One fine day I was home when a friend of mine was watching season 4 of ANTM. I was “lucky” enough to catch a glimpse of how the models were treated in regards to weight. A few scenes before where this video starts, they showed the models being weighed. The subject of the video is Brita who weighed in at a WOPPING 138lbs!!!! (at 5′8” mind you). While she was taking her photo they had no problems yelling out loud at the photographer to watch out b/c she’s a bit “thick”. Then the stylist precedes to make fun of her by saying “she’s got a side a beef” while Mr. Jay does a pathetic attempt at trying to defending her by saying its just “a bad angle”.
Then of course at the judging table she is told she looks worried and old in the photo. I don’t know about you but if I were posing in some skimpy outfit while men jeer at my body I don’t know how chipper and focused I would be. Then Nigel has to ad insult to injury by saying she’s “holding too much weight”!
Tyra, if you are out there you should feel ashamed. Not only do many women have bodies issues because of shows like ANTM but if fuels the train the runs model idealism.
Wow!!! this one is so sad b/c she actually feels like she screwed it up!!! I do not know how models do it taking all those insults all day long.
“..if I were posing in some skimpy outfit while men jeer at my body I don’t know how chipper and focused I would be. ..”
^^ *hahahaha!*
word.
If this happened in cycle 4, maybe they got enough bad feedback, collectively, to start mellowing out in their ways? I hope so.
Ok, that guy who said “she’s got a side of beef” HE needs to take a long look in the mirror. I can’t believe Tyra and her followers made that girl feel so bad. This show makes me sick
I know it sucks, but what you need to realize is that runway models have to be skinny (according to designers) because the clothing is supposed to drape a certain way. Runway models are basically walking hangers.
There are ways to get around being that thin, though. Like what Tyra did…she quit regular runway and became a Victoria Secret model…VS likes more curvy models. (well…not curvy by FA standards, but curvy w/ in the fashion industry)
“… I screwed up.”
No, Sweetie. You’re not the one who screwed up. The people that did weird things to your face and hair and stuck you in bizarre, un-natural poses while making nasty cracks at you are the ones who screwed up.
I mean WTF were those things around her eyes???
Sheesh!