( PEOPLE.com ) -- `` America 's Next Top Model '' crowned a winner Wednesday night in its all-stars cycle , but not before a shocking and largely unexplained disqualification of one of the final three contestants . Lisa D'Amato , Allison Harvard , and Angelea Preston were battling for the crown , but after an unusual panel , the judges declared that Preston was disqualified -- without saying exactly why -- and that D'Amato and Harvard would square off for the title . Eventually , D'Amato was named the winner , but the buzz around the Internet continued to focus on the nature of Preston 's dismissal . In a statement , the CW said it had learned information about Preston after the show wrapped that disqualified her , and actually re-shot scenes , suggesting Preston might have been declared the winner the first time around . Report : Candace Bushnell Files for Divorce , Claims Husband Had Affair . The network said : `` After production wrapped on the current cycle of America 's Next Top Model , we learned information that made Angelea ineligible and she was subsequently disqualified from the competition . As a result , new scenes were filmed to address this for the audience during the finale . '' There has been speculation , not confirmed , that Preston might have bragged about her victory on her Facebook page before the finale , thus breaking the rules of the competition . See full article at PEOPLE.com . © 2011 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
NBC said it learned information about Preston after the show that upset her . Preston may have bragged about her victory on Facebook before the show . Eventually D'Amato was declared the winner .