Britain's Next Top Model's Simone Clark has criticised the UK fashion industry's obsession with size. Clark, who exited in the first episode of the reality show on Monday, was billed as the only plus size model on the programme. Initially, the Yorkshire 21-year-old thought that her larger figure may be to her advantage. "I thought it made me different to the other girls and counted in my favour," she told Digital Spy. "I related it to America's Next Top Model, where Whitney won that and is doing amazingly well now. "I really thought that I had a chance to change things and show that you don't have to be a size 6 to 8. I felt as if I didn't get the chance and opportunity to show what a slightly larger model or girl could be." When asked about judge Julien Macdonald's comments regarding plus size models, she (more)...
- 7/7/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Fair is fair: This was the best episode of the cycle so far. Sure, it was still pretty crummy by Antm standards -- aren't the go-sees supposed to be a little more tense? -- but at long last, everyone in the cast showed signs of life. Stupid life, mostly. But life. Thanks, New Zealand! Raina gushed that the finalists were "the luckiest six girls in the entire world," but, like Norm MacDonald as Lou Gehrig, maybe she was being sarcastic. Alexandra confessed that her previous picture "was heinous," which is the best thing she's said all season. Then Jessica admitted...
- 4/29/2010
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
Kansas native Simone Lewis took a risk when she signed on to America's Next Top Model cycle 14: with very little modeling experience under her belt, she left her friends and deferred a semester at Duke University to film the show pursue Tyra's title.
See where Simone stands in our Week 4 Top Model Photo Rankings
Despite being eliminated after a vampire-inspired photo that the judges deemed sexy but "contrived," that risk seems to have paid off for Simone. She's back at Duke, but plans to continue modeling--and there's no question that she'll be ready for anything after surviving through Tyra's outrageous photo shoots on Top Model.
My full interview with Simone, after the jump.
See where Simone stands in our Week 4 Top Model Photo Rankings
Despite being eliminated after a vampire-inspired photo that the judges deemed sexy but "contrived," that risk seems to have paid off for Simone. She's back at Duke, but plans to continue modeling--and there's no question that she'll be ready for anything after surviving through Tyra's outrageous photo shoots on Top Model.
My full interview with Simone, after the jump.
- 4/8/2010
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
America's Next Top Model contestant Simone Lewis has said that André Leon Talley is a great addition to the judges' table. The Kansas-born model, who was eliminated from the CW show last week, told Digital Spy that she was impressed by the Vogue editor-at-large. "I think he brings an interesting perspective to the table and obviously I respect his opinion in the industry. It was great to have him," she said. Lewis, who was drenched (more)...
- 4/6/2010
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
Could last night's Top Model have been any duller? Somewhere between Brenda's blathering on about her haircut (still?!) and Anslee's clench-jawed perpetual sourness, I slipped into coma. This is just my subconscious typing this now -- obviously no person possessing both free will and the physical ability to turn something off would continue to slog through this season... right? Why is Tyra doing this to us? How can Antm possibly continue for more cycles, when this one is already running on fumes? This week, the modeltestants had to get up on stage, but it wasn't the acting challenge...
- 4/1/2010
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
If the next cycle of this show doesn't have some kind of compelling gimmick (actual human feelings) or twist (Born Agains vs. Atheists), I think we might have to part ways. A dance-inspired challenge? Excuse me while I try to wrest myself from this coma. Nope, I couldn't do it, coma: 1, Tyra: 0. A blah challenge, warmed-over fights, dated references, and an elimination that arrived by telegraph months ago -- Top Model, why have you forsaken me? Brenda complained that she was having an "identity crisis" thanks to the haircut, and Ren said she was "93 percent sure" she was going to leave the competition.
- 3/25/2010
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
The girls leave their New York home to find a 'Fab Bus' parked outside with season three star Tocarro Jones waiting inside. She tells them they will be split into two teams and tested on their fashion knowledge. Raina is named her assistant because she won the last panel. The Blue Team is Krista, Simone, Angelea, Jessica and Alexandra. The Red Team is Anslee, Tatiana, Ren, Brenda and Alasia. The first team to correctly answer five questions will win. It ends up neck-in-neck at 4-4 between the two teams as Brenda and Simone step up. Their question is who hosts America's Next Top Model in Germany. The answer is Heidi Klum and Simone gets it, securing the win. The blue team's prize - including Raina - is to meet with the reps from Bluefly.com for a go-see, with Simone being named the winning girl. The losing team has to help Bluefly's copywriters weigh,...
- 3/25/2010
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
Nudity, screaming, wipeouts, and the dawn of the André era -- but remind me again why this week's Top Model needed to be a grueling 90 minutes? It would have been (barely) permissible were it one giganto episode, but no, it was pretty plainly the ass-half of last week's also needlessly long episode, plus a full regular episode. I can't tell what's worse: that kind of cruddy last-minute patchworking, or Tyra's wrap jumpsuit with pockets. Just kidding..., of course I can tell. It was the jumpsuit. Let's do this, kids. When we left off last week, the modeltestants had just been...
- 3/18/2010
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
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