Did an America's Next Top Model contestant get her title removed because of her past? According to a new lawsuit, this happened to Angelea Preston.

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Preston won America's Next Top Model All-Stars, but before the finale she said things started to go wrong. According to TMZ on Monday, "Preston told producers, confidentially, prior to filming the season she had been an escort for about a year." That apparently started making its way through the rumor mills within the cast and crew.

Preston ended up winning the season in 2011, but afterwards a casting director reportedly called her and "grilled her" about being an escort.

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Preston admits in her suit she was an escort, but insists she was a "legal escort" and not a prostitute. Despite this and telling them ahead of time, she was told she "violated her contract and could not be the winner."

Preston is saying that her escort days were way behind her when she was on America's Next Top Model, so she did not violate her contract. Preston said that losing the crown "cost her a bunch of Vogue spreads, and a $100,000 CoverGirl deal."

Preston is now suing America's Next Top Model producers, networks, and studios for breach of contract and Preston said she suffered at least $3 million in damages.

The show is currently airing Cycle 21 on The CW on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.

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