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Shandi Sullivan became known as “The Girl Who Cheated” on America’s Next Top Model.
Finalist of Cycle 2 Shandi Sullivan, who had a boyfriend at home, was filmed in bed with a male model during a party at the contestants’ house in Milan, as shown in the March 16, 2004 episode titled “The Girl Who Cheated.” In the 2026 Netflix series Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Shandi revealed that she was intoxicated and blacked out, believing that the producers should have intervened.
“I think after getting out of the hot tub and whatever happened after that,” Shandi stated in the series, “I think they should’ve f–king, like alright, this has gone too far, we’ve got to, like, pull her out of this.”
In the same ANTM episode: Shandi was seen crying the following morning, confessing to her boyfriend about cheating and reaching out to the model in Milan to inquire about any STDs.
When asked about Shandi, Tyra Banks mentioned in Reality Check, “I do remember her story. It’s a little difficult for me to talk about production because that’s not my territory.”
Ken Mok, the executive producer, commented in the documentary, “We treated Top Model as a documentary and we told the girls on day one that we’d go over the rules with them. There are going to be cameras on you 24/7, day in and day out, and they’re going to cover everything—the good, the bad, and the in-between.”
Tyra added, “I’m not head of story; that’s Ken Mok. But I did become a master editor. It’s important for people to know that we didn’t put everything on TV.”
E! News attempted to contact Tyra and Ken for comments but did not receive a response.
