19 Feb ANTM Cycle 10 Is HERE

The competition goes back to where it all started, New York City, for the tenth cycle of The CW’s hit series AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, as 14 finalists from across the country fight to make their dreams of becoming a top model into reality. Supermodel Paulina Porizkova joins the panel of judges when the season premiere of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL hits The CW on Wednesday, February 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET).

I’m so happy one of my favorite shows is back! America’s Next Top Model has slowly grown on me. Like most I was pretty skeptical of the show and the realness of the actual prize and title, “America’s Next Top Model”, since no model has ever acheived any serious status in the modeling industry. But the show is so much fun, there’s good, bad, and ugly characters that makes you want to jump through the tv and give a verbal beat down to some of these silly model wannabes.

 If you stick with the show you can see how the girls either truly learn from the experience or allows their ignorance and bad attitude to take over and backfire in their face. Tyra, bless her heart, tries hard to show many of these models the enlightened way to handle and view every challenge but like usual most of the girls do exactly the opposite of whats expected and they get sent packing. So far one of my favorite quotes from the new season preview clips is when one (black) model tells the other, “You are by far one of the meanest African people I ever met.” , anyway, when I saw that I laughed out loud. If your from NYC that would make you laugh  because in general Africans normally are pretty nice people, so it’s rare to encounter one who is a major bitch. Every now and then there is someone who your just positive isn’t going to make it far and they totally prove you wrong, for example, Natasha from cycle 8, made it all the way to runner up, I was sure her stupidity would get the best of her, but she learned quickly and proved to everyone she wasn’t as dumb as we thought. Also Saliesha winning cycle 9 was a true shock to me. I was more happy for her because she was such a sweetheart, and she gave it 100%, but I really didn’t think she had top model potential, until I saw these photos recently..

She actually looks like Lisa Bonet in the pics. Kinda like Lisa Bonet 2.0, A true model is someone who can morph into whatever the clients needs her too, and that is something Saleisha never had a problem doing and that’s why she won. Yes, she may not look like a runway model but with some more training, she will have the goods to sell high fashion products.

Here’s the basic rundown on the show and the models . The show seems to be pushing this “New Attitude”, “All about attitude” attitude since their now back in New York City, (hence all the attitude overkill):

AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
CYCLE 10 PARTICIPANTS:

Aimee
Age: 18
Occupation: Hostess
Hometown: Spanaway, Washington

Allison
Age: 19
Occupation: Hostess
Hometown: Waunakee, Wisconsin

Amy (a.k.a. “Amis”)
Age: 20
Occupation: Waitress
Hometown: Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Anya
Age: 19
Occupation: Retail Sales
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Atalya
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Claire
Age: 24
Occupation: Production Coordinator
Hometown: New York, New York

Dominique
Age: 23
Occupation: Receptionist
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Fatima
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts

Katarzyna
Age: 22
Occupation: Finance
Hometown: Roslyn, New York

Kimberly
Age: 20
Occupation: Customer Service
Hometown: Worcester, Massachusetts

Lauren
Age: 22
Occupation: Artist
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Marvita
Age: 23
Occupation: Retail Sales
Hometown: San Francisco, California

Stacy Ann
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Miami, Florida

Whitney
Age: 20
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Atlantic Beach, Florida

During this cycle, the 14 participants live together and ferociously vie for the grand prize, competing in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp. The participants’ abilities are tested each week as they strive to master the runway and fashion photo shoots, perfect publicity skills and learn the business aspects of becoming a supermodel, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL cameras. Throughout the series, supermodel Tyra Banks, art director of photo shoots Jay Manuel, and runway guru J. Alexander mentor the participants.

Banks leads the panel of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL judges, comprised of leading fashion industry experts. Joining the panel this cycle is supermodel Paulina Porizkova, along with returning judges photographer Nigel Barker and runway expert J. Alexander, who closely evaluate the progress of the models to narrow the field each week. In addition, special guest judges appear to critique the participants within his or her area of expertise.

The winner of The CW’s AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL will be managed by Elite Model Management. She also receives a $100,000 contract with cosmetics giant CoverGirl. Finally, the winner will appear on the cover and six-page fashion spread in Seventeen magazine.

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”).