Tyra Banks: America's Next Top Model

Tyra Banks is known for being one of the most prominent black supermodels that actually made it in the fashion industry. Her story and success inspired many others to follow their dreams regardless of what other people say. But her show America's Next Top Model (ANTM) reveals a different persona and the show itself is disguised. In Jennifer's Pozner's article Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas, she argues that the show is not what it seems and instead of helping women achieve their dreams, it's actually killing them, showing the dark side of reality show and how it has continued to feed stereotypes into the minds of the public that isn't true. Tyra claims that she is all for black women to have the same fair opportunity as the

Like many celebrities, Tyra needs the fame, money and power to stay relevant in the limelight of the public and if that means being the puppet or perpetrator of stereotypes then so be it. The 3 main things that people strive for and try to maintain since it's all they have ever dreamed of, they will do whatever it takes even if that means putting people to the flame. "In contrast, Yaya wasn't allowed to be upset as this obviously swipe" (Pozner 364) Tyra says she doesn't put up with racial slurs or comments yet in one of shows, a fellow African American contestant experienced that and Tyra told her just to brush it off. When one is part of an industry that scrutinizes you for every action that you do, it's hard to be the good person and sadly in order to stay famous, they sell out instead of sticking to what's true. Social media makes us want what they have, or believe that what they have and what they're doing is the ultimate goal as Watters says "He suggests that individuals tap that cultural storehouse of knowledge simply by mimicking (often subconsciously) the behavior and ways of thinking of those around them. (Watters 500). Tyra often is credited for helping young women embrace themselves for who they are even though this isn't true. She has been accustomed to the culture (fashion industry) that has made her millions and for that she

But in other countries they made their own spin offs of the same show but the contestants get more gigs and contracts in the modeling/fashion industries- cutting out the entertainment portion helped agencies see the seriousness. The reason that other cultures or shows don't work the same way as they do here is for the culture upbringing that we are put up against as Watters states "People are not plug and play, as he puts it and you cannot expect a drop of western court system or form of government into another culture and expect it to work as it does back home" (Watters 501) Same kind of idea can be said about just about anything even the shows that are made here. One can't expect the same exact outcome from an idea that isn't familiar with a culture. There is however some shows that were made popular in other countries but they could be different in what content they emphasize and what they decide to leave