Last year, Oxygen acquired the exclusive cable rights to our favorite reality show, America’s Next Top Model. On January 18th, they are premiering America’s Next Top Model Obsessed, which will be a regular marathon of past ANTM seasons, complete with never-before-seen footage, interviews and more.
The promotional campaign will include several blasts from the past, including CariDee English (Winner, Season 7), Jaslene Gonzalez (Winner, Season 8), Saliesha Stowers (Winner, Season 9), Bianca Golden (Season 9), and Lisa D’Amato (Season 5).
On January 13, Oxygen held a launch party at Gotham Hall in New York City for this new endeavor. The festivities brought …read more

Jael Strauss from Cycle 8 of America’s Next Top Model appears in this humorous music video titled “MySpace Thug.” She plays a couple of different characters in it–see if you can spot them all. Also in the video are Dusty Roze, Ker’in Hayden, Natalie Reid, Cocoa Shanelle, and PDFLO.
Warning: it’s pretty awful, in a hilarious way.

Hat tip to Top Model LiveJournal for finding this!

BuddyTV has their weekly interview with the eliminated contestant up at their site, and this week it’s Jael Strauss.

BuddyTV: What were you doing before America’s Next Top Model, and what inspired you to try out for the show?
Jael: Well before I was on America’s Next Top Model I was managing bands in Hollywood and doing promotions for bands and stuff in Detroit. And I decided to try out for the show because I got scouted on my MySpace from one of the casting directors. And I figured I should just, you know, give it a try. People have been telling …read more