America’s Next Top Plus Sized Model? March 13, 2008

 

I remember back in the day where when i use to watch Americas next top model i would be a super fan. I would watch it every week. Go on the net and check out the web exclusives and cheered when my favorite won at the end of the show. But now it seems like the show has lost its charm. It seems monotonous and unnecessary. With all the other shows on that claim to grant super stardom trough a modeling contract like, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency on Oxygen, or Make me a Supermodel on Bravo or the other countless model shows, Americas Next Top Model in my opinion is falling short. Even the prizes they win are slowly becoming less valuable. Like before the winners would get on the cover of Elle magazine which is a very fashion forward mag. but now they get on the cover of Seventeen. Seventeen mag is somewhat fashion forward too, but not as much as Elle. They win some other things but really i could care less. Another thing that bothers me about America’s Next top model is that Tyra on her talk show boast about beautiful curvy women should be represented as beautiful and shown in magazines…but on top model she only can afford to put 2 plus sized women, and on top of that they aren’t even that plus sized. They should be called average while the rest look anorexic. She always talks about how a women you should love their body and how it would be easier if sometimes you would see an occasional curve on someone either on the runways or in magazines. With her saying that you would assume that she would at least pave the way by having more then 2 plus sized models on her modeling show! Or she could have a show called America’s Next Top Plus sized model. I bet it would get more ratings then the current top model because to be very honest i am sick and tired or seeing razor thin girls with sunken in faces that look like they haven’t eaten anything but a grape in the past month. I mean it wouldn’t hurt to see and average size women as a model on the runway. Tyra has the opportunity to open up so many doors, but she doesn’t. Unless she just isn’t fighting hard enough for it. Even when there were more curvy models on the show, they always had issues with body image while on the show because they curvy women were always outnumbered and they always had issues with clothing not fitting them properly or just self esteem issues when the client ( who by the way only books skinny models) doesnt like the look of a curvy movel. So with that in mind i figure maybe it would be better to have a show where only the curvy women are shown as beautiful for a change. I take pride in Monique the comedian who has a annual show called Monique’s Phat Chance, which is basically pageant for plus sized women. I applaud her because she is trying to make a change, unlike TYRA! I respect tyra with all she does, she has done the SO WHAT! movement and she has done other things that help women, teens, and girls feel better about themselves, but she in my opinion isn’t doing enough. Having a plus sized top model on her talk show compete for a Ad in some unknown magazine does not compare to what the other models get on top model, so why not have a top model for plus size women too??? I feel that with as much as tyra does for women she has the ability to make a plus size top model show. Now i don’t know whether or not she wants to or not or whether the producers or creators wont allow her, but with her name, skills and talent i am sure she can make a change in the vision of beauty in society and make Americas Next top Plus sized Model possible!!!!!!