Tyra telling on herself. In the real world a photographer wouldn't do that but on this show that's exactly what they do. If a model sasses back to them, they purposely choose a bad photo to punish them and say it was a bad model, not a bad photographer.

Models in previous cycles: I didn't want to step on the toes of the photographer. Tyra: It's your job to speak up for yourself and advocate for you. If the photos turn out bad, it reflects poorly on you. Alexandria: I was communicating with the photographer to try to get the best shot. Tyra: That's not your job. You're bossy and trying to control everything.

This is truly awful. Alexandria literally bounced with excitement onto the set. She was excited to work with the camel, she seemed happy to be there and confident. Then they shot her down before she was even in front of the camera. She couldn’t win.

As a Brit, I can confirm that we know what baseball is and the phrase -“hit it out the park” just means I’m going to smash it - the photographer seemed very arrogant and used what the director said which is super unprofessional to form a judgement which he clearly showed when he spoke to her. Everything she said he snapped back at her for

I have never once in my life seen a bad photo in a mag and thought "wow, that is a bad model" Tyra never fails to amaze

Alexandria: I'm excited and want to do well photographer: you're a control freak and I hate you

It's ridiculous how hard they tried to create the storyline of Alexandria being "rebellious" or whatever. In fact, it's pretty clear in this episode how the photographer and Jay are basically ganging up on her to be able to film that storyline and even then it's just not working. They're the ones that come across as difficult.

As a camel myself I appreciated when you stood up for us. We get a pretty bad rap but we're just misunderstood.

Is it only me who wants to see Jessica react to every single ANTM episode??

Alexandria was treated awfully. Watching these back she really couldn't do anything without being attacked or called fake. I can't imagine the toll that would start to take on your mental health. Hope she's doing better now because she certainly deserved better back then.

"THiS iSN'T BaSeBaLL." He *has* to be intentionally being difficult. You don't have to be playing baseball for the expression "Hit it out of the park" to make sense.

I remember not liking Alexandria when I was a teenager watching this season. I was probably around their age and thought she came off as cocky or arrogant. Now that I'm older I can see she was such a victim of editing and they clearly targeted her as a villain. I feel bad that she felt ostracized in the house. I fully feel that I would be portrayed the same way if I was on reality TV, I definitely am not all warm and fuzzy. She was shown to be more likeable in Allstars though I think

There's nooooo way I'd give a client a bad photo just because I'm bothered by a model. I want the world to see my best work, not Junior High pettiness.

I think what I remember from Kasia's interviews after the show, she said they didn't have her sizing when it came to the outfits, even though they knew there will be a plus size model. That is why her outfit seems less flashy than the other ones. I think that why she seemed upset and felt insecure.

Alexandria: says some positive comments about wanting to do a good job because she likes modeling. The photographer: How dare you be positive around me. Please allow me to tear you down a few notches because it makes me feel powerful and better about myself.

I’m not a photographer but I’ve been working years in marketing agencies. NOT ONCE I’ve heard of a photographer handing bad photos purposely to take revenge on the model or the marketing team receiving bad photos for whatever reason and the client blaming the model 😂🤡, not once. Wtf Tyra’s talking about....

Kasia is so beautiful. I really loved her photo - I don't mind her "angry" look on her face. The desert isn't 'romantic'...it tries to kill you so the 'angry' face actually makes the photo perfect.

English is not my first language and I have never lived in an English speaking country, I know nothing about baseball and yet I understand what "Hit it out of the park" means and I understand that she ment she wanted to do a great job. Antagonizing her for that expression is beyond ridiculous.

That was Alexandria’s storyline throughout the whole season: she’s very bossy, difficult to work and can’t do no wrong. Nevertheless, in the go see challenge she did the best and booked every client.

I knew there was abuse on the show to an extent, but Watching your reaction videos on ANTM made me realize that saying there was abuse is an understatement. Knowing your perspective as a photographer and how the industry really works with the models compared to how they treated these poor girls for 15+ years is appalling.. Now I understand why no one seems to like Tyra anymore and why the fashion industry or the girls themselves like Winnie Harlow don't want to be associated with the show.

Whatever Tyra was saying to Kasia made 0 sense. It was like she was just placing random words together and hoping something stuck? Also why when they cast “plus size” models that means they have to be the spokeswoman for all “plus size” models!? Just let them be themselves and stop bringing it up every 14 seconds and act like they have to be crusaders for a cause.

Alexandria’s photo, it’s stunning! She looks like she defies the desert to try and defeat her. So powerful.

So Kasia has spoken about how the producers sabotaged her by not having her clothes in her size. Also, I think she was allergic to fur so working with animals was difficult, I know when they worked with an ocelot she broke out in hives.

Looking back, Alexandria coming 4th despite of winning 2 best photos, booking all designers she went to on the go-see challenge and having a strong runway walk is unbelievable. She could've rivaled Brittany and Molly for the top 2.

The thing about this photographer is, that he was complaining about Alexandria, but he was not giving her advice on how to pose. So if the photographer doesn't say a thing, how the hell would she supposed to know what to do? Last I checked, thelepathy was not a requirement for this show.

Also, if the photographer is working for a client, 99% of the time (in my experience), someone from the clients end is at the shoot supervising. So they would know if the issue was due to the photographers model. And you’re 1000% correct, a photographer would never turn in shitty photos to try and bring down a model. They are working with the model that one day. They’re not gonna ruin their career over her. This show just DIIIGGGSSS for any drama they can find to create the narrative.

“One thing I will not tolerate is camel slander.” I loved this tangent she went on😂😂 “Maybe she’s late to a dinner.”

Alexandria was targeted so much this season, she was one of my favourites and I felt for her so much, as someone who was excluded and bullied. I would love it if you interviewed her, like Lisa and Keenyah

I was recently watching an interview with one of the contestants and she talked about how at panel, all girls were ask who they thought was going to win this except for that one girl who was pulled up first and asked which of the girls behind her was her biggest competition. And then they aired it as if they'd asked all the girls the same question and eliminated that girl solely for the reason that she didn't name herself. I don't know why but each time I hear something new about this show, it always shocks me just how manipulative and frankly abusive it was to these young girls.

The fact that they considered that model "plus sized" is ridiculous. No wonder she was self-conscious when the show literally forced a narrative on her, made it like her whole personality was being "plus sized", and basically acted like she need to be a martyr for every plus sized model out there. Ugh

Alexandra was treated so poorly and made to look so evil in this season that she got booed when she came back in the Top Model All-Stars season. They had all the contestants that returned walk a runway in front of a live audience of fans, and she was the only one who got nothing but hate.

As a photographer this is completely absurd. Never will I put my work on the line for petty sh!t. There’s a standard we all have and I can’t jeopardize that what I’ve worked so hard for.

The photographer was so uptight about the "hit it out of the park" reference that Alexandria made. Putting aside how much/little he (being a Brit) knows about baseball, Alexandria simply meant that she wanted to do really well on the photoshoot. Maybe he was told by producers to make an uptight/snarky remark for TV.

As a Brit I know exactly what hitting it out the park means. There is no 'desert' equivalent as sayings go??? The photographer is being a bit snobbish. Hopefully he regrets it now as we all do when we say things and realise it wasn't kind. * I now see he has passed away in 2020 but his students commented he was a very gentle and humble person when it came to photographery and encouraging their talent. Makes me wonder, maybe he was encouraged to be difficult on purpose to play a role?

I got goosebumps watching Molly. Everything was just right on that shoot. Alexandria is stunning. Her poses were fantastic! Hannah too.

IRT the question of whether it's safe to ride a camel: They're thousands of lbs so they can hurt people by shoving them or laying on top of them (more likely if they're not used to people), but they're honestly not particularly aggressive. If they get irritated they might resort to biting (like when Alexandria was petting her) or swinging their head. Honestly, the camels in the ep seem p chill, so I think saying they're grumpy is just playing it up for the show. Also, standing on an adult camel shouldn't hurt them, they have all that squishy fat in their humps for padding, and they can carry over a thousand lbs. I'd honestly be more worried about the model falling off and hurting themselves lol

Tyra picks the pictures for judging. Which explains why certain girls were sent home earlier than others. It would nice to hear your perspective on the Crime scence photoshoot the contenstants did on Cycle 8 or the Cycle 22 episode where Nyle Dimarco has to pose in the DARK (without his interperter).

ANTM did Kasia and Alexandria dirty! When I watched this as a teen their editing worked perfectly on me as I really disliked Alexandria. Seeing it now, they were truly disrespectful of her AND Kasia. I thought Kasia could win, but they just beat her down anytime she was confident in her "plus size" body.

I love when Jessica speaks for the animals. Looking out for the little guys!

24:00 - Tyra said that Alexandria wasn't as strong as Hannah, Molly, and Brittani but she was rewarded with 2 best pictures tied with Hannah and Molly by that time in the season. It is a set up to justify her elimination the week after. They also just wanted to create a conflict and Mr. Jay at 10:05 was feeding some stuff to the photographer for him not to like her. Alexandria might not be everyone's cup of tea but this girl worked hard and deserved to go far.

Alexandria was mistreated in both the seasons she was on and it was so hard to watch. She was amazing.

I used to work at a zoo that had camel rides! Camels are actually considered pack animals and riding them isn’t uncommon. One kind of good thing though is that they are notoriously short tempered animals. From what I’ve been told if they’re not being treated well camels will sometimes just straight refuse to work or move and because of their size there’s like nothing you can do so most places treat them well from my understanding. Edit: with how tiny those models are and the saddle they’re using,m standing on the camels really shouldn’t be much strain

Watching this as a self conscious teen vs now is like night and day. I appreciate your commentary, you know your stuff but you’re also understanding of each person involved in the process. I sense a binge watch coming…

They were like "Oh gorgeous she brought tension to the shoot." And yet then it switches to Kashia and theyre like "You were tense, there shouldnt be such tension". Like make up your mind. You praise one girl for bringing tension but another girl does and its "ugh why you bringing tension on the shoot".

All I’m hearing is we can make fun of you and judge you and say you’re ugly but if you don’t love it you’re rude

He as a photographer should have done his job as the PHOTOGRAPHER he’s been hired. Not a therapist It is such BS what Tyra told her a photographer would do if they get an attitude from the model. It is clear she only said it to make Alexandria feel bad for something she didn’t even do.

Jessica, you’re cracking me up with all that talk about the camel. “She probably has friends on the other side of the desert that are waiting for her and she’s running late.”😂😂😂

Unless it was the editing, this had to be one of the most socially awkward photographers I've seen on this show. Being awkward myself, I have no judgments about that, just don't criticize the models for not knowing how to respond to his strange small talk.

Really have an issue with "Berber meets European sophistication". The statement really makes it seem like the Berber people aren't sophisticated or need the help of Europeans to do that for them... But maybe that's just me.

After watching so much ANTM and getting so mad at the way the entire show is toxic and manipulative to the models and the audience 😑 I went and watched Naomi Campbell's show The Face, which I never even knew existed. I ended up watching the entire first season in one sitting. The vibe of the show felt so much calmer and all around so pleasing to watch after this crop. Highly recommend.

Must feel so empowering for these girls to see you speak up about this craziness. They never get to tell their stories or stand up for themselves. Amazing content❤️

Camels aren't any more difficult to ride than a horse, personality wise they're really not bad. They actually tend to be pretty gentle and patient. They're very smart so the grumpiness probably comes from boredom and/or getting fed up with inexperienced riders flopping around on their backs. Those saddles keep you glued up there, you have to *try* to fall out of one.

I think Kasia could not get into the mood because her styling lacked drama. The other girls had big scarves, headbows etc. Her outfit looked dull and she didn't have the advantage of a statement piece like the other girls did. And also I am so sick with "Ooh, YOU must manage your perception" idea. So some point, yes I agree.. but if the person opposite you is irrational or biased or simply stupid, I'll say it's their problem.

Now that I know what I know about Top Model, that photographer was most definitely put up to antogonize Alexandria. Also Mr. Jay saying what he did beforehand was setting her up for failure. Either or they just wanted to irritate her so they could slap her hand at the next judging panel.

did anyone notice how Kasia was the only one where the camel was moving? Like you can't do crazy balanced poses when the camel is walking around

okay sooooo i literally just rewatched all of cycle 16 so i could have a more informed opinion 😭 let me say 3 things: 1- for the first like half of the season, alexandria was too controlling and i understand why some of the girls didn't connect with her. especially when these are ppl you work with and live with and cant escape from. 2- alexandria may have her flaws, but the rest of the girls bullied her and were unusually cruel towards her. them ganging up on her to yell at her in front of the photo crew, them reading her diary behind her back, them constantly wishing she would go home simply because she annoyed them etc. etc.. the thing is, i can really understand both perspectives in this situation. alexandria was being controlling sometimes and also seemed to have a very contrived image. but i genuinely think she meant the best. i dont think anything was malicious on her part. as someone who had to grow up real quick too, i completely understand her behavior. and i understand why the girls may have been annoyed. but really, they could have gone about that about a million other better ways. lastly, 3- during the shoots towards the earlier half of the cycle, alexandria was genuinely overstepping her place at photoshoots and commercial filmings. but the example they used in this episode was such bullshit. she never once talked back. she was trying to form a connection with the photographer and speak on how passionate she is, but he just intentionally chose to be offended by the things she said. like literally, it felt like gaslighting. this cycle was very dramatic from top to bottom, but you can definitely see how these girls were sometimes judged very unfairly. okay, glad i just binge watched like 16 episodes in 24 hours so that i could write this one paragraph 🙃

WTF! There she is looking AMAZING, standing up beautifully on the camel, everyone: "She's awful, she's stiff, she's not a model" Are we looking at something different?

Alexandria was very young and had some personal issues that other models her age had not faced. To some she was abrasive but she always wanted to do better which is admirable.

Everything they say in this episode about being very aware of how others perceive you and making sure people don't think they made a mistake by having you around is literally what my social anxiety tells me. I watched this as a kid, I wonder how much of an impact it had on me

I legitimately gasped along with you at Alexandria's photo. If I hadn't seen the shoot footage, I could have thought she was edited onto that camel. She looks relaxed, completely at home and utterly regal. That's SO powerful, the fact that she's doing nothing fancy (apart from STANDING ON A CAMEL) and she's giving us so much! Edit: ARGH! Even zooming in on her face she looks perfect. She's a Queen of the Desert, the tension in her face - to me - makes her look haughty and focused. You could build multiple stories around that demeanour, depending on what you wanted. Wasn't she supposed to be looking for water in the desert? She could be doing that, or if she was a powerful woman local to the area, she could be about to dispense some justice or judgement. Or she could be waiting for her husband to return from some journey. All of those could work, depending on what other pictures were in the story. The model doesn't put the editorial together (right?), but this picture gives a variety of good jumping-off points. I'm sure her face is more relaxed in other shots. She actually looks a little scary and beautiful at the same time. Isn't that what they claim "top modelling" is? Somebody who is versatile enough to give high-fashion and commercial? Yeah - judges, you are idiots. This is amazing. She's standing on a camel, Nigel, sod off with you moaning about her legs being however many inches too far apart. Get your head out of your backside. You try standing on a camel with your legs completely together and film it so we can laugh at you. Urgh, this is grotesque. She did so well.

Molly is such an amazing model. Even though she was grumpy, I think she probably should have won

Alexandra's photo on the camel was my favorite of the season. I thought it should have been called no later than 2nd. I felt they chose it to be catty at first but it wound up being unique.💚🐫

I’m so sick of Brittany. She’s always so rude and jealous if someone does good and I don’t think she deserved to win ANTM. It should have been Molly. She has a way better attitude than Brittany.

Alex never talked back to the photographer. Mr. Jay ASKED her a question and she answered it, then the photographer said what he said. God they set her up for that. This always made me so mad.

mr jay: now camels are not the friendliest of creatures tHEN WHY WOULD YOU?-

Alexandria's photo is so amazing. She looks so strong in it. I love it!

I'm not a professional photographer, but i dont know of any photographers who would put a bad photo just because they felt that the model was "talking back" as it would completely put their own reputation and possibly livelyhood on the line...that's NOT worth it

ANTM loooved to use animals in their shoots. I always felt bad for the animals 😕 they never looked like they were having a great time.

Mr Jay set her up to fail, by telling the photographer that she was trouble and then needling her about how she was controlling... of HERSELF.

The inhale when Jess saw the outcome of Alexandria's shoot proved that everyone on the show was definitely ganging up on her for no reason

Alexandria's photo was one of the best in the shoot. I was mesmerized by her pose.

Every time I watch one of your videos I tend to get the impression that Tyra and the judges give off this perception that the models need to be these submissive little children who just stay silent and do what they're told. It's ridiculous, and honestly quite insulting to the models I would think.

It's clear that the producers told the photographer to act offended by anything Alexandra said or did to further the storyline they had for her on the show. Jessica should have Alexandria on a low res episode next. The way the show and the other contestants treated her on that season and then on All Stas was disgusting

You make me watch these episodes so differently. And I appreciate it! Alexandra was painted as such a villain. I mean, she had her quirks, as they all do. But, she deserved better.

It’s funny how they tried to make Alexandria into the villain when Brittani was such a trash person. I would go as far to say she is one of the the meanest people to ever be on ANTM, if not THE meanest.

i can’t with Tyra srsly

Tyra has always been out of order💀

I’m British and don’t watch baseball, but “hit it out the park” is a well known phrase that I would say is universally known

Typical day at ANTM: Tyra: You don't have a photo. What do you have to say for yourself? Model: Well, the photoshoot was canceled because of a storm. You know that-- Tyra: If you want to be the next top model, you've got to stop making excuses. Do you really WANT this? Are you hungry for it? I don't think you are. Model: What-- but it was cancelled... what should I have done? The crew didn't show up either, because of the storm. Tyra: There are always going to be things in your way. If you wanted this, you wouldn't care what the crew does, you SHOW UP. Model: I should have shown up and stood in the middle of a big storm and model without photographers? Tyra: I'm very, very disappointed in you, Model. Also, what the f*** are you wearing?

In my opinion everything was calculated to make Alexandria look like the villain of the show.

A great reaction would be cycle 8 where Brittany had issues remembering her lines for a commercial and she was accused of using her short term memory disorder to gain more favor from the judges. Also her being late on the go sees must see!

I stumbled across your videos after some old antm reviews, and as a retired studio photographer, I'm living for your "reacts". Your videos are so on and as someone who grew up with this show, I'm so glad we're onto Tyra finally!

Honestly, Alexandria was heavily criticized back in the day, not only the judges, but also the fandom, at the time, couldn't stand her because of how she was edited. She was unfairly misunderstood though, but was set up, at times I thought Jay sabotaged her with photographers tbh. However, I don't think she was as strong as Brittani, Molly and Hannah, they were amazing models. PS; Still waiting for Jessica to react to Cycle 3's episode 12 photoshoot, the way Ann was treated, during both the shoot and panel. Nowhere near as bad as Kelle's, but still really bad

Girl you have to disect s5 photoshoots they made them wear corsets that dont let them breathe properly, next episode with the wild boys, then, 6 girls naked inside a phonebooth, next, judges are jerks to contestant Bre due to a missing granola bar!! Following episode they criticize Bre for taking medication for allergies, and doing bad in the photoshoot allegedly! Its charged with moments!!! Thank you for your ANTM content as well as the photography content Stay safe and Blessed Jessica

I still love Alexandria and she was made to be the bad girl and Brittani was the good girl... I just wish Alexandria would do interviews and tell us her side... Also also - Alexandria's look has kinda inspired a lot of print /runway models of today... Stern face, attitude of directness, AKA fierceness...

I think Tyra's conspiracy theory that photographers will purposefully choose a bad picture to take petty revenge on a model they don't like is very telling to how ANTM works

Literally, you could totally tell that Alexandria did so well from the fact that the ANTM crew captured her posing like a freaking queen: She looked awesome on camera. "Doesn't look as model-y as the rest of us", my butt. I heard jealousy makes people ugly - but damn!

I'm so happy Molly's talent got to shine here. This show and this season did her so dirty

It’s like Russian roulette with these judges. I can not stand Tyra. She infuriates me.

When you asked “can you ride a camel?”-it made me think of the Mitch Hedberg bit where he’s talking about people wanting him to be able to act and write scripts to be a comedian… “Ok you’re a cook, but can you farm?” - essentially “Ok you’re a model, but can you ride a camel???” 😂

A note on camels- they're hella sensitive to the moods of those around them, and if you're in a bad mood, or your vibe doesn't sit right with them, they let you know. So it makes sense if they weren't a fan of Mr. Jay, or the unprepared models who were just basically told camels are mean lol, I wouldn't vibe with that either

The poor camel’s back. You can’t stand on their backs

Also Alexandria grated my nerves on the show when I was younger but watching this back, they definitely made her the villain the whole season. All the other girls hated her and it really wasn't fair. Especially when there are newer seasons of girls that were just plain mean and they weren't demonized as bad as Alexandria. Also that photographer was a bit much in general. Lmfao just all around odd.

I adore you, your appreciation for your work and those you work with and applying that care to criticizing those clearly not paying the industry, workers and work the same respect. Thank you Jessica!

Animal enthusiast here: Camels are definitely not known for their winning personalities moreover though I would like to talk about people being on their backs. So, as I'm sure anyone can know, camels have been used for transportation of people and various goods for ages especially in desert environments. Just the same as pachyderms, and equines. However I would like to point something out: no animal is born with or has evolved to specifically carry anything on their backs. Like, evolution did not create an elephant while also taking into account that they might be supporting several hundred pounds in their lifetime in addition to their own body weight. Nor horses, mules, donkeys, camels or any other animal that man has tried to ride or use as a transportative vehicle. All that to say though, it's all about weight. So if I asked you to wear a backpack for 8 to 12 hours, could you do it? Yes of course, it might not be the most comfortable thing after a few hours but you could do it and it wouldn't cause you lasting damage. Now addition to the backpack, let's add a toddler and that's what you're toting around all day, suddenly you're back is going to be quite sore. How about instead of a toddler you are supporting a middle schooler on your back? A high schooler? A full-grown adult? See suddenly this becomes near impossible. It's all about weight. So with a camel, I don't believe that it would hurt the camel to have a model on top of him for 10 to 15 minutes, however with her moving around and posing and if the shoot takes longer than that, not to mention that they use the same camel for every single model, I bet that the camel just like any of us would get sore mildly irritated and feel slightly burdened by the weight. However I do not think it would damage the camel. Like I said earlier, these animals have been used for transportation of goods and people for hundreds of years, however they were not born to do these things and just because they're capable of it doesn't mean that they enjoy it. So the best we can do if we can continue to use them for these jobs, is to always bear in mind how much weight we are putting on their backs that they were never intended to carry by evolution standards. That's a very long-winded explanation but basically no, I don't think that they are hurting the camel, but yes over time that could really start to irritate the animal.

The finale for this one was intense. I remember when I was younger it made me uncomfortable laugh. Molly and Brittany get to the final two and Brittany wins. Molly was sooooo pissed off. Her anger issues come to the fore front.

Also you’re so funny and adorable I love you 😹😭

I remember this show well, It never made sense to me how horrible the models were treated. It so good watching the truth now about it. your channel rocks.

Jessica, you crack me up so hard with your commentary. I laughed out so loud at the Spotify bit, I READ IT TOO. Especially considering she does sing in the following all-star season lmao.

Alexandria's photo was AMAZING!!! It's so surreal and like weird looking? By weird I mean, out of this world.