Whitney Thompson Wins ‘America’s Next Top Model’
Whitney Thompson was crowned the winner last night after a face off with Anya on Cycle 10 of America’s Top Model. I think that she was the best of the group this year, and she was a ‘plus size model’ too.
“No matter what, I want to be a role model,” Thompson, 20, told PEOPLE at a New York City viewing of the season finale. “I hear my 13-year-old cousins say, ‘I’m so fat.’ But they’re perfect. They’re beautiful. And they’re too young to think like that.”
But getting to the top wasn’t easy for the confident beauty, who is a size 8 to 10.
“Right before I left for the show, one of my best friends said to me, ‘You’re not going to go that far. You’re fat,’” Thompson told reporters at the event, noting that the two are no longer friends. “Every week I would remember her saying that. And every week I was like, ‘In your face!’”
I’m glad that they finally have someone that looks different being the winner. But, since seeing this article I found a post that says that Whitney’s win might have been fixed. A woman wrote to this blog saying that she had proof that the show was rigged for a plus size model to make it far on the show.
The claim is that Whitney did not try out for top model but was approached on a plane by someone from the show. She was already doing modeling as a size 2 or 4 but because she was closer to a 4 she was a little too big for the show as a regular model. They told her that if she went and gained 10-20 pounds they would definitely put her on the show as “the plus-size model”. She’s about a 6 or 8 on the show. He even showed us this picture of her when she was smaller which was from a year ago.
He also said that she was going to make the top 3. That’s why I held out from saying anything for 3 weeks. I wasn’t sure if anything was credible. But since the “top 3″ thing came through…
Whether it is true or not will never be known but accepting that reality shows may be rigged is a possibility. I think that Whitney deserved it and she was my favorite. Go Whitney go!
POSTED BY: Taylor Blue
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whatever it is, it is about time a decent looking full-figured girl won…can help thinking that you will break the other tiny girls when u f them…
wow - if a 6 or 8 is plus sized then I guess I’m SOL!
you’re freaking telling me!!! I’m way SOL!
I really liked Whitney too. Good for her. Still, you have to feel a little sorry for Anya. She was good. I hope she does well for herself.
The history of the modeling world has officially changed now that America’s Next Top Model is Whitney Thompson, a full figured model.
I know that America’s Next Top Model can be a superficial show but I like the show because modeling can be a form of art using your body and clothing. Modeling can also be used to raise awareness to different issues in the world. Besides that, there is a down side on the affect models have on the world. Other than the media, the thinness of models is a huge factor that strongly brainwashes society’s portrayal of women’s bodies.The average model in America is 5′11 and weighs 117 pounds. The average woman in America is 5′4 and weights 140 pounds.
Due to women body standards, millions of women develop eating disorders. The media’s idea of the female body is opposite of the reality of the average female body. Women do not exist to be obsessed with body image, but television, magazines and billboards in our modern society are designed to empty women’s wallets and their hearts. The diet industry receives 33 billion dollars a year. Anybody in their right mind knows that in order to be healthy, one must eat healthy, eat proportionally and exercise regularly. As long as they are getting richer, the industries could care less about all of the girls kneeling over toilets.
From an early age, girls are discriminated against for what they look like or their body size. There is so much pressure on women. If they don’t die from eating disorders, insecurity will eventually kill their spirits.
In the modeling world, a size 10 is considered “plus size.” I think that a size 10 is normal. A size 2 is not normal. Women are supposed to have meat on their bones. We have kids for crying out loud. Even if you look at paintings of women or statues of women in art museums, they are curvy and beautiful.
I am so happy that Whitney Thompson won America’s Next Top Model!!! Although there are many ways to inspire others and be relatable to others, Whitney’s victory is a huge inspiration to women everywhere, including myself, that they too can be beautiful inside and out without having to be stick thin.