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‘Next Top Model’ contestant sues Tyra Banks

/ 11:40 AM December 11, 2014

In this May 6, 2014 file photo, Tyra Banks attends the Flawsome Ball in New York. A former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant is suing Banks for $3 million, saying she was improperly denied a top prize because she used to be an escort. City News Service says Angelea Preston filed the breach-of-contract suit Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

In this May 6, 2014 file photo, Tyra Banks attends the Flawsome Ball in New York. A former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant is suing Banks for $3 million, saying she was improperly denied a top prize because she used to be an escort. City News Service says Angelea Preston filed the breach-of-contract suit Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES—A former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant is suing Tyra Banks for $3 million, saying she was improperly denied a top prize because she used to be an escort.

City News Service says Angelea Preston filed the breach-of-contract suit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

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It names Banks, who is the show’s executive producer, and The CW network.

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The lawsuit says Preston won the show’s Cycle 17 in 2011 and was entitled to a package that included a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics and a magazine fashion spread.

Preston says she was wrongly disqualified because she had worked as an escort before taking part in the show.

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Messages to an attorney and a manager for Banks weren’t immediately returned.

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