I guess there ’ s only so many Bravo dollars to go around and a whole lot more trash to mine these days. There ’ s also been quite a drop in the production values. The runtime has also shortened, with the challenges and photoshoots often being crashed together. There are fewer episodes – they now only do one casting episode, whereas Tyra used to milk two or three out of that sucker. It ’ s now: “ The girl who is one step closer to becoming ANTM is …” Even the infamous “ … you are still in the running to be America ’ s Next Top Model” has disappeared. There ’ s no Tyra-style wisdom on ‘ smizing ’ ( smiling with your eyes) or hints on how to model from ‘ H to T ’ ( head to toe) or generally on just being ‘ fierce ’. In fact, Rita doesn ’ t use any of Tyra ’ s best (most hilarious) statements, so the Queen Bee herself may hold copyright on them. She doesn ’ t have Ms Bank s’ overly dramatic style, or extraordinary catchphrases and delivery. The original judges have since been replaced by… some other people I don’t know because I’m so old, and Rita Ora – who at least I ’ ve heard of even if I did have to Google her exact career specifications – taking over from Tyra as host. Like Tyra, they have all disappeared off the judging panel. Janice Dickinson ( ‘ the world ’ s first supermodel ’ apart from all those other ones before her), Nigel Barker (English photographer/ex-model and Tyra boy toy), the two Miss Jays (hugely camp stylists and trainers) and, oddly, Twiggy (who was a supermodel before Janice) were all big draw cards in the early days of the show. Here are the all the ways that you lost the smize. It ’ s with a heavy heart that I have to say this: I ’ m sorry ANTM you are no longer in the running to be my favourite show. And while this probably works a treat with the new generation of watchers, I ’ m not really interested in watching pretty girls becoming “ Lady Bosses ” (translation: social media influencers). Over the course of the last 13 years, ANTM has evolved to fit with our increasingly social media driven times and stay relevant.
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