'America's Next Top Model' stars allege on-air sexual misconduct

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Two former “America’s Next Top Model” competitors said they were victims of sexual misconduct during their time on the show.

Models Adrianne Curry, 40, and Keenyah Hill, 37— who appeared on the show’s first and fourth seasons, respectively — claimed that they were both touched inappropriately by men during one of their season’s challenges, Entertainment Weekly reported.

The Post reached out to both models for comment.

Curry, who went on to win the first season of the hit show, claimed that a man “totally touched” her vagina when she asked him for help navigating a French city during the competition’s inaugural season.

“This guy looks like he’s really listening to me,” recalled Curry. “He reached out and up my skirt.”

“I was in such deep shock,” continued the former model, adding the camera crew noticed what was going on and stepped in at once.

“We’re not allowed to talk, but they all put themselves between me and this dude. They were there for me.”

The “My Fair Brady” star told the outlet that as a child she had been molested and the incident in France “really f–ked her up” to the point where she missed part of the challenge.

Adrianne Curry claimed that a man “totally touched” her vagina when she asked him for help navigating a French city during the competition’s inaugural season. Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
“This guy looks like he’s really listening to me,” recalled Curry, above in a still from the show’s challenge. “He reached out and up my skirt.” UPN

“I couldn’t get my s–t together,” she remembered. “I’m all teary and shaky-handed.”

To make matters worse, the model said the man just disappeared into the crowd before the crew could call the police or confront him.

“He just went off,” said Curry. “I just thought, ‘gross, weirdo, a–hole.’ As it processed, I felt worse about it. It’s not something you feel good about. You feel violated, and it’s gross.”

Keenyah Hill was 19 when she was on the hit show. She is seen above in 2019 at an event in Las Vegas. Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for The Las Vegas Fashion Takeover

Hill, who was 19 when she was on the show, also claimed male model Bertini Heumegni made several passes at her and repeatedly touched her while on a photo shoot.

“By the time we got to the set, I was already uncomfortable,” stated Hill. “While I was in hair and makeup, Bertini was like, ‘You’re so beautiful, I want to date you, I want to come to America and find you, I want to be with you,’ trying to get my phone number.

“I’m telling him, ‘No.’ Three times, I turned him down,” she continued, adding that she tried to think about what Tyra Banks, now 49, would do.

Hill claimed male model Bertini Heumegni made several passes at her and repeatedly touched her to the point she was visibly uncomfortable. UPN
Things didn’t improve for Hill when Tyra Banks told the upcoming model she had to push back “in a fun way” so it doesn’t “put static in the air.” THE CW /Landov

Hill claimed that during the shoot, Heumegni kept making “grunting” noises in her ear.

The male model later claimed on Hulu’s “IMPACT x Nightline” docuseries that he did not intend to make Hill uncomfortable.

The Post also reached out to Heumegni for comment.

“You’ve got to understand I’m 19 years old, this is the first time this has ever happened to me, I’ve never been on photo shoots with male models, all I know is that I feel uncomfortable,” Hill recalled. “Now, when you watch it, it’s super cringy, because that could’ve been shut down at the shoot.”

Banks later told Hill that she had to push back “in a fun way” so it doesn’t “put static in the air.”

“I really wish that my feelings would’ve been taken into account,” she said about the situation. “That should’ve been squashed there on set, and the focus at panel should’ve been my photo and not that moment.”

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