Is it just me or is this cycle of America’s Next Model the best one yet? And by “best,” clearly I mean “most unrealistic, annoying, and completely addictive.”

Last night’s episode, the second of the cycle, “keeps our Earth good,” (thanks, Mila) with a green-friendly van for the girls. It takes the girls to their new house, where half of the models manage to fit into one bathtub.

Tyra continues Awareness Crusade 2007 with the photoshoot, an anti-smoking campaign, where Mila laughs at chemo and everyone points out Heather’s awkwardness even though she’s really not acting in any abnormal way.

In fact, she’s made the first intelligent comment of the episode, when she says that the bitch-fighting between Bianca and Lisa is giving her a headache.

Next up is a shopping spree at…Old Navy. Um. Budget cuts, Tyra?

The pick on Heather-athon continues, with Jenah’s comment that Heather doesn’t know what’s trendy. I didn’t realize that a symptom of Asperger’s is bad fashion sense, but hey, what do I know? Oh, and Ebony forgets to put on pants.

Then the girls come home, where the girls continue bashing on Heather, except for Victoria, who, in her own snooty way, is growing on me. Sure she kind of feels like she’s better and smarter than the other girls, but, well, I’d probably feel the same way. Read More »

Sibling Rivarly is back!

During this week’s blog, I torture the Bro with fashion questions, ask what he thinks of couture outfits (and the models wearing them), and force him play stream-of-consciousness.

Ah, just like being in the backseat of a car on our way to Grandma’s.

Me: Alright, well, you might not have known that it was fashion week last week in New York. First off…do you have any idea who Anna Wintour is?

The Bro: nope

Me: She’s basically this 50ish year old woman who wears giant sunglasses and thinks she is the most fashion forward person on the planet

Me: here is a picture of her: (she’s in the middle) Thoughts?

The Bro: She doesn’t look as old as meryl streep does in that movie

Me: Have you ever opened a Vogue? Read More »

Look out! There’s a new STD on the loose! A Socially Transmitted Disease that could be making you fat.

That’s right, obesity is now considered “socially contagious.” In fact, a new study done by Harvard Medical School and published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that if you have any girl friends that are obese, your chances of being obese rise 71%.

Of course, if you befriend an overweight male, your chances of packing on the pounds are only 57%.

According to the study, it has nothing to do with what you eat when you’re around those who are overweight. Which was my initial thought. I mean, if your friends want ice cream or pizza, most times you go along with the crowd, right? Read More »

If you’re not actively involved in the fashion or modeling industry, you may hold a conception of the commonplace high fashion model that is similar to mine: stick-thin, snooty girls who party hard on the weekends and either suffer from some form of eating disorder or unhealthy drug addiction to keep their weight down.

Of course this is only a stereotype based upon a few bad examples (namely Kate Moss), but us regular girls cannot be entirely blamed for these misconceptions.

Take clothing store Sisley’s new ad campaign into account. Two models are pictured snorting lines of cocaine near the straps of a Sisley dress. They look strung out, with their eyes rolled to the back of their heads in thick black eyeliner and tight party dresses. Read More »

I work in a an office full of Top Model Enthusiasts, a.k.a, a rare breed totally obsessed with America’s Next Top Model, who have charts of the girls hanging on their wall at their desks, and who cross each girl out, week by week, and engage in a pow-wow every Thursday morning to discuss the episode in detail from the night before.

I myself have succumb to the show and have become a Top Model Enthusiast too.

Everything about the show is ridiculous, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. The models’ house is ridiculous – pictures of Tyra plastered everywhere! The challenges are ridiculous – crime scene photo shoots (“you just don’t look dead enough this week, I’m sorry”). Top Model marathons each and every weekend, all weekend long, are ridiculous (and time-consuming). And Tyra herself – utterly ridiculous!

Last night, however, Tyra whispered her last, “Congratulations. You’re still in the running towards becoming America’s Next Top Model,” and now, sadly, my Wednesday nights will be ANTM-free.

But the good news is, a new winner has been crowned. She’s a 20-year-old online college admissions adviser from Chicago. All hail Jaslene, America’s Next Top Model! Read More »