ANTM Cycle 12 Is Here
Here we are already starting off a new cycle of America’s Next Top Model. I really do love this show.
At this point, I usually don’t try too hard to actually learn any of their names, since most of them will be gone within the next two hours. I did notice that there was one chick with a ‘tude named Angelea who was from Buffalo, NY, which is my home, too. Somehow, I doubt she’ll do too well, cause ‘tudes usually don’t.
The girls, who range in age from 18 to 25, start out all dressed in cute litte white Grecian-inspired dresses with gold sandals that had straps up their legs. After an initial photo shoot of their profiles and little display of their walking ability for Miss J., the girls are gathered for Tyra’s appearance. They went wild when they saw her. It reminded me of those girls you see in old videos getting all hysterical over The Beatles.
As I said, I don’t plan on getting too attached to any of these chicks, so I’m not saying anything about the intial interviews they have with the panel. Once they get through the panel, a portion of the girls are eliminated. There are boxes set up on pedastals, each with a girl’s name on it. If the box with their name on it has a golden wreath in it, they get to go forward to the next round.
The remaining girls have a photo shoot, where they each portray a different goddess, justice, strength, success, modesty, etc. At the shoot, Angelea and another chick, Sandra, get into an argument. Angelea’s bad attitude and Sandra’s superiority complex are not a good mix. I feel a little sorry for Angelea, cause she is just coming across as so ghetto and I’m positive she wants to protray the exact opposite.
After another elimination, where Tyra choses the final group of 13 girls who are going forward, we are left with Aminat, Natalie, Fo, Allison, Tahlia, Celia, Nijah, London, Teyona, Kortnie, Isabella, Jessica and Sandra.
The ANTM house in New York City is located in the Upper East Side this year. Aren’t they a little too loud and crazy for the neighborhood?
Sandra has already proven herself as a trouble maker, due mostly to her overwhelming ego, which is something that always trips them up. Hopefully, we won’t have to endure her for too long. London appears to be a peacemaker and has called herself a street preacher. Good for her for standing up for what she believes. It seems like Isabella’s epilepsy and Tahlia’s scars are going to be a liability for them and may make it very difficult for them to pursue a career as a model, but it’s great that they are willing to try. The rest of the girls have pretty much melded together for me at this point, but I’m sure their personalities will come out more in the weeks ahead.
The first challenge for the model’s is a fashion show where they get to show off their walk and then a photo shoot in Central Park, portraying childhood games. The pictures look just as lightweight as they usually do at this stage in the competition.
In the final episoide elimination, the girls are called in this order: Allison, Fo, Teyona, London, Celia, Nijah, Kortnie, Natalie, Aminat, Tahlia, Jessica. The bottom two are Sandra and Isabella. Tyra tells them: Isabella is the beautiful girl next door but who was lost on set; Sandra was the biggest disappointment on the runway and also took a disappointing photo (I noticed that she didn’t say anything nice about her for some reason). But Sandra stays in the competition anyway.
As a final note, it looks like Cycle 13 will be the time of America’s shortest model, for girls under 5′7″. That ought to be interesting.
