"America's Next Top Model" just wrapped up a season where all the models were 5-foot-7 or shorter, which in the fashion industry is considered a liability.
The short girls of "Antm" have nothing on the contestants of "Britain's Missing Top Model."
The show, which premieres Tuesday on BBC America (it aired in the U.K. last year), is a modeling competition in which all eight contestants have disabilities. Some of the models are missing limbs, others are deaf and one, Sophie Morgan, is paralyzed from the waist down. Here she is on the runway:
"Missing Top Model" says it wants to challenge ideas about beauty, in addition to giving one of the models a chance to break into the fashion world via a cover shoot with the British edition of Marie Claire. Also among the competitors is Debbie Van Der Puten, who lost her right arm in a bus accident...
The short girls of "Antm" have nothing on the contestants of "Britain's Missing Top Model."
The show, which premieres Tuesday on BBC America (it aired in the U.K. last year), is a modeling competition in which all eight contestants have disabilities. Some of the models are missing limbs, others are deaf and one, Sophie Morgan, is paralyzed from the waist down. Here she is on the runway:
"Missing Top Model" says it wants to challenge ideas about beauty, in addition to giving one of the models a chance to break into the fashion world via a cover shoot with the British edition of Marie Claire. Also among the competitors is Debbie Van Der Puten, who lost her right arm in a bus accident...
- 11/29/2009
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"Britain's Missing Top Model" is a unique format for a modeling contest that challenges the stereotypes on the fashion industry. The contest is between eight girls who are all aspiring models, but all have a disability. Each week the girls will go through a series of challenges that will eventually lead to one of them winning.
The show begins on December 5th on BBC America at 9pm Et/Pt and the first episode will introduce the girls as they all move in to a London apartment and retell their stories behind their disabilities. Their mentor, Jonathan Phang, who was a modeling agent for 20 years, takes the girls through the modeling industry and teaches them the tricks of the trade.
The challenges include modeling lingerie in a store window, walking the catwalk, recording a television commercial with male models and a photo shoot in the rain. On the judging panel are...
The show begins on December 5th on BBC America at 9pm Et/Pt and the first episode will introduce the girls as they all move in to a London apartment and retell their stories behind their disabilities. Their mentor, Jonathan Phang, who was a modeling agent for 20 years, takes the girls through the modeling industry and teaches them the tricks of the trade.
The challenges include modeling lingerie in a store window, walking the catwalk, recording a television commercial with male models and a photo shoot in the rain. On the judging panel are...
- 11/17/2009
- icelebz.com
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