[geekchickknits]

[quote name='knorl05' date='Sep 18 2008, 07:14 PM' post='215328']
my mom and i were watching the show together and she was like, "i cant believe these girls are that enthralled with tyra's skit."/quote]

Maybe it was like watching a car crash.....they didn't want to but they couldn't simply just look away.

[lananans]

Perhaps Tyra is trying to target a younger audience, but she'll probably lose a substantial portion of the older audience in the process. I've considered just not watching this season because it's really just not that good.

[geekchickknits]

I didn't start off liking Samantha, but now I love her. I want her haircut! I also want Elina's weave.

[knorl05]

lananans: absolutely agree. my mom and i were watching the show together and she was like, "i cant believe these girls are that enthralled with tyra's skit".. it was so cheesy. i felt like she was putting on an act for 5 year olds.. maybe she's trying to target a younger audience.

elina is still my favorite, especially with her new hair. i love it and it suits her so well. with lauren, i get it, the show has to have a token blond chicky, but i feel her makeover was anticlimactic. if she can bring it as well as they say she can, hopefully her poses and photos will give her more edge. mckey's makeover was perfect. she looks amazing and intriguing. i liked samantha's too. i'm afraid marjorie doesnt bring enough personality to the photo shoots or to judging, which makes her seem very blah. even though i think, irl, she'd be a super cool girlie. in the end, i think this will be an interesting season.. i hope so anyway. maybe tyra is trying to be so outrageous, because the show is running out of ideas...?

[deschatsrouge]

When Mrs. Rouge and I were watching last night, any time the fairy godmother windowe came on I had to cringe, I was sooo embarrassed for Tyra. I feel sorry for her, that she would think it was a good idea to do the silly accent.

Isis needs to break out and get her shit together. I her, and if she gets booted off will be pissed.

[konphusion26]

Oh man, this season is really cheesy!!! Tyra, please sit down and stop with the accents. Makes me gag!

I am sad that they sent Brittany home instead of Annaleigh. I guess both of them are pretty bland but, Annaleigh just doesn't do anything for me at all.

My two favorites have to be Isis and Sheena. Just because they are both so different from all the girls I've ever seen on this show. I like variety and it seems like every season they have girls that look/act like previous girls. BLAH! I really need Isis to shine though. She's kinda losing the flair that she came in with. Miss Sheena is just a mess LOL I love her.

Lananans, I agree about the red hair. It's growing on me- i didn't like it at all till I saw the photo.

[lananans]

I agree. Tyra has COMPLETELY lost her mind. Or is living inside her own ego.

That said -- I knew it was going to be those girls in the bottom two, because they always focus on the ones on the chopping block during the show. The pretty girl was annoying, I'm glad she's gone.

Also, I really loved the red hair on Ilina (?) it looked really good.

[girltrouble]

ok,

1)why does everybody get all excited about a makeover then cry when they get it? you've seen the damn show, you know what's coming up, so shut the fuck up.

2)somebody really needs to take tyra aside and tell her she can't act.

at all.

not even as a joke. and her fake accents are puke worthy.

and

3)goddamn it, now i want to get an f'ing weave again. hmph.

[candycane_girl]

I'm pretty sure I've said this before but Tyra has seriously lost it. What the hell was that whole crazy fairy godmother with a horribly faux british accent thing?!

[knorl05]

Christine Nectarine: "maybe [sheena] can serve as an example to all the almost-18 year olds who are saving their $$ for the same thing...?" ahhh. awesome point! let's hope. i'm not a fan of sheena, she seems a bit crass. poor isis appears to be too much of a wall flower. elina is my favorite.. and i still look forward to see more photos of marjorie and mckey as well. even though lauren is a traditional blonde-haired babe, i feel there is something unique about her that i like. and i hope sharaun will go far too.

[geekchickknits]

I think right now, the hoochie label does apply to Sheena. Like Hannah has unconsciously internalized the inherent racism/prejudice that comes from living in a small, homogeneous community, Sheena has internalized certain ideas about what is sexy. In the accessories modelling challenge, she put her foot behind her head, put the bag in front of her cooch, and winked. She comes into judging dressed in short shorts and low cut tops.

What I like about her, is that you can tell she's a genuine person. I'm excited to see what they do with the makeover for her!

[Christine Nectar...]

i agree about sheena, and i wish they would lay off the "hoochie" label. i think they just don't know what else to make of her. she's definately an interesting girl, and she seems smart.

i also agree with gt about hannah...she likely didn't intend to sound racist, but when a room full of black and asian girls are telling you that's how you sound...you need to own up. as she dutifully reminds us, she's "from alaska" so is likely lacking in personal experience. i can say from my personal experience as a white kid growing up in mostly white community, you may know it's not right to be racist, but it's hard to know what that looks like day to day. it's a bit of a shock to open up to the idea that you have internalized prejudices, but still hannah needs to take some responsibility. she was likely feeling defensive because they didn't really go about it very nicely by confronting her all at once.

[anna k]

Dirty Sexy Money had a transsexual character played by a t-girl, and was treated respectfully and not made into a freak show or a joke.

I liked Sheena too, she's fun and interesting.

[girltrouble]

i kinda like sheena. i suppose part of it is that it's the name of one of my fave busties, but also cos she seems like such a contradiction, asian, 'street' it's kinda cool, but i'm sure she catches shit for it. already...they all call her a hoochie...

i'm glad they kept isis, after all her pix last week, i wasn't expecting them to be that good. and she does seem to be the one who knows her stuff. tyra and the others were saying she was the girl who went into that interview room, and new the designers, models, etc. so i'm sure that worked in her favor. it's nice to see t-girls on tv again. there has been a dearth recently. from what i understand there is higher ratings on shows that have t-girls, or actresses playing them(nip/tuck, ugly betty) even if it's a one shot (er), now there is this and 'i want to work for ditty' and to a lesser degree (because there is a huge difference btwn DQs and TSs). it's kind of interesting thinking about how t-girls approach these things differently than their brit counterpart in the uk's big brother. she denied it, confiding in only one person till the end, while both of these girls were pretty upfront about it. it gets dealt with early.

i agree and disagree with you geek, although i think you meant prejudiced rather than racist. i do think that hannah is prejudiced because she doesn't know better. i think she's starting to see how unacceptable her view is in the way she's been shamed by the other girls, but she came with these ideas about tg people without any real personal experience. that's the very definition of prejudiced.

[anna k]

Elina looks like someone Tyra would get rid of because she's intimidated by her and will say something like she's too cold in person or not warm enough or friendly enough or some B.S. to cover up Tyra's own insecurities.

[Christine Nectar...]

Sheena is probably regretting that surgery now. maybe she can serve as an example to all the almost-18 year olds who are saving their $$ for the same thing...?

even if they do keep Isis as a "ratings boost" i think she shows more promise than Nikeysha did. her personality rubbed me the wrong way.

my fav so far is Elina, although i'm not confident she'll make it all the way through. i like Marjorie's look too, but wouldn't be surprised if her nerves crush her before she gets too far!

[geekchickknits]

I think they're going to keep Isis around for a little while. They definitely made the right decision to vote off Nikeysha. She was unprofessional, bad at posing and her pictures are weak. Like her spindly chicken arms.

Sheena needs to tone it down. When did she get implants, anyway? A poor choice when she was young? Did she turn 18 and get them done right away?

And I don't think Hannah is racist, just very sheltered and doesn't know any better.

[lananans]

I did watch last night... that girl they kicked off seriously looked like she had an eating disorder. And at least the girl with the fake breasts came forward and admitted to it after lying about it.

I think that no matter how badly Isis does, they are going to keep her around for a few weeks because she is transgender and that will translate into ratings, perhaps. Her picture last night was just truly awful though. I think she probably deserved to go home instead.

[stargazer]

Did anyone watch yesterday's epi?? I'm still learning the models names, but I think a good decision was made to vote her off.


I am surprised they would let someone on with fake breasts.


Next week's episode is the makeover epi!

[Christine Nectar...]

it's not as if these questions are some big surprise. They ask them every cycle! If ever I feel sympathy for Tyra & the panel, it's when they have to listen to that crap.

you think if you really didn't know, you'd prepare some answers, like be ready to name ONE current model/photog/designer and know something about them. geez, pick up a copy of Vogue, it's not that hard.