{"id":46175,"date":"2026-02-17T13:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=46175"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:25:21","slug":"the-brutal-real-reason-antms-first-winner-adrianne-curry-isnt-appearing-on-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/17\/the-brutal-real-reason-antms-first-winner-adrianne-curry-isnt-appearing-on-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The brutal real reason ANTM\u2019s first winner Adrianne Curry isn\u2019t appearing on the show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"640\">Adrianne Curry will always be that girl.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"640\">The very first <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/17\/what-happened-to-tiffany-richardson-from-antm-and-where-is-she-now\/\">America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/a> winner, crowned back in 2003, when low-rise jeans reigned and Tyra\u2019s \u201cWe were rooting for you\u201d energy was still new.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"640\">But with ANTM getting a huge Netflix deep-dive in 2026, people expected a cycle one check-in\u2026 and instead got a hard no.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"640\">Adrianne\u2019s been reflecting on her win online, but she\u2019s also made it super clear she\u2019s not here for the modern reality TV machine. And honestly? Her reasoning is super straightforward.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"679\">What happened to Adrianne on ANTM?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DItwedYvGyc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DItwedYvGyc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Adrianne Curry-Rhode (@adriannecurry)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"950\">If you only remember the iconic final runway and that raw, early-2000s vibe, here\u2019s the refresher&#8230; Adrianne won <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/09\/04\/it-turns-out-the-real-backstory-behind-the-tyra-banks-meme-is-way-worse-than-we-all-thought\/\">ANTM<\/a> cycle one over Shannon Stewart, launching the franchise that would run for 24 cycles from 2003 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1300\">But the &#8216;fairy tale&#8217; ending has long been complicated. In recent years, Curry has spoken publicly about how she felt the post-win opportunities didn\u2019t match what was promised, and she\u2019s described feeling embarrassed by what she says she actually received versus the big, glossy career that was hyped on-screen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1590\">She\u2019s also alleged that the show\u2019s infamous makeover did real damage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1590\">The ANTM alum has claimed a weave installed during production left her with long-term hair and scalp issues, one of the many \u201cmakeovers gone wrong\u201d stories that\u2019s now part of the show&#8217;s reckoning, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/adrianne-curry-claims-tyra-banks-makeover-left-her-partially-bald\/\">Us Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1999\">And yet, even with all that baggage, she still revisits her win with a kind of disbelief.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1999\">In a social media clip where she rewatched her finale crowning, Curry joked that before the winner was announced, she was ready to \u201cbe\u2026grateful and graceful,\u201d and then, when Tyra calls her name, she said she basically \u201cblacked out\u201d because she never truly thought it would happen.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2001\" data-end=\"2052\">She revealed why she\u2019s not appearing on the show<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am deeply grateful I won the first season of top model. i think people psychoanalyzing it over 20 years later with a woke lens is absurd. I don&#8217;t trust people to not manipulate things I say for tv, so i decline everything. Also, the public is cult-like and cruel, so the last\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrianne Curry (@AdrianneCurry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdrianneCurry\/status\/2015977047726886935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2054\" data-end=\"2229\">So why skip Netflix\u2019s ANTM docuseries <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/16\/where-antms-jay-manuel-stands-with-tyra-banks-years-after-his-disappointing-walk-out\/\">Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/a>, the one that\u2019s reigniting all the chit-chat? Because Adrianne doesn\u2019t trust the process.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2779\">After promo for the doc dropped, Curry posted that she\u2019s \u201cdeeply grateful\u201d she won\u2026 but thinks people \u201cpsychoanalysing it over 20 years later with a woke lens is absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2779\">She added that she doesn\u2019t trust producers not to \u201cmanipulate\u201d her words for TV, so she \u201cdecline[s] everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2779\">Then came the line that really sums up her stance: she called the public \u201ccult-like and cruel,\u201d and said the last thing she wants is \u201ca bunch of eyeballs\u201d on her&#8230; plus she hopes other contestants don\u2019t have their words twisted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality 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