It amuses me when people say things like "eat your heart out" with regard to Tyra when a girl who didn't win has some success. Whether she'd be in the right or not, couldn't she gloat over each and every success, attributing it to her show?
Well, to an extent Tyra may actually deserve some credit because most of these girls were never even signed before the show and finally were signed post-ANTM. Anya, for example, had done some modeling before the show but did she achieve the same success before ANTM as she has now? There's a good chance that without ANTM Kata and Anya (just to name a couple) would never have been signed to a high power agency such as Elite or walk runways overseas or appear in international fashion editorials. Granted, many girls have not met the same success and have been hindered because of the show but sometimes this exposure can work and Kat and Anya (Fatima, Mollie Sue, Elyse...) are proof of that.
Long story short, I think Tyra could rightfully take some of the credit. But we already know she does that. ;)
I certainly think the exposure these girls are getting is instrumental to jump starting their careers. But I think what people are reacting to is the fact that all the girls that don't win seem to be told that they are not good enough to win in one way or another. Implying that they are not good enough models to be successful (or they would have won). But when the girls Tyra criticizes far exceed the one person Tyra deemed best and essentially "most likely to succeed", it makes you question Tyra's judgement a bit. I think Mollie Sue got a fair bit of criticism and she's done very well. They picked Whitney over Anya, but it seems like that was done as a thumbs up to plus-sized girls, rather than as a tribute to Whit's modeling ability. I think of the two, as a model, Anya is the clear winner there. I thought Kata had a tough time with the judges and I'm glad she's doing so well - maybe she should have won her season? Or at least gotten to the final?
hahaha, seeing your icon, i can't believe that's the same girl i'm seeing in the pictures above. you'd never guess she used to do cheesy antm photoshoots.
I love that she always looks like some weird insect. If she were a less edgy girl she'd just have that ho-hum Slavic model thing going on, but she's totally great and I love her.
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Long story short, I think Tyra could rightfully take some of the credit. But we already know she does that. ;)
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you'd never guess she used to do cheesy antm photoshoots.
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