Critics argued that while ANTM included diverse contestants, it also reinforced damaging beauty standards. User @khanm092 commented, "This doesn't really work when those 'different beauties' were ...

But over the years, ANTM became that show that broke the rules. It expanded beyond the common tropes of beauty standards, it showcased the reality of the diverse world of modeling, and eventually ...

Isis King broke barriers for trans models on TV when she joined the main cast of contestants on cycle 11 of Tyra Banks' modeling competition series America's Next Top ... forms of beauty, King's ...