America's Next Top Model

People often look to the world of fashion for what the next trend in beauty will be, for many decades it has been an unattainable goal. It has been an epidemic for numerous years of young girls going to extreme lengths to achieve this goal. Copious amounts of models develop eating disorders to stay thin, and the girls who look up to them develop their own, through Cheryl Diamond’s Model : a memoir we can see the hardships models face, the cultural impact of them, and through book reviews we…

Jennifer Posner argues that reality shows, in particular, America’s Next Top Model present racial stereotyping that are dangerous to society. Posner identifies stereotypes that may not be so apparent at a glance. Controversy will always arise from ideas and situations. But the media serves as a major vehicle in persuading and perpetuating thoughts into society. Posner gives the example of the model, Sheena Sakai in Cycle 11. (399) Although she served as a stuntwoman in the movie Tropic Thunder,…

Sara Baumann, Emma Krill, Alyssa Lenius, Ben Schulz Mrs. Tautges Composition for College 15 November 2017 It Has Not Always Been Easy “Easy, breezy, beautiful, Covergirl.” When people hear those four words, most people know exactly what the brand is and what they are selling. For many years, Covergirl has been using that catchphrase to represent their company and their product they bring to the table. Covergirl has changed their image over the fifty-eight years their company has been producing…

Countless Olympic Gold Medals, Grand Slam Championships, and being ranked number one of the professional circuit are a few reasons why Serena Williams is considered to be the most successful female tennis player in history. She has managed to stay on top for nearly two decades and continuously amazes the sport season after season. Williams has not only found time to pursue fashion designing and acting, but she has also kept the mental strength required to continues to be the best, but it was not…

starts off with a disclaimer that she does respect Tyra for forming a consistently racial diverse cast and how Tyra makes sure the models have high self-esteem and know they’re gorgeous. She then dives right into bashing Tyra about how she makes it known…

Why can’t I be the way I want instead of people wanting me to be someone I'm not? My mom would always say “Hazel, you’re a teenager. You’re not a little kid anymore.” She would want me to act like a teenager, while I just wanted to watch America’s Next Top Model and read An Imperial Affliction. Why can’t I live up to 90, instead of dying at a young age? Why can’t I walk up the stairs without being so slow? I can’t walk up the stairs as fast as everyone else. Why can’t I have friends who don't…

I think this piece mainly deals with the many racial stereotypes in today’s society. This article mostly refers to the different stereotypes used on the show America’s Next Top Model. Pozner (2010), suggests “America’s Next Top Model perpetuates damaging racist stereotypes, while superficially claiming to promote all types of individual beauty and to empower women” (p. 396). For example on the show asian women have been called “Dragon Ladies”…

Use Somebody All three of the short essays I’ve chosen to analyze deal with people being used for their race or gender. Aburawa discusses the scanty advertisements in some countries (like America) using women’s sex appeal to sell items. Pozner talks about Tyra using ethnicities for various contests. Finally, Hvistendahl talks about societies biases towards sons and the abortions women go through to have a son not a daughter, therefore using the mother with the sole purpose of providing sons.…

Mercury, The Cats Meow Magazine, Gorgeous Freaks Magazine, Fly Little Guy Magazine and my design made cover dress for The Powder Room Magazine. I have participated as a fashion desgin contestant on television America's Next It Girl 2014. I have worked with the winner of 2013’s America's Next Top Model Jourdan Miller. I have given clothes to Drag Race contestant Laganja Estranja as seen on social media. With the little experience I have within the industry, I feel I have a leg up in the…

during my upbringing. Instead of dreaming about a fantasy, I make my dreams a reality as I am constantly making a plan to accomplish my aspirations. By looking closely, you will see that I made my aspirations a reality as I am now a pageant girl, model,…