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Before I became a Christian, America's Next Top Model star Jay Manuel told me I needed to ‘suffer for fashion’
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Hope Bonarcher2026-03-05T11:13:00
Watching the Netflix documentary on America’s Next Top Model stirred up complicated memories for Hope Bonarcher, memories shaped by her own years working as a professional model long before she became a Christian. Reflecting on the gap between reality TV and the real modelling world, she shares how faith, perseverance, and personal conviction shaped a very different path from the one portrayed on screen.
I never watched America’s Next Top Model when it was on television. As a real-life, working model at the time, the show rubbed me the wrong way. What little glimpses I’d see of clips or adverts were enough to realize the show had little in common with the actual reality of modelling. Now, having watched the Netflix documentary, ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,’ I can confidently say; for the most part, I was correct.
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