America's Next Top Model
”Not-So-Pretty In Pink: DJ Cassidy's Birthday Celebration
I'm not going to lie to you. I don't know who DJ Cassidy is. I mean, now I do, because I read the endless, really grandiose bio on his web page ("In 1992, a fifth-grader names Cassidy Podell asked his parents to buy him deejay equipment for his eleventh birthday. When he was given two turntables and a mixer, DJ Cassidy was born.") But anyway, he appears to have had a big birthday bash last night at Cipriani in New York, which attracted such poorly-dressed glitterati as road-rager Lizzie Grubman and ANTM 8 Jaslene. So unimpressive were the getups on display that I've foregone the "Good/Bad" designations. However, there is an Ugly! To see it, plus more of the DJ's pink tux, take a jump with me. More »Kate Moss: Still The Face of Rimmel!
- Rumors are flying that Kate Moss has been replaced as the face of Rimmel after singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor was seen filming spots for the makeup line. Rimmel denies the reports, claiming that they're just one big happy family: "The girls will all represent different looks. With these girls varied backgrounds in music, acting and modeling - and their very different looks, it's hoped they will broaden the appeal of Rimmel London around the world." Phew! "Murder on the Dancefloor" may be an all time fave, but Kate/Rimmel is sacrosanct. [ElleUK]
- Blind item alert! "Which autocratic fashion designer dropped out of sight for several months last year after a face-lift went wrong? The surgeon cut a nerve in his neck, and he needed rehabilitation to move his face properly..." Hm, autocratic and freaky-looking? Doesn't narrow it down much. [NY Post]
Tyra Banks Wants Us To Feel Better About Ourselves So She Can Feel Better About Cashing In On It
"I think I was put on this earth to instill self-esteem in young girls," Tyra Banks tells Lynn Hirschberg, who wrote this Sunday's New York Times Magazine cover story on the model turned mogul. And that's what she's been telling the rest of us for the past five years since ANTM debuted. Throughout the lengthy article, Tyra — who named her company Bankable Productions — seems to be justifying her crossover success and subsequent mega-wealth. ("Banks makes an estimated $18 million a year, and her net worth is around $75 million.") She'd have you believe that, ultimately, she's in this media game to help out 18 - 34-year-old women. How fitting then, that that happens to be the exact demographic coveted by advertisers! It's not so weird that we question whether someone is only interested in"instilling self-esteem in young women" when that someone built her empire on a competition-based reality show about modeling. What is weird is that Tyra feels the need to couch her seemingly endless career goals in humanitarianism, as though her ambition needs to have a heart as big as her weave. The answer is that she knows if she doesn't say that shit, she'll look like a money-grubbing asshole. The question, however, is: Why aren't women allowed to be as shamelessly mercenary as men?
More »This Week Models Got Some Meat On Their Bones
- Whitney was the first "plus sized" contestant to win America's Next Top Model!
- Alexandra Michaels — a teen model who was sent home from Paris because she gained five pounds — spoke out against eating disorders in the modeling industry.
- Speaking of dressing up: Jezebel correspondent Emily Gould crashed a Stevie Nicks festival. There were wigs! And gays! And glitter!
- More good news for gays: it is now legal for them to get married in California.
- In other California legal news, Lori Drew got indicted.
- Even California girls should not wear this tacky crap from Urban Outfitters.
- Brats from My Super Sweet Sixteen get deported!
Tyra: The First Annual Fiercee Awards
Yesterday, Tyra held the first annual Fiercee Awards, in which TyTy gave awards out to girls from past cycles of Top Model. The "awards" were actually more like backhanded compliments (Ugliest Cry, Biggest Makeover Meltdown, Worst Fall). Not all the girls turned up for it. Actually, it was kinda like the People's Choice Awards, where only presenters and winners showed up. (Except for Jade and Jael. They were nominated for several things, and it was a shutout.) Here are some highlights: Saleisha said she "never ever" got used to that horrible mushroom cap hairdo, Jade was salty, Jada cared way too much, Natasha is still awesome, Joanie maybe got fake tits, Joanie's teeth cost ANTM $30k, Jaslene seems to be struggling with literacy, and the clip of Shandi's BF screaming,"You had SEX!?" still makes us LOL. Clip above, and a list of the awards, nominees, and winners, as well as screen shots of all the girls who showed up, after the jump. More »ANTM: And The Plus-Size Girl Takes The Cake!
Despite conspiracy theories, underminers, and the fact that some of us thought Anya was actually the better model, we're damned proud of Whitney Thompson and the fact that a plus-size girl finally took the title on ANTM. (Of course, the show is not even close to a true representation of the real modeling industry.) There was something really telling in Paulina's commentary during judging when she said, "Whitney is the one that a man would want in his bedroom, but Anya is the one that you would buy the dress from." The fashion industry is fucked up. Or maybe we're all fucked up. Or maybe we need to stop letting curve-hating gay men tell us how we should look!Earlier: ANTM Finale Live Blog: Arrivederci Cycle 10









