Tyra Banks to Return as Host of 'America's Next Top Model'

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Tyra Banks, creator of America’s Next Top Model, will return as host when the show begins production on VH1 this summer.

Banks and Ken Mok are executive producers of the show, which ran on UPN and The CW for 22 cycles, with Banks as host.

Rita Ora hosted one season.

“Tyra has always been the heart and soul of the franchise and her absence was deeply felt by our fiercely loyal fans who missed their Queen of the Smize," Mok said

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Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.