Season 17 Episode 13

Just two weeks ago, Angelea Preston was trending like crazy on Twitter. After the controversial finale of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 17: All-Stars, which featured only Allison Harvard and winner Lisa D’Amato at the final judging table, the questions surrounding Angelea’s “disqualification” were non-stop.

For every winner of America’s Next Top Model, there is usually the dark horse modelstant who winds up becoming even more famous than the titular star.

Think of Yaya DaCosta from Cycle 3, who surpassed Eva Pigford in terms of legitimate acting roles. Or Kim Stolz from Cycle 5, who became much more widely known than winner Nicole Linkletter, for her well-done campaigns for GLBT rights and...

Tyra Banks is under a wee bit of pressure lately. Her latest cycle of America’s Next Top Model ended in a pretty disastrous way, with the sudden, unexplained disqualification of favored-to-win Angelea Preston dominating all the press surrounding the finale — running over the attention normally given to the actual winner, Lisa D’Amato.