"I have two amputees standing before me...kinda"
"Perhaps you've heard of the new BBC show, Britain's Missing Top Model. It's a reality show in which disabled girls compete to win a photo spread in a top glossy magazine and representation by a top modeling agency." So much more at ONTD.
I'm sorry to be disgusting but the only word that can do justice to my excitement over this is "leaky." You can bet your amputated ass that I'll be torrenting the fuck out of this shit. I know somewhere, Tyra is dying inside because she didn't get to exploiting things of this nature first. Saturday Night Live, on the other hand...
Jealous?
and im rocking....one leg!
Posted by: boe309 | June 26, 2008 at 05:02 PM
amy poehler is queen.
<3
Posted by: emilins | June 26, 2008 at 05:11 PM
Bless you for bringing this to my attention. You = culture curator of awesome.
Posted by: Feministress | June 26, 2008 at 05:17 PM
Oh dear God. That's it. I'm officially sick of ANTM rip offs...
I'm lying.
Posted by: mary | June 26, 2008 at 05:22 PM
I was nonplussed when I found this via the comments on the new jill post. I don't want to be insensitive, but I had no idea there was a legitimate demand out there for disabled models. I mean, it just doesn't seem like the ideal way to sell a garment. Nothing against the disabled, but I've always thought a model was supposed to be a prototype with a body that says "This is as good as this outfit can possibly look". I guess maybe this is just my own closed-mindedness; these ladies may wind up making a chunk of change.
Posted by: Greg | June 26, 2008 at 05:28 PM
Wasn't this Wholahay's mom's idea?
Posted by: JennB | June 26, 2008 at 05:50 PM
Well, I'd like to think you found this from my heads up on the Jill post, Rich, but you probably already knew about it. I also thought of Amy Poehler jumping around on her one leg. It's just so fucking unbelievable. Love the pictures that accompany the show. I do hope you'll be providing a commentary for all of us Hell in a Handbasket types. ;o)
Posted by: Annegret | June 26, 2008 at 06:31 PM
no fucking way
too good to be true
i wouldn't be able to sit thru an episode
ps: i'll require recaps, of course
Posted by: mothycallahaint | June 26, 2008 at 06:37 PM
Yeah, I farted.
Posted by: SallySitwell | June 26, 2008 at 07:44 PM
Wait a minute, what?!
Jules
House of Jules
Posted by: HouseofJules | June 26, 2008 at 08:19 PM
Oh God, I need a banana like… oh RIGHT NOW!
Posted by: sam | June 26, 2008 at 09:38 PM
So glad you posted about this. I saw it on ONTD and was like, WHAT.
Posted by: Sam | June 26, 2008 at 10:10 PM
that is just wrong!! that is just total exploitation! whoever wins, I think, would have even a WORST career than ANTM winners. How is that even possible? No idea but I really cant see them booking jobs at castings :(
Posted by: amy | June 26, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Wait, next season Tyra will have a shoot where they have to understand what its like to be disabled and shoot a shot like they only have one leg or something and she will be like "on my show i spent a day being homeless and it was like being disabled."
Posted by: inothernews | June 26, 2008 at 11:07 PM
OMG. I just thought about it further. If she did it, imagine the Tyra vanity shot right before judging. I need this to happen.
Posted by: inothernews | June 26, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Can I just say that the fact you're leaky over this doesnt disgust me at all...it turns me on. You're hot...
Posted by: Jared | June 26, 2008 at 11:53 PM
I like this photo because you're smiling with your eye.
Posted by: Joe | June 27, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Jealous?! *fart fart fart*
Love it, and am torrenting along with you!
Posted by: Loryn | June 27, 2008 at 01:36 AM
At first I was like "wow, this is revolutionary" but then I was like "WHOA THAT DUDE TOTALLY DEEP-THROATED THAT BANANA!!!"
Posted by: Maxam | June 27, 2008 at 04:40 AM
The edgier designers like McQueen & Gaultier have been known to use disabled models on the runway. While it's done to "show different types of beauty," I always wind up feeling like they're being trotted out as tokens.
P.S. Am I totally, totally evil for looking forward to the go-see episode?
Posted by: Kitten | June 27, 2008 at 09:21 AM
I can not even wait for this. TyTy is crying straight up into her 2005 weave right now. She can't bare not being able to spin the 'disablilty' card anymore on ANTM. Having memory loss is nothing on having a missing arm.
Posted by: ChrissieP | June 27, 2008 at 01:47 PM
i'm disabled and will be watching the shit out of this. fuck the TAB haters.
Posted by: caitlin | June 27, 2008 at 03:09 PM
Hey have you already seen this ?
http://x17online.com/celebrities/americas_next_top_model/antm_spoiler_alert-06242008.php
I live in Amsterdam, maybe I see the girls or tyra some time :)
Posted by: Emma | June 27, 2008 at 04:59 PM
this is such a beautiful idea, I love that pictures
but it does not look like an ANTM kind of program, rather artsy BBC style.can't miss it
Posted by: Mon | June 27, 2008 at 05:22 PM
Eh, there are types of modeling. It's not all couture and runway. However, Tyra is probably slapping her fivehead about this. Also, has anyone heard that she and Miley Cyrus are talking about Tyra producing a talkshow for Miley? That's more disturbing than amputee models.
Posted by: milkyaqua | June 27, 2008 at 09:40 PM