America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1

I enjoy ANTM a one of my guilty pleasures, and I really enjoy the earlier seasons before it became such an over-produced show centered around Tyra Banks and her ever-growing ego.During the first two seasons, Tyra spent a lot of time with the girls hands on, and the results of her tutiledge were much better than in later rounds, wherein she eventually was seen only in judging and clearly kept her distance from the participants.I believe her later "cycles" would've been more successful if she were present more often, instead of having producers creating wilder and more outlandish challenges and obstacles for the girls (and later, guys) to overcome.I enjoyed the addition of ALT in cycle 14, but it became obvious very quickly that Tyra not only worships the ground he walks in, but began speaking and behaving like him on camera. Somewhere in there she lost that "realness" she'd been known for an simply became a charicature of her former self.If you want more of the "real Tyra, watch seasons 1 & 2.PS--Thr casting portion of the show can be very entertaining, and I don't blame them for adding casting week as part of their show. Whether in American Idol or ANTM, it is fun to giggle at the hopefuls and their antics and select an early favorite or two. It's the one change I welcomed and applauded.

I first saw ANTM on VH1 when they were airing reruns of cycle 4. I never expected to find the show interesting, much less addictive! The one thing that got me hooked were the photo shoots every episode. They are not boring everyday, wear a dress, lingerie or bikini and pose sexy. They were creative, artistic and showed that everyone in this business has to be artistically inclined, even the models themselves. If it was the goal of Tyra Banks to show the world that it takes more than a pretty face and a nice body to be a model, she has definently achieved it. We also see in the show that initial judgments based on appearance can mean nothing in the end, as the winner was someone Tyra would have never expected to win. The prettiest girls with the nicest bodies were eliminated one by one because they were missing something the best girls had and that was personality. Not only is the show entertaining, it illustrated something very important about modeling, a reality that most do not see. It takes more than just looking pretty and having a toned body, it takes discipline and a having a personality that shines through to make you look even more beautiful. I hope this speaks out to the young girls out there that emotional and intellectual development is more important than physical beauty. Looks won't get you everywhere.I highly recommend this show for fans of the fashion industry and for those looking for a quality show, especially in the overly saturated "reality tv" genre.

My wife started watching this show back in the day when cycle 7 was live and we ended up watching 7 and 8 before stopping. So my wife started watching again starting from cycle 6 and I started watching at the end of cycle 7 and we've been binge watching. We're currently on cycle 16 together but I decided in my spare time I was going to go all the way back to the beginning.It is interesting to see how meager and humble things were in the beginning but I'm finding myself annoyed by some of these girls more than any others in the later cycles. It seems like it becomes "religious" vs "non-religious" and it becomes old fast. There is one episode where a religious girl shares a scripture with an atheist girl and I found that off-putting, but after that it seems that more often than not the non-religious girls are going after the religious girls. One of them is constantly bashing the other girls, exerting her own superiority and is actually called out by Tyra in one episode. I haven't finished the season yet but I hope with all my hope that the "holier-than-thou" (which sounds funny to say as she's an atheist) girl doesn't win. I just hope that this was a learning season and cycles 2-6 are more like the later cycles than this one.

This show is miles removed from what it would later become. Yes you can see it was pretty low budget, but the show has some heart and real reality in there (with a small dose of those Tyra-isms we all hate) and in terms of tone, it's much closer to the AusNTM incarnation of the show. There's not a lot of gimmicks, the contestants are allowed some breathing room, they're actually getting some tips/instruction, and Tyra is very involved (versus her appearances later on which felt forced). Tonally, it's very close to the early seasons of MTV's Real World in the best possible way. Also it has one of the most memorable winners of any season. It's too bad the show moved away from this documentary style and got so over-produced because there's something really special here.

I enjoyed most of it except 3 things they made the girls do. Pose with huge snakes around their necks, posing in the nude, and putting them in a coffin with an 8' deep grave and pose. If that's part of Modeling, i don't understand it.

If any of you are fans of the show I'm sure you know that the reruns of this show are always on MTV or VH1 all the time but for some reason (i heard Tyra and Adrienne Curry had a falling out and do not get along) they hardly ever show this specific cycle and i have never seen it! I decided to buy it and was not disappointed at all. i think it was one of the best out of all the cycles. Maybe because it was the original, i'm not sure but they show all the girls getting bikini waxes..lol, a big fight that ends in a religious prayer, a nude photo shoot that some arent willing to do because of their morals or religious beliefs, its just an awesome show. if you havent seen it i would recommend buying it..its worth every penny!!!

My wife wanted it.She says its great.I couldn't care less.Take from that what you will.

Loved the season and discs ran very well ❣️

parfait

You can clearly tell they didn't know how to handle certain things at first, but this show has been improving ever since.

アメリカ全土から集まったモデル志望の女性達。みんな、スタイルはもちろん言うことなしですが、それぞれの個性が回を重ねるごとに出てきて、最後の方になるにつれて１人１人に感情移入してしまいました。毎回タイラから出されるお題をクリアしてモデルとしても女性としても成長していきます。でも、見どころはやはり女ならではの争い。。。互いの性格や癖、宗教などの問題でぶつかり合ってばかりのように見える彼女たちも、認める所はお互いきちんと認め合うステキな関係だと思います。リアリティー番組としてはちょっと物足りないかもしれませんが、モデル業界の大変さなどが見えていいと思います。コメディーなどとは違って何度も繰り返し、という感じで観るよりは、私は「生きた英語」を学ぶのに役立ててます。このDVDは国内でのリージョンでは観れませんのでご注意を！！