Alan from Aavian Prod wrote:
I thought it was an interesting show.  They set up a casting for what was supposed to be a layout in Italian Vogue.  They rented a suite at a plush hotel and converted it into a studio.  They had backdrop, lights, make-up artist and a crew and publicized the shoot.

At the shoot, the models were met, photographed and treated quite nicely.  During the shoot, each model was asked if they would be willing to do topless for Italian Vogue.

All of the girls, except for one said "yes" and allowed test shots to be taken.  Finally, the last girl said "no" and they stopped the show.

Tyra came out and congratulated her for standing her ground, refusing to take her clothes off and admonishing her on how you shouldn't be shooting nude for unknown photographers.  She complimented her on bringing an escort but criticized her for going at all.  Tyra told the girl it was a fake photoshoot and she should have checked it out better.

Later, she brought her to the studio and interviewed her, again complimenting her for not taking her clothes off at a hotel shoot.

All of that is well and good, but ... the one thing that was lost was that the girl didn't refuse to do topless because she was suspicious of the photographer.  She refused to do topless because she won't do nudes period.  She made that clear on the show.

If she had been on ANTM, she would have been the girl kicked off for refusing to take her clothes off.

The whole premise was wrong.  You don't compliment a girl, on the one hand, for refusing to shoot nude with a new photographer, knowing she will never shoot nudes in any case and then kick her off the show because she refuses to shoot nudes because she never will.

The point is they were looking for a girl who would catch their scam and refuse to take her clothes off.  Instead they just found a girl who wouldn't do nudes and spectacularized it to make the show.  I wonder about Tyra. She really has become a tabloid.

Ugh.  That's either a repeat or a re-used premise, it's already come up once.
What boilerplate nonsense.

KatieK wrote:
I think it was a re-run, but regardless.

OK, so I don't watch a lot of TV.  I am a shut in with my camera and my computer

KatieK wrote:
The first thing I thought of when I saw that episode was ANTM, where girls have fits and get booted for not doing nudes.  Tyra seems to be a bit of a hypocrite. 

Exactly!

Searcher wrote:
Tyra is a stupid cow.

OMG!  I just shot water out my nose!!!  Too funny!  I'm going to call someone that very soon. 

On the flip side, I think Tyra has done some incredible modeling work and deserves to be recognized for that.  Now, maybe she should keep her mouth shut a little more often.  From what I've seen and read, she is extremely self-righteous. (pretty sure I spelled that wrong, but my nose hurts now and I can't think)

KatieK wrote:

OMG!  I just shot water out my nose!!!  Too funny!  I'm going to call someone that very soon. 

On the flip side, I think Tyra has done some incredible modeling work and deserves to be recognized for that.  Now, maybe she should keep her mouth shut a little more often.  From what I've seen and read, she is extremely self-righteous. (pretty sure I spelled that wrong, but my nose hurts now and I can't think)

I don't care for Tyra but I respect her accomplishments...she would do well to talk way less and listen way more.

CUnique wrote:

I don't care for Tyra but I respect her accomplishments...she would do well to talk way less and listen way more.

Yep.

Christopher Ambler wrote:
If Tyra wanted this to be realistic, it would have been a single photographer unaffiliated with the "casting scam," all by himself, in a cheap room (if not his house!), with a wronkled bedsheet and a point-and-shoot.

You are right, there should have been wronkled sheets.

That was how it struck me.  It was all too professionally done to create the impression she was looking for.  I didn't see one camera phone on the set.

Star wrote:
Anyone else concerned that Tyra let the girls take off their tops and be photographed?

Great point.

Tyra should have walked in before they took off their tops.

Image K wrote:

Great point.

Tyra should have walked in before they took off their tops.

They were paid to take off their tops. That was the gig. That's why they were there.

Come on people. It's not real. It's fake. It's made up. It's written. It's cast. It's rehearsed. It's produced. It's directed. And everyone falls for it.

Image K wrote:

Great point.

Tyra should have walked in before they took off their tops.

That wouldn't make for good television and that is what this is all about. If she really "cared" for the models as she says she wouldn't have let it go that far.

Doug Vosler wrote:
Yeah I saw Tyra yesterday.  I told her to get out of my bed and go make some money.

so that is why she asked me for $10 bucks last night... go figure

...of course I am full of s%%t because if she walked in right now and asked me if I wanted to shoot her I would drool and say yes.. I am such a fake myself.. ;o)

Alan from Aavian Prod wrote:
Did anyone see Tyra yesterday?

not sure the program shows the same episode in all areas & time zones on the same day; appears to vary as to where you are, what time you're on, etc. ...

~ F

Searcher wrote:
Tyra is a stupid cow.

OMG, that was mean, why are you comparing cows with Tyra???????
poor cows!!!

C David Stephens wrote:

They were paid to take off their tops. That was the gig. That's why they were there.

Come on people. It's not real. It's fake. It's made up. It's written. It's cast. It's rehearsed. It's produced. It's directed. And everyone falls for it.

That's quite a claim. You were on the production team, then?

Christopher Ambler wrote:

That's quite a claim. You were on the production team, then?

LOL. They got you.

Alan from Aavian Prod wrote:
Did anyone see Tyra yesterday?

Frank M. Lopez wrote:
not sure the program shows the same episode in all areas & time zones on the same day; appears to vary as to where you are, what time you're on, etc. ...

~ F

You are probably right.  She is on here every afternoon.

Star wrote:
Anyone else concerned that Tyra let the girls take off their tops and be photographed?

I thought that was interesting.  But then she makes them all get naked for ANTM.  But since all she was doing was trying to prove a point, you woudl have thought she would have stopped them before they got that far.

MUAKansas wrote:
It TV, it's all fake

Everything but Charlie Rose and CSPAN-3.

KatieK wrote:

OMG!  I just shot water out my nose!!!  Too funny!  I'm going to call someone that very soon. 

On the flip side, I think Tyra has done some incredible modeling work and deserves to be recognized for that.  Now, maybe she should keep her mouth shut a little more often.  From what I've seen and read, she is extremely self-righteous. (pretty sure I spelled that wrong, but my nose hurts now and I can't think)

Has-been v. Wanna-be
Neck and Neck

Alan from Aavian Prod wrote:
...  I wonder about Tyra. She really has become a tabloid.

She was a tabloid from the beginning.

MUAKansas wrote:
It TV, it's all fake

Yep.