The seventeenth cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: All Stars and stylized as America's Next Top Model ALL ★ STARS) premiered on September 14, 2011, on The CW. It featured fourteen returning models from previous cycles.
The judging panel, unchanged since Cycle 14, once again consisted of Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker and André Leon Talley. The first judging was conducted in front of a live audience. The international destination for this cycle was the Greek island of Crete. The show's first visit to Southeast Europe.
The promotional song for this cycle was "You Make Me Feel..." by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi. This was the final cycle filmed and broadcast in standard definition and the final cycle for Andre Leon Talley as a judge.
The original winner of the competition was Angelea Preston, who placed third on Cycle 14, but was later disqualified, stripped of her title after it was made known that that she had once worked as an escort. A lawsuit was filed by Preston in 2014 for breach of contract and labor law violations but dropped in 2018. The finale was re-filmed with the crowning of 30-year-old Lisa D'Amato from Los Angeles, California, who originally placed sixth on Cycle 5 making her the oldest winner at the age of 30. Allison Harvard, who originally placed second on cycle 12 losing to Teyona Anderson, placed as the runner-up for the second time.
Casting
This season has been subtitled "All-Stars," featuring fourteen returning non-winning contestants representing twelve of the series' sixteen cycles for a second chance to win the title. Cycles 3, 6, 7 and 8 are all not represented. Cycles 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 were all represented by one contestant each and Cycles 5 and 11 were each represented by two contestants.
Before Cycle 17 became an all-star season, early production for the cycle was a regular season. All of the American Cycle 18 contestants were all semifinalist. Production turned Cycle 17 into an all-stars season very early into production and promised the semifinalist that were new that they have a shot on being on the next cycle. AzMarie Livingston and a Cycle 16 semifinalist named Molly (not to be confused with Molly O'Connell) who also auditioned and made it pass the semifinals confirmed this.
Cycle 14 contestant Angelea Preston competed for the third time on America's Next Top Model in Cycle 17 as she was initially introduced as a semi-finalist on Cycle 12 best known for her fight with Sandra Nyanchoka who finished ninth after Celia Ammerman survived the bottom two in week five. Fourth placers Bianca Golden of Cycle 9 and Dominique Reighard of Cycle 10 participated in a competition hosted by Tyra Banks for the third time as they had both appeared on Modelville which aired within The Tyra Banks Show after their original appearances on America's Next Top Model.
The following former America's Next Top Model contestants were asked to be on Cycle 17, but they all declined or did not make the final cut.
Prizes
The prizes for this cycle were: A fashion spread in Vogue Italia, a cover and a spread in Beauty in Vogue, a blog on Vogue.it, and a 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics
In addition in these regular prizes, the new prizes were: A fashion campaign in Express, a guest correspondent placement for Extra, as revealed in episode 7, the chance to be the face of an ANTM-perfume to be launched and sold nationally.
The contract with IMG Models (present in the last 2 cycles) has been removed.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)
Episodes
Summaries
Call-out order
The contestant was immune from elimination
The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was originally eliminated but was brought back
The contestant originally won but was disqualified
The contestant won the competition
Bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after her third time in the bottom two
The contestant was originally won but was disqualified from the competition
The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order
Final three is not included.