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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 5:16 pm
Tyra will never move away from rail thin models. She talks the talk, but never lets anyone else walk the walk. Fatima's had to have had her teeth done, and I'm not impressed. She's also one of those types of women who look really good with really good makeup. Dominique had problems sometimes with her makeup jobs, and I think Whitney and Anya have been able to wear little or lots and still look beautiful.
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 4:31 pm
I really think Anya is striking, and if the spoilers are correct and she relly won, I am glad. As you said, Costa, she is one who looks good with little or lots of makeup
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:56 pm
I think Anya's the only one left who hasn't been in the bottom 2.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 5:46 pm
YEAH! I loved the ending of this season! One very happy viewer!
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Alittlebirdie
Member
09-08-2006
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 5:49 pm
Who won & how did it go down?
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 5:52 pm
I am going to put it in a spoiler box.
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Whitney and Anya were the final 2. Whitney won! Plus, all the "prizes" include a billboard in NYC's Time Square of her Cover Girl ad. The runway show was for Versace, and Whitney ROCKED it! |
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 5:53 pm
Well, the spoiler was wrong. Cover Girl print ad and tv commercial - Saleisha is there to help the girls. The pressure's getting to Anya. Fatima's like a robot, just trying to make it through her memorized script. Whitney started rocky, forgetting her words but ended up turning in a good take. Anya and Whitney are in the final 2. Fatima is sent home. Fashion show: Designs by Versace. Panel: They do all the regular stuff. Whitney wins ANTM. So, how does that happen. Anya was never in the bottom 2, while Whitney pretty much held residence there over the weeks. Oh well, I guess they wanted a 'plus-size' model to win. But, then, Anya's voice in the Cover Girl commercials might be too much to handle. The editor of 17 really liked Whitney in prior photo shoots, so that must have had an impact as well.
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 5:58 pm
The good news about next season, we will be able to understand the Next Top Model commercials! 
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Flamingo
Member
08-19-2003
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 5:58 pm
how did this happen? Tyra wanted a plus size girl to win this season. Actual modeling ability hasn't mattered on this show since season 2.
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Alittlebirdie
Member
09-08-2006
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 6:00 pm
Well, I'm down with their decision. I agree it was time for the plus-size to come in at the top, and it was pretty clear that's what they were aiming for. Whitney at times comes across a little too Blair on Facts of Life sitcome from the '80's. However, a couple of her photos hit the ball out of the park, IMO. And I liked her personality.
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 6:05 pm
We have Loved Whitney From the Start! And if she is REALLY Plus size I am OBESE!!!! I think she is more the NORM! I don't think she is a token win!!! She rocked the last Runway (even though GRR I missed the first 1/2 hr) Anya did not do well on the last runway!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:26 pm
I put my "plus size" in quotes, because she is not plus size, but normal size. It just seems that they were so down on her, 'she was too pagentry', 'too southern', etc, etc that I never thought she would make it to the finals.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 7:39 pm
Kooklie how is the spoiler box wrong? I think she looks plus size next to the other runway models - she looks about a size 6 tho!! She was so excited to wear Versace - did they make it long to trip up the model/ make it tight to trip up the model??
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:16 pm
sigh has anyone tried to watch the episodes Online? I missed the first half hour so went to the web sight but I cant get anything to play!!!
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:21 pm
I was really surprised tha Anya made it so far. Her nose was so distracting to me, it took over her whole face and the whole photo. She might do well in the really high fashion, weird is cool sort of modeling, but she su re didnt look like a covergirl to me
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 1:51 am
Hooray for Whitney! I'm very happy for her. I was sure it would be Anya and Fatima in the F2, for a variety of reasons. The panel's dislike for blondes, Tyra's apparent preference to have a woman of color be in the final, the way they all snarked on Whitney, the apparent preference for rail-thin, etc. When Anya was named as the first finalist, I figured it was over for Whitney, cause no way would they have two blondes in the final. I was just about to lament on the irony of that issue, considering Whitney wasn't originally a blonde, when I got surprised with the ouster of Fatima! I was also sure they were setting Anya up for the win, with her very awkward Cover Girl commercial, and the panel's even more awkward attempt to gush all over her about it (yea, except for the parts that really sucked Anya, your commercial was the best one). I was very happy I was proven to be wrong with all my figuring!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 4:29 am
Reader, there's an earlier spoiler box that had Anya as the winner.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:20 am
Seattlemom-the CW takes a while to put their shows online, like a few days so you might have to wait until this weekend or maybe Monday before it goes up. I too am happy for Whitney, I could not understand anything in Anya's commercial and I was surprised when they were saying in pieces it was just perfect. I think Whitney did not expect to win, she looked terrified at the final judging.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:23 am
YAY go Whitney! Is it just me or did Paulina just NOT like Whitney? I thought Whit was FIERCE on the catwalk! I love the term "Juicy Booty" and I want that pink dress
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:45 am
Seattlemom, I always had trouble watching the shows from the website...I used to just find them on you tube...I think a good poster was dodash8.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:48 am
i was a little worried that Donatella wouldn't have a dress 'that big' for Whitney and it would seal her fate. But yay for Donatella for designing dresses for real women and yay to Whitney!
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:50 am
I didnt get to see the show last night but I saw Whitney on the CW's local NY news this morning and her hair was still the same (which I am not digging) and she said she knew from Xmas and it was so hard not to say but her parents think they figured it out.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:52 am
Yay Whitney! I was not fooled by their promotion of the runway show as the biggest deal ever. It was obviously put on just for the show, as opposed to a "real" runway show with real models and stars in the audience and so on. What real runway show is going to have all the ANTM judges walking down the runway at the beginning? And where was Donatella? But I still enjoyed the finale and their choice. I had been liking Paulina but I was put off by her obvious dislike of Whitney.
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:04 am
I am among those who were a bit shocked that Whitney was chosen as the winner, it must have been the plan all along, otherwise she would have gone out earlier. What's the point Tyra is making? That you can be a plus size and still considered top model??? She is actually saying, look at me, I'm voluptuous (not fat) and still make a great model, so "shut up" (to the critics). Well, Tyra, we're talking about "fashion", hello??? If you made a deal with Donatella to have a special made for Whitney gown good for you, but don't forget that she'll be put on the spot elsewhere and will be facing the ridicule from other "slender" models. I actually feel sorry for Whitney because they will make her feel "plump". Designers don't want to waste extra fabric for a plus size "top" model and design their garments for a typical size model (slender!!). But then again, Tyra's top models never make the runway of 'haute couture', they're the "cover girl" type of models and I guess she could pull a stunt like that. Still feel sorry for Whitney, she may have Tyra's protection for the first year of the contract but after that if she wants to continue in the fashion world she will have to deal with the competition, the other models who won't be able to hide their disbelief and the designers who will try hard to make her fit in their smaller sizes garments... or maybe she should just stick to photographs and forget about runways... I fear this show is becoming too laughable (among the "fashion elite") and Tyra better come up with real beauties next time to get their attention. The problem with Anya was her speech and her nose (although they tried to make it look like an "interesting" spin to a beautiful face) and her walk wasn't that great, but I don't think Whitney was better than Anya. All of the girls Tyra picks for her show are not top notch, she needs to find at least one with remarkable features and potential. Otherwise we will be seeing another lame season.
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Ahnicka
Member
08-08-2007
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 8:46 am
I agree that I think Whitney is the token plus size for ANTM. That doesn't mean Whitney is not attractive or talented, but I personally believe this is Tyra's very transparent way of making up for the Jaslene and Saleisha fiasco. Tyra took alot of flack for choosing Jaslene as a winner AFTER Tyra was on her talk show ranting about the media altering a photo and making Tyra look bigger in that bathing suit pic. She made a big deal over it and then chose the skinniest model ever to win ANTM directly afterward. People saw her as hypocritical. Then the next cycle after that, she chose Saleisha, which it was revealed Tyra had a prior relationship with Saleisha with her being on her talk show modeling and attending Tyra's girls camp; as well as Saleisha pretty much not even supposed to qualify for the show because of certain professional work she'd already done. So then it very transparently reveals what most people had already began thinking, that Tyra pre-selects the winner and it's not by merit. Tyra came off as seemingly flaunting it in our faces as if her viewers are stupid and as if she blatantly did not care what we all thought of her "cheating," so to speak. Therefore, I think Whitney was Tyra's way of making up for some of the flack she took, which does indeed make Whitney their plus size token. What I'd like to see now is for Tyra to do at least one real season before her contract is up for review again. If she's worried about there being no drama, I think at this point the viewers would appreciate having at least one real season with realistic model types, play out legitimately and fairly without any pre-selection, even if it means that season would have no drama. However, I think drama would occur anyway, because you're putting alot of young women together vying for the same one-spot opportunity, so cattiness and histrionics is bound to happen naturally. No need to cast dramatic types, just stick with realistic model types and let nature and talent take it's course. Otherwise, Tyra's going to become the laughing stock of the fashion modeling industry if she doesn't stop trying to carry out her agenda, whatever that may be. People in the industry may smile in Tyra's face because she has money, but may secretly find her laughable.
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