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ShowsAmerica's Next Top ModelSeason 21
Aired fall 2013 · The CW · entirely domestic, no international leg

The Late CW

Cycle 21 returns to the standard open-casting competition format after two cycles of structural experimentation. Produced entirely within Los Angeles, it foregoes the international leg that had been the show's most consistent creative engine since cycle three.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
Premiered
Aug 16, 2013
Episodes
14
Format
Modeling competition · domestic only
LA-based production, no international leg
Cast size
18 players
18 contestants, fall 2013 casting
Host
Tyra Banks
twenty-first season at the helm
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

The Late CW.

The standard format without the international component — the cycle runs reliably but offers nothing the CW era hadn't already done better.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Cycle 21 is the most straightforwardly unremarkable season of the late CW run. The format reverts to open casting after C18 and C20's experiments, and staying entirely in Los Angeles removes the location engine that gave the better cycles their editorial ambition. The casting is solid, the photoshoots functional — but there is nothing here the earlier domestic stretches hadn't already covered more memorably.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #22 slot.

Slot #22 of 24 in the America's Next Top Model Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

America's Next Top Model — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #22
America's Next Top Model S21 — The Late CW — tiered.tv