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There is some absolutely gorgeous hair among the next set of contestants in America's Next Top Model. The question is how many of them will still have gorgeous hair once that witch Tyra Banks and her witch mates get done with them. It remains a mystery to me why someone who wears wigs and extensions every day of her life can have the power to have beautiful women cut off their actual hair.

My pre-show favorite is Joanie:

http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model6/models/joanie.shtml

http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model6/models/kathy.shtml

Some have already undergone changes. Check this out.

Before: http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model6/pgall.php?ep=00&fd=1 &id=0

After: http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model6/pgall.php?ep=00&fd=1 &id=1

I imagine Tyra will make this one get a nose job.

I guess this should have been placed in the Reality Shows category. Sorry about that.

Do you think she'd allow anyone more beautiful that her on the show? But let's talk hair. Hers isn't her own. Most, if not all, of the contestants more than likely have nicer hair than Tyra's real hair. I think I hear her sharpening the scissors as I type this.

That's one brilliant dyejob they gave Brooke! Most brown dyes are red based and look fake but her's look natural.

I loveee Americas next top model!!!

im totally obsessed!!

omg!!! were still on cycle 5 in the uk! they dont look that pretty in the 6th?!!

[QUOTE=Bambilee]Yes Molly Sue... shes uniquely beautiful. The others all look the same to me.
Tyra banks is cool cause she doesn't give a hoot what the modeling company says about her weight. She's plump and proud of it. But her hair as she tells EVERYONE all the time, isn't real. I wish I could wear weaves... lol.
When does the show start?
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WHAT??!!  Tyra is what you'd call plump?  Oh my.

I don't watch the show, but I'll flip through the model-wannabes, anyway. . .

Most of them don't seem to be that pretty. . . and a lot of the white chicks look alike to me. . . which is probably a sign of how cookie-cutter the modelling industry is :-P . . .  I like Furonda and Gina best-- they're pwetty ^_^ .

I know someone who modeled professionally for a few months.  The reason you need to be so tall, at least 5' 7" is they want all the women to be around the same height, and build.  That way designers don't have to change their clothes so much for fashion shows or photo shoots.

[QUOTE=Sugaree]I love that this show too...can any one tell me why a requirement is to be
5'7" or taller? Why do models have to be tall? I never understood that. I
like Molly Sue and Furonda. Molly sue is the most unique looking, and I
think Furonda is adorable, and she's got a beautiful skin tone. Both have
nice hair cuts that suit them. Sara and Brooke look like the same person
to me.
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Found this regarding the show on March 8th:

"The Girls Go Bald" Episode #601/602.
The women learn they will be bald for their next photo shoot.

Cast: Janice Dickinson, Todd Newton, Rolanda Watts, Trey Smith, Tina Frazier , Trish Moreno .
Producer(s): Tyra Banks, Ken Mok.

Original Airdate: March 8, 2006.

I appreciate your views but I think you are taking a small amount of the article "out of context" and making it about your viewpoints and feelings against perceived racism.  Certainly the author of the article is expressing her viewpoints about what it takes to be a reality star on that particular show and she has nailed it very well.

Although there is mention that the models "had attitude" about their makeovers, it wasn't just the African American models.  In fact, a blonde model was actually sent home in one of the ATNM editions because she refused to go Twiggy short.  Whether Black Racisum is alive or not in the show is not the focus of the article.  The article is simply reporting the fact that to be a success in the modeling world, whether you are African American, white, Japanese, Hispanic, thin or fat, you must be willing to do whatever it takes to be "marketable" to clothing designers. 

The topic of the article is NOT about racism.  It is about what it takes to be a success on a reality show and that means being willing to have your teeth fixed, your gorgeous long blonde hair shaved off, posing bald or have painful extensions added.

Whether black racism is alive and well in the show is NOT even remotely related to the topic presented in the article, which is simply reporting the facts that in reality TV you do what you have to in order to win.  If you wanted to, you could hang the title "racism" on every reality show from American Idol to The Apprentice to America's Biggest Loser. 

I thought the article was just reporting the reality of what happens to the hair of super model wannabes and buyer beware.

If we want to, we can find racism or anti-curlism, or anti-agism or anti-fatism on every show on Television whether a reality show or not.