Janice Dickinson on ANTM's Tough Love

0:00It's March 11th, here's your entertainment news in two minutes. Janice Dickinson is opening up about her days as a judge on America's next top model. She says the producers, led by Tyra Banks, pushed her to be much tougher and meaner, just like Simon Cowell on American Idol. That harsh style was pulling in big ratings for shows like that back then. Dickinson describes Tyra as trying to play the role of a strict team mom, to the contestants. But in her view, it backfired and left the young women feeling broken and without confidence when they left the show. Fans and former contestants have long talked about the intense pressure on the series. Dickinson's comments highlight how that toughness was meant to boost drama but often hurt the participants emotionally. She got replaced on the panel by Twiggy in 2005, though she popped up as a guest judge into 2006. After that Dickinson starred on the surreal life and had her own series, the Janice Dickinson modeling agency, which ran from 2006 to 2008, a new show called Dirty Rotten Scandals,

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