Season three of
America's Next Top Model began with the first elimination rounds in Los Angeles, then moved to the reality series' familiar New York stamping grounds. Season four breaks from this tradition by being staged in its entirety in L.A. The 14 girls who live together and train together for high-priced modeling careers run the usual gamut of naïve ingenues to conniving vixens. Clearly, some of the ladies have been watching the series' previous three seasons, for not only do they anticipate most of the rituals and challenges, but some complain that the reality of the situation is not what it seemed to be when they were watching at home (we've got a few attitude problems here). The season closes like all seasons before, with a three-way final competition, a winner, and a retrospective of the year's episodes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide