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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 »
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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]
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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?
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ANTM Cycle 10 winner Whitney Thompson was in NYC this week and took some Polaroids. Looks like she got rid of that dreadful weave. She's not on Elite's website yet (is there a special "full figure" category that isn't advertised on the site?), but as we were checking out the other models on it, we noticed a familiar face: Mollie Sue from Cycle 6. And she's actually a real Elite model, rather than part of its Model Management that the winners of ANTM are signed to. (Click image to check out Whitney's shots.) [COACD]
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Check it out: It's ANTM Cycle 10 winner Whitney Thompson's photos (taken by noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker) and interview from the forthcoming July issue of Seventeen. It's kinda great that the "full figure" girl won the cycle that featured a bikini shoot, so they weren't able to hide her body behind ponchos and shit. What's bizarre is that Whitney claims that she's a size 14, but with skinny arms, a flat belly, and what looks to be boobs not much bigger than a B cup, we don't see how she's anything larger than an 8 or a 10. But whatevs, congrats, Whitney! (Click image for the rest of the pics and the interview.)
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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!
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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 »
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Earlier: ANTM Finale Live Blog: Arrivederci Cycle 10
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
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Congrats to ANTM Cycle 10 winner Whitney Thompson! She's the first plus-size woman to win the the grand prize in Top. Model. History. But our girl is going to need a skin thicker than her (normal-sized) waistline, especially after one observant reader pointed out that her Wikipedia page was hacked last night by someone taking cheap shots at her body. (Click image to see screen grab.)
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ANTM Finale Live Blog: Arrivederci Cycle 10
ANTM finales are always bittersweet because we've been working up to this moment all cycle, but then that means that we won't have this ridiculousness that we love to laugh at next week. As far as winners go, I'm rooting for Anya, because the girl can't take a bad picture, and because she seems like a really genuinely nice person. But more than anything, I'd love to hear her try and talk her way through her visits to factories/Walmarts in the "My Life as a Cover Girl" spots. More »
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So who's gonna take it tonight on Top Model? The plus-size girl, the foreign girl, or the girl who sounds like a foreign girl? We're gonna be live blogging, so watch the dramz unfold with us. (8 PM EST.)
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Tonight is the finale of ANTM Cycle 10. (Sad!) ONTD has a great picture post showing what girls from different cycles have been up to (including Cycle 8's Whitney, Cycle 10's Claire, Cycle 7's Anchal, and Cycle 6's Jade, among others). But the woman who stuck out the most was Cycle 10's Whitney, the plus-size model who is in the final three competing for the top spot tonight. It's unclear if these shots of Whitney are recent, but if they are, girlfriend has lost a ton of weight. More depressing evidence that thinness = success? (Click on image for more shots.) [ONTD]
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ANTM: Our Hearts Are As Empty As The Space Where Dominique's Tooth Used To Be
Who would've thought that Dominique would've made it this far in the competition? And who would've thought we'd be so sad to see her go? At first, her bravado was annoying, and her severe aesthetic was a little off-putting. But when it comes down to it, she possessed all the requirements necessary for an enjoyable season of Top Model — ridiculousness, drag queen-ness, and a completely inflated sense of self, to the point of delusion — and managed to up the ante with those, which is no small feat, considering the parties involved. Clip above. More »
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ANTM: Tyra Snaps...Photos
You never really realize how awesome Tyra Banks makes ANTM until she participates in an episode beyond "panel" and she creates magic, like in this still right here. Actually, I love this still so much, that I've made it into desktop wallpaper that you can download. A picture is worth a thousand words, and seven of them are: Even Jay Manuel Thinks You're Too Gay. As for last night's episode, it's kinda crazy that Dominique is still in the competition, right? But it's great, because we get to hear her say things like, "This is a slap in the face to everyone in the world right now because no one else can say that Tyra took their picture." Uh, yeah, Dominique, except for the four other girls in the room with you. (And the countless other coozes who have been in this competition in the previous nine cycles.) Clip above.
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Holy shit! It finally happened: Someone literally got stabby while watching Tyra Banks! A woman in Seattle had some friends over her house to drink beer and watch America's Next Top Model. One of her guests was talking too loudly, and after several attempts to shut the woman up, the host tried to kick her out of her apartment. The argument turned physical, replete with clumps of hair (we're secretly hoping it was a weave) being pulled out of scalps, until the host grabbed a paring knife from the kitchen and repeatedly stabbed the woman in the chest and neck. The victim is, thankfully, alive, and her attacker, as of last evening, is still at large. [Seattle PI]
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ANTM: Dominique Is Missing A Tooth!?
It's kind of ridiculous that Dominique has lasted this long in the competition, especially after last night's episode when she gave that gaping, goofy smile that revealed her missing tooth. But the thing that makes ANTM so wonderful is ridiculousness, so we'd like to say to Dominique: play on, player. You're our favorite toothless single mom aspiring model — and we mean that. And how about that Paulie Cicero-type, pervy Italian guy the girls had to walk for? He gave the best put downs and back-handed compliments. He said that Dominique didn't look "fresh" (read: she's ah old ah mama mia). And he totally pulled the whole "such a pretty face" line with Whitney. (BTW, Whitney claims she's the only plus-size model who's made it this far in the competition, but we'd like to point out that she's incorrect, seeing as how Robin, from Cycle 1 made it to the top four and went to Paris.) Clip above.
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