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America's Next Top Model alum Jeana Turner says she was misled by and her team before receiving her infamous head shave makeover in 2018.
Turner, 32, spoke exclusively with the Daily Mail days after the release of the Netflix docuseries Reality Check, described by the streamer as Banks and a collection of 'models, judges and insiders' reminiscing on
Turner said that after watching the three-episode limited series, she felt it was only 'scratching the surface' of the 'harsh treatment' and 'emotional manipulation' the hundreds of models who populated the show's casts had to endure.
The Nashville-born model was 24 when she appeared on 15 episodes of the hit reality series during its 24th season in 2018.
Turner, who was diagnosed with alopecia when she was 10, was involved in a number of , most infamously, on the third episode of the season, titled Beauty Is a Trademark.
In the episode, which aired in January of 2018, Banks, 52, and producers ordered Turner to shave her head in front of the cameras and model bald during a makeover-themed segment. (She had worn wigs on the runway prior to that point in her career.)
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The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Banks for further comment.
America's Next Top Model alum Jeana Turner says she was misled by Tyra Banks and her team before receiving her infamous head shave makeover in 2018
The Nashville-born model was 24 when she appeared on 15 episodes of the hit reality series during its 24th season in 2018. Pictured earlier this year
'What I was told was, "We know that you lost your hair during your childhood so we’re going to replace the hair that you lost,"' Turner told the Daily Mail.
Law Roach delivered the shock news to Turner about the show's actual plans. Pictured earlier this month in LA
Turner seen on the red carpet last summer at Swim Week Las Vegas
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Turner said that viewers could be misled at times.
