Every season of America’s Next Top Model, Tyra chooses some exotic theme for the new cycle (space-themed, fairies, jungle…) This season, she chooses something reminiscent of Asian culture (see picture). The makeup looks like an attempt to transform the girls into geisha and they seem to be spewing from origami bits. ummm..what is the message being sent here? Tyra, as a woman of color, you should know better. why are you perpetuating this Asian fetish? I don’t think that we would see anything Egyptian-themed or something more tribal, so why this? 
what the heck tyra!
author: ttsang category: Uncategorized tags: date: March 27th, 2009
haha Tyra’s has already had both a tribal photo shoot and another geisha photo shoot in past ANTM episodes. It’s kind a pretty ridiculous show regardless but I am glad that they manage to slip in some exotification of women between the usual “shocking” eating disorder drama that someone in the house is facing in EVERY season.
TOO WEIRD.