Good morning, Hollywood! While the
rest of the country is obsessing
with college football and the big upset this weekend, there are much
more pressing matters here in the hills! Lie all you want, but I know
that you're just as obsessed with reality TV as I am! Let's face it, if
I was 5' 10 and weighed 120 I would totally want to be a contestant on
America's Next Top Model---but I'm not! Instead of focusing on my
delusional dream, let's get to the drama surrounding this season's
contestants!
Whenever you get twelve beautiful
women under one roof, let's face it,
there is bound to be drama and conflict! This season is no different
and the drama mostly centers around Shannon White and Britney Queens.
Shannon is a 19-year-old small town girl from Kansas who has porcelain
skin, rosy cheeks and beautiful long hair. Britney, also known as Queen
B among her fellow contestants, is a strong-willed 21-year-old from New
York City who feels like this competition is hers to win.
Enough
about the contestants, let's get to the drama that surrounds this
season! The show is halfway over and so far Queen B has been
dominating! Every week when they go to the judges' panel, Tyra Banks
always calls Queen B's name first, meaning she has the best photo for
the week.
"Who's the fairest of them all this
week?" Tyra asked. "You are, Queen
B! Congratulations. You're still in the running of becoming America's
Next Top Model."
This suited Queen B just fine, as
she planned on winning the competition and the crown of America's Next
Top Model.
Three
weeks ago when they went before the judges, Queen B could have KILLED
Shannon after her name was called first! What was so special about her
anyway? Tyra had named Shannon's photo the best photo of the week and
Queen B decided that something must be done about it! Obviously she
couldn't kill Shannon, I mean that would just be way too bitchy!
Instead she devised a plan of how to sabotage Shannon so she wouldn't
win anymore!
That night when Shannon was in the
shower, Queen
B snuck into Shannon's bathroom in search of her hairbrush. When she
found the brush she coated it with rubber cement! Don't ask me why she
had rubber cement in her suitcase because I have no idea! Anyway, when
Shannon got out of the shower, she went to the sink and started to blow
dry her hair while using her brush that was covered in rubber cement.
It hurt when Shannon was brushing her hair, but she just thought that
her scalp was sensitive or her hair was tangly! Imagine her surprise
when she finished brushing her hair and looked at the brush and there
were chunks of her hair on the brush! She looked in the mirror in
horror at the bald spots all over her head. They had a photo shoot
today! What was she gonna do?!
She threw on a hat and went to
the photo shoot all the while Queen B was snickering to herself and
preparing for the death of Shannon's time on ANTM. When they got
to
the photo shoot, Shannon went and sat down in the hair stylist's chair
and just started crying. She had created a special bond with the hair
dresser and his heart just broke for her. He was a little on the short
side if you ask me---I mean we're talkin like 4 feet nothin here!
That's besides the point! He immediately went to work creating a weave
to put into the crown of her head so she looked like she had hair. He
couldn't do it alone though! He got on his Blackberry and called in
some of the best hair stylists in the business. Soon there were seven
people working on Shannon...and they were all 4 foot nothin! Was this
some new fashion trend I was unaware of? Anyway, they did an amazing
job and Shannon was able to complete the photo shoot with
confidence.
When
it came time for the judges' panel, you can imagine the disgust on
Queen B's face when once again Shannon was declared the winner! The
hairbrush had been a good first attempt, but this time she needed
something poisonous! Queen B knew that Shannon was allergic to
peanuts
so what's a girl to do when she's desperate for a leg to stand on in
this competition? Use what you know about your competitors to exploit
them! Queen B made tasty cookies one night and inside the cookies were
crushed peanuts. Shannon ate a cookie and nothing happened! Queen B
went to bed super angry that the peanuts had not worked but she knew
there was nothing else she could do about it.
The next morning
the girls got in the Hummer limousine and made their way to the
photoshoot. It seemed just like a normal shoot until people started
screaming for someone to call 911! Queen B ran over to the crowd of
people and at the center was Shannon. She was blue! Her face was
swollen and her hands were up at her neck. Shannon was having a delayed
allergic reaction to the peanuts! Gross!
Nigel Barker, fashion
photographer and super hot judge, ran over to Shannon and immediately
began performing the Heimlich. Finally after what seemed like forever,
Nigel gave one huge push and out flew a whole peanut! Someone had some
explaining to do!!
When the girls walked in for panel
the next day, they immediately knew that something was not right.
"Before
we begin," Tyra said, "there is an issue that needs to be addressed. I
think that sometimes you girls forget that this is a television show,
meaning there are cameras everywhere! Unfortunately we had a situation
where there was sabotage between contestants and that will not be
tolerated on this show, or even in this industry! Queen B, will you
please step forward?"
Queen B stepped forward not knowing
where this was gonna go, but she was shaking in her model boots.
"Your
behavior is unacceptable," said Tyra. "Unfortunately for you, I'm going
to have to ask you to leave this competition immediately!"
With
that being said, Queen B was dethroned and left the ANTM house for
good. Guess her modeling career is dead! Unlike Shannon who was just
named winner of America's Next Top Model- Cycle 12. And who am I?
That's one secret I'll never tell. You know you love me! XoXo Gossip
Girl.
Author's
Note: For my storybook this week I chose to modernize the
story of Snow White. For this modernization, I had to make alot of
changes to the original story. For example, in the original story
Snow White's stepmother sends a hunter to kill Snow White, who manages
to escape and live with the dwarfs. The queen disguises herself as an
old woman and comes to the cottage to give her an apple that is
poisoned, a comb that could kill and a hair ribbon that knocks her out.
In the end of the story the queen commits suicide and Snow White goes
off to marry the prince. The biggest elements that I left out are Snow
White marrying the prince and the talking mirror. I chose to translate
the talking mirror into Tyra Banks who reflects the beauty of the
contestants. The prince charming can somewhat be seen in Nigel Barker,
the photographer, who saves her life. Although they do not end up
together, he still saves her life and that element is the same from the
original story. The reason that I left these elements out is because
there was no true way to modernize them. My story would not have worked
if there were supernatural elements, such as deadly hairbrushes and
ribbons, or a hunter who kills a deer instead of Snow White. Ultimately
I think I stayed pretty close to original form, but took some liberties
where I felt necessary.
This
story fits into my overall plan of my storybook because it is
modernizing a fairy tale and putting it in relevant, modern day
situations. It also has a female character who does not give up in
adversity and is able to overcome those who are trying to see her fail.
This story is different from my other two in that there is not
necessarily a happily-ever after conclusion involving a guy. In my
adaptation of Cinderella, the heroine ends up singing with Justin
Timberlake. In Beauty and the Beast the heroine and her boyfriend end
up
dating for the rest of their college years. With my modernization of
Snow White, I didn't know how to incorporate a guy into the equation so
I just decided to have her happily-ever-after ending to be winning the
competition.
Bibliography:
"Snow White" by Joseph Jacobs, from European Folk and Fairy Tales
(1916) . Web Source: SurLaLune
Fairy Tale
Image Information:
Gossip Girl Website. CWTV.com
America's Next Top Model. CWTV.com
