9 of the most dramatic 'America's Next Top Model' makeovers, from red and blue highlights to a 'beard weave'

After Rusher complained that she was the only contestant not getting a makeover, the judges decided to shave her afro and dye her eyebrows red.

She still wasn't happy with her makeover, and her "bad attitude" landed her in the bottom two. However, Rusher was eliminated two episodes later.

Whitehead, a former pageant competitor, cried throughout the makeover process as her long brown hair was transformed into a short blonde pixie cut.

However, her struggle with her makeover didn't end after she left the salon. In the following episode, Whitehead was told the judges wanted to cut another inch off her hair, which she refused to do.

"It wasn't just cutting an inch and a half of hair for me. It was the last straw of them completely trying to change who I was," Whitehead said during the episode.

Whitehead was told to leave the set, and it was later revealed that she had willingly quit the show, making her the first contestant in the show's history to do so.

The judges decided to drastically change Provost's look by dying her amber-colored hair a rich, dark brown and giving her blunt bangs.

Hatch was assigned a sew-in curly, red hairstyle in order to take her modeling potential to the next level. Hatch cried throughout the painful ordeal of having the weave installed, and wasn't totally happy with the end result.

As the season progressed, Hatch frequently complained about her itchy scalp and matted hair. It was eventually discovered that the weave was tearing out Hatch's hair, making her scalp red and irritated. The weave was removed with only a few weeks left in the competition.

Strauss was given originally told she had been assigned a brown weave, a drastic change from her short blonde hairdo. However, after having the weave installed in a process that took eight hours and was extremely painful, she was told that the look wasn't taking her to "that next level" and the salon stylist would be taking it all out and cutting her hair short.

"As my hair is being cut off, I just feel kind of traumatized," she said in a scene from the show.

"I have never had to go through that ordeal of getting my hair done," Whitney, a Black contestant, said of the makeover. "Having to get it taken out the same day you get it put in — that's absolute hell."

The salon stylists not only bleached Doucette's brown hair to an icy blonde color, but they also added blonde hair extensions that gave her more length and changed up her hair part and bangs.

Ivanova was given a curly red weave, which was a major change from the short dark hair she entered the competition with. The model wasn't happy with the change, saying she "didn't feel like herself" afterward.

However, Ivanova ended up going far in the competition, placing fifth and becoming one of the most memorable contestants of her season.

LaFrate, who was part of the "British Invasion" season, received a red, white, and blue hairstyle to pay homage to her American roots.

The new look was a major change from her light brown hair, and the dramatic hairstyle served her well in the competition. LaFrate placed second overall.

While Wells' hair went untouched during the makeover process, Banks announced that the male model would be receiving the show's first-ever "beard weave," though it resembled a wig more than an actual weave. The beard was glued onto Wells' chin, then cut into the desired shape.

Wells got into hot water with the judges' panel when he criticized another contestant for being too feminine. He was the seventh model eliminated from Cycle 21, landing him in ninth place.