Former ‘ANTM’ Contestant Calls Out Producers Over ‘Damaging’ Editing

A former “ANTM” contestant is asking out the present’s “damaging” enhancing after showing in a brand new docuseries concerning the actuality competitors program’s downfall.

Keenyah Hill, who appeared in cycle 4 of Tyra Banks’ in style modeling contest, spoke with Nick Viall on a current episode of his “Viall Recordsdata” podcast and opened up concerning the present’s producers enhancing her to look as if she had an issue with overeating.

Hill was one of many former contestants interviewed for the brand new Netflix docuseries, “Actuality Verify,” which pulled the curtain again on among the behind-the-scenes workings of “America’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin.”

Hill defined throughout her portion of this system that the present’s enhancing was not all the time correct. She went on to say that the producers made her look as if she had an issue with overeating.

To nail the purpose dwelling, Hill was proven throughout a season 4 episode seemingly consuming a number of bagels. Nonetheless, Hill stated the producers reused clips of her consuming the identical bagel to create a narrative.

“I need folks to grasp. I used to be 5’11 and on the time I used to be about 130 lbs, which is absolutely, actually slim,” Hill stated to Viall. “Like, [I was] very slim. … I used to be most likely between a [size] two and 4, which I’m not too removed from now. They did form of prep us however once more all of it comes again to the present and actuality TV.”

Hill stated throughout “Actuality Verify” that producers typically typecast the fashions and needed to discover methods to make their predetermined narratives match.

“In hindsight, it’s like they needed to discover one thing as part of the narrative,” Hill stated concerning the present’s dealing with of her storyline. “That’s after I knew, OK, that is intentional. It was a bit bit damaging to see them enhancing me consuming the identical bagel, for instance, displaying me consuming it as if I’ve eaten three bagels but it surely actually was the identical one.”

Hill informed host Viall that she skilled a tough childhood, typically being teased for not having a naturally curvy physique like others round her. Consequently, Hill was bullied for “being actually slim” and carrying “glasses [and] braces.”

Hill believed being solid on “America’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin” would’ve been higher for her. “By the point I went onto [the show], I used to be like, that is the place I belong! That is excellent,” she stated.

What occurred on the present, nonetheless, was a “shock,” Hill stated.

In line with a earlier report from The Blast, Hill was featured within the “Actuality Verify” docuseries alongside fellow contestants Whitney Thompson, Giselle Samson, Shannon Stewart, Shandi Sullivan, and Dani Evans.

Additionally in this system had been former judges Jay Manuel, Jay Alexander, and Banks herself. Throughout one section, Banks acknowledged that sure elements of the present had been controversial.

“I knew I went too far. It was very, very intense, however you guys had been demanding it, so we saved pushing it, increasingly and extra,” Banks stated.

The documentary, which was directed by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, explored the present’s place in popular culture historical past. It regarded again on most of the actuality present’s problematic moments, together with the race-swap photoshoot and Banks’ notorious crashout with Tiffany Richardson.

Harrowing allegations had been additionally leveled in opposition to the present’s producers. In a single interview, an emotional Sullivan recalled being assaulted by a visitor that manufacturing allegedly allowed into the mannequin’s staying quarters.