo shoot guide
Episode 1 photo shoot: All-Star personality Episode 2 photo shoot: Pink's Hot Dogs Episode 3 photo shoot: Modeling on stilts in pairs Episode 4 photo shoot: Express campaign with male models Episode 5 photo shoot: Michael Jackson tribute Episode 6 photo shoot: Catfights in a bar with Coco Rocha Episode 7 photo shoot: Reality stars on a motorbike Episode 8 music video: Pot Ledom viral videos Episode 9 photo shoot: Bench body underwear on a salad bowl Episode 10 photo shoot: Ancient Olympic athletes Episode 12 motion editorial: Tyra Banks' Modelland with Tyson Beckford Episode 13 photo shoot and commercial: CoverGirl Intense Shadow Blast print ad and Commercial, and Beauty in Vogue spread
Angelea's disqualification
Following the finale, reports circulated that Angelea Preston had originally won the competition before being disqualified. In January 2013, Preston said that she had won the cycle before being stripped of the title, but did not state the reason for the disqualification.
In 2014, Preston filed a $3 million lawsuit against the show's producers, The CW and CBS, alleging that she had been wrongfully disqualified after producers learned that she had previously worked as an escort. The lawsuit claimed that Preston had originally been entitled to the cycle's prizes, including a 100,000 contract with CoverGirl and a spread in Vogue Italia, and alleged that her past work had not violated the show's rules because it occurred before her participation in the cycle. The lawsuit was later dropped in 2018.
In 2026, Preston discussed the disqualification in E!'s documentary special Dirty Rotten Scandals: America's Next Top Model. She said that several weeks after being crowned the winner, she was told that the episode would not air because she had been disqualified for "engaging in sex work", which she said was treated as a violation of a morality clause in her contract. The finale was reshot, with Lisa D'Amato named the winner and Allison Harvard named the runner-up.
Cast members
Additional cast J. Alexander – runway coach Jay Manuel – photo shoot director
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