Bullying Has Gone Digital

In the first episode of ANTM the girls talked about how they were bullied in school.

According to and article in The Education Digest, a child is bullied every seven minutes. Bullying has never been as public or widely spread as it is today. The invention of the Internet has allowed for bullying to now follow its victims home. Bullies can victimize whomever they want, whenever they want. Bullies also can do it as much as they want. The Internet also differs from school bullying in that it has virtually no consequence.

There are few laws in place that punish behavior on the Internet. This is something that desperately needs to change. Not only do laws need to be passed to help regulate bullying online, but school districts need to put into place policies to punish students for negative actions on the internet. Calling a student a name on the playground has the same negative effect as calling them the same name online. Therefore they need to have the same consequences. Schools do not like to believe that what students do at home is something they can punish, but when the actions taken online by students cause them to become depressed and lower their grades, then it does become a school issue.

The worst repercussion of unregulated online bullying is suicide. The most recent example of this is Tyler Clementi, a New Jersey college student who committed suicide after a video of him surfaced on the Internet.

I believe that America’s youth needs to be educated about the dangers of the Internet in the same manner that they are educated about the dangers of drugs. Things posted on people’s Facebook now affect if they get into college or not, future internships, and future jobs. Most employers at job interviews will now ask to see your Facebook as part of the interview. How you represent yourself on the Internet is not something that people, especially children and teens, view as important. The reality is that what is placed in the Internet has a greater effect than we realize.

Don’t get me wrong, Facebook and texting are great things. We can keep in contact with people from all over the world and contact people instantly without bothering with a phone call, but these things do have a dark side. It is much easier to bother people and invade their lives when you can text them because you can’t block the number. Also things on Facebook are there for all of your friends to see. The point is to be careful whom you give your number to as well as you let view your profile on Facebook. In the cases of your privacy as well as your safety remember to be careful, before its too late.

Cycle 15 Finale

This week was finale of ANTM Cycle 15. It has come down to Ann and Chelsey. So who will be America's Next Top Model?

This week the girls started off by going out to the middle of the country and getting their beauty shots for the Vogue Italia cover.

Next the girls went and filmed a commercial for CoverGirl. This time though the girls did not have lines to memorize, but got to film it then do a voiceover. The girls were taken around Milan to film. There was a shot were they got gelato, walking around downtown, eating at a cafe, and on a dock.

While one girl did the voiceover, the other went to go shoot the CoverGirl shot. Both girls did a really good job with this. Both of their photos were beautiful.

There was a surprise for the girls when they were filming their commercials; their parents showed up! ANTM contestants rarely get to see family members while filming is going on and this cycle was the first one to have the families not only show up during the finale, but the families also got to watch the girls take their beauty shots and then had front row seats to the girls final runway show for Italian designer, Roberto Cavalli.

Jane, Kayla, Chris, and Liz also came back to do the fashion show with the girls.

For finale judging, wearing fabulous Roberto Cavalli designs straight off the runway the girls went in to see who would be America's Next Top Model.......

Ann was the winner.

I don't know how I feel about this yet. I really liked both girls, but for very different reasons. Ann is shy and considered a 'nerd', but she is very high fashion and takes really awesome photos. Chelsey on the other hand is older and more mature. She has been modeling her whole life and knows the business really well. She also takes really good photos.

I believe that the judges picked Ann because she has improved a lot throughout the course of the show and has the potential to do really well. She is also very high fashion which is what they are looking for.

Below I have placed a video with clips from the finale.

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Franca Sozzani

This episode started with the girls meeting J. Alexander. He introduced them to an acting coach to help the girls show their personalities more. This is something that Ann and Jane have a real problem with and so it was a good exercise for all of the girls.

Afterward the girls got to meet with Franca Sozzani who is THE editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia.

This was a challenge. The girls had to meet with Franca, show their portfolios as well as their personalities. Andre Leon Tally was there watching as Franca met with the girls one-on-one. He judged who did the best job. The winner of the challenge was Chelsey.

Chelsey won the challenge and picked Kayla to join her. They got to go with Andre Leon Tally to a private showing of The Last Supper by Da Vinci. Then the girls got to stay overnight in the only seven star hotel in Europe.

The next day the girls met up again and were taken to Verona. They met with Tyra, who making her directorial debut, was going to film the girls modeling. It is called an emotion-editorial. The girls were at a villa and dressed in fabulous dresses and were running around all day just filming some really gorgeous shots. To view the finished product click here. (It is pretty neat so you should definitely check it out!)

The guest judge this week was Franca Sozzani. The girls found out that two people were going to be eliminated that night and nerves were running high. Ann got best "video footage" so the elimination came down to Chelsey, Jane, and Kayla.

Chelsey was not eliminated. So this meant that in the finale it will come down to Chelsey vs. Ann.

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Kyle Hagler

This week the girls went on go-sees. They met with Tyra who showed them how to put together their portfolios. They then met with Kyle Hagler who is an IMG Model Executive. Since this was a challenge and they have made it harder than previous cycles, this challenge was no exception. The girls were not allowed to take taxis. They had to use public transportation or walk. They had four appointments all over Milan and had four hours to do it. They had to be back by 6:30. The first one that all the girls went to was at Versace. They got to walk for them and Ann is the only one that they would have hired.

However Ann (and Kayla) did not make it back in time and were disqualified. The other bad part about this was that Chelsey is the only one who went to more than one go-see. (She went to two)

Chelsey was the challenge winner and won a jacket from Versace.

The next day the girls were taken to their photo shoot. They went to a villa on Lake Como and this had to be one of the best photo shoots settings that they have ever done. The girls were painted all in white and wearing white and were supposed to be statues that were coming to life. They got to pose with a male model and all did pretty well. I have posted Chelsey and Janes photos down at the bottom because I personally thought that theirs were the best. Best photo however went to Kayla.

At the judging though the girls had to state how many go-sees they went on and they were disappointed in all of the girls. They believed that the girls had time to go to all of them and the girls reason for not going to more was that they kept getting lost. This really irritated me because I would think that you could go into a restaurant and find someone to give you directions.

Kyle Hagler was the guest judge. He was able to talk to the judges about how marketable he thought each girl was. Elimination came down to Chris and Jane. In the end Chris was sent home because the judges did not believe that she was taking it seriously.

At this point my favorite to win is still Chelsey. I feel like she wants it the most and she has the knowledge and personality to take her far.

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