America's Next Top Model Poll Results

Results are in from last month's Shorty Stories Poll, which asked you about Cycle 13's ANTM and whether they should have had a petite cycle (considering that the winner they chose was somewhere wasn't exactly "petite")

59% of you said "Sure, it was the point of the cycle, right?"

22% said "No, petite models aren't the same as 'real' petites"

11% said that Tyra should have had a petite cycle to begin with

7% have never heard of America's Next Top Model

EPIC FAIL, ANTM!!!!!

So Nicole, the "petite" model who is 5'7" is the winner of Cycle 13. While the so-called "fashionistas" are raving about how she's one of the best winners ever, I (and probably most petite activists out there) believe that Tyra and her people FAILED. Why bother choosing a winner who could is somewhere between model-petite (which is 5'7" or shorter) and standard? And she isn't even the shortest ANTM winner in history (the shortest was Eva Pigford, who is just under 5'7"). It just shows that ANTM wants people to believe that the only type of modelling is the fashion kind. In addition, throughout the entire cycle, there was NO MENTION of petite designers or even petite-friendly designers AT ALL. Shouldn't Tyra's people have done some research? Because it looks like they didn't. Maybe they should actually explain to the public why they didn't. Really, all they did was put out a casting call for short-for-model girls. EPIC FAIL, Tyra/ANTM!

ANTM Survey - Cycle 13 Results

Last month, we asked you what you thought of America's Next Top Model's current petite cycle. Most of you, at 59%, thought that the contestants weren't that short, since the average height seemed to be 14% aren't fans of the show, 2% don't know about the show and another 2% chose other. What do you think?

April Poll Results

Last month, Shorty Stories asked what you thought of ANTM's decision to do a petite cycle in the fall and whether they'll still focus on fashion, even though shorter models can never make it in the industry. The results are as follows:

27.8% said: Of COURSE Tyra's going to focus on fashion! How many of the contestants have actually made it big-big, anyway?

22.2% said: There's going to be more of a focus on commercial, with a little bit of fashion with petite focused/petite-friendly designers.

0% said: Who decided on a petite cycle anyway?

27.8% said:They're doing a petite cycle?

22.2% said: Other

What do you think of these results? Do you agree? Do you think Tyra should actually focus on petite and petite-friendly designers?

Oh, and don't forget to take part in the May poll question, found on the right hand sidebar.

Petite ANTM Riot

Apparently, during the ANTM auditions in New York this weekend, a handful of people were arrested due to unruly behaviour. This caused a media sensation. Maybe it was planned all along? After all, the Internet is already abuzz about how Cycle 13 is really only to satisfy the complaints of many women, who wanted to be on the show, but were not tall enough to be "real models." What's a "real model" anyway? Why do we only consider the women (girls, really) who walk down the runways of Fashion Week and appear in the spreads of fashion magazines like Vogue and Elle "real models"? While I do hope that Cycle 13 will showcase some petite designers (who, IMHO, deserve the media spotlight - many people don't seem to acknowledge their existence), I really hope that Tyra focuses more on print/commercial work, as that's what's mostly available to people of all heights. At the same time, I also hope that the show doesn't end up turning this into some kind of joke (as it seems to be right now, at least on the Internet). I think shorter people and their fashion issues need to be taken just as seriously as plus size issues. After all, we're supposed to accept "all body types," right? And being petite is a body type. Actually, being petite is made up of many body types!

(I also don't want people to think, based on what happened in New York), that petite women are crazy rioters either!