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  • Make Miss America Great Again | EP 1 | Curse of Miss America

    October 20, 2026 · 58 min

    “Curse Of” is back for season two. This time, we’re doing a deep dive on Miss America. We’re talking about the pageant’s history, its impact on our larger culture, and of course, the scandals.    Host Bridget Armstrong talks to former…

  • Introducing: Curse of Miss America

    October 13, 2026 · 4 min

    A new season of Curse Of launches October 20th. The team investigates the unraveling of the Miss America pageant. We follow the ongoing legal battle over the pageant’s ownership, and the scandals that have been plaguing the pageant for…

  • The Dirty Rotten Scandals of ANTM | BONUS | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    March 11, 2026 · 49 min

    The ANTM reckoning continues with a new E! docuseries, Dirty Rotten Scandals America’s Next Top Model. The series premieres on E! tonight March 11th, at 9PM EST / 6PM PT.  Lauren Saft, Executive Producer of Dirty Rotten Scandals America’s…

  • Yeah, Tyra's a Villain | BONUS Pt. 2 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    March 3, 2026 · 40 min

    We’re continuing our conversation about the Netflix docuseries “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.” In Pt.2, host Bridget Armstrong and editor Monique LaBorde break down Tyra’s disappointing interview in the Netflix…

  • Yeah, Tyra's a Villain | BONUS Pt. 1 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    March 2, 2026 · 48 min

    The new Netflix docu-series has everyone talking. “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” features sit-down interviews with Tyra Banks and Ken Mock, plus longtime ANTM judges Miss J, Jay Manuel, and Nigel Barker.   “Curse Of”…

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  • Reality TV: The Great Experiment | BONUS | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    November 26, 2025 · 58 min

    Thanks for listening to this season of Curse of: America’s Next Top Model. As you can imagine, we had to leave a lot on the cutting room floor. In this special bonus episode, we hear more behind-the-scenes details and stories from the…

  • Reality TV vs. Modeling Competition | EP 6 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    October 21, 2025 · 55 min

    ANTM was never really about creating top models. It was a reality TV disguised as a modeling competition, and it showed. We break down how photo shoots were designed to create unforgettable moments and reactions on screen and how casting…

  • Psych Out | EP 5 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    October 14, 2025 · 44 min

    CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation.  We continue our discussion about the ANTM psychological evaluation. We hear from models who say the traumatic experiences they shared with the show’s…

  • Psych Up | EP 4 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    October 7, 2025 · 42 min

    CONTENT WARNING: This episode mentions sexual assault, suicide, and suicidal ideation.   Before you could be cast on America’s Next Top Model, you had to pass a psychological evaluation. Contestants were told these psych evals were about…

  • Tale of Two Winners | EP 3 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    September 30, 2025 · 58 min

    We explore one of ANTM’s most infamous controversies. Angelea Preston won the All-Stars season of America’s Next Top Model. Later, she was stripped of the title, and her win was given to Lisa D’Amato. But what really happened behind the…

  • The Blueprint | EP 2 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    September 23, 2025 · 51 min

    Cycle 1 was messy, low-rent, and groundbreaking. It was also the blueprint for everything ANTM would become. It introduced us to the larger-than-life personalities that became synonymous with the show. Cycle 1 also laid the groundwork for…

  • The Set-Up | EP 1 | Curse of America's Next Top Model

    September 16, 2025 · 39 min

    Tyra Banks screamed it, but was she ever really rooting for these girls? In the series opener, host Bridget Armstrong explores one of ANTM’s biggest criticisms—that the show didn’t create any top models. We go back to the beginning to…

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About the show

Miss America used to be a national icon. At its peak, the pageant was appointment television, drawing TV audiences that rivaled the Superbowl.  But now, the crown is slipping. The organization is at the center of a tabloid courtroom drama.  Two people are claiming to be the rightful owner of the Miss America pageant. And the fight is getting ugly.   In one corner, a pageant girl boss. In the other, a self-proclaimed Palm Beach billionaire with a controversial past. After decades of leadership failures and declining interest, today’s scandal is the only the latest in a long line of controversies in the pageant world. And yet, thousands of young women continue to compete every year. What keeps drawing contestants to an institution that so many former insiders believe has failed them?    Over the course of 10 episodes, we'll hear directly from former titleholders, participants, and whistleblowers. Hosted by pop culture journalist Bridget Armstrong, Curse of Miss America is an investigation into the unraveling of an American institution.