So the Fall 2010 Reality TV schedule kicked off with none other than America's Next Top Model. Now, I must admit I loved ANTM- when I was in high school. This show taught me how to strike a pose that was so fierce and walk down the streets of New York City like I was in my own runway show. My knowledge of fashion was and still is fairly low. I know my basic models, agencies, magazines, designers, and photographers- partly granted to ANTM. As an adult (a term I use loosely), I began to get bored of the same type of "models" they casted and quite honestly, I was annoyed at all these beautiful girls winning and guess what? Never making it anywhere! (Except for Adrienne Curry who is way better known for marrying Peter Brady and Eva Pigford who I think sneaks on red carpet events because I have no idea what she has done since.) I swear to you I have not seen one single Cover Girl ad with the winner on it. I think ANTM producers caught on to the lack of actual success of their so called "top models" and upped the ante by having without a doubt the best prize for this cycle's winner. Ready? The cover of Italian Vogue, 2 beauty spreads, a contract with IMG and of course, $100,000 contract with Cover Girl. Now without a doubt the prizes are awesome but with the lot they got- honey, good luck!
Cycle 15 starts with a very humble Tyra explaining her not so Cinderella story (which I already know). Being discovered on her first day of freshman year sitting on a bench. How a tall, gawky young girl began her whirlwind modeling adventures (Oh Tyra, you forgot how the other models in the Paris house treated you meanly and you were so home sick you began to over eat, gained some wait and got your boobies). Yawn. Sorry Tyra I don't feel bad that you were tall, beautiful, skinny and became a model. At any rate she wants to prove finally that she knows what it takes for a model to make it. It took her 4 years it'll take the winner 12 weeks. Again, good luck!
The group of girls are fairly the same kind of characters: the awkward one, the effortless poser, the Mom, the Ivy League girl, the drama black girl, the girl with the huge hooters, the abnormally tall one, the rebel, the gossiper, the loud black girl, and of course our dose of purity, the virgin. The drama starts almost immediately with our gossiper telling the drama black girl that the rebel doesn't want to be there. As you may have caught on drama. Enter drama scene 2 with drama black girl confronts a "racist" girl for writing in her diary, "I almost got roomed with the black girl. Ew." The "racist"girl claims she didn't know the black girls name (sweetie her name was on the head rest of seat next to you while you rode for hours) and it was in her diary after all. Sorry girl you sound a little racist to me. But I'm sure you didn't mean it especially when Tyra also confronted you about it. Spoiler alert: she didn't get picked.
Of course we have the fabulous and lovely Mr. Jay and Miss J as Tyra's sidekicks. If that's the one thing I really did miss from ANTM was Miss J. He is so fabulous and damn I'll take a runway lesson from him any day. LOVE!
This season promises more designers (Dianne Von Furstenburg, Zac Posen, Roberto Cavalli etc.) more fashion photographers (what happened to Nigel Barker??) and their ultimate high fashion model. Only time will tell if they indeed have their top model but I'm pretty sure they have their drama dressed and ready to strut.
