Modelville
| Modelville | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tyra Banks |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Original release | October 8 – December 1, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | tyrashow |
Modelville is a spin-off reality series from America's Next Top Model which is aired within the Tyra Banks Show. It features 5 former contestants of America's Next Top Model who compete for a $50,000 spokesperson contract with Carol's Daughter.
Similar to Top Model, the contestants all live in the same house together, with the exception that they are allowed to keep their cellphones and are able to have access to the Internet, allowing them to update their blogs each day to give their take on the process. Each girl will have to direct and star in her own 30-second commercial for Carol's Daughter. The competition is documented on the Tyra Banks Show on a biweekly basis, except the finale, which aired almost a month after the previous episode.
Original Airdate: October 8, 2008
Each girl tells her story to Tyra. Bianca talks about how the airport fight caused her to worry a lot about her mother and skip some jobs, Dominique reveals that her boyfriend got someone else pregnant but they are working through it, Renee explains she moved into a dangerous L.A. neighborhood where a baby was shot, Lauren tells about not thinking she is beautiful and is having a hard time pursuing modeling since having to move back in with her mother, Fatima reveals she has been struggling financially due to only booking editorial jobs and hardly has any money to eat.
Tyra then reveals she selected each of the girls because their stories touched her and welcomes the founder of Carol's Daughter, Lisa Price, who tells the girls they will have to write, film and direct their own commercial to win a $50,000 contract as a spokesperson for the brand. Another surprise comes to the girls, they are moving into the competition house immediately.
Original Airdate: October 21, 2008
The girls move into their apartment which is the same Flathotel suite the Cycle 1 girls stayed in America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1. Fatima and Lauren joke around about their old rivalry they had with each other on their cycle of Top Model. Fatima then leaves for a photo shoot with CosmoGirl. Later Renee, Bianca and Dominique go in town to shop for boots, but Renee, worried about her timing and feeling ill gets back to the apartment in time. Dominique and Bianca end up being 3 hours late to a surprise yet scheduled meeting with Tyra, upsetting the producers. After that, Dominique breaks down and fights with Bianca who doesn't understand her way of dealing with her feelings.
...
Wikipedia