Say It Ain’t So: America’s Next Top Model Girls Pre-handpicked?!?!?!
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Shut yo mouf, rumor has it that Tyra Banks and the rest of the ANTM fruit medley have us all fooled with these so-called open auditions, because they select who they really want to battle it out for the title in private sessions beforehand.
A throng of hopeful women turned out for Saturday’s “take two” audition for “America’s Next Top Model.” But will host Tyra Banks and her producers take any of them seriously?
Sources tell us that producers choose at least some of their contestants at private tryouts and that the open cattle calls around the country are mostly just publicity stunts.
A rep for The CW network, which airs the show, declined to comment when we asked whether it was true that at least four contestants were chosen before the infamous March 14 incident in Manhattan.
That was the tryout where a panic-induced riot sent six girls to the hospital. Many more went home disappointed when the event was called off.
One source claims the deck was stacked against them.
“The producers had already picked some of the girls they wanted in private meetings,” says the insider. “They had to sign agreements promising not to reveal how they were chosen.”
Dehea Abraham says she flew up from Atlanta for the March 14 open call only to be told by a friend that she didn’t stand a chance. “My friend is a dancer who’s represented by a talent agency that also handles models,” says Abraham. “Someone from the show saw her MySpace page and invited her to a secret pre-audition. My friend doesn’t really want to model. But she figured she’d try it out. She had to sign a confidentiality agreement.
“When I got to New York, she called me and said, ‘Please tell me you’re not in New York City. You’re wasting your time.’”
Dionne Sherrae, who injured her shoulder in the March 14 melee, says she’s “not surprised” to hear that the 13 girls who get into the Top Model House may not all come from cattle calls. “You never hear about people saying, ‘Oh, I stood in line next to that girl.’”
Abraham says she “saw the clues” that the cattle call was mostly about getting a big turnout for the cameras. “They lowered the height requirement, so they get more people. But they also get a lot of high school girls who haven’t developed and don’t have morals. They cut in line. That’s how the trouble started.
“To me, the show is totally different from last year,” says Abraham. “It’s lost its soul. It’s all about ratings.
They don’t really look for new faces. They just look for a girl that fits the image they already have in mind. It’s preordained.”
In unison, all the models say, “Wait…I’m confused??”
SMH @ those poor thangs.
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Who is really suprised, this show isn’t any good anymore. Top 5 *****es!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like we didn’t already know that this show is phoney just like every other reality show that people win something
Bronze tricks!
Top 5 at least
Reality is not real, is just an illusion of your fake mind.
TO ALL THE WOMEN WHO WERE INJURED DURING HER TRYOUTS ON MAR 14 ..SUE THIS TRANNY AND HER *****GT ENTOURAGE FOR EVERY PENNY THEY GOT ***** TYRA ..YOU EXPLIOT YOUR SISTAZ AND CELBRATE WITH CRAKAZ! YEAH I SAID IT!
If you think about it, the girls that make the round of cuts have videotape auditions that are shown during the show. Those can’t be done during open cast call.
It’s all for publicity!
Thank you @Glok9n
So true. This show is ridiculous and I have no problem with a man or a woman being gay, but this Tranny ***** has to stop.
I don’t see how women can stand next to a man or a accept a man looking like a woman and still feel respected and hold on to your womanhood.
Get out of here. I hate this show and I have no respect for models. Just because you walk around in some 12′ stilettos don’t mean *****!
WE ALL KNEW THIS FROM DAY ONE, RIGHT. I MEAN CMON. HOW DO THESE GIRLS GO FROM NO TALENT TO EVA THE DIVA IN 11 EPISODES. MAKES NO DAMN SENSE. I THINK THE WINNER IS CHOSEN FROM GET GO AS WELL.
ITS NOT REAL. JUST LIKE THE HILLS, IDOL, ETC. YOU JUST CANT CAPTURE RAW FOOTAGE SO CLEANLY.
Ummm….aren’t all reality shows staged anyways???
SHE’S LOSING HER CREDIBILITY!
Didt the fat white girl that won, they told her to gain weight for the show. Her ***** wasn’t even that good to begin with. Another was on Ts modeling camp before she won…fake fake fake.
Dat’s why Naomi was gonna bust dat a$$ tyra. Cause she always been fake…
Dedicated to tyra (fake) banks
Alexander ONeal – FAKE
Your name was Patty
but now it’s Kay
Girl
you seem to change it every day.
Your hair was long
but now it’s short
You say: I got it cut
but I don’t see no hair upon the floor.
Whenever I go out with you I find out something new.
You’re a fake
baby
you can’t conceal it
Know how I know
’cause I can feel it.
You’re a fake
baby
no rhyme or reason
‘Cause in your mind it’s lyin’ season.
You had brown eyes
but now they’re blue
Those false eyelashes that you’re wearin’
too.
In bed this morning you called me CIyde
Alex is the name that I go by!
If women could be counterfit
then you’d be it.
You’re a fake
baby
you can’t conceal it
. . .
You’re a fake
baby
I’ve blown your cover
the iig is up
’cause I discovered -
You’re a fake
baby
no need to hide it
Can’t change my mind
’cause I’ve decided -
You’re a fake
baby
and I’m disgusted
The game is through and
girl
you’re busted
fake!
Whenever I go out with you I find out something new.
You’re a fake
you always have a good excuse
But
girl
that ain’t no use.
You’re a fake
baby
you can’t conceal it
. . .
You’re a fake
baby
no rhyme or reason
. . .
You’re a fake
baby
Fake
fake!
Will somebody please extinguish dat flame in the first and second thumbnail.
Duh! Of course the pre-picked who they wanted.Now , i will be real honest with you, I to got sucked into the ANTM(America’s Next Top Model)be after a while I started noticing some things, First the special line up of girls, then the drama, and most important I would always guess the one Trya or the other judge would judge more or give the most praises in some form or fashion seems the to stand out. I am really starting to think all of this so-called reality shows aren’t anything but to keep us glued to the tv and get getting those rating, plus more money for the producers,etc for the show. Also, Have you notice all the Drama on this show?……….Especially, College Hill are some people really that Dramatic and catty? Dang, maybe I’m too nice.Remember, the ep with the two girls who got in a fight and which resulted in one getting to heel of a shoe cut on her forehead, blood everywhere.
It’s been known that the models are handpicked. Covergirl is the one giving them the contract and they pick the girl they want representing their product. It’s like that with most reality shows. The sponsors want a particular type of person to represent them.
@ Glok9n: The real glok !!!
TO ALL THE WOMEN WHO WERE INJURED DURING HER TRYOUTS ON MAR 14 ..SUE THIS TRANNY AND HER *****GT ENTOURAGE FOR EVERY PENNY THEY GOT ***** TYRA ..YOU EXPLIOT YOUR SISTAZ AND CELBRATE WITH CRAKAZ! YEAH I SAID IT!
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LMAO…
In my hand I have two envelopes.
On says I’m a fake a$$ tranny and the other says if you take off all my makeup I looke like a chimps *****!
Which one is true…
I really believe this. It makes sense now. I auditioned on March 7, in Washington, DC. The way the “auditions” took place it felt like no one stood a fair chance. They crowded 50 of us in a small room and had us line up against the perimeter of the room. They told us to stand so close to the person in front of us that we had to hug them. Then we had to p***** a mic to the person behind us after stating our name,age,height and weight, before a camera with a black and white picture of Tyra Banks taped to it. If our number was called then we stayed if not, we left and it was all over. There was no one on one audition. They didn’t even look at our applications. We didn’t walk or anything. They could barely even see us behind the person in front of us. They claimed that they were looking for bone structure. Yeah right. It was a waste of time but good thing I got there early. I stopped watching the show pretty much.
all the reality shows do that… ANTM just got caught with the hand in the cookie jar..
People should get over it. Every competition is done this way. I am fine with that.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT ***** THEY PICK WHO THEY WANT
i heard she is always_ dating millionaire on__cl*****ymingle.com___ do you know that? i am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.
The show has run it’s course anyway. No one aspiring to be a “real” model should go on a reality show to do it anyway. It’s wrong of them to trick these girls into thinking they havea chance of being picked from one the casting calls. What’s more messed up, she’ll exploit homeless girls on her show, let them tell their story and make it all dramatic, then won’t even pick them for the first round. That’s low down.
WHO CARES?! who goes on top model to be “famous” anyway? other than a select few, where are the “winners” now? infact, who are the winners other than the 2 or 3 we can name. *****ody knows those b*tches.
This show has gone downhill. The winners are never top model material (well maybe 1 or 2 have been). They never pick the obvious winner, i’m so done with this show, it’s a joke, so this is truly no surprise.
@ RegalRoyale:
Yeah that sounds like a true waste, but at least you gave it a shot and that speaks volumes!!! Most of the reputable modeling agencies are on-line, maybe you can submit your photos? It’s worth a try right?? Good luck 2 you.
@ Glokyn: Why you gotta come for the gays on the show? WTF have they ever done to your hood aZZ?? Just know they packing much $$ in their pockets/purses/bank accoutns that you’ll ever dream of having!!!
i stopped watching the show when Eva won over Yaya. =/ ohhh but i did watch that season with the girl Danielle. . . after that. never again. the show is a waste of life just like most shows on TV.
DUH! Really???? Come on now. Shows like this are the reason why network television sucks right now and people are too *****ing stupid that they’re the problem. The very people that you all despise like The Kardashians,are becoming famous more and more everyday because you idiots keep watching garbage like ANTM. Reality shows are cheap as hell to produce because the producers don’t have to pay these talentless attention w*****s to be on the shows. All you have to do is give these fools a couple of dollars,tell them that they are going to be famous and how you want them to act and BAM! You’ve got a TV Show. NO actors,no writers,no directors no big money being paid out and big money coming in. A lot of you were crying over the possible cancellation of The Game,well you’re probably watching garbage like ANTM helping to make it a hit while shows wlike Girlfriends,The Game and Everybody Hates Chris are being shoved aside to make room for more garbage like ANTM. Hate to break it to you folks,but the same thing is happening right now in the soap opera industry as well. The shows are costing the Networks too much to produce so they are starting to cancel them so they can have more coon filled shows like Springer and Maury on. Forget about protesting on message boards,STOP WATCHING REALITY SHOWS and let the networks know that you want entertainment again.
NAOMI IS FIERCE!
YOU MUST BE ONE OF THOSE GAYZ ON THE SHOW, YOU SEEM OFFENDED…CUZ ***** THEY LIFESTLYE REALLY THATZ THEIR BIZNESS, MY PROBLEM IS THE BYTCH TYRA TEARING DOWN HER BLK SISTAZ AND UPLIFTING THESE STINK WHITE BYTCHES IZ ALL!
Who out there is so NAIVE as to think Miss Head Quarters here was on the up-an-up?
This damn woman is so shallow and phony, Miss Oprah Wannabe, why in the hell would anybody believe she was legit for a second?
thats pretty obvious to be honest personally i stop watching this ***** after the 2nd season ……… a while back………. tyra is fake the panel of judges are fake sooooo evidently the show is fake.
i wasnt really pay attention to the title of this post so i thought this was saying that ANTM would have handicap girls next season or something lmao…
I agree with you @ Serena’s Camel Toe
I can say without a doubt that this is true.
so you girl says her friend signed a confidentiality agreement then she told her that the show was fake does she know what confidentiality means? This is a BS story. Her girl probably told her she was wasting her time because she didn’t have a chance of getting picked prechosen models or not.
black folks are always trying to through a wrench into other black folks success. The haters on this site need to buy a clue.
THIS IS SOO TRUE I WENT TO THE AUDITION IN FEBUARY IN TEXAS, WHERE I WAITED OUTSIDE IN LINE FOR 6HRS ONLY TO BE SEEN BY A *****ODY FOR ONLY 20 MINS. AND I WAS NOT JUDGED BY TALENT ONLY BY NAME, HEIGHT AND ,WEIGHT!!!
uhh-duhh.. my sister who’s a top internet model told me that years ago.. Remember the girl Jade that was half Asian half black with the blonde, she had been in a Jay-Z vid, Change Clothes waaayy before she was on ANTM!..
Yea there is truth to that!!!! I was picked for a call back in season 4, the only think about this show is that u must not have an agency at the time u are chosen…it says nothing about being completely inexperienced!!!!! its more about drama then modeling anyway
Let’s be real none of them look like they are worthy of being models globally…
Any American reality show is really fakeperiod.. i thought ya’ll knew!!!
All American reality shows are fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
white producers will always makemoeny because there are always some dumb azz black folks watching reality shows and acting like they are real..
please upgrade yourselves…
black folks are still slaves to the white man.
The only people who get paid from reality tv shows are a bunch of white execs ……
we will always be nigges
O idk if ya’ll remember the season Naima won, well there was a girl Brandy that had the red fro from houston..i was called back with her but she got the spot..anyway basically its mixed…obivious beauties with not so obvious EXPERIENCED VS NO EXPERIENCE…rich and poor..black white asian other..but the tv helps you gain exposure!!!So even if you dont win you can make a name for yourself!! LOOK AT TOCARRA!!!
First of all this ***** been fake, second of all they do this with ALLLLLLLL reality shows…. they fake, duh!!!
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People have said it before – there is something fake about Tyra; and that is her willingness behind all the schmaltz and fake sentiment to use and exploit the young girls for her fame and money, the American Way? I rather think that you can still do something like this show and still have integrity. The show has run its course.
all reality tv programs are fake, they let a large amount of people come to make it seem like there is a large turn out but they never see everyone, they probbly only see 50girls one on one to be honest. the same happens with programs like x factor (british version of american idol) and american idol aswell actually. In the holding room producers go around askng people to perform as a mini audition, and if they arent funny or extremely talented or have the right sob story, they are told to go home, they are never seen by the judges. its all for entertainment factor.
WRECKLESS DRIVER GET OUT MY BRAIN!!!! LOL!
YOU ARE SO ON POINT! EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS SO TRUE.
i agree i swear every since i been whatching the show all the girls from all the seasons are begaining to look alike …..that show is so done in my book after isis i thought isis was a girl b4 i found out she was a tranny i thought she looked like she was dying of aids her skin was pale and her eyes were puff and droopy ……cturns out they just had him on 4 ratings
and tyra so fake she talks about selfesteem so much on her show !!!!!!!!!! but on antm she’s very critical and judgemental……….i dont even whatch her show no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am so glad i am not the only one that has noticed tyra hypocrisy!!! she is constantly preaching about self-esteem but hasn’t seen her real hair in years, and all the make-up!!! she is starting to look like the trannies she keeps as company!!! and i don’t understand how someone with no real world experience can be so judgemental!!! she is so immature thats why she can’t keep a man!! thats why she let Naomi run her ***** off the catwalk, and had to result to showing her goodies to make victoria rich, and obviously while she is judging sex industry worker, she’s not considering the fact that posing for S.I. and victoria’s secret isn’t that far off from being a stripper, shes not a high fashion model she spent most of her career in her underwear or a bikini, and she is lazy when it comes to maintaining her body which i can not understand, or respect!! and her self-hate shows when she is around other black women on her talk show and antm, she obviously favor whites more than her own and it shows!! its sad actually!!
ALWAYS KNEW IT
@LEXIBUG YOU R SOOO RIGHT
In the current season of America’s next Topmodel I definietly think Fo looks best. I like her exotic looking and her beautiful smile. I wouldn’t say no to a date with her.
Bye