Showing posts with label ANTM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ANTM. Show all posts

Friday, October 30, 2009

ANTM Finalists 'Blackfaced' for Photoshoot


Continuing the resurgence of a makeup practice long considered taboo, "America's Next Top Model" featured a number of models painted with dark makeup to resemble bi-racial women on Wednesday's telecast. Out of "ANTM's" six remaining contestants, one is black, one is Asian and four are Caucasian.

This is the second time models have been shown in dark makeup in recent weeks.French Vogue photographed model Lara Stone in blackface for its October issue, which was particularly disturbing because the offending pictures were part of an issue celebrating models, but had nary a black model in the magazine. Must be considered 'art' and eligible for a NAACP Image Award only when Miss Tyra does it.

Source: Huffington Post

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Is this cute?



Is this cute? Tyra Banks had 9-year-old Diva Davanna on America's Next Top Model to demonstrate modeling to the contestants. She came out dressed as a twin to Ms. Jay (who even with makeup looks like...Mr. Jay) and strutted on that runway like her name was Eva Pigford. She looked and modeled just as well or better than the adult contestants on the show. My question is, should a 9-year-old be tarted up with weave and heavy makeup and be twisting and serving it up? Didn't we all cringe in disgust when JonBenet Ramsay did this? What happened to letting a kid be a kid?