America's Next Top Model

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Well this whole season has been ridiculous so it makes sense that they pick the most ridiculous model as the winner.

ALT can be pretty dishy in his Vogue column. I hope he talks about his experience on the show now that he is off it.

[biondetta]

Gawd. That was such a joke. The comments on the Cover Girl photos were also ridiculous. Was it Allison's best photo? No. But you can see her eyes and she's selling eye shadow. Lisa's photo is one eye that barely shows the shadow at all. Ridiculous. Don't even get me started on that idiotic "runway" show.

[magazinewhore]

That runway show was a piece of work. The swimming alone was kind of awesome in its absurdity.

[kostgard]

Rumor has it that Cover Girl didn't want Allison. I can't think why - she is hardly the most controversial contestant, and certainly not the only awkward one. But it may explain the bullshit surrounding the photos and their decisions.

Because...dude. They suddenly start to bitch that she isn't personable, yet she won the Extra challenge and the press conference challenge. All the photographers and guests (with the exception of Tyson) loved her. The lady from Express liked her. But instead they go with the loud piece of jerky.

I'm not really disappointed that she didn't win because I think she's better off not tired down by the show, but it highlights what BS the whole process is. I'm positive they crowned Angelea because Tyra wants a Cinderella story. But she effed it up, so they hit the editing room so in the final episode Lisa can be featured talking about all the abuse she suffered when we hadn't heard a peep about that this season up until now.

I want to check out another country's NTM, since I understand they are based in reality, and not in Tyra's fantasy world.

[huntergrayson]

Allegedly, Tyson's tweets strongly indicated that Angelea won - which would be ridiculous if his blabbing factored into her elimination. Though the best crazy theory I've heard is that since she was "feeling off" after the final runway and that her dress needed to be let out, is that she's preggers. What if it's Tyson's?! OMG!

I guess we get the trainwreck we deserve for continuing to watch this. It's been years since it's been tolerable and not absolutely insane. One would think that the addition of ALT and Vogue Italia would've made it better.

[biondetta]

Kostgard, watch Australia's version. They've had a few mess-ups along the way, but they've also had some really strong, valid results. The last season which ended fairly recently had a final three that was really good.

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Cycle 18 will be a British invasion:

ANTM: British Invasion Premieres Wednesday, February 29 at 9PM ET

February 9, 2012 (Burbank, Calif.) - A fierce new edition of "America's Next Top Model" returns with Cycle 18 and its first-ever "British Invasion," featuring former contestants from "Britain's Next Top Model" and an all-new crop of American model hopefuls competing for the grand prize. "America's Next Top Model," hosted by Tyra Banks, premieres Wednesday, February 29 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) on The CW.

This cycle will feature a variety of seasoned women from across the pond that will do whatever it takes to make it as a model in America. They will compete against not only each other but a group of aspiring American models. Emotions run high, the women are divided and the competition is intense as they vie for the grand prize.

They will compete for a career-launching prize pack: Age: a modeling contract with LA/NY Models, a chance to be a guest correspondent on the hit newsmagazine "Extra," a fashion spread in Vogue Italia and the cover and spread in Beauty In Vogue, the face of "America's Next Top Model" perfume Dream Come True, a single to be released with CBS and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

Guest judges include Kelly Osbourne and Kris Jenner.

[biondetta]

A single to be released? No. Just no. Not everyone is a singer and it's ridiculous that they're going this route. How many models are actually singers? They need to change the name of this show and call it America's Next Top Presenter, or more realistically, America's Next Top Famewhore. Because really, there's no modeling in this anymore.

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I've been watching a S1 marathon on the STYLE channel and forgot how much fun Adrienne and Elise were together. I still laugh at the Ebony vs. Robin pray-off (Robin singing "Excellence" while Ebony looked straight into the camera and rolled her eyes.) Lots of good Janice Dickinson's one liners. It's kind of fun to go back and watch the first seasons of these reality shows when they were raw and the participants less self-conscious. One thing I noticed with the competitive shows is that they frequently have both the best and worst contestants (Elise really had the goods to be a top model but none of the others would've gotten past the front door of most agencies)

[dcgal]

I watched some of the S1 marathon today too. Tyra was so calm and helpful, not the manic, over-the-top crazy person she is now. I also really miss the challenges at judges' panels. The show was so rough in the first two seasons - the judges were practically sitting in each others laps at judging because the table wasn't big enough, they filmed with the Barbara Walters soft focus lens and they used Tyra's clothes for some shoots. Watching this reminded why I used to love this show!