America's Next Top Model Cycle 12

I watch this show with my girlfriend. Awesome show. At the start of the last season, Cycle 11, I noticed that there were a disproportionate number of black girls which made me wonder if there was some form of affirmative action going on. There might have been, and the atmosphere was very ghetto at the beginning of the show, but as usual, the judging was very objective throughout that season, as in any other.

This season is not quite the same, there is less of the ghetto factor. BTW, I did feel sorry for the black girl from Buffalo getting kicked out--it looks like she's had a very tough life for such a young person.

In general I don't like affirmative action because in the long term it hurts the people it's supposed to help, but it's Tyra's show, and the judging is always on the spot. Having said that, you do have to feel sorry for people who've had no choice with the way they were brought up, and perhaps that should be taken into account. In any case, if you do have a ghetto background, learn how to speak properly if you want to succeed because you'll have to speak on camera for commercials. That goes for the white ghetto-wanna-be girls too.

Peace out.