My daughters watch America's Next Top Model - it's one of those shows that combines camp, competition, and the chance to completely change the direction of one lucky young lady's life.
They also watch it because most of the contestants are, if not complete trainwrecks, near misses at best. Sure, there has been the rare exception where a contestant is well behaved and smart, but on the whole the girls are immature, and intellectually lightweight. They fight, nitpick, aren't the best readers, and have very small scopes on the world around them.
But they are tall and they have good bone structure.
ANTM is franchised around the world, much like American Idol can be found in 42 countries/territories. One of those spin offs is located in Australia.
They recently named their latest winner, or thought they did, until the host receives the message in her earbud that they fed her the wrong name.
Yeah. Ouch.
What is most notable is how amazingly these two young ladies handle the thrill of victory turning into the agony of defeat and vice versa.
Their beauty truly is more than skin deep.
They were certainly gracious. And it was nice that the runner up was given cash and the trip to NY as well.
People on these reality shows CAN be intelligent and decent... who woulda thunk it?
Posted by: Nikki | Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Tracey, you don't need to feel tooooo sorry for the announcer. She's married to Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch.
Posted by: BobL | Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 08:28 AM
I think I've only seen one winner after the show was over. Do these girls really work? At least they didn't have to suffer the Tyra.
Posted by: Toni in L.A. | Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 07:53 AM
I wonder if the person that gave her the wrong name still has a job today?! Pretty BAD!
Posted by: Another Lori in TX | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 07:39 PM
That really had to suck - I'll bet they don't do that show live anymore!
Posted by: Theresa from Virginia | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 05:38 PM
WOW, total class act on both their parts!! The one I feel the most sorry for is the announcer - I would have died!
Posted by: Tracey in NH | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 04:02 PM
Talk about being level headed and good sports. Both showed grace under pressure and seemed to truly care about the other. Refreshing to say the least.
Posted by: Shawn - Lakewood CA | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 03:45 PM
I loved the way the young ladies handled this! They showed such poise and graciousness. I'm not sure what I was expecting when I read about this, but the results were spectacular! Are you sure they're not related to the Sharp's???
Posted by: Cheryl S in ATL | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 03:33 PM