Former America’s Next Top Model: All Stars winner Lisa D’Amato has ripped the present’s Tyra Banks and Janice Dickinson in a brand new interview with Dailymail.com.
The Los Angeles-born D’Amato discovered fame on the small display screen reverse Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model within the present’s fifth cycle in 2005 earlier than successful America’s Next Top Model: All Stars six years later, in 2011.
Not averse to controversy, D’Amato has made headlines within the years since criticizing Banks – and now Janice Dickinson – over aspects of the reality series.
‘I feel that Tyra’s coronary heart and soul has identical to zero ethical compass – she thrives on profiting off younger ladies’ ache and sorrow, and nonetheless to at the present time, I don’t assume she’s developed – I don’t assume she’s taken any accountability,’ D’Amato instructed Dailymail.com.
D’Amato stated she feels that Banks continues to be ‘all about manipulation and glossing over the kind of trauma that she’s induced – not solely to viewers however to contestants of America’s Next Top Model.’
Dailymail.com has reached out to a number of reps for Banks for remark in response to the newest spherical of remarks from D’Amato.


Former America’s Next Top Model: All Stars winner Lisa D’Amato has ripped the present’s Tyra Banks and Janice Dickinson in a brand new interview with Dailymail.com.
Dickinson and D’Amato appeared on a 2005 episode of the fact present collectively titled The Girl Who Gets a Boob Job.
Asked for her ideas on in regards to the stalwart mannequin, D’Amato stated, ‘When people ask me about Janice Dickinson, nonetheless to at the present time, I’m largely irritated as a result of she’s the self proclaimed “first supermodel” or no matter – to begin with, that’s not true … there’s not one factor she has performed that has made a constructive affect in her whole profession.
‘She’s just a puppet to whatever is trending, she hasn’t escalated or raised anyone up. So when people ask me about her, I’m really confused – I don’t know … there’s nothing inspiring and she just does whatever’s trending.’
Asked if Dickinson did anything specific to her when she was on the show, D’Amato said, ‘Yes, she started a fight with me for no f***ing reason because the show told her to – her whole career is her playing the victim, being a drug addict, and being the Simon Cowell of America’s Next Top Model, and also the entertainment world.
‘I’m just over it, like f*** Janice Dickinson, next question please.’
A rep for Dickinson told Dailymail.com in response, ‘Janice has never made it a secret that she was brought onto ANTM to be a Simon Cowell-esque character, which was the climate of the time.
‘During Janice’s time as a judge, she was in an active addiction and she’s had to work hard to maintain that sobriety, while also working hard to take responsibility and make amends with people she did hurt.
Dickinson’s rep explained to Dailymail.com that ‘it’s important to note she is the only judge who has ever apologized and met up with many of the girls, now women, to discuss their experiences on the program,’ while standing ‘in solidarity with many of the contestants.’

D’Amato told Dailymail.com she doesn’t think Banks has ‘taken any accountability’ for the pain caused by the reality show

A rep for Dickinson told Dailymail.com: ‘Janice has never made it a secret that she was brought onto ANTM to be a Simon Cowell-esque character, which was the climate of the time’
‘Janice is very sorry to hear Lisa didn’t have a great experience, both on the show and afterwards, but she wasn’t a judge on that cycle and therefore, doesn’t know Lisa or why she’s being brought up.’
In recent years, D’Amato has focused her energies into projects including her ongoing modeling career, other reality shows and a musical catalogue, among other endeavors.
She has greater than 274,000 followers on her primary Instagram account, and was the topic of a 2024 Reddit thread underneath the ANTM subreddit titled, ‘I feel Lisa D’Amato is definitely most likely a genius,’
The original poster said: ‘If you think about it, she actually is very successful in modeling, singing, and now as an entrepreneur.
‘Its like life gets boring for her because she just automatically succeeds at everything without having to try too hard so in order to “not be fed up” she does her crazy antics.’
The poster went on to say that they felt D’Amato was ‘just too smart for her own good and life probably “bores” her as a result so she acts super outrageous to stay entertained.’
D’Amato strongly agreed with the assessment, telling Dailymail.com exclusively, ‘I would say that is 1,000 percent true – I do get very bored.
‘I don’t have fear, fear doesn’t hold me back – I look at fear in the face and I jump right towards it with a f***ing sword! I jump into fires – yeah, that quote is correct, it’s so funny.’

The model showed off her figure in a bikini shot posted to Instagram in January

D’Amato has more than 274,000 followers on her Instagram account
She described her career path as ‘eclectic,’ detailing the different endeavors she’s explored professionally.
‘I’ve put out three albums in Electra Rap, I’ve labored with a number of the greatest producers in Los Angeles,’ D’Amato stated. ‘I’ve modeled since I was 12-years-old, labored with a number of the greatest manufacturers on the planet. I went on America’s Next Top Model – gained the All-Stars.’
D’Amato has also been seen on the 2024 docu-series Dark Side of Reality TV; and reality shows such as Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars and Shark Tank, the latter of which she successfully pitched Dare-U-GO!, a bib with airtight sealing that can store food.
D’Amato (who is mother to two sons, ages 11 and eight, with her estranged spouse) said that when she ‘became a mom,’ she ‘invented a product’ she saw a need for.
‘I went on Shark Tank with it and got a deal – it sells in 22 countries,’ D’Amato told Dailymail.com, adding that she has multiple licensing deals linked to the business.

D’Amato pictured as she was announced winner of America’s Next Top Model: All Stars in 2011

The 5ft10 catwalk star was seen on the ABC series Shark Tank in 2019 pitching a product called Dare-U-Go!

D’Amato told Dailymail.com she is currently residing in Southwestern Europe caring for her ailing father, who is battling Type 2 Diabetes and multiple sclerosis
D’Amato told Dailymail.com she is currently residing in Southwestern Europe caring for her ailing father, who is battling Type 2 Diabetes and multiple sclerosis.
She said they ‘came as medical refugees’ thinking he could get better healthcare there than in the states.
‘My dad was not well – I took him out of the U.S. and he’s thriving,’ D’Amato said. ‘The USA was basically eating him alive and made my dad like a vegetable while robbing him blind. Since moving my family – I guess it’s the new American dream to get out of the United States!’
D’Amato told Dailymail.com she was going to continue her life living abroad and has ‘a new show coming out um on a major network’ this fall, in addition to her ventures involving Dare-U-GO!, as well as real estate investments.
‘I’m just going to continue um living the best life I can,’ D’Amato said, ‘and trying to create the best life for the people I love.’