[Saph]

For those who didnt see the Cycle 17 (All-Stars) finale last night, Angelea Preston, Lisa D'Amato and Allison Harvard were the final 3 contestants competing in Greece, however the finale took a strange turn as for the final 3 judging deliberation, the judges were back in the LA judging pannel and judge Nigel Barker revealed that the final judging had been re-filmed as contestant Angelea Preston had been 'disqualified' from the compitition...

During the final judges panel, with scant explanation or elaboration, Tyra Banks & Co. announced that one of the frontrunners to take home the all-star edition title, Angelea Preston, had been disqualified from the competition, before proceeding to decide the winner among the remaining two contestants.

Viewers were left both confused and outraged and a firestorm of questions and comments flooded online. So…what the heck happened?


"We're back in Los Angeles on the Top Model set and we're here for a special finale that's being conducted under unusual circumstances," Banks said.

"It turns out, our production team and the network learned information from Angelea that disqualifies her from the competition," noted, um, noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker. "It means we're now going to do our final judging with the remaining two girls, and in the interest of fairness, the producers and the network thought it best to evaluate Allison and Lisa on their own, without the added competition of Angelea."

"You know what, guys, we wish Angelea the best in all her future endeavors," Jay Manuel added.

And that was all the explanation viewers received. Which, pending further elaboration from either the network or Angelea, might be all the explanation they can expect.




Particularly inflamed fans are pointing to a since deleted (if it ever existed) entry on Preston's personal Facebook page that supposedly gave away some spoilers about the final episode, including which three girls—herself included—made it to walk in the final runway show. However, that speculation has remained unconfirmed.

Due to the rough jump cuts and the CW's admission that they had to recut some of the finale's final scenes, some fans are even theorizing that Angelea was initially declared the winner of the series prior to her disqualification.

"After production wrapped on the current cycle of America's Next Top Model, we learned information that made Angelea ineligible and she was subsequently disqualified from the competition," the CW said in a statement. "As a result, new scenes were filmed to address this for the audience during the finale."



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As for Preston herself, she has yet to directly address the controversy, but tweeted out last night following yesterday's airing.

"OMG!!!! IM TRENDING WORLDWIDE on twitter right now!!!!!!!!!! Wowwwww!! That's the whole world!! Lol! #humbled!! Thanks y'all!!! #LOVE."

Well, you know what they say. Any publicity is good publicity, right?

So rumor has it, Angelea won the title of ANTM All Star but because she apparently revealed it on her Facebook account, they completely re-filmed the final judging in LA ...thats a little extreme

[BBfanUSA]

She Broke a Rule and needed to be punished accordingly. No problem with it. I think if someone reveals the elimination order on their season of survivor before the season shows. they have to pay $5 Million dollars.

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Originally Posted by big brother usa fan

She Broke a Rule and needed to be punished accordingly. No problem with it. I think if someone reveals the elimination order on their season of survivor before the season shows. they have to pay $5 Million dollars.

[MattySlug]

I don't watch it, actually I watch about 4 seconds per episode.
I download it for my partner.

when It wasn't released straight after airing I checked wiki to see if it in fact was shown and found out the winner....
I was angry, I can't believe Lisa won. Awful Awful Choice!

I reckon she is in no way a derserving winner.

Should of been one of the other two!

I hated Angelea in her first ANTM Cycle, and in this one at the start but have come to accept her and like her.

[Bluerang1]

I just want to know what happened. If the facebook thing is true then it is stupid on her part and the production team's too. Don't break your contract; lame reason to disqualify. Angelea obviously won, they wouldn't need a re-shoot otherwise.