Anonymous, what you wrote is absolutely right. Make Me a Supermodel is much more believeable and it’s at a whole different level than ANTM. MMAS focuses on runway and editorial and they choose their models to fit that look. Whereas ANTM is more commercial. Tyra may tell the girls to aim at being an editorial model, but in all reality, the grand prize is to have a contract with Cover Girl and Seventeen Magazine. Now if that isn’t commercial, I don’t know what is.

Comparing ANTM to GNTM or AusNTM, the original has become a total freakshow. (The girls in ANTM are mall rats compared to the girls of AusNTM, to quote the designer from LA) Like, in the end, of course we know that a reality show is “reality” show. I think the problem is more like… well, ANTM don’t make an effort to make the show believable, not even close to the level of “believable” in reality TV standard.

For example.. in AusNTM and MMAS, send the models to casting for Fashion Week. Doesn’t have to for big designers, just approach the smaller designers. They don’t even do this. (Though I believe it’s because most of the girls in ANTM won’t get cast if they do this…) C1 and C2 has more believable judging panel. That’s why some ANTM watchers are turning to MMAS, they have more believable panel by having an agency agent and casting agent there. Both are reality show, but you can see which reality show makes more effort to make the show more believable.

Their meat photoshoot in C10 is complete rip-off from Vogue US photoshoot by Steven Klein with Caroline Trentini. And not even one girl photoshoot result can match the real editorial IMHO, so disappointing. (I know, different experience level. But if they got thrown to the real world, that won’t be an excuse, because they do have to compete with other models, or they’ll be in development section forever and got dropped in the end.)

Look at the current house, it is filled with Tyra photos only. In earlier cycles, it has pictures of other contestants, now? It’s all about Tyra. The whole show is about glorifying the creator, ex supermodel, Tyra Banks. They even reshoot the part where Tyra came out and tell the girls to scream. I like Tyra, but she has to admit, her touch as a model is no longer there, her latest Harper’s Bazaar cover just screams Whitney’s Seventeen cover. And as much as I like Tyra, her high fashion career was not long (she had her success, but it never REALLY take off), it was so short and she only made it big after she became the Swimsuit Illustrated girl and VS angel. Like Janice said before to Tyra: “Yeah, but you weren’t in Vogue that much.”

Sorry if this is too long and seems too much like a rant, but I just want to share it. I know I still watch the show for entertainment, but I can’t help but to cringe sometimes!

I looked it up and 90% of the time in the media Miss J is referred to as a he, so I’ve changed it

You’re completely right about ANTM. It’s not about fashion. I just want Tyra to admit this.