Television Without Pity

1. Why don't Adrianne and Tyra get along?
Adrianne isn't included in the intro to America's Next Top Model, and she's not too happy about it (Source: Reality TV Scoop).

During one of the episodes covering America's Next Top Model, E! True Hollywood Story had an interview with Adrianne where she talked about how she was angry that Tyra did not really help her get her act together and start her career after the show ended.

Adrianne did not get her full prize package; the contract with Revlon did not end up being what she expected. "We were told throughout the taping of the show that the winner would have a huge cosmetics deal with Revlon," she said. "Billboards, magazines and all that wonderful fun stuff. What ended up happening was, I found out later on when I was waiting around for this deal that never showed up… I was told that it was just convention work. I never got paid till this day for the work that I did for them (Source: PR.com).

Adrianne sent Tyra a rather acerbic e-Mail discussing how she was unhappy about how she was just left to fend for herself (Source: Adrianne Curry Biography). Adrianne regretted sending the e-Mail and did apologize, but the damage had already been done.

Matters were not helped, when Adrianne posed for Playboy and appeared on an episode of the Surreal Life. Tyra was disappointed when Adrianne did this and even tried to prevent Adrianne from doing the Surreal Life (Source: Factio Magazine).

2. What's the story behind this shewhomustnotbenamed that I always read about on these boards?
shewhomustnotbenamed refers to three different people:

• To Adrianne Curry and how, even though she was the winner of the first cycle, she does not appear in the opening credits for America's Next Top Model and also does not appear on any of the "winner's walls" in the house in which the hamsters stay.
• To a former member of the Television Without Pity boards who provided insider information and spoilers for Cycle Four. She posted numerous messages about the personality of Brittany, the elimination of Christina, conflict between Keenyah and Tiffany, and whether or not the show is rigged. This person caused a huge controversy in the Cycle Four Spoiler thread by posting that Keenyah would not make it past the final four (she was final three), and that Kahlen was tagged to be the winner. As we all know, Naima won America’s Next Top Model for Cycle 4. While the poster was banned for a rude post, the discussion over her spoilers and insiders tips continuted to cause so much controversy that Potes banned all discussion of her from the boards.
• To Naomi Campbell when Tyra referred to "a model" who fell on the runway while wearing high heels. She never named Naomi Campbell, but a clip of Naomi was included when the show aired.

3. Who stole the granola bar?
During the reunion show for Cycle 5 on the Tyra Banks Show, Tyra stated that the theft did not occur on camera. While Lisa has accused Nicole of stealing the granola bar (Source: Totes Umbrellas Blog Spot), Bre has since stated that she feels one of the cameramen may have taken her granola bar to stir up drama (Source: Ask Bre). The identity of the thief has never been proven.

4. Did Nacho really tell Jaeda he didn't like black girls?
During the airing of the episode, The Girl Who Breaks Down, tensions rose between Jaeda and her male model Nacho after he told her he did not like black women. While the actual comment from Nacho did not make it on air, both Eugena and Caridee interviewed that Nacho told Jaeda that he doesn't like black girls.

During a post-show interview, Jaeda said that Nacho came right out and told her that he didn't like black girls; Nacho got up from the table because he didn't want to talk to Jaeda (Source: Reality News Online).

5. Why isn't cycle X available on DVD?
Cycle One of America's Next Top Model is available on DVD. Ken Mok, one of the executive producers has said there are no plans to produce DVDs of the other cycles due to poor sales of Cycle 1 and the fact that you can see reruns of past cycles on VH1 and MTV (Source: Online press conference for bloggers held by Ken Mok).

7. Who are the most successful contestants?
Elyse (C1) is a very successful model in Hong Kong. Mollie Sue (C6) is rising in high fashion and has done a spread in Vogue. Yaya and Eva (C3) both do moderate amounts of acting, Yaya in film, Eva on television. Kim (C5) is a correspondent on MTV news and has found some success in commercial modeling. Eugena (C7) is doing a fair amount of runway work and has a South Pole billboard in Times Square. Jaslene (C8) also has a billboard in Times Square for Lot29, and is doing a fair amount of spokesperson work. Mercedes (C2) was featured in a commercial for Chili's and Yoanna (C2) has her own television show on the Style network. Nicole (C5) does high fashion modeling now and again, her biggest spread being in Elle. A few others have gained some notoriety by being "reality whores" (Adrienne, C1, Michelle, C4).

12. Who is Zob?
Wikipedia posted an early list (before the network officially released the names) of the contestants of Cycle 7 with someone improbably named Zob. We all chuckled because it was just such a weird name. It turned up again on the list for Cycle 8, so we just took it to the extreme and started making jokes about how Zob is really so fierce that when she smiles with her eyes entire countries explode and stuff like that.

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13. What's a "shenis"?
The term "shenis" or "she-nis" comes from She+Penis. Here it is usually used to refer to hamsters who are particularly mannish (i.e. Michelle, Coryn, Jaeda, Jaslene).

14. Do any of the America's Next Top Model contestants have online journals?
The folks over at LiveJournal have compiled a list of the America's Next Top Model participants with online journals. Here's a list of the real ones we know of:

• Elyse from Cycle 1.
• Shannon from Cycle 1.
• Amanda from Cycle 3.
• Nicole from Cycle 3.
• Kathy from Cycle 6.

15. Do any of the America's Next Top Model contestants have MySpace accounts?
The folks over at LiveJournal have compiled a list of the America's Next Top Model participants with MySpace accounts. Here's a list of the real ones we know of.

16. Why are the contestants called hamsters?
"Hamsters" comes from Big Brother, where the inhabitants of the house are called hamsters, because they're just in there, wandering around doing whatever, and we watch them. It's kind of expanded into a term used to refer to any reality show participants who have to live together.

17. Why do they call it a cycle instead of a season?
It has to do with the length of time for which the show runs. A season is usually 22 to 24 episodes long. A cycle is much shorter; there are 11 to 13 episodes in a cycle. America's Next Top Model has had 9 to 13 episodes and so would be called a cycle.

18. Where can I find pictures of the photo shoots?
You can find pictures from all the cycles of America's Next Top Model at All ANTM.

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19. Aren't some of the girls secretly (or not so secretly) gay?
The contestants of America's Next Top Model known to be lesbian or bi-sexual are:

• Adrianne (C1) is bisexual. On an October 3, 2005 broadcast of the Opie and Anthony radio show, Curry discussed her bisexuality and revealed numerous past relationships with women (Source: The Fashion Spot).
• Ebony (C1) is lesbian. Her sexuality was discussed numerous times during the airing of America's Next Top Model and her girlfriend, Ka, came to visit Ebony during the episode The Girl Who Drives Everyone Crazy.
• Ann (C3) is not gay. While Ann was shown as being infatuated with Eva during the airing of Cycle 3, she is straight (Source: TV Guide Online).
• Eva (C3) is bisexual. Her sexuality was not disclosed during the airing of her cycle but she was outed on the TWoP boards by another contestant from Cycle 3, Nicole (Source: TWoP Post). Nicole said that Eva never made an attempt to hide her sexual preferences from the other contestants. However, Eva has never publically confirmed whether she is bisexual, lesbian, or straight.
• Nicole (C3) came out as bisexual during the casting episode The Girl With The Secret .
• Michelle (C4) came out as bisexual during the episode The Girl Who Suddenly Collapsed .
• Kim (C5) is a lesbian. Her sexuality was discussed numerous times during the airing of America's Next Top Model.
• Nik (C5) is out as a lesbian in real life but her sexuality was never disclosed on air during her cycle of America's Next Top Model. According to Kim, Nik never made an attempt to hide the fact that she was a lesbian; it was just never shown on air (Source: AfterEllen.com)
• Sarah (C5) is straight. While Sarah was shown kissing Kim Stolz during the episode The Girl Who Makes A Disclaimer, she does not consider herself bisexual or lesbian (Source About.com).
• Leslie (C6) is bisexual. While this was not disclosed during the airing of her cycle, she did discuss this during the interview process for America's Next Top Model (Source: AfterEllen.com).
• Michelle (C7) came out as being either bisexual or gay while on the phone to her mother during the episode The Girl Who Punk'd Ashton. She was also "outed" by Megan Morris prior to the airing of The Girl Who Punk'd Ashton during Megan's interview with AfterEllen.com (Source: AfterEllen.com).
• Megan (C7) is a lesbian. She was shown talking on the phone with her girlfriend during the episode The Girl Who Hates Her Hair.
• Jael (C8) has stated that she is not bisexual, straight, or lesbian. Jael has identified herself as lesbian on her MySpace page, but she says that she does not limit her experiences to either men or women (Source AfterEllen.com). Jael was shown receiving a gift from her boyfriend during the bonus clips for the episode The Girl Who Changes Her Attitude .

20. Why isn't Janice on the show anymore?
At first Janice claimed that she quit over a dispute about money (Source: Reality Blurred), but later recanted her story and said that she was fired from the show (Source: Hollywood.com). There have been rumors that she was fired for spilling the beans too many times (read: not being discrete about the winner). However, Janice has never stated this in an interview.

21. Why can't I find the crime scene photo shoots on the CW web site?
The episode in which the crime scene photos were shot came under heavy criticism by women's rights groups (source TV Guide). Shortly thereafter, the crime scene photos were moved from the CW website. These photos can be found at All ANTM.

22. Why can't I find the Got Milk photo shoots on the CW web site?
It was posted on Fans of Reality Television that each aspect of the Got Milk shoot was responsible for not getting them up on the website. That is, someone claimed that the photos were too racially offensive, and that's why they were not up; someone else said that the Got Milk people didn't sign off on having the pics posted; and a third person insisted that they didn't have the rights to post pictures of the children (Source: Post on TWoP). These photos can be found at All ANTM.

23. So, I guess all these models are anorexic then?
With the exception of Cassie (Cycle 3) who admitted to be bulimic to Amanda in the episode The Girl Everyone Thinks Is A Backstabber and then later back-pedaled in the episode The Girl Who Forgot Her Shoes, there has only been rumor and conjecture as to which contestants for America's Next Top Model have eating disorders. Elyse from Cycle 1 put it the best when she stated that the contestants wear microphones and are recorded the entire time they are in the Top Model house. If there was any evidence of a contestant not eating or throwing up, there would certainly be proof of it. As nothing has been offered as evidence on camera, one can assume that none of the contestants of America's Next Top Model are anorexic.

24. Aren't any of the winners successful?
That depends on how you define successful. Certainly the most successful contestants on America's Next Top Model, Elyse (C1) and Mollie Sue (C6), were not winners and no winner has come close to enjoying the amount of work these two women have secured. While the winners of America's Next Top Model have all done some modeling work, many of are known more for their acting and reality television show appearances than their modeling. For an idea of the agencies, campaigns, magazine covers, and television/movie appearances of each hamster, you can see the Fashion Model Directory and Imdb.com.

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25. What do the contestant nicknames I see around the TWoP boards mean?

• Beerweave, Tiffany of Cycle 4 - Came from an altercation during a night out during the episode, The Girl With The Secret. Tiffany, semi-finalist in Cycle 3 and cast member for Cycle 4, got into a bar fight with a local girl, who challenged Tiffany to a dance-off, and then poured beer on Tiffany's weave, leading to the oft-quoted line, "THAT STANK HO POURED THE BEER ON MY WEAVE!" Hence the nickname.
• Breastany, Bethany of Cycle 2 - Coined by Djb (Source: TWoP Recap) for the recap of the episode, The Girl Who Has a Temper. It refers to Bethany's large breasts.
• Britt-tit-tit-tit, Brittany of Cycle 8 - When asked to select her super-hero-alter-model-ego name in the episode The Girl Who Gets Thrown In The Pool, Brittany said hers was "Brit, with one T not two. It's not Brit-tit-tit."
• DuhGina, Gina of Cycle 6 – This nickname is the invention of an ANTM recapper named Rich of the blog fourfour. Upon first learning that there was a hamster named Gina, Rich mentioned that he always calls any Gina who comes into his life VaGina. This Gina turned out to be a first class moron, so Rich changed her nick from VaGina to DuhGina.
• Farty G, Brooke of Cycle 7 - Coined by Potes (Source: TWoP Recap) for a recap of the episode, The Girl Who Marks Her Territory. The verbatim quote from the recap is, "One day I was at IKEA, and I came across a display with a light fixture that is called 'Fartyg.' And I, being twelve, couldn't stop laughing and saying, 'Farty G,' which my girlfriend and I then decided would make an excellent name for a rapper. Thus, I give you Brooke, a.k.a. Farty G., because there are more than mad rhymes coming out of that cute little booty, if you know what I'm saying."
• Fugdalena, Magdalena of Cycle 3 – Posters at TWoP replace the 'Mag' portion of Magdalena with 'Fug' because she is so unattractive.
• Ginselle, Giselle of Cycle 1 - Written form of the hackneyed pronunciation of "Giselle," exclusively attributed to Ebony.
• Gollum, Jayla of Cycle 5 - This nickname was coined by Bellahuney2 (Source: TWoP Post) who felt that Jayla looked like the spawn of Satan and Gollum from Lord of the Rings...with a little bit of Beavis from Beavis and Butthead thrown in there to explain the honky teeth.
• Issa, Melrose of Cycle 7 - Full name of Melrose is Melissa Rose. During the casting episode for Cycle 7, The Girl Who Marks Her Territory, Tyra inquired why Melissa Rose shortened her name to Melrose. Melrose replied, "I don't need that 'Issa'."
• KeenJaw - Keenyah of Cycle 4 – Coined by Imsuddenlyawife (Source: TWoP Post) because she felt that Keenyah’s jaw was so big, she should be referred to as KeenJaw.
• "Kristi" - In the casting episode for Cycle 3, The Girl With The Secret, when a list of the girls was posted, she was on the list as "Kristi." Sometimes during her interviews, Kristi's name would appear in quotes as "Kristi" on screen. Most of the time they left the quotes out. This may have been because her middle name was Kristi; her first name was actually Laura. However, Yaya was Yaya's middle name and that was never in quotes. The one and only time Yaya's first name is ever mentioned it appears as "Camara". It just came off as odd due to inconsistency.
• Manchelle, Michelle of Cycle 4 - Coined by Jaci85 (Source: TWoP Post) who felt that Michelle looked like a man.
• Meggggg, Megg of Cycle 6 - The product of some pre-cycle and early-cycle snark on the double Gs of her nickname.
• Quagmire, Keenyah of Cycle 4 – Coined by MuShu because with her receding forehead, receding bridge on her nose, and an enormous jaw, Keenyah reminded MuShu of Peter's friend, Glenn Quagmire, on Family Guy (Source: TWoP Post)
• Robbynnnnnnnne, Robin of Cycle 1 - First name used on the show was Robin, but her real name is Robbyne (Source: Imdb.com). Extra n's are added to poke fun.
• ScariDee, CariDee of Cycle 7 - Coined by Me So Corny (Source: TWoP Post) because CariDee could be a bit scary at times.
• Smellrose, Melrose of Cycle 7 - Coined by Eugena during the episode, The Girl Who Punk'd Ashton. The other contestants for Cycle 7 were antagonistic toward Melrose and created several unflattering nicknames for her, including Smellrose and Melstank.
• Succubus, Jade of Cycle 6 - Coined by ghettoghostman (Source: TWoP Post) because Jade reminded him of the character from that episode of South Park where Chef married the Succubus. Others picked it up because of the way Jade treated Gina; she seemed to thrive on treating Gina badly and stealing her self-esteem. As a succubus is a demon who takes the form of a beautiful woman to draw energy from others to sustain themselves, this nickname seemed appropriate.
• Tootie or Tootie Carparts, Saleisha of Cycle 9 - Coined by Gielos (Source: TwoP Post). For her makeover, Saleisha got a hairstyle lifted from Tootie in The Facts of Life. In a later photo shoot, she had to pose with used car parts, hence, Tootie Carparts. It is a play on Spongebob Squarepants.
• Wholahay, Dionne of Cycle 8 - During the episode, The Girl Who Gets Thrown In The Pool, the hamsters chose a nickname to introduce themselves at a party attended by many influential people in the industry. Dionne selected the hideous name of Wholahay.
• Whoretny, Whitney of Cycle 8 - Coined by goblyn (Source: TWoP Post). goblyn was never a fan of this Cycle 8 plussie. She wanted a name that was vaguely offensive but refused to spend too much energy on being creative. Thus, Whoretny was born.

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26. What are "vag-arms" or "vagina arms?"
The term "vagina arms" is the invention of an ANTM recapper named Rich of the blog fourfour. This recap gives a pretty complete explanation of the vagina arms phenomenon. After you follow the link, be sure to scroll to the top of the page.

27. What is a facazzz?
In Cycle 6, Furonda told Jade she had a facade going on and Jade was all, "A facazz? What's a facazz?" You can listen to a clip here.

28. What's this about Tyra and a rib-eating obsession?
During Cycle 3 casting, Tyra admonished a hopeful who was suspected to be anorexic by telling her "I got this weight by eating barbecued ribs, girl." As she was perceived to continue gaining weight, posters and recaps used the reference, ranging from "Tyra looking hungry" to the color of her wig to "Tyra's angry, I bet it's because someone stole a plate of ribs from her."

29. Who is pugpix? Why is she so awesome?
pugpix is a poster on TWoP that has spoiled the winners of Cycle 6, Cycle 7, Cycle 8 and Cycle 9. Her accurate spoilers, a rare find for the later cycles of America's Next Top Mode, along with her writing style, have made her many fans on the TWoP boards. pugpix retired from the spoiler business during cycle 9 because her informants were about to be discovered. Please stop asking for her to come back, or if she knows anything new.

30. What is this pirate scarf I keep reading about?
During the airing of Cycle 8, Tyra sported a pirate headscarf instead of her usual long weave and bangs.

31. What were the prizes in cycle X?
For Cycle 1, the prize was a cosmetics campaign with Revlon cosmetics, a contract with Wilhelmina Models, and a fashion spread within Marie Claire magazine. For Cycle 2, the prize was a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread within Jane magazine, and a cosmetics campaign with Sephora. For cycles 3 through 6, the prize was representation by Ford Models, a fashion spread within Elle magazine, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics. For cycles 7 through 9, the prize is management and representation by Elite Model Management, a photo shoot for the cover and a six-page spread within Seventeen magazine, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

32. What's the deal with Tyra and Naomi Campbell?
Tyra has made no secret of the fact that Naomi Campbell is the reason for her retirement from the modeling industry (Source: Imdb.com News). According to Tyra, when her modeling career was on the rise, Naomi interceded to get Tyra canceled from jobs. Why? There was an unwritten rule in modeling that there could be only 10 top models, with only one of them being black (Source: People). As the reigning black supermodel, Naomi felt threatened by Tyra's rising success. The two finally made up in 2005 on an episode of Banks' syndicated talk show The Tyra Banks Show.

33. Who was supposed to win cycle 3?
There are many different rumors and no confirmed answer, but the prevailing theory is that Ford wanted Ann to win, Tyra wanted Tocarra to win and Cover Girl wanted Eva to win (Source: TWoP Posts One, Two).

34. Who was supposed to win cycle 4?
There is no confirmation of this, but it's suspected that Tiffany was to win before the events of the acting episode that cycle, The Girl Who Drove Tyra Over The Edge.

35. What's the sundae final 3 (chocolate, vanilla, and caramel)?
The sundae final 3 refers to the skin color of the final three girls - generally one is white (vanilla), one is black (chocolate) and one is either a light-skinned black girl, biracial, or some other ethnic group. This has occurred in cycles 3 through 6.

36. What's this about a "winners' curse"?
The winners' curse, in context with America's Next Top Model, refers to the fact that the winners tend to enjoy much less success than the contestants that are eliminated early. The winners don't go on to do many fashion-related events, such as runway shows or photo shoots.


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37. Who is "FryFry?"
FryFry is another nickname for Tyra. This nickname comes from her love of fatty foods, and lends itself to humiliating rhymes.

38. How long does it take to shoot a cycle? Do they really have a week between each photo shoot?
Up until the remaining girls go to their foreign locale, usually one episode corresponds to one week in normal time. During this week the girls have challenges, training with Miss J or talks with other judges, discussions with Tyra Banks, and a photo shoot. Training and discussion can happen at any time in the season, with Tyra appearing less frequently than Miss J or other judges. Usually the week's judging occurs the day after a photo shoot, although infrequently it can occur the same day.

Upon arriving at their international destination, an episode is usually comprised of three to four days of events, making the cost of shooting overseas cheaper for the production companies involved. Apart from go-sees, which happen every cycle, fewer challenges are involved at the foreign locales.

39. Writer's strike? Isn't this a REALITY show?
On July 21, 2006 the twelve writer-producers for America's Next Top Model went on strike while working on Cycle 7. The writer-producers sought representation through the Writer's Guild of America (WGA), which would have provided them with health insurance, pensions, regulated wages, and residuals. These are the same benefits received by writers of scripted shows (Source: TWoP Interview).

While credited as show producers or associate show producers, reality show writers do work that constitutes storytelling and they feel it should be classified as writing. Reality show writers must go through about 200 hours of raw footage and sculpt that into a cohesive and dramatic episode. They look at primary characters along with who is being eliminated that week, and craft an arc so that their elimination is either something the viewers are sad about or happy about. Other secondary story lines are decided and, after an outline is drafted, the writers scrutinize the footage and choose line by line how to best tell the story and craft it to a 41-minute episode with a beginning, middle and end (Source: FOXNews.com).

In November 2006, the striking writer-producers were taken off payroll.

40. What's the deal with Miss Jay? Is he a she, or is he a he, or is he an it?
Miss Jay, whose name real name is J Alexander, is a male model. He was given the name Miss Jay because Robin was getting him confused with Jay Manuel. As J Alexander was that one that walked around in panties and high heels, he was the one that was referred to as Miss Jay. Jay Manuel is referred to as Mr. Jay.

J Alexander began his career working the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier in New York City as a clotheshorse. After a modeling stint in Tokyo, he eventually decided to settle in Paris, and since 1991, is a preferred contact for casting and coaching runway models for well-known designers, including Valentino, Galliano, Bill Blass, Alexander McQueen, Chanel and Nina Ricci (Source: The BV Newswire).

41. Is it true that some of the eliminated girls go overseas/walk in the final runway show?
Yes, it true that some of the eliminated girls go overseas/walk in the final runway show. This is done to reduce spoilers. If only Natasha and Jaslene were a part of the Cycle 9 final runway challenge, anyone attending the show would know who the final two for Cycle 8 were.

Girls that have been taken overseas (that we know of):

• Leslie and Brooke (C6) were in Thailand and photographed by Nigel
• Ambreal (C9) was supposedly spotted on a photo shoot in China (Source: TWoP Post)
• Elyse has said that she, Kesse, and Robin, walked in the final runway show (Source: FORT Post)
• Mila (C9) was spotted in the Colleen Quen fashion show

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42. Why do some girls get drastic, shitty makeovers on makeover day?
As much as Tyra loves to say it's because the girls have strong features and strong personalities and thus need bold hair styles, it's basically for the drama. The bitchiest, whiniest, or most complacent girls get the worst makeovers, therefore providing endless drama with their whining and crying.

There are also the theories that it's: (1) to disable better models so it seems less ridiculous when they don't win; (2) to take the most arrogant hamsters down a peg (see: Jade of C6); and (3) as a personal test for Tyra to see who "really" wants it by not crying through a heinous makeover. Or, it could be that Tyra is just a sadist.

The most common makeovers have been:

• Bald look: Seems to be Tyra's idea of what an "African Queen" should look like; only given to black girls, and frequently they're not completely bald. Recipients: Ebony (C1), Nnenna (C6), and Bianca (C9).
• The Naomi Campbell weave: not terrible, but frequently given to black girls; a long, straight, black weave. Recipients: Tiffany (C4), Bre (C5), Furonda (C6), Danielle (C6), Eugena (C7), Whitney (C8), and Ebony (C9).
• The "Mia Farrow:" Tyra loves this cut, and always wants to give it, but never quite succeeds in giving what Mia had in Rosemary's Baby. Recipients: Catie (C2), Cassandra (C5), Mollie Sue (C6), Megan (C7), and Jael (C8).
• Peed-on-snow blond: This show is almost incapable of giving a natural blond dye job. It is always either terrible more white than blond white-blond, or looks like rancid piss, and the girls they give it to ALWAYS make it overseas and their roots are NEVER touched up, so they ALWAYS look a mess, and it's just infuriating, really. Recipients: Catie (C2), Shandi (C2), Amanda (C3), Eva (C3), Michelle (C4), Jade (C6), Megan (C7), Melrose (C7), and Jenah (C9).
• Faux hawk: Essentially a Mohawk, but only Naima ever styled it that way. Recipients: Yoanna (C2), Naima (C4), Sara (C6), and Renee (C8).
• The Spiteful Short Cut: Given to any girl who said, "They can cut all my hair off, I don't care!" just to prove that yes, in fact, they do care. Used to incite drama. (Note: hamsters have received the spiteful short cut and weren't quite so bratty to qualify, notably Sara (C6), Jael (C8), Sarah (C9), and Lisa (C9)). Recipients: Catie (C2), Jennipher (C3), Cassandra (C5) who eventually quit over her haircut, Jade (C6), Monique (C7), Jaeda (C7), Renee (C8), and Bianca (C9).

43. How is ANTM perceived in the fashion industry?
The fashion industry doesn't take the show seriously. AJ (C7) was told by her modeling agency to deny she was associated with the show because it is viewed by the fashion industry as a big joke (Source: Reality News Online). Elyse had clients abruptly hand her portfolio back when they come upon the snake shot from the show (Source: TWoP Post).

Many designers don't want anything to overshadow their brand or the looks they've worked hard to create. When Chanel or Louis Vuitton casts a model for a campaign they want the first thought in your head to be about the product, and not "That's Jaslene from Top Model!" Unless a fledgling designer really needs that boost from a semi-celebrity, a Top Model winner could actually hinder an expensive campaign (Source: E! Gossip).

Indeed, the agencies for Michelle (C4) and Brittany (C8) have changed their names to distance the women from America’s Next Top Model.

Even within the world Top Model, ANTM doesn't seem especially respected. The final three of Cycle 3 of Australia's Next Top Model went to Los Angeles. They had a series of three go-sees with some LA designers. Ashley Paige booked Jordan for a show, and Dom Deluca stated that the America's Next Top Model girls were "Mall Rats" compared to the Australian girls (Source Wikipedia Episode Description).

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44. What's Giselle/Mercedes/Jenascia/Naima/Jade/Leslie's ethnic background?
These are the ethnic backgrounds of the contestants as they describe themselves.

• Giselle (C1) is Hispanic (Source: TWoP Post and BNET)
• Katie (C1) is Hispanic, Mediterranean, and Caucasian (Source: Katie Cleary)
• Nicole (C1) is Spanish, French, Italian, and Indian. (Source: SurfIllustrated.com)
• April (C2) is Japanese, German, Irish, and Welsh (Source: Asian Entertainment)
• Jenascia (C2) is Filipino, Greek, Cherokee Indian, and English (Source: Top Model Realm)
• Mercedes (C2) is Black and Italian (Source: Reality News Online)
• Sara (C2) is Persian and White (Source: PersianMirror)
• Xiomara (C2) is Cuban and Curacaoian (Source: BuddyTV)
• Yoanna (C2) is Mexican and Canadian (Source: SuperiorPics.com)
• Naima (C4) is Black, Mexican, Irish, and Native American (Source: Wikipedia)
• Noelle (C4) is Black and White (Source: TWoP Post)
• Tatiana (C4) is Italian, German and Native-American (Source: Buddy TV)
• Coryn (C5) is half black and half white (Source: TWoP Post)
• Brooke (C6) is half Mexican and half Czech (Source: TWoP Posts One and Two)
• Jade (C6) is is part-Indian and part-African-American (Source: Buddy TV)
• Jaeda (C6) is half black and half white (Source: TWoP Post)
• Leslie (C6) is part Colombian and Honduran (Source AZCentral.com)
• Wendy (C6) is is African-American, Native American Indian, and Italian (Source: Fans of Reality TV)
• Jael (C8) is African-American, German and Jewish (Source: LiveJournal).
• Lisa (C9) is Jamaican and German. She was born in Jamaica (Source: FORT Interview).

45. What's all this controversy over Saleisha, the winner for Cycle 9?
During the episode The Girls Go Cruisin', Tyra discussed that she had a previous relationship with Saleisha; Saleisha attended Tyra's T-Zone Camp.

What was never shown on air was the fact that Saleisha and Tyra have a relationship that extends beyond Saleisha's attendance at T-Zone that includes:

• Being one of about a dozen models that walked on the Tyra's Spring Fashion Spectacular episode of the Tyra Banks Show showing off designs by Project Runway's Rami Kashaou, which originally aired on February 21, 2007 (Source: CW Lounge and Imdb.com). You can see Saleisha starting at 3:34 in this video.
• Participation in the Gen Art fashion show that aired in the episode The Girl Who Kissed A Roach that aired during Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model (Source: Jezebel.com).
• Appearing on the Do it for Less episode of the Tyra Banks Show, which originally aired on February 2, 2006.

In addition to the multiple connections to Tyra, Saleisha had a non-speaking role in a nationwide Wendy's commercial that aired in 2007 (Source: Reality TV World). Many feel this violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the requirement that previous contestants have no national modeling experience for the past five years.

The CW has stated that they reviewed the Wendy's commercial during Saleisha's interview process for the show. The network determined that her appearance did not amount to 'modeling' experience (Source: EURweb).

It should be noted that several contestants had modeling experience before appearing on the show. Sarah (C8), Jaslene (C8), Kimberly (C9), Michelle (C7), Amanda (C7), and Megg (C7) are just a few of past America's Next Top Model contestants that had previous professional modeling experience. Like Saleisha, Kimberly (C9), had previous acting experience. Kimberly has acted in the movies Exploring Love and The Touch (Source: Imdb.com).

However, given her multiple connections to Tyra, it seems suspicious that Saleisha ended up winning her cycle, especially as many of her competitors consistently took stronger photographs.


This post has been edited by TWoP Pembleton: Mar 9, 2008 @ 7:56 pm.

46. Where do the girls go after they are eliminated?
This question has been answered by Lisa (C5) on the messageboard for her MySpace fan group. Eliminated hamsters are sequestered in a hotel room for the duration of the competition. If a girl would like to leave the room, she must be accompanied by a "babysitter", to ensure that she does not "talk to anyone about anything."

47. Who exactly are Mr. Jay and Ms. Jay?
Mr. Jay, also known as Jay Manuel is a Canadian make-up artist and self-tanner abuser. In his spare time, he hosts Canada's Next Top Model, and Style Her Famous, the latter on the Style Network, and hawks his QVC make up line, Manuel Override. Ms. J., or J. Alexander is a retired model and a highly sought-after runway trainer, who walked for Jean-Paul Gaultier in his modeling heyday and coached such model veterans as ex-Top Model judge Kimora Lee Simmons and Tyra's BFF, Naomi Campbell

This post has been edited by TWoP Pembleton: Mar 9, 2008 @ 7:46 pm.

48. Which countries have their own version of ANTM?
The countries that air their own Top Model competition are (Source: Wikipedia):

• Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Next Top Model
• Aruba: Aruba Model Search
• Australia: Australia's Next Top Model
• Belgium: Top Model Belgium
• Brazil: Brazil's Next Top Model
• Canada Canada's Next Top Model
• Central America: Super Model Centroamérica
• China: China's Next Top Model
• Croatia: Supermodel on Nova TV
• Denmark: Denmark's Next Top Model
• Finland: Suomen Huippumalli Haussa or "Looking for Finland's Top Model"
• France: France's Next Top Model
• Germany: Germany's Next Top Model
• Ghana: Top Model Ghana
• Honduras: Amiga Top Model
• Hungary: Hungary's Next Top Model
• Israel: The Models — called HaDugmaniot
• Italy: Italia's Next Top Model
• Kazakhstan: Я красивая, or "I'm Beautiful"
• Malaysia: I Wanna Be A Model
• The Netherlands: Holland's Next Top Model
• Nigeria: Nigeria's Next Top Model
• Norway: Norway's Next Top Model
• Philippines Philippines’ Next Top Model
• Russia: Russia's Next Top Model
• Scandinavia: Scandinavia's Next Top Model
• Slovakia: Slovakia's Next Top Supermodel
• Spain: Supermodelo
• Sweden: Sweden's Next Top Supermodel
• Switzerland: Switzerland's Next Supermodel
• Taiwan: Taiwan Supermodel No. 1
• Thailand: Thailand's Next Top Model
• Turkey: Top Model Turkiye's
• United Kingdom: Britain's Next Top Model

Some of these shows did not catch on and only aired one cycle. Others, like Australia, the Netherlands, Russia, and the UK, have already finished airing three cycles. Still other countries got their Top Model franchises rather recently, and are in the process of airing their first cycle.

49. What was Caridee's makeover supposed to be originally?
CariDee's makeover was to edge her hair out and to give it more layers, as Tyra deemed her "actressy." When she indicated that she wanted a weave, Tyra relented, and she got it.

50. To what girl are the episode titles referring to?
Cycle 1
The Girl Who Wants It Bad - Tessa
The Girl Who Is Here To Win - Ebony
The Girl Who Gets Rushed To The Emergency Room - Adrienne
The Girl Who Drives Everyone Crazy - Giselle
The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is Killing Herself - Elyse
The Girl Who Deals With A Pervert - Adrienne
The Girls Get Really Naked - Adrienne and Elyse
How The Girls Got Here - All
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model - Adrienne

Cycle 2
The Girl Who Overslept - Jenascia
The Girl Who Has a Temper - Yoanna
The Girl Who Can Cry At The Drop Of A Hat - Catie
The Girl Who Needs Six Months Of Modeling School - Jenascia
The Girl Who Is A Visual Orgasm - Mercedes
The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up - Camille
The Girl Who Is Dripping With Hypocrisy - Shandi
The Girl With The Signature Walk - Camille
The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Snakes - April
The Girl Who Cheated - Shandi
The Girl Who Is America's Next Top Model - Yoanna

Cycle 3
The Girl With The Secret - Amanda
The Girl Who Is Co-Dependent - Ann
The Girl Everyone Thinks Is A Backstabber - Amanda
The Girl Who Sets A Trap - Amanda
The Girl Who Cries When She Looks In The Mirror - Kelle
The Girl Who Mutilated The Precious Brownies - Ann
The Girl Who Forgot Her Shoes - Amanda
The Girl Who is Panic Stricken - Eva
The Girls Meet Taye Diggs - All
The Girl Who Goes Ballistic - Yaya
The Girl The Lionesses Are Hunting - Eva
The Girl Who Didn't Hug Goodbye - Ann
The Girl Who Wins It All - Eva

Cycle 4
The Girl Who Is A Lady Kat... Reow! - Lady Kat
The Girls Who Hate Their Makeovers - Brandy and Keenyah
The Girl Who Suddenly Collapsed - Rebecca
The Girl With The Worst Photo In History - Lluvy
The Girl Who Is Contagious - Michelle
The Girl With The Deliciously Tacky Dance - Brittany
The Girl Who Pushes Tyra Over The Edge - Tiffany
The Girl Who Gets Bad News - Kahlen
The Girls The Lionesses Are Hunting (oh ho ho) - All
The Girl Who Flops In The Mud - Brittany
The Girl Who Is Special - Keenyah, I think
What The Girls Did That You've Never Seen Before - All
The Girl Who Walks On Water - Naima and Kahlen

Cycle 5
The Girl With The Twisted Catch Phrase - Ebony
The Girls Become Superheroes - All
The Girl Who Needs A Miracle - Cassandra
The Girl Who Makes A Disclaimer - Kim
The Girl Who Gets A Boob Job - Kim
The Girl Who Loves Bubbles And Talks To Plants - Lisa
The Girls Are 1940s Pin-ups - All
The Girl Who Wants To Step On The Pretty Flower - Cassandra
The Girl Whose Boyfriend Is Cheating On Her - Nicole (the Wild-Boyz were cheating on her with Kim)
The Girl Who Talks Behind Everyone's Back - Kim
The Girl Who Retaliates - Bre
The Girl Who Takes A Pill - Bre
The Girl Who Is On The Cover - Nicole

Cycle 6
The Girls Go Bald - All
The Girl Who Is A True Miss Diva - Furonda
The Girl Who Kissed A Roach - Jade
The Girl Who Kissed A Male Model - Nnenna
The Girl With Two Bad Takes - Jade
The Girl Who Has A Temper - Brooke
The Girl Who Has Surgery - Joanie
The Girl Who Is A Model, Not A Masseuse - Furonda
The Girl Who Is Going To The Moon - Kathy
The Girl Who Is Rushed To The Emergency Room - Danielle
The Girls Go to Phuket - All
The Girl Who Walked Through The Ancient City - Danielle and Joanie

Cycle 7
The Girl Who Marks Her Territory - Monique
The Girl Who Hates Her Hair - Jaeda, Monique, Melrose, AJ
The Girl Who Goes To Texas - AJ, Caridee, Megg
The Girl Who Joined the Circus - All
The Girl Who Punk'd Ashton - Amanda
The Girl Who Graduates - Brooke
The Girls Who Made It This Far - All
The Girl Who Wrecks the Car - Michelle
The Girl Who Breaks Down - Jaeda
The Girl Who Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth - Caridee
The Girl Who Grates - Melrose
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model - Caridee

Cycle 8
The Girl Who Won't Stop Talking - Dionne
The Girls Go To Prom - All
The Girl Who Cries All The Time - Brittany
The Girl Who Changes Her Attitude - Renee
The Girl Who Takes Credit - Sarah
The Girl Who Gets Thrown In The Pool - Jael and Natasha
The Girl Who Impresses Pedro - Renee
The Girls Go Down Under - All
The Girl Who Picks A Fight - Dionne
The Girl Who Blames The Taxi Driver - Brittany
The Girl Who Does Not Want To Dance - Dionne
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model - Jaslene

Cycle 9
The Girls Go Cruisin' - All
The Girls Go Green - All
The Girls Go Rock Climbing - All
The Girl Who Goes Bald - Bianca
The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Heights - Ambreal
The Girl Who Gets A Mango - Ambreal
The Girl Who Runs Into The Glass Door - Bianca
The Girls Who Crawl - All
The Girl Who Starts to Lose Her Cool - Heather
The Girls Go To Shanghai - All
The Girls Go On Go-See Adventures - All (geez, well was dry this cycle, wasn't it, Tyra?)
The Girls Go To The Great Wall - All
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model - Saleshia

51. Which contestants have posted on TWoP?
Nicole (C3), Amanda (C3), Eric, Elyse (C1), Kathy (C6), Yaya (C3) posted once. Elyse's mother (and I think her father) have posted on here a few times. I believe Joanie's mother posted on here as well.

52. Are transsexuals eligible to compete on America’s Next Top Model?
No. Claudia Charriez, the transsexual model on The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency talked about being disqualified from ANTM because it came out that she was transsexual (Source Out.com).

In the first episode of Cycle 1, The Girl Who Wants It So Bad, there were two models that Tyra fought over with the producers to include in the line-up and lost. There are rumors that one of these models was transgendered. There has been nothing to verify whether this is true and whether one of the models was Claudia.

53. Did any of the Cycle 1 contestants have modeling experience prior to appearing on ANTM?
The following is the modeling experience that we know of for the Cycle One contestants:

• Adrianne had no previous modeling experience. She applied for several agencies, but they were fake and scams (Source: One Thousand Models).
• Ebony had no previous modeling experience (Source: Gaywatch.com).
• Elyse had no previous modeling experience (Source: Wikipedia).
• Giselle began modeling shortly before being cast on America's Next Top Model (Source: Girlposse.com).
• Katie did work modeling in Chicago while she was in high school. She appeared in YM and Seventeen magazines. She did a campaign for Freshlook Contact Lens and walked the catwalk for the Bloomingdale's/ Nordstrom Spring Runway. While in college, Katie was on the cover of UR Chicago Magazine. She also appeared in Lingerie Playboy, US, FHM, Soak and Stuff Magazines (Source: Happenings Magazine).
• Kesse had no previous modeling experience (Source: Christian Scoop and Girlposse.com).
• Nicole began modeling when she was 15 years old (Source: Madpoison Model of the Month). She appeared in the magazines Transworld, Fraction, and Guitar Player prior to ANTM (Source: Nicole Panattoni).
• Tessa began modeling at the age of 12 in St. Louis (Source: Girlposse.com). She modeled in Japan, but was sent home because her lips were too big (Source: Stuff Magazine).