Here we go again! America’s Next Top Model is back! Starting March 10th, we get a whole new cycle of Tyrant’s very special brand of crazy. This time though, fashion legend André Leon Talley of Vogue will be on the panel to bring some high-fashion cred to the show. Bring on the couture!

I really hope the gang over at Top Model find a way to reinvent the show a bit this year… I fear it’s on its last legs. Tyrant has allowed herself to become a caricature. She has allowed her once edgy and interesting show to fall into a chasm of clichés and predictability. The editors pretty much tell us who is going home in the first five minutes of an episode. Some of the photo shoots have nothing to do with fashion and seemed designed to satisfy some bizarre Tyrant fetish. And too many wannabes with actual talent are sent packing so the producers can keep the dramz. You know it’s time for change when an ANTM devotee like myself has to fight the urge to fast forward through the house scenes.

Sigh… why do I still like this show? It must be the models! And this year’s crop looks effing epic. Tranny lookalikes EVERYWHERE! Hello Tatiana and Angelea! ANTM must’ve signed some sort of deal with American Apparel too because these wannabes are rocking some HEINOUS leotard. I just know Tommy’s thinking Syren could do it so much better! And you know what, Tommy would be right.

I’m gonna go out on a limb and call Anslee my fave.

BRENDA
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Age: 23
Occupation: Administrative Assistant

ALASIA
Hometown; Marietta, Georgia
Age: 18
Occupation: Student

NADUAH
Hometown: San Diego, California
Age: 22
Occupation Full-time mother

RAINA
Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota
Age: 22
Occupation: Student

TATIANNA
Hometown: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Age: 21
Occupation: Student

GABRIELLE
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 18
Occupation: Student

SIMONE
Hometown: Lenexa, Kansas
Age: 19
Occupation: Student

ANSLEE
Hometown: Dacula, Georgia
Age: 23
Occupation Bar Tender

ANGELEA
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Age: 23
Occupation: Answering Service Operator

JESSICA
Hometown: Conway, Arkansas
Age: 18
Occupation: Model

ALEXANDRA
Hometown: Kerrville, Texas
Age: 21
Occupation: Student

REN
Hometown: Grand Prairie, Texas
Age: 22
Occupation: Living

KRISTA
Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age: 26
Occupation: Retail Manager

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