Reality Roll Call’s WTF of the Day: Tyra Interviews a Woman With Two Vaginas

Last week Tyra Banks interviewed a woman with two vaginas on her self-titled talk show.

My favorite part of this clip, aside from Ty-Ty’s melodramatic introduction, is when Tyra says, “It’s already tough enough having one vagina, and you have two.” What is going on with Tyra’s body that she has been struggling with having a vagina?

FYI: The plural of vagina is actually vaginae. I didn’t write because who in the world says it in normal conversation?

(thanks to Mediaite for the clip)

Meet the Newest Contestants Of America’s Next Top Model

The 13the Cylce of America’s Next Top Model Will Feature Women Under 5′7”

The CW’s hit series AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL breaks the mold for cycle 13 by offering women 5′7″ and under (below the industry height standard) the chance to become America’s Next Top Model. Fourteen hopefuls from across the country are given the chance to prove they have what it takes when the competition kicks off with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, September 9 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET), with encore performances on Fridays (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET).

“AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL” CYCLE 13 PARTICIPANTS:

Name: ASHLEY

Age: 22

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois (currently Brooklyn, New York)

Occupation: Artist

Height: 5′6″

Name: BIANCA

Age: 21

Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina (currently Washington, D.C.)

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′7″

Name: BRITTANY

Age: 21

Hometown: Livermore, California (currently Santa Clara, California)

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′5″

Name: COURTNEY

Age: 22

Hometown: Plantation, Florida (currently Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

Occupation: Cheer Instructor

Height: 5′4″

Name: ERIN

Age: 18

Hometown: Kenosha, Wisconsin (currently Spring Grove, Illinois)

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′6″

Name: JENNIFER

Age: 23

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (currently New York, New York)

Occupation: Model

Height: 5′5″

Name: KARA

Age: 19

Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana (currently Chicago, Illinois)

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′7″

Name: LAURA

Age: 19

Hometown: Stanford, Kentucky

Occupation: Waitress

Height: 5′6″

Name: LISA

Age: 19

Hometown: Queens, New York

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′5″

Name: LULU

Age: 19

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′7″

Name: NICOLE

Age: 18

Hometown: Louisville, Colorado

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′7″

Name: RACHEL

Age: 18

Hometown: Woodland, California

Occupation: Customer Service

Height: 5′5″

Name: RAE

Age: 21

Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota

Occupation: Homemaker/Mother

Height: 5′6″

Name: SUNDAI

Age: 18

Hometown: Bakersfield, California

Occupation: Student

Height: 5′3″

Banks leads the panel of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL judges, comprised of leading fashion industry experts. The panel consists of photographer Nigel Barker, runway expert J. Alexander and guest judges including Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian who closely evaluate the progress of the models to narrow the field each week.

The winner of The CW’s AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL will be managed by Wilhelmina Models, receive a $100,000 contract with cosmetics giant CoverGirl and appear on the cover and in a six-page fashion spread of Seventeen magazine.

Man charged with stalking Tyra has his day in court

The man accused of stalking America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks last year will go on trial today in New York City.

Brady Green of Dublin, GA  spent much of his spare time last winter phoning Tyra’s studio, sending her letters, flowers and following her from coast to coast. On March 18, 2008 he was arrested in Manhattan for showing up at the studio where her daytime talk show, The Tyra Banks Show is taped. 

The 36 year old Green has entered a plea of not guilty of stalking and harassment. He was just working his crazy-creep mojo that drives the ladies wild.

If convicted he could face 90 days in prison.

America’s Next Top Model Casting Call

“AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL” RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY FOR OPEN CASTING CALL ON SATURDAY, APRIL 11 April 6, 2009 (Burbank, California) AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL returns to New York City on Saturday, April 11 to hold one final open call for Cycle 13. As previously announced, females age 18 to 27, of diverse backgrounds, shapes, sizes and with a height requirement of 5′7″ and under are eligible to audition. Confirmed location will be posted to www.cwtv.com later this week. Audition Rules and Guidelines: 1. No lining up overnight and no lining up prior to 6:00am. Registration will begin at 7:00am. These times may be amended at Producer’s discretion. 2. Proof of age is required to enter the line. Acceptable identification must include picture and birth date. 3. Colors of wristbands indicate when your scheduled audition time will be. If your scheduled audition time is several hours or more from the time that you receive your wristband, then we encourage you to leave and come back. 4. Only women applying should stand in line. If someone is just short of being 18, she can have one guardian with her. Please note that you must turn 18 by April 15, 2009 to audition. 5. Please make sure that you have everything you need to audition before you get into any line (for wristbands, etc.). You will only be allowed one bag that can fit comfortably on your lap inside the venue. This will be enforced by security. 6. No jumping in line or holding places in advance for others but it’s okay if you’re going to the restroom or getting food and water. You’re not guaranteed to be allowed back in line. Be courteous to others around you. 7. Casting staff will give special instructions for the disabled. 8. Once in the venue, no ins and outs. 9. Only one audition per open call do not try again if you’ve been cut. 10. Casting staff wearing official ANTM gear outside the venue may ask you for information in advance but be careful who you talk to and avoid anyone trying to charge you anything to participate. 11. We reserve the right to change or add to these rules as needed. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions. Tyra Banks is the creator and executive producer along with Ken Mok (”Making the Band”) and Daniel Soiseth (”Hell’s Kitchen”).

Meet the new cast of America’s Next Top Model

The CWs hit series AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL returns for cycle 12 with 13 finalists from across the country fighting to make their dreams of becoming a top model a reality on Wednesday, February 25 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) with encore performances on Fridays (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET).

“AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL” CYCLE 12 PARTICIPANTS:

Name: ALLISON

Age: 20

Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana

Occupation: Artist

Name: AMINAT

Age: 21

Hometown: Union, New Jersey

Occupation: Student

Name: CELIA

Age: 25

Hometown: Cynthiana, Kentucky

Occupation: Designer Fashion Sales

Name: FO

Age: 19

Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Occupation: Student

Name: ISABELLA

Age: 19

Hometown: Barboursville, Virginia

Occupation: Aspiring Model

Name: JESSICA

Age: 18

Hometown: Bradenton, Florida

Occupation: Student

Name: KORTNIE

Age: 24

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Occupation: Non-Profit Organizer

Name: LONDON

Age: 18

Hometown: Arlington, Texas

Occupation: Student

Name: NATALIE

Age: 19

Hometown: Palos Verdes, California

Occupation: Student

Name: NIJAH

Age: 18

Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, California

Occupation: Aspiring Model

Name: SANDRA

Age: 19

Hometown: Rockville, Maryland

Occupation: Student

Name: TAHLIA

Age: 18

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Occupation: Student

Name: TEYONA

Age: 20

Hometown: Woodstown, New Jersey

Occupation: Loss Prevention Representative

America’s Next Top Model: The New Marjorie

In this week’s episode of America’s Next Top Model, Marjorie took Tyra’s critique of her maddening twitchiness to heart and decided to relax, have fun and let out the new Marjorie. But this girl wasn’t necessarily more likable, or more interesting, she was just slightly calmer, though not less nerve-wracking. The other models watched her with an air of trepidation, unsure of whether to accept her or hide the kitchen knives.

The first challenge of the evening involved a bit of spit-swapping with the incredibly hot top male model Mark Van der Loo. A local agency was casting for a commercial where a girl who is running along the street  finds herself being followed and ogled by an incredibly handsome guy. Turning the idea of the romantic chase on its head, she stops her jog to kiss him. The prize for the most believable performance? A $10,000 shopping spree. The girls lick their lips in anticipation and prepare themselves to give America’s next top kiss. Samantha gives her best flirtation in a romantic comedy  kiss and Analiegh is sweet but I think there was a little bit of saliva string a la Cruel Intentions. McKey was flinchingly awkward which is usually Marjorie’s domain, but instead the new Marjorie came off as weird and slightly psychotic. The judges loved her saying she was the most natural and she won the challenge.  Since when did weird, scary random kisses come off as natural and believable? Even Mark looked like he wanted to run away.

Back at the house, new Marjorie decides to invite the guys who drove them around in boats during the last challenge to the house. They come bearing offerings of pizza and liquor. Few of the girls drank, besides Marjorie, and while the evening began with a bit of charades, it eventually fell into a McKey wrestling with one of the guys, Samantha and another guy do magic tricks in the kitchen and Analeigh and Marjorie making one of the guys put on a pair of high heels and play drunken cat walk. Unsatisfied with these developments, and noticing that Marjorie’s inhibitions had taken a rain check on the evening, one of the guys decided that it was time for the ritual drunken playing of truth or dare. He dared Marjorie to kiss one of the guys to which she obliged with a bit too much gusto. By the end of the night, she and the guy, end up in the jacuzzi. She fully clothed, and he in his boxer shorts trying to convince her to marry him.

Analeigh had enough at that point and decided that things had gone way too far, she, with the help of the other girls kicked the guys out and put new Marjorie to bed.

But new Marjorie was determined to hang on, and she made her way to the photoshoot that followed. The models had to wear clogs with some high fashion outfits in front of a windmill. Analiegh and McKey were excellent while Samantha was so uncomfortable in the shoes that all her pictures were horrendous except for the last 7-10 frames when Mr. Jay gave her a verbal slap. Marjorie was just completely uninspiring, and Mr. Jay asked her what the hell she was doing, which was basically not much of anything. She stood, she slumped slightly but barely posed. In bringing out this new, less spastic Marjorie, the girl lost all of her charm. The judges noticed, and she was sent home.

America’s Next Top Amazing Model Race

If you’re still undecided about the presidential race and chose to exercise your intellectual muscles by watching Barack Obama’s prime-time special, you need not worry about having missed your favorite brain musher America’s Next Top Model. Since I’ve already voted, I watched ANTM for you. Last night, the Tyraettes arrived in Amstardam to be greeted by Holland’s Next Top Model host Daphne Deckers. (Sidebar: It’s amazing how the Top Model series is compelling even when you can’t understand what the judges are saying.)

Deckers tells the girls that they will be placed in groups of two and that the first challenge is to find their house using a variety of clues. The concept is ripped straight from the Amazing Race, but fun nonetheless as the girls take a train, a cab and ask for directions to get to their house. The first couple to arrive will get 50 extra frames during their photo shoot. Samantha is unhappily grouped with Elina, but the thought of 50 extra frames keeps her on task. They are the first to arrive. Meanwhile Marjorie hilariously tries to buy a train ticket with US dollars, and Sheena, thinking she and McKey had won the challenge, does a victory lap only to find out that they are actually the last to arrive.

 

After they get all settled in their gorgeous temporary home, they are whisked off to the red light district, where real live legal prostitutes stand in windows selling their wares. The girls find out that their next challenge is to stand in these same windows selling garments. It’s a political/fashion statement of some local fashion designers. Elina says she respects prostitutes and is excited about the challenge, while Samantha is full of apprehension.

 

The girls are once again coupled off into groups of two: Sheena with Marjorie; Elina with Analeigh; and Samantha with McKey. Elina and Analeigh are first. They’re standing in two seperate windows wearing these huge white confectionery type dresses by the same designer. Elina is at her best and the designer is pleased with her effort, though he does find her a bit too controlled. On the other hand. Analeigh is so busy trying to sepereate her dress from some silver things that are hanging from the ceiling that she practically forgets to pose.

 

Sheena and Marjorie are wearing very edgy dresses and the designer asks them to portray rock and roll type fierceness. Marjorie is amazing as usual, twisting her body into all types of hunchbacked weirdness with matching facial expressions while Sheena manages to just look like a prostitute. Samantha and McKey were the only two models who were actually in one window together. Their designer asked them to portray dolls and Samantha captures the directions wonderfully, looking as porcelain as the doll she is holding. McKey, on the other hand, was just okay, but the two girls managed to win the challenge, because they worked together, and synchronized their posing. What did they win? They’ll be modeling in Amsterdam’s Fashion Week, which is the biggest fashion event in Holland.

Back at the house Elina and Samantha, who had worked so well toghether in the first challenge fall out again over whether prostitution is a respectable profession. I’m sure they can petition Tyra to do a show about it, but I think she already did. McKey later says that Elina is ugly from the inside out.

The girls’ are sent to Amsterdam’s harbor, where the obsessively orange Jay Manuel gives them a quick history lesson abour Amsterdam’s shipping past. He tells them that their next  photo shoot wlll be on a boat where they will be wearing mid-century style clothing with a modern twist. Andy Tan is their photographer.

 

McKey, who goes up first, is intent on getting herself out of the middle. She is wearing all black and experimenting with her poses to find the most compelling one. Mr. Jay notices the difference in her passion.  Elina’ s shoot ran like a Verizon commercial. she was is thinking so hard about how to create the perfect shot, she doesn’t hear Jay giving her direction. So, he repeatedly has to ask her, “Elina, can you hear me?” Analeigh who could never channel her skater training without doing literal poses, finally finds the balance between being a model and a skater. Jay is impressed. Marjorie continues to use her signature hunchback pose to great effect. Samantha is a bit boring, and Sheena, no matter how hard she tries, still cannot jettison her inner hooch. She straddles  a pole and Jay stops the shoot to tell her that she’s not being ladylike.

In the end, McKey’s desire to move out the middle gets her the first photo, Analeigh’s ability to find balance gets her the second photo while Elina’s controlling nature and Sheena’s inability to control her nature land them both in the bottom two. Elina wins on the strength of being able to take better photos.

 

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America’s Next Top Model spawns its first spinoff

Tyra Banks‘ hit reality competition show, America’s Next Top Model will be giving birth to its first spinoff on the CW. The show, Operation Fabulous, will feature ANTM stars J. Alexander and Jay Manuel, as they tour the country, turning ordinary women into “model” citizens. Get it? “Model citizens”? It’s a play on words…never mind. This is a makeover show, not a competition. The women will get complete overhauls and fashion advise that suits them as individuals.

Anyway, this will be the third fashion-themed reality show on the CW, including their newest, “Stylista”, which debuts on October 22.  All shows are produced by Tyra Banks and Ken Mok.

Real World Hollywood’s Nick On The Tyra Banks Show

Anyone that watched Real World Hollywood knows that Nick was the replacement roommate when Greg Halstead got kicked off the show. You may also remember that he wanted to be host of his own show. Well, he’s not quite there yet, but he is on a talk show, which is a step in the right direction. Take a look a the video clip below….Nick appears around the 1:40 mark and actually speaks around the 4:40 mark.

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