America's Top Model

I watched America's Top Model. Episode 6 April 2, 2009

I think the show has its positive and negative points. One, I think the photo shoots the models do and the different tasks in the competition are very interesting and beautiful. But at the same time, America’s next top model portrays a negative socialization of girls.

The following example will illustrate my point. The show began with a recap of last week’s episode and I have to mention it because it is relevant to today’s show. The judges in the last episode already decided that Kortnie, one of the girls was going to go home. Then, Celia, a girl who was already safe in the competition walked on the runway next to the eliminated girl and told the judges and Tyra that Thalia, a girl who was also safe in the competition “expressed that she did not want to be in the competition any longer.” Maybe Celia wanted the judges to change their minds and eliminate Thalia instead of Kornie. But I don’t think it was right of her to say that. That was a recap.

In the episode that I watched, which was a follow up showed how the girls were divided between those who supported Celia and those who thought she was a backstabber. The girls started yelling and saying bad words to each other. One of the girls, Sandra, politely expressed that she did not think it was Celia’s business to interfere with the judging process. Celia’s friends quickly defended Celia and were making fun of Sandra. Over the next few days, Celia and her friends backbit behind Sandra’s back, but Sandra overheard them talking about her. Later on, Sandra was crying.

I felt very uncomfortable watching the show because it is very gossipy and shows girls in a negative way. The models on the show just wanted to win the competition and did not care about the other girls. The girls talk about the other girls behind their backs. All of them have to comment on everybody. I think the models are not good examples to younger girls who may be watching the show. The producers should not focus the show so much on what the girls say about each other. They should focus on the competition.

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