Starting tomorrow, models again will take over your television. Not only does the hundredth cycle of America's Next Top Model start, Bravo's own take on a modeling based reality show Make Me A Supermodel begins its second season tomorrow. While I am a devoted watcher of all model related reality TV shows (ANTM, A Model Life, RuPaul's Drag Race) Make Me a Supermodel exists on a different level. Not only do most of the contestants actually look like working models (ahem, ANTM), the challenges the contestants are given are worlds more believable than other modeling shows.  Not to mention, every episode includes both a photo-shoot and runway challeng, unlike other shows. Make Me A Supermodel is about modeling first, and then reality tv second.  

This season, 16 supermodel hopefuls have been chosen to compete for the title of "Supermodel." (Unfortunately, obtaining the title of supermodel is not like being knighted. Tyson Beckford can't just get out a sword at the end of the season and officially dub thee supermodel.) This year's finalists consist of eight guys and eight gals, from the ages of 18 to 30. The contestants have come from all over the country and the world in hopes of becoming this year's Holly Kiser, though I am sure many would settle for the notability of having a Bronnie bromance. To prepare you for tomorrow night's season premier, we've created a little model primer with each model's introductory interview.


First up, since we're rocking alphabetical order, is 21-year-old Amanda from Oregon. Amanda, while being lovely, has decided to wear a very distracting black lace blusher during her introduction taping and I cannot stop looking at it. When I am not obsessively focused on her pseudo-veil, I learn that Amanda works at a hypnosis center and in her "spare time" she's a mom. Good to see what your priorities are Amanda. Amanda says she is a small town girl, who had a really good childhood in a place where there were more cows then people. She sites her fashion inspiration as "The Style Network," which does not bode well for Amanda. She says both her strengths and weaknesses come from being a mother. On the positive side she is nurturing and mature, on the down side she says she is insecure with her post pregnancy body.




Next up is another Oregonian 18-year-old Branden, who is fresh out of high school. Branden wants to be a supermodel because he looked up to supermodels as role models as a teenager. He hopes as a supermodel he "might change the world a bit." This makes our heart hurt just a little bit, because Branden seems both so genuine and clueless. Branden was raised by just his mom,  "because my dad was a coward and couldn't raise me." Branden says his strength is his durability, but based on his description we think he meant versatility--since he describes durability as being able to do different things. While I'm not sold on his model potential, I am ready to be pleasantly surprised by Branden.





Chris is a male model who looks like a girl. That is his schtick, and according to Chris, his strength. While the fashion industry loves androgynous looking female models, we're not sure the industry swings the same way when it comes to male models. To his advantage, Chris definitely knows fashion--he went to school to become a designer before realizing modeling was his true passion. Chris describes his personal style as "pretty chic, sort of trendy, but not flashy." We hope Chris's androgynous look leads to some drag photo-shoots, though that could get nasty. I have the sneaking suspicion that Chris is a prettier girl than some of his female competitors.




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--Abbey Simmons, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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