June 13, 2007
Report from the Front Line
On Sunday, WOW executive assistant Lydia Rendon and I attended a fashion show being taped for the new cycle of America's Next Top Model (Cycle 38? 39? I haven't been keeping up). Being the pretty little camera-whores that we are, we were hand-picked to sit front row, with a reaction-shot camera all up in our faces. We gave the appropriate TV-friendly reactions when the runway models came out (applause), slipped their jackets off their shoulders (smiles and applause), and stumbled (gasps).
Miss J Alexander introduced the couture show, telling us to imagine we were celebrities at Paris fashion week. In reality, we were in the courtyard of the CalTrans building downtown and Sirus from The Real World Boston was about as star-studded as it got. Tyra stayed backstage, but judging from the low number of plus-size contestants (only one out of 12), she is currently pretty happy about her weight. This is in contrast to the trend of recent seasons, when Tyra has increasingly surrounded herself with more plus-size models to distract from her own ballooning weight.
The models ranged from not particularly fierce to get-weeded-out-already, although there was one African American girl who showed maximum runway walking realness; I'll be keeping my eye on her this season. The girls did the show three times, our hands stung from clapping, and Lydia's cousin spied the designer Colleen Quen give a girl 2 on her score-card, even though the poor thing couldn't walk in the ridiculous dress Quen had designed. Oh, the injustice.
– Steven Corfe
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-- YCKTR | June 13, 2007 8:18 PM
What, you want him to call her a n****?
-- tripledipple | June 13, 2007 10:09 PM
Obviously not...I just think it's funny how people pick and choose when it comes to being politically correct - personally, I cringe when people take the time to call someone african-american, or asian-american, or whatever hyphen something else. It's not natural and usually comes off sounding patronizing.
I'm sure I do it too - I'm human. Perhaps douchebag was too harsh. I'm sorry.
Settle down Beavis, it was just an observation.
YCKTR
-- YCKTR | June 13, 2007 10:56 PM
I also prefer just black or Asian or whatever when refering to people I know, or people I don't know. I think we're past all the hyphenated crap. BUT--I do think it was harsh to come down on him for talking about Tyra's weight. The *#$$! is psycho, and such a hypocrite when it comes to body image issues...
-- Holly | June 15, 2007 7:46 PM
I also prefer just black or Asian or whatever when refering to people I know, or people I don't know. I think we're past all the hyphenated crap. BUT--I do think it was harsh to come down on him for talking about Tyra's weight. The *#$$! is psycho, and such a hypocrite when it comes to body image issues...
-- Holly | June 15, 2007 7:47 PM
I also prefer just black or Asian or whatever when refering to people I know, or people I don't know. I think we're past all the hyphenated crap. BUT--I do think it was harsh to come down on him for talking about Tyra's weight. The *#$$! is psycho, and such a hypocrite when it comes to body image issues...
-- Holly | June 15, 2007 7:47 PM
I also prefer just black or Asian or whatever when refering to people I know, or people I don't know. I think we're past all the hyphenated crap. BUT--I do think it was harsh to come down on him for talking about Tyra's weight. The *#$$! is psycho, and such a hypocrite when it comes to body image issues...
-- Holly | June 15, 2007 7:47 PM
Quote: [This is in contrast to the trend of recent seasons, when Tyra has increasingly surrounded herself with more plus-size models to distract from her own ballooning weight.]
What tripe.
-- Mala | June 16, 2007 8:16 PM
So wait - you take the time to use the term African-American, yet you still stupidly refer to Tyra Banks "ballooning" weight?
Congrats, you're officially half a douchebag.
Punch it.
YCKTR