A Model Life - TLC Reality TV Show
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I'm tivoing this and flipping to it during commercials for The Soup. Its just so... nice. The piano muzak, the soft-focus lenses, it just feels like a lifetime orginal. but maybe that is just my impression from 2 minute segment
yeah her english isn't fantastic in the show but she doesn't stumble over her words or anything. It's shot more documentary style. Maybe Next was going to purge these girls from their books and it's a 'last shot' type of deal? Angelika has a TERRIBLE attitude but a great face. I enjoyed watching it but if these girls are already with next why do I care? I like that they're going on real castings and things though.
^^ I saw a bit of it but was running in and out..
It looked better than I expected and I thought the girls were far better than you generally see on reality shows...I'll watch it again!
BTW, it is on TLC and they replay thing endlessly- I already see it listed again today so if you're interested you can no doubt find it in the listings.
It looked better than I expected and I thought the girls were far better than you generally see on reality shows...I'll watch it again!BTW, it is on TLC and they replay thing endlessly- I already see it listed again today so if you're interested you can no doubt find it in the listings.
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I LOVED it! It was so good!
1. Lucia
2. Michelle
3. Angelika
4. Valerija
5. Beatrice
6. Abi
1. Lucia
2. Michelle
3. Angelika
4. Valerija
5. Beatrice
6. Abi
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I was so upset I couldn't watch it last night! I hope I can see it replayed sometime...my silly dad was watching the Tour de France.
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It'll be on at 3 PM today 
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^Thanks!!
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I watched it last night! It's great!! I love the fact that it's NOTHING like ANTM, Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency or any of those other fake shows. Except I thought it was funny how the girls are staying in such a luxe hotel, while most models just starting out are probably stuck in model's appartments..
My favorite so far is Lucia, she's sooo beautiful and has amazing eyes! She also seems smart and mature enough to handle the business.
My favorite so far is Lucia, she's sooo beautiful and has amazing eyes! She also seems smart and mature enough to handle the business.
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Did any one else notice the striking similarity between Valeria's face and that of Solange Wilvert's?
I was really impressed. I loved the way Lucia delivered her poses. Very well done. Beatrice is just confused, I'm sure she can do better. And that chick from L.A. could not be more stereotypical Los Angeles pretentious type. Oh well we'll see I guess.
I thought it was funny how the girls are staying in such a luxe hotel, while most models just starting out are probably stuck in model's appartments..
That's the Grand Hyatt which was Donald Trump's first hotel, to give you an idea of the luxe level!!
And the LA chick...
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I only really saw the end and from that I thought Beatrice was the prettiest though definately not too bright. Abigail kinda annoyed me, "It's not my style" about the outfit she wore for the shoot. Well, I thought modelling was about wearing what other people tell you to. Valaria didn't impress me. The other girls weren't shown really at the way end
The show is looking good so far next week there dealing with weight issues
that should be interesting. I cant stand Beatrice she seems very into herself. She doesnt know how to ask a question or smile or say thank you when someone helps her out. She walks around like shes being tortured. Other then her I like the rest of them especially the girl with the big eyes. The "hippy vegan chick " seems sure of herself but very pretty.
that should be interesting. I cant stand Beatrice she seems very into herself. She doesnt know how to ask a question or smile or say thank you when someone helps her out. She walks around like shes being tortured. Other then her I like the rest of them especially the girl with the big eyes. The "hippy vegan chick " seems sure of herself but very pretty.I don't know if Beatrice is really into herself. She comes off as a bit confused about New York and what to do.
I almost hate Angelika because she's such a snob. She's my first choice for the girl they send home early.
But I love the show. I like the way TLC shoots their reality shows with the interviews spliced in between recorded occurrences.
I almost hate Angelika because she's such a snob. She's my first choice for the girl they send home early.
But I love the show. I like the way TLC shoots their reality shows with the interviews spliced in between recorded occurrences.
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TV Review | 'A Model Life'
Taking the High Road for Hopefuls With Catwalk Dreams
('http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/arts/television/
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Published: July 13, 2007
If “A Model Life” wins loyal viewers, it ought to reward them with more of Joel Wilkenfeld, a bruiser and one of two presidents of Next, the agency that, along with its supermodel Petra Nemcova, presents this competition. He could be a foil for the moral demands at the forefront of the show, which begins tonight on TLC, the Learning Channel (no less).
Like Tyra Banks’s “America’s Next Top Model” on CW, “A Model Life” purports to search for a breakout fashion model. Chances are slim that the winner will come to anything: America’s Next Top Models never do. They lapse into obscurity or join the postreality demimonde. The integration of a prominent modeling agency into the production of this show should load the dice at least somewhat.
But that’s not why viewers deserve more time with Mr. Wilkenfeld. Rather, he’s a hilarious villain. In spite of the three fancy kisses with which he greets Ms. Nemcova, he comes off like a rag-trade thug whose circle of young women could be workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory for all the nonfabulousness he affords them.
He’s certainly not one of the oh-snap androgyne types who are the collective face of modeling elsewhere on television. Instead he comes across as only one step removed from a lug who ogles lanky 13-year-olds and gives their mothers his card.
Six young women show up from around the world on “A Model Life.” By not limiting themselves to Americans — as “Next Top Model” has done — “A Model Life” opens its ranks and its palette, which also increases its chances of finding a winner who might make it in the open market. As Ms. Nemcova indicates early on, nationality is a huge part of modeling.
“The Brazilian girls, they usually do very very well in fashion,” says Ms. Nemcova, 28. (In the appearance business ethnic and national stereotypes are not only not frowned on, they’re also mandatory.)
The contestants are everything Ms. Banks’s would-be models are not: teenagers, for starters (some are as young as 16); experienced (Mr. Wilkenfeld and Ms. Nemcova go through tear sheets and not home videos when they’re choosing finalists); and entirely presentable. (No brawls are likely here; these young women are all schooled to win.)
But to win its place on the relatively wholesome TLC, “A Model Life” has to have a redeeming moral message, and this is where it really stands apart from Ms. Banks’s outfit. If “America’s Next Top Model” insists that life is about shape-shifting — living inventively and decadently between the lines of genders, races and classes — this show underscores the good old American Dream.
“I’m just here because New York, as you know, is a city of dreams,” Ms. Nemcova says when she first greets the aspiring models. (Is it really?) “Where all the dreams can come true. And your one as well. And I’m here to help you, to make your dreams become a reality.”
What follows are the usual stations of a model’s self-improvement: go-sees with designers, runway competitions, tests to see who looks best in this or that, lectures on healthy eating. The cynical voice of Mr. Wilkenfeld recedes, and a Girl Scout tone takes over.
That’s too bad, because the moral lessons are pretty heavy. They could be made more vividly to viewers at home, if there were a real ogre to embody the other forces of New York— the ones that, say, don’t care all that much about your dreams.
In any case, on next week’s episode, the six contestants — from Australia, Britain, Brazil, Slovakia, California and Florida — visit Ellis Island, guided by Ms. Nemcova, who is originally from the Czech Republic. Ms. Nemcova, we’re told in voice-over, has been profoundly chastened by her experience of surviving the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean (which killed her boyfriend, Simon Atlee).
At Ellis Island she explains to the contestants that America is a place where dreams come true for immigrants, and especially those from oppressive regimes, like Czechoslovakia during what she calls “the Communism.” Ms. Nemcova describes the period this way: “People were executed just because they spoke about what they believed.”
When these young women are confronted instantly with good and evil, and the stakes rocket so high, modeling suddenly seems like not the most adequate response. Their pretty faces become extremely solemn. What could these contestants, born around 1990, think of when they hear this?
Ms. Nemcova’s mission — to make a modeling show with solemnity — seems worthy. But Ms. Banks’s fantasia is ultimately gentler and more fun, which may be better suited to vulnerable young models.
A MODEL LIFE
TV Review | 'A Model Life'
Taking the High Road for Hopefuls With Catwalk Dreams
('http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/arts/television/
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Published: July 13, 2007
If “A Model Life” wins loyal viewers, it ought to reward them with more of Joel Wilkenfeld, a bruiser and one of two presidents of Next, the agency that, along with its supermodel Petra Nemcova, presents this competition. He could be a foil for the moral demands at the forefront of the show, which begins tonight on TLC, the Learning Channel (no less).
Like Tyra Banks’s “America’s Next Top Model” on CW, “A Model Life” purports to search for a breakout fashion model. Chances are slim that the winner will come to anything: America’s Next Top Models never do. They lapse into obscurity or join the postreality demimonde. The integration of a prominent modeling agency into the production of this show should load the dice at least somewhat.
But that’s not why viewers deserve more time with Mr. Wilkenfeld. Rather, he’s a hilarious villain. In spite of the three fancy kisses with which he greets Ms. Nemcova, he comes off like a rag-trade thug whose circle of young women could be workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory for all the nonfabulousness he affords them.
He’s certainly not one of the oh-snap androgyne types who are the collective face of modeling elsewhere on television. Instead he comes across as only one step removed from a lug who ogles lanky 13-year-olds and gives their mothers his card.
Six young women show up from around the world on “A Model Life.” By not limiting themselves to Americans — as “Next Top Model” has done — “A Model Life” opens its ranks and its palette, which also increases its chances of finding a winner who might make it in the open market. As Ms. Nemcova indicates early on, nationality is a huge part of modeling.
“The Brazilian girls, they usually do very very well in fashion,” says Ms. Nemcova, 28. (In the appearance business ethnic and national stereotypes are not only not frowned on, they’re also mandatory.)
The contestants are everything Ms. Banks’s would-be models are not: teenagers, for starters (some are as young as 16); experienced (Mr. Wilkenfeld and Ms. Nemcova go through tear sheets and not home videos when they’re choosing finalists); and entirely presentable. (No brawls are likely here; these young women are all schooled to win.)
But to win its place on the relatively wholesome TLC, “A Model Life” has to have a redeeming moral message, and this is where it really stands apart from Ms. Banks’s outfit. If “America’s Next Top Model” insists that life is about shape-shifting — living inventively and decadently between the lines of genders, races and classes — this show underscores the good old American Dream.
“I’m just here because New York, as you know, is a city of dreams,” Ms. Nemcova says when she first greets the aspiring models. (Is it really?) “Where all the dreams can come true. And your one as well. And I’m here to help you, to make your dreams become a reality.”
What follows are the usual stations of a model’s self-improvement: go-sees with designers, runway competitions, tests to see who looks best in this or that, lectures on healthy eating. The cynical voice of Mr. Wilkenfeld recedes, and a Girl Scout tone takes over.
That’s too bad, because the moral lessons are pretty heavy. They could be made more vividly to viewers at home, if there were a real ogre to embody the other forces of New York— the ones that, say, don’t care all that much about your dreams.
In any case, on next week’s episode, the six contestants — from Australia, Britain, Brazil, Slovakia, California and Florida — visit Ellis Island, guided by Ms. Nemcova, who is originally from the Czech Republic. Ms. Nemcova, we’re told in voice-over, has been profoundly chastened by her experience of surviving the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean (which killed her boyfriend, Simon Atlee).
At Ellis Island she explains to the contestants that America is a place where dreams come true for immigrants, and especially those from oppressive regimes, like Czechoslovakia during what she calls “the Communism.” Ms. Nemcova describes the period this way: “People were executed just because they spoke about what they believed.”
When these young women are confronted instantly with good and evil, and the stakes rocket so high, modeling suddenly seems like not the most adequate response. Their pretty faces become extremely solemn. What could these contestants, born around 1990, think of when they hear this?
Ms. Nemcova’s mission — to make a modeling show with solemnity — seems worthy. But Ms. Banks’s fantasia is ultimately gentler and more fun, which may be better suited to vulnerable young models.
A MODEL LIFE
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