There are very few reality shows where the contestants nearly faint at the mere sight of the host. The relationship between the contestants and Tyra is a huge part of what makes ANTM successful, and you can understand why. As Tyra said, the show is not just about beauty, but a journey of transformation. Past winners of ANTM have become working models that are working, and that's a big distinction. You wouldn't want them to become unemployed models that are working, or even worse, working models that are unemployed. But why get caught up with the semantics of these crazy modeling terms I don't understand, let's get on with the contestants.

I know that this was going to be a very good season because the first girl they introduces was named Sara. For those of you who don't know, J-Unit has a weakness for girls named Sara, and therefore I tend to pimp them in my recaps. Unlike other seasons, this Sara seemed to have looks and confidence. Immediately, I got a very strong Scarlett Johansson vibe from her, which is disturbing because I am not a ScaJo fan. Still, she's named Sara, so I'll give her a chance.

But even if you aren't a fan of Saras or Scarlett Johansson, there were plenty of interesting personalities. For instance, there was Kathy, who had the strongest Southern accent, which I thought was strange because I could have sworn that I saw her in the Playboy spread, "Girls of the Warsaw Pact", or maybe it was "Mail Order Bride Monthly - Destination Ukraine". Either way there should have been a "skaya" or "ich" in her name somewhere. Kathy said that she had never even been on a plane before coming to top model, so you know things are moving up with her. At first glance, I thought Kathy's features weren't that attractive, but after a while, I saw just a touch of Michelle Pfeiffer.

Of the first few intros, there was really nobody that could compare to Dani. When you first look at her, you think she is nothing but a sweet, innocent, girl from small town Texas, who was on the cheerleading squad, not unlike Cassandra from last year. But while we could only speculate that Cassandra was racist and homophobic, we were almost certain that was the case with Dani. Not having known anybody in their shuttle van for 5 minutes, she immediately starts talking about how she was surprised that there were so many black girls at the tryouts, like being black was some disease that you can cure with a vaccine. Her words were shocking to a number of people in the van, no matter what their ethnicity was, and there was one black girl, Furonda, who really wanted to beat her ass, but was afraid that she would get the "angry black girl" label, and decided to hold back.

I know what you are saying. Maybe she was misunderstood and the words didn't come out right, well, try this on for size:

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Yes, this genius, who doesn't like gays, thinks that she should try a career in fashion. You know, because she won't have to worry about bumping into any gay people, unless she wants to have her hair, makeup, or wardrobe done, or have her pictures taken. Many of the clothes she will be wearing will be from gay designers, so how do you get around that? It's not that there aren't any straight people in fashion, but the gay mafia does have their soldiers in a lot of places. If you have a moral problem with gays and go into fashion, it's like having an issue with smoking and working for Phillip Morris.

The girls were taken to the Ritz Carlton in Pasadena. I have never stayed there, and to be honest, their isn't that much exciting about Pasadena, but if you are in town, make sure to stop at 21 Choices, the best froyo in town, which also happens to be across the street from Kabuki, although this location is not quite the celeb magnet that the other locations have become. Anyway, at the Ritz, the girls met Miss J. Alexander, the runway coach, and Mr. Jay Manuel, the artistic director.

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Posted by J-Unit on March 9, 2006 5:50 PM