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Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Friday, September 24, 2010 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I didnt see a thread for this season's trainwreck.

Is there another place for it now?

Spunky
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10-07-2001

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
thanks Sunshyne,

I was wondering why no thread this time. I understand it's getting old, the same old set up and, girls not exceptional, etc... but the anorexic girl gone first was a good point they made with her eviction, I actually thought they would keep her a bit longer just to drive that point even further...

I loved to follow this show for the "creativity" side which is great, I love the make up artists and to see how those ordinary girls are transformed in something quite awesome... for some.

But the fact that it's always the same ..soup, I guess there isn't much following here. The same goes for Dancing with the Stars, I find that show so repetitive and this time only 2 couples to cheer for. Same with this show.. Big Brother was a big letdown too... Are we at the end of 'reality shows?'... I think it's time to move on to some form of ... escapism and Monday night is alla bout escapism (blessed House).

One can tolerate another season of Models thanks with PVR where you can fast forward and watch it in 10 minutes... so goes for Dancing.. .. okay, enough said.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
There are other, better, shows on when this airs. So while they are supposedly determined to find an actual top model this season, I've just lost interest. I'll catch it sometime in reruns on some random station if anything actually happens this season.

And yeah, Spunk. I'm kind of over most of the reality shows now. Same old same old. DWTS jumped the shark for me with all the reality "stars" (and non stars like what's her name's kid). Big Brother was a total yawn. So I'm all about actual scripted shows these days. The only reality show on my DVR is Survivor and Project Runway, and now TAR.

Alittlebirdie
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09-08-2006

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alittlebirdie a private message Print Post    
I agree, Costacat. However, I found since my cable company records and has for on demand viewing CBS reality shows, I can record ATM on one tv, watch Hell's Kitchen, and cable records Survivor.

The only show I still really like is TAR, and I got so burnt out from nothing going on with Big Brother this summer that recording everything so when there's absolutely no other form of escapist entertainment, I can watch that. Helps put me to sleep.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I have been catching up on some of the old series that I missed the first time around. I have noticed a sameness in the casting that I probably would have missed if I had not been watching them all so close together.

There is the "hard" black girl with the sad back story. She is often the one that gets the shaved head.

There is the "cute as a button" black girl, bubbly and lovable.

There is the "loud" black girl who goes "ghetto" when she is crossed.

There is the "educated" girl who thinks she is much smarter than the others.

There is the white "girl next door," from the country or a small town, sweet and usually a little naive.

There is the beautiful "valley girl" type usually with blond hair.

There is the "snobbish girl" from the privileged background. Occasionally black but usually white.

There is the "pretty woman" stereotype, with the wide mouth and beautiful face.

There is the "quirky" girl who has poor social skills.

There is the "dancer/athlete" type.

There is the "mother" sometimes single, sometimes married but doing all this for her child.

There is the "plus size" girl who we all know will never win, but provides something different.

There is the "too thin" girl that provides the discussion of eating disorders.

The list goes on. I probably have missed some. And sometimes you will find one girl that has more than one of the "traits,"

In spite of this, I still love the show. Because as much as the girls are the same every season, they are also different. I love Tyra, the Jays, and the panel of judges. I think they are funny and for the most part really trying to help the girls have a better future while at the same time creating "good TV."

I do not get the shows live even though I get the network that they are on, so if I want to see the latest cycle, I have to watch it on my computer.

I had not thought about checking to see if they are on demand. I will do that.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
I'm watching!! Was looking for a thread too Sunshyne. I've only been watching for the past few years so I haven't burnt out yet (as I have with other reality shows)

I'm liking this season so far and have high hopes for it.

I was really hoping that Canada would have another series of it this year too.. (and a Canadian Idol but thats for another thread)

Jezzedout
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09-07-2006

Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jezzedout a private message Print Post    
I can't resist rooting for Ann. There's something really striking about her and she seems very sweet and genuine. Go Ann!!

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
Just alittle bit too quirky for me.She is from my area and I swear there was something about a yr ago in our paper about some disease that makes your limbs long and feet long and I think she was the featured person in the article.She is a bit too gummy-but she does take good pictures.

Trini
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07-06-2004

Monday, October 04, 2010 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
Lakecat... funny!

I am watching again this season and liking it the best, the shoot last week looking through glass box was amazing and not cheap looking at all; also those diamonds are real and very expensive, Mr J said. Ann does have "that something".

We have no pictures posted so I am bad with names, but the tall black girl (she is the tallest of the 3 black girls) is my fav, though her expression was not as striking as Ann's.

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Monday, October 04, 2010 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
My fav is the girl who has said absolutely nothing on the show.I swear I dont think the edit has shown her say a word.Im sure the judges will think she is too commercial.

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
I think the right one went home-altho pretty,I wasnt sure why she was there in the first place.I bet my fav (Jane with no personality) is gone nxt week

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 2:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
so is the fix in?? many of us can pick (guess !) the top three by the second week. This year I have Zero clue. Since it is a european Prize i would assume a great walk is important.

Ann has a crap walk yet has won the last four Top Pic!

i find this season confusing. the world class Photographers are adding nothing IMHO.

the girls seem to be floundering under the Contradicting direction.... Geez Mr Jay, maybe you should deferr to the experts behind the camera?

while I appreciated Tyra getting rid of the Anorexic, it creeps me out to see the teeth/ gums of most of the girls left.

Ann especially has an almost Scurvy look to her gums/ teeth. Swollen almost purple bulging above weak looking teeth.

yes a few have obviously used tooth whitners but WOW there are some Greyish 'anorexia' teeth in that group.

not eating healthy and Regurgitating stomach acid over the teeth reeks havoc.

While i like Ann's face, i dont see how she has a chance at winning with that build. Very few designers make clothes that she will be able to wear adequately

Spunky
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10-07-2001

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
I agree that it's a bit strange to have the tall skinny girl, I guess Ann, winning every top pic so far. Even if Tyra made fun of her walk and yet pointing out she's a winner again in the photoshoot, I don't get it, she's no model material at all. I don't see what they're trying to prove. I agree also that this time there isn't one who stands out, in the past I could see some potential, but this year the photos have to be retouched a lot to get a nice pic.
I also agree on the last eviction, doesn't really matter in what order they go, I just don't see a winner, they'll have to pick a decent face with a decent walk just to have a winner.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I thought I saw an interview where Ann said both her mother and father were over six feet and that she had a brother that was six foot seven. I think it was Ann.

And one of the girls was talking about her eating fried foods. They seemed to think it funny that anyone thought she did not eat.

Jgalt
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02-17-2009

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jgalt a private message Print Post    
I agree Lakecat, Jane is also my favorite, she's just so beautiful, ( also a hometown girl for me, so I have to root for her). But like you said, because she is so beautiful, they will say she is too commercial. Being beautiful is the kiss of death on this show. I was surprised Stacy ( or Tracey, I can't remember names without pictures) was sent home. I didn't like her personality at all, but she was very attractive. Because of her personality, I'm glad she's gone, she caused a lot of drama in the house.

Carlpsmom
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01-03-2004

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carlpsmom a private message Print Post    
I am over Ann. I realize she is just amazing, but come on, none of the others had a fantastic photo? Why not just eliminate everyone and call it a day? It is boring knowing that Ann will be fawned over every week.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 12:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
Ann has the classic bulging eyes of a hyperthyroid sufferer. Her high calorie eating habits and inability to put on weight also suggest that her thyroid isnt working adequately.

another classic symptom is nervousness/ uncertainty anxiety.

I think Ann looks afraid / scared in most of her pics but those judges rave about her each time.

Guess it will be the episode with the Go- Sees which will be Ann's downfall. Usually the Covergirl Commercial is done in that episode too isnt it??

either way, this trend cant continue.
can it?

OH and as for Ann's height, i worked with a guy 6'7 and his sisters were over six feet as well. Just genetics.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I love Ann even though she is shy and awkard, both physically and socially. But apparently she is well liked by the other girls. They haven't turned on her yet because of her wins.

Remember Nicole from a couple of years ago? She also was shy and awkard, just like Ann. But she was not liked by most of the other girls and they considered her weird. They were really mean to her. But by the time the show was over, she had completely changed. She had come out of her shell and learned how to interact with others. And she won.

So I have hope for Ann.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 1:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
i dont remember nicole as shy, i remember her as quiet. She was stunningly gorgeous as well. Ann isnt. Not in real life, in photos she is beautiful but her face and body shape is rather strange. Her unhealthy gums gross me out.

I wish we saw more "lessons" on how to model. Some of these girls really flounder and the Photographers are world reknowned. You;d think Tyra would want to show that she is a good teacher NOT just a tv show host

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Nicole was not as shy as Ann, but she was just so socially inept. She always seemed to say the wrong thing or some really weird thing. She completely alienated Many of the other girls.


I remember one of the other girls commenting about how she sat all by herself and never took part in the conversations.

Sunshyne4u
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06-16-2003

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
talk about overreaction to even the THOUGHT of a kiss on the neck by a male model. if the situation was so horrendous at 11yrs old, how could anyone not know? not see personality changes? no teachers? no one?

how absolutely Sad!! Molested for over a year when she was 11 yrs old and she is so terrified of men she became a lesbian.

i cant see any other way of explaining it. if the apprehension of a professional neck kiss made her hysterical, no wonder she didnt ever date a boy. Just stating my observations NOT asking for someone to explain THEIR feelings.

i've read stats and various Medical studies on the subject and know that an incredibly high rate of Lesbians were molested and raped as children, but it was sad seeing the long lasting effects AIRED on the ANTM model show. I'm surprised Tyra didnt try to do her "comforting counsellor" routine.

Thank GOSH she didnt bring it up at Judging!! or if she did, they mercifully cut it out.

ON a final note, OMGosh ANN needs to snap out of it. However, she was right, everyone there was Snickering. Even at judging they were muffling laughs.

Very hurtful

I still say she is doomed the GO SEE week

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
Ann is very monotone when talking. She may take a wonderful photo, but the personality needs to kick it up a notch.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I am beginning to get frustrated with some of the things the judges come up with.

They get fixated on something and they see it in every shot. If a girl is a dancer, they see dancer in every shot. If a girl is a beauty contestant, they see beauty pageant in every shot. If they don't see "life" in a girl's eyes, they continue to see the same thing for the entire season, no matter what the girl does.

Sometimes, I can see what they are saying and agree, but there are other times, that I have to think, "What the heck are they talking about." Am I alone in sensing this?

And the girl that did so well in the commercial tonight did well for only one reason. She was the only one who knew how to skate. It really had nothing to do with her ability to model.

The other girls were so worried about not humiliating themselves or worse, breaking their leg skating that of course they could not do well. So in effect, they had to pick the one that did the worst of a bad bunch to go home.

I know models have to do a lot of difficult things, but you can't convince me that producers of a commercial, would ever hire a girl to do a commercial on skates if the girl did not know how to skate.

Doing well while doing something that you physically cannot do is different from doing something that is scary, or hard.

I thought the shoot tonight was over the top. To me it fell into the category of the moving runway they had in another season. You can't convince me that real models would have been thrown onto that without practice. It just would not happen.

If they keep upping the ante in these things, someone is eventually going to get hurt.

Steviegirl
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07-07-2005

Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Steviegirl a private message Print Post    
SunShyne - I agree with everything you said about Kayla (I think that's her name?)

I hate how every year judges have their favorites and that person skates to the end. I don't see how Ann will be able to do that (and that's not an intentional play on words after this week's disaster!) She might take great pictures, but she can't walk, can't talk, can't act. They tried SO HARD to find something good in her commercial (I think Tyra said her profile was stunning when she took a drink of the H2T water). There were a couple photo shoots that I was blown away by someone's picture, yet Ann still got best photo.

Often someone will get an awesome photo, but they're not picked first because they only had 1 "lucky" shot out of the whole shoot. But when Ann gets that one lucky shot, they give her top honors.

The show is becoming predictable. If you are truly pretty, you're passed up. If you are awkward and geeky, then they fall all over you. Maybe they should change the premise of the show, pick 15 socially awkward girls and turn them into models?

Jane is my favorite.

Spunky
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10-07-2001

Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
I felt sorry for Ann, not only it was so humiliating to see her fall down on those skates (I guess Tyra is ready to compensate the girls for any injury) but clearly she is so wrong for the job. Tyra may like her profile but the rest is too embarrassing and to put her on the spot may be the worst thing for her self-condifence, I think she was picked out among the crowd just to create this drama, I don't think she applied to be in the show, they tried to build up her self-confidence with those early shoots but obviously we can't see her on the last runaway show...

I still don't have a favorite and anyone of those, except Ann who should really go next, are barely passable...