Wanna Be on Top?: ANTM Episode 1

And ANTM is back again to make us laugh, cry, and scream at Tyra for cutting all of the girls who are actually pretty week after week. This season, they're really driving home the point that they are look for high fashion models.

Yeah yeah Tyra, you say this every year, but until you get rid of the Cover Girl contract, you will never be able to choose anything but a girl who looks like the girl next door. And I have a feeling Cover Girl trumps Italian Vogue. Speaking of which,  how many favors did Andre Leon Talley have to call in to get Italian Vogue to agree to feature a top model winner? He must have some dirty little secret on someone. Perhaps the editor-in-chief's fave party dress she passes off as a Vintage Gucci is actually some label-less gown she found in her grandma's attic?


 1. Bussing it to Palm Springs:

As usual, we have a huge group of girls to start with. All of the girls jump onto a bus and find out they're all going to Palm Springs! Every single one of them screams.We have a feeling that more than just the one girl who admitted it had no idea what or where Palm Springs is. When they arrived then, they must have been somewhat pleasantly surprised. Oh. It has really nice spas and stuff, but why is everyone so old, why didn't we go visit Khloe and Kourtney in Miami?? The girls then find out that they will be competing directly with the person they sat next to on the bus as they will be casting for "types." It's almost refreshing that they're not hiding how characters are chosen on reality shows.

Palm Springs circa 1970

And then...Tyra, herself shows up, and guess what? She still has that really nice hair we were praising her for a few posts ago.See Tyra's Best Wig Ever Mr. Fashionista starts convulsing now. He's accidentally entered the room while the show's on. He is in fits over Tyra's grand entrance. I simply explain that even though she is so very ridiculous, we must embrace her in spite of ourselves.

The Best (and the Worst) of the Hollywood Wigs

 Contrary to what we may have reported, Anne Hathaway did not cut her luscious locks, after all, for this pixie  on the left (thank you US Weekly). Which got us thinking that we should take a closer look at some of the wigs around Hollywood to see who has managed to do it best over the years.

Pixie dust cuteness.

Classic waves

Again, here is Ms. Hathaway. Again, super cute pixie wig, but her hair is truly one of her best features. We're glad she's holding onto it for now.



 Like Hathaway, Angelina Jolie has worn her share of wigs for movies. She wore a raven mane for her movie Salt, which isn't a crazy departure (see right pic below). But her natural brunette is so much prettier than the jet black hair. Wow. I can literally feel her whipping her head around in slow mo for this shot on the left. She really has a great head of hair doesn't she? We hate her. Mr. Fashionista thinks she's mannish. We think he might be crazy.

Feel the wind in your face. Gorge!

Looks alarmingly like a witch wig I wore once