Do they have makeovers in this picture?

i do hope cause i think Ashley from U.K and Candace from U.S needs help

I don't mean to sound racist, even though I know I am not, but the United States only has a 7% black population and the UK only a 3% black population, so why are there 6/14 or rather 43% of the girls in the competition black?? I'm just saying, Tyra could at least be a little more realistic.

^I'm sure it has to do with few black girls making it far the past few cycles.

^^A "little more realistic"? That comes off pretty offensive. I don't see why she would have to cast an amount of black girls equivalent to the US/UK ethnic populations ratio. Cycle 3 had 5/14 black girls. And at the same time you can't really classify any of these girls as white or black based off of their skin color. I mean, Yoanna was half hispanic but that wasn't put on blast. Heck, Nicki Minaj is from the carribean but millions of people think she's black.

^agree!

Well you have to admit. Tyra tends to be a little prejudice in her choices. And it's not just this cycle.

They all look so short, but that's most likely due to the bad photoshopping.

I'd sooner ask why she insists on trying to push plus sizes on an industry that doesn't want them.

^^^But you also have to factor in that just because there only 7% blacks in the American population doesn't mean that it's the same rate in the modeling industry. Theoretically, it could be something like 28% of model hopefuls are black. And Tyra has always been prejudice lol, but hey.. can't stop the woman who is in control of the drowning reality show that is top model.

^^i agree solitaire specially for this perticular cycle because they have only 7 girls out of the million USA grils that want to be models.And she chooses Seymone?She is not even High Fashion.No sense to Tyra's head

LOVE! Am I the only one excited for this cycle? After c17, Tyra knows she has to redeem herself so im hoping c18 will be just like the old c3-c11 days

WTF Does it Matter How Many "Black" Girls are in this Cycle.!

I really wish they had done the picture with the models wearing more natural lip makeup. The lip tattoos makes everyone look like they have a case of duckface.

so maybe more blacks than whites auditioned? or even if its rigged who cares? in what the world should be by now, we shudnt care about skin color.

I think aero847 's original question is fair enough, although it is easy to answer. The answer would have to do with the show's demographics/Tyra's intended target audience. In addition, Tyra's self-proclaimed vision has to do with challenging the status quo definition of beauty, and providing 'attainable fantasy' for such an audience.

In terms of this picture, I agree that compared to Tyra they look tiny. To be honest I'm not really impressed with their looks.

it's funny they say tyra looks tiny, but that's because she's ahead of them in the pic. look at the foot placements. and yeah, some should be taller, or just as tall as her. alisha for instance, because she's a good 6' or so.

What's the deal with there is so many black godesses there? Is there a problem with too many black girls hmm? racist much.

where are the ASIANS?!! jesus tyra, "expanding the definition of beauty"? my ass.

given the show's track record, ANTM is due for a black girl to win, no? 2-1-2-1-2-1-...

oh, and of course Tyra will always be the tallest.