i love how they kicked off the poor girl last week for being too "catalog" and then this week the guest "super model" was in fact... a catalog model. le sigh. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
Marissa Miller must be doing something right with her barbie toe and her showing off her curves, because whenever I open a victoria's secret catalogue, I ALWAYS want to buy whatever she's posing in. It's gotten to a point where I have to ask myself "do I actually like this bra? Or do I only like it cause she's wearing it?"
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Did anyone else who took ballet as a kid totally do this all the time? I think I spent ages 6-7 on the balls of my feet. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@Penny: Definitely. It took real discipline to STOP being on demi-pointe all the time. Oh, and to only turn out when in class; that shit'll mess your back up if you're not careful. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@Penny: I didn't take ballet, but I did gymnastics for years, and I still find myself standing on my toes when I'm in line at the grocery store or waiting for the train. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@Penny: Ugh, I know the feeling. I can turn out all the way, but due to a lovely (if minor) case of scoliosis, I can't really DO anything with it. I have to turn back in a little if I actually want to, y'know, dance.
Not that it really matters, since it's been 3 years since I've been in a studio, but it's the principle of the thing! #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
Wait, keep your mouth CLOSED? That violates the first rule of sexyface, which I assume is a common pose in Victoria's Secret. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@J.D.Regent: Apologies that I know this, BUT, if you've ever seen a episode of the Kardashians, her sisters make fun of every photo shoot she does, for exactly that—making open-mouth sexyface every time she poses for a shoot. Where's our SuperModel to swoop in and teach?! #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
You know will really take your sexual self confidence down a few notches? Watching Marisa Miller in a bikini teach a bunch of very skinny girls how to pose sexily on a beach. With your boyfriend sitting right next to you. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@morninggloria: Ah, don't sweat it. Marisa Miller maybe, but those poor skinny teenagers are just fumbling for the camera, by design of the cruelty of reality t.v. producers and their evil overlord TyTy.
It's like asking Picasso to teach painting to 2nd graders. Half of them are completely overwhelmed, the other half are hungry and have no idea where they are. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@dreamweave: Is it anything like the squirts? How does one acquire the shorts? Oh, from parents. Check on both, after eating sugar-free maltitol-rich candy this weekend. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
After last night, I'm convinced Erin is going to win. She's a terrible model, an awful person and just downright bad but you can tell the panel wants her to win so badly. Why else would she be in the bottom 3 three times in a row and be saved every single time. Especially even after last night when they commented that she rebels against criticism--because right that's the make of a great model!
I'm rooting for Jennifer (as much as I love Laura...). Not only is she exceedingly talented, but considering the rise of Du Juan and Tao Okamoto in the past year, it'd be nice to see more Asian models make it into the mainstream. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
I am biased though because she is a friend from lawschool's girlfriend...BUT I maintain that I would still want her to win anyway. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
I haven't seen last night's episode yet, but I'm pretty sore about the panel's decision to keep Erin AGAIN. I actually like her as a model, and I think she's getting the sourpuss edit... but if you're in the bottom two THAT often, it's time to get gonnne.
Jen's not necessarily my favorite model, but she's just as good at it as Nicole and Laura. For the first time in years, I'm actually interested in the outcome of ANTM. And I think it's refreshing that all of their remaining girls are actually good at what they do, and are likable to boot. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@EkaterinaBallerina: Erin is the MelRose of this cycle. If she were the eventual winner, the producers would have tried to edit her footage to make her more sympathetic. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@morninggloria: Oh I sincerely hope that's true. I remember thinking MelRose deserved to win over Caridee but when I caught the marathon on Oxygen a few weeks ago when I was sick, I changed my mind. She was awful, definitely glad she lost. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
@EkaterinaBallerina: I'm rooting for anyone BUT Erin. She is whiny, ungrateful, and not a very good model. Jenn is pretty and seems kind. Nicole is weird and awesome and I love redheads. Laura is funny and adventurous and spunky. I just don't like Erin. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
Okay, BUT: every single seventh grade social studies project EVER has taught us that Barbie feet lead to, you know... wheelchairs.
They should've had that guy from Precious on to talk about how Mariah Carey doesn't know how to walk flat-footed instead. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
so, photography is a new art medium, but artists have been in LOVE with depictions of death since cavemen drew on walls. renaissance art is chock full of it - and it's shocking, stunning, arresting. women look like they have no agency, but they make beautiful (submission, dainty, obedient, pure, religious) corpses. talking about art using death to create heightened emotion is absolutely *nothing* new... the *kind* of death the slideshow demonstrates here is a whole nother question. are we uncomfortable with death in art period, or just violent crime death? #deadmodels
@miss.terious: I think we're uncomfortable with death being used to flog us a dress or a pair of boots.
Fashion photography is not art, not in the strictest sense, because it has a commericial endevour beyond trying to sell you the image itself - it's trying to get you to pony up your hard earned cash for an item.
I don't care about depictions of death in art; I care when the violent murder of a woman is seen as a good way to get me to buy a new pair of jeans. #deadmodels
@jenrobe: Since when did works of art begin losing artistic value due to their intrinsic commercial motivations?
The frescos of the Sistine Chapel were only commissioned to attract more visitors and feed the Pope's sense of grandeur. Even Michelangelo resented his work there, but hey, he needed the money.
@FADviral: I think that could well be a good argument, that the Sistine Chapel was a commercial work, although it had a religious context and was created arguably by someone who believed in that faith.
However, Michelangelo was pissed about the commission because he was already working on sculptures for the Pope's tomb, not because he hated the church. And then he demanded to be able to do the work the way his vision told him to, not according to what the Church initially invisaged.
I didn't mean to suggest they lost their "artistic" value, but that there is clearly a divide between a work being created for its own self (art for art's sake) and to sell stuff. #deadmodels
#1 is kind of funny, death by roller skating around a mansion is ridiculous enough to not be gruesome. Just about everything else made me squirm though. #deadmodels
I guess no one ever told the photographers that at some point every photographer shoots a dead girl in couture and thinks they're a freaking genius for 15 minutes. #deadmodels
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Not that it really matters, since it's been 3 years since I've been in a studio, but it's the principle of the thing! #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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But, I have a lot of nervous energy. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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Not that I am happy about it but, you know, sisters unite and all... #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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It's like asking Picasso to teach painting to 2nd graders. Half of them are completely overwhelmed, the other half are hungry and have no idea where they are. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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Truer words have never been spoken. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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I'm rooting for Jennifer (as much as I love Laura...). Not only is she exceedingly talented, but considering the rise of Du Juan and Tao Okamoto in the past year, it'd be nice to see more Asian models make it into the mainstream. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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I am biased though because she is a friend from lawschool's girlfriend...BUT I maintain that I would still want her to win anyway. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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I haven't seen last night's episode yet, but I'm pretty sore about the panel's decision to keep Erin AGAIN. I actually like her as a model, and I think she's getting the sourpuss edit... but if you're in the bottom two THAT often, it's time to get gonnne.
Jen's not necessarily my favorite model, but she's just as good at it as Nicole and Laura. For the first time in years, I'm actually interested in the outcome of ANTM. And I think it's refreshing that all of their remaining girls are actually good at what they do, and are likable to boot. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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Cue the "I was edited bad" excuse. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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They should've had that guy from Precious on to talk about how Mariah Carey doesn't know how to walk flat-footed instead. #americasnexttopmodelbarbietoe
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Fashion photography is not art, not in the strictest sense, because it has a commericial endevour beyond trying to sell you the image itself - it's trying to get you to pony up your hard earned cash for an item.
I don't care about depictions of death in art; I care when the violent murder of a woman is seen as a good way to get me to buy a new pair of jeans. #deadmodels
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The frescos of the Sistine Chapel were only commissioned to attract more visitors and feed the Pope's sense of grandeur. Even Michelangelo resented his work there, but hey, he needed the money.
Not art in its strictest sense then? #deadmodels
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However, Michelangelo was pissed about the commission because he was already working on sculptures for the Pope's tomb, not because he hated the church. And then he demanded to be able to do the work the way his vision told him to, not according to what the Church initially invisaged.
I didn't mean to suggest they lost their "artistic" value, but that there is clearly a divide between a work being created for its own self (art for art's sake) and to sell stuff. #deadmodels
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All that death really makes me want boots! No, wait... #deadmodels
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