{"id":46330,"date":"2026-02-18T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=46330"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:22:27","slug":"antms-nigel-barkers-daughter-is-now-a-model-despite-him-saying-industry-is-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/18\/antms-nigel-barkers-daughter-is-now-a-model-despite-him-saying-industry-is-toxic\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTM’s Nigel Barker’s daughter is now a model despite him saying industry is toxic"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANTM is having its big Netflix<\/a> reckoning moment, and it\u2019s a lot.<\/p>\n

In Reality Check: Inside America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/a>, the judges and former contestants revisit the show\u2019s most \u201cwait\u2026 they aired THAT?!\u201d scenes, from humiliating makeovers to storylines that now read as straight-up unsafe.<\/p>\n

And right in the middle of it is longtime judge and photographer Nigel Barker, reflecting on what the industry normalised back then.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the twist… while he talks about how toxic the modelling world can be, his own daughter is stepping into it as a model today, too…<\/p>\n

Nigel admits the toxicity of ANTM environment<\/h2>\n
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