America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 17 is also referred to an all stars season of the show. This seventeenth cycle season premiered on the 14th day of September 2011, and it features a total of fourteen models from its previous seasons. The models include Shannon Ratliff, Camille McDonald, Brittany Brower, Lisa D’Amato, Brittany Scullark, Bianca Golden, Dominique Reighard, Isis King, Sheens Sakai, Allison Harvard, Laura Kirkpatrick, Angelea Pretson, Kayla Ferrel and Alexandria Everett. These models made appearances in the previous Cycles, from the 1st to the 16th Cycle respectively.

In this season, the ultimate prize is a spread in Vogue Italia, a vogue blog, a Cover Girl cosmetics contract worth 100,000 dollars and a Beauty in Vogue spread and cover among others. In this season, the contract with IMG Models, which has been available for the last 2 cycles, has been removed from the list of prizes. However, other prizes have been added, which include an opportunity to be an Extra correspondent, an Express fashion campaign and a chance to become the face of ANTM perfume that is to be launched and sold on a nationwide basis. The promotional song for the season is by Cobra Starship and features Sabi. The song is called ‘You Make me Feel’. The Cycle’s international destination is Crete, which island found in Greece.

In this season, the Panel of judges is made up of Nigel Barker, Tyra Banks and Andre Leon Talley. It is noted that this panel of judges has not changed since its first appearance in Cycle 14 of the show. The judges made their first judgment in the season, in front of a live audience. In the judges’ final decision, they chose 30 year old Lisa D’Amato as the winner. She had previously emerged as the 6th in the 5th Cycle.