I watched the first few seasons of America’s Next Top Model before Tyra became obnoxious and her Vaseline incident. I found it a tad entertaining, and Elise from season 1 was my favorite. Over time, the seasons became insane with loser girls who had nothing common with a model, and Tyra became a raving lunatic. ANTM is by far the worst of all top model shows, and its only saving grace is the awesome international versions.
My favorite is Germany’s NTM. Heidi Klum hosts it, and the show is extremely long. She drags out the portion where the girls are told one by one whether they will stay or go. The girls are gorgeous, and I won’t be surprised if they get tons of international work. A sweet girl spends hours and hours translating the show and posts it on YouTube – you really have to admire the level of effort! My second favorite is Australia’s NTM. The girls are very young so there is some drama, but overall the show is very nice. In both shows the girls are treated like adults unlike Tyra who can stare her girls to death. The winner of the first season of AusNTM, Alice, is extremely gorgeous and has been on the runway for various top designer brands. I adore her! Both shows have real casting, real jobs, especially GNTM.
Canada’s NTM is not too bad. Jay Manual is the host and he does a decent job of it. The girls are not too bad either, but not model-like. I watched some parts of Britian’s NTM, but it is as bad as ANTM. The previous hostess was terrible to watch, and she kept channeling Tyra. Elle Macpherson is the new host, but I cannot watch the show because the girls are bad, and it feels as though the show is trying to hard to be like ANTM which is not a good one to imitate to begin with.
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