An interview with 'America's Next Top Model's' Erin Wagner
By Paige Wiser

Now that "America's Next Top Model" is in its 13th cycle, there are only so many ways to keep the concept fresh. Making the girls pose as circus animals? Done. Including a transgendered beauty named Isis? Done. Shaving the models' heads? Done to death.

So this time around, Tyra Banks lowered her standards. Literally. Only candidates 5-foot-7 and shorter were allowed to audition, whereas most runway models are 5-foot-10 or statuesquer. It gave 5-foot-6 Erin Wagner of Spring Grove the chance to try for a career as a petite model. And now that the competition is down to just four girls, Erin is emerging as the closest thing to a villain the producers can come up with.

"I know I came off as bratty, but it's reality TV so I've accepted my edit," says Erin. "Everyone watching should just keep in mind, what you see is not necessarily what you get."

The accused "modzilla" clarifies some of her more scandalous moments.
( Read more... )

From modeling to remodeling

By Scott Tady, Beaver County Times, Pa.

Nov. 15--Beaver County's reality-television sweetheart has found a new TV gig.

Joanie Dodds -- who'd you think I meant? -- will co-host "Run My Renovation," a home-improvement show on the DIY network.

"We just started filming, so it won't be on TV until like January or so," Dodds, formerly of Patterson Township, said. "It films in Knoxville, Tennessee, about every other week, so I'm on the road a lot but it's a super fun experience and I'm learning so much. I even get to drive a big red pickup truck."

Doesn't take much to please the former "America's Next Top Model" runner-up, eh?

Since her appearance on that CW program, Dodds, 28, has become a pro model, spending a few months this year in Italy's fashion mecca, Milan.

But a steady job as a TV show hostess is a bigger deal, even if on a network like DIY, which people with basic cable or standard satellite service can't get without an upgrade.

"I just hope that this is the beginning of an empire for me and I am the next Pam Anderson-Martha Stewart hybrid," Dodds said with a laugh. "I'm going for sexy mogul."

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OMG, late flailing is late, but I just got to watch Doctor Who - Waters of Mars.

OMG. OMGGGGGGGGGGGG.


Holy shit, I cried so hard. SO.HARD.OMG.


OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG.


I cried, like, all the way through almost. LOL. The opening credits started and I started crying :p
Fuck my life, I am such an emotional mess.


This episode OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
It was perfection. Heartbreaking, devastating perfection ♥



How am I EVER gonna survive the Christmas Special? OMG.

Stanford waitress does Ky. proud on 'Top Model'
Laura Kirkpatrick is a finalist on CW show

By Mary Meehan

On Wednesday night's episode of America's Next Top Model, finalist Laura Kirkpatrick channels Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes.

A waitress from Stanford (population 3,399) is making Kentucky proud as one of four finalists on America's Next Top Model.

Laura Kirkpatrick, 19, made an immediate impression during casting for The CW's hit reality competition by describing in some detail how to castrate a bull (squeeze, twist and slash).

She has gone on to produce consistently good photos on the fashion modeling contest and showcase her Southern charm. The judges, including show creator Tyra Banks, sometimes seem a little surprised at the sophistication of the blonde beauty with a truly country twang. This in spite of the fact that another Kentucky woman, Celia Ammerman, originally from Cynthiana, placed in the final four on Top Model last season.

Kirkpatrick, who is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, competes against other petite models in Cycle 13, where the hook is that all the women are shorter than 5-foot-7.

The buzz around Stanford is that Kirkpatrick took the top prize, but The CW won't tell and Kirkpatrick is not allowed to say until after the finale, scheduled to air Nov. 18.

But she can answer some questions via e-mail. Here's Kirkpatrick's take on sweet tea, life on the show and her grandma's love of sexy clothing.
( Laura adorableness under here! )

Whitney Thompson Launches Supermodel Line of Candles & Jewelry

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Whitney Thompson is back home in Neptune Beach. As much as she's taking a breather with her family and close friends, she's still business.

In fact, America's Next Top Model is starting a business.

Thompson plans to sell a line of jewelry and scented candles. The wax from the candles can be used as a massage moisturizer. The new adventure is very personal.

"My designs, my candles, my jewelry, all of it is 100 percent me," said Thompson, from the comfort of Jaffi's, the boutique in Neptune Beach where her modeling career began.

The candles come in a variety of scents. The names read like her monthly travel itinerary: Hong Kong Blossoms; London Hot Tea and Ginger; Los Angeles Lilly; Milan Melon; Paris and Berries; and Central Park.

Oh, and there's also a candle called Boyfriend's Shirt. Thompson says it's something that the man in your life might like.

The man in her life goes to Jacksonville University. His name is Logan Chipperfield. He's a punter. Even ESPN is tracking his stats.

Most of the products are made on the First Coast. The jewelry is made by hand by a friend in Tennessee. Everything goes through her.

"Everything is literally touched by my hands," said Thompson. "It's all me. They're my babies. I love them."
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I'm really lucky to live near a community center with an open pottery lab. Here are some of the pots I've made recently.



I like how the colors came out on this one. The blue sorta sneaks around inside the green.

The others did not come out as well. I think there was something wrong with the white glaze that day.

( More pottery )

I made these awhile back, posting now.


( Garden Divas )

So if the recent development of the state of my LJ is that I don't do more updates than just one per week, then let it be about the one of the three Doctor Who-episodes we have this year.

And... I don't really have anything spoilery to say about it, so it's just this short comment...

Don't really know what to think about, somewhere between good and bad. In case you hate the RTD-era and Tennant's Doctor you'll find enough in this episode to make your blood boil... and in case you love the RTD/Tennant-combo you're probably going to cuddle "Waters of Mars" to death. And somebody like me who sits somewhere in between... uh... just sits somewhere in between. There were a lot of moments which I found very well done, others just plain stupid and annoying. And they all happened so quickly back to back that it felt like they superimposed two episodes over each other and showed a good and a bad one at the very same time. Pretty schizophrenic.

Kinda would have liked the last "big twist" a little more if there had been more development towards that moment... and if the execution hadn't been so much over the top.

And to be honest... in the end I'm just way much more interested in what the Moffat-era and Matt Smith is going to be like. I just don't really FEEL for investing more time into the remaining days of RTD and Tennant. It's just like... they never end and therefore seem almost interminable. It's like a coda that never finishes.

Gnrbghl, just bring on that radioactive piano already.


BTW, "Der Katalog" is cool. Seems like 2009 is the year for awesome remasters or something.

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Der Domino Day am vergangenen Freitag war ein voller Erfolg für RTL. Immerhin sorgten die fleißigen Steineaufsteller auch in diesem Jahr für einen neuen Weltrekord und gute Einschaltquoten. Ob dieser
Weltrekord allerdings zukünftig noch übertroffen werden kann, ist fraglich. Zumindest dann, wenn man den Berichten einiger großer Online-Nachrichtenportale Glauben schenkt, die sich allesamt auf die offizielle Presseerklärung von RTL stützen.

("Welt Online")

(t-online.de)

("RP Online")

"Von den 4,8 Millionen aufgebauten Steinen" kippten also fantastische "4.491.863 Millionen Dominos" um. Das ergäbe zwar sage und schreibe 4.491.863.000.000, also knapp 4,5 Billionen, anstelle der tatsächlichen knapp 4,5 Millionen gefallenen Dominosteine, aber um das zu bemerken, hätte man wohl mal einen Blick auf das werfen müssen, was man da weiterverbreitet.

Dazu passt auch, dass bei "Welt Online" bereits seit heute, 11:33 Uhr in einem Kommentar erfolglos auf den Fehler hingewiesen wird. Aber Menschen scheinen an der Produktion der Inhalte ohnehin nicht mehr beteiligt zu sein.

Mit Dank an Jebbe E.

Every year my one friend rotates her Christmas decorations between a Snowman Christmas, Santa Christmas, and Penguin Christmas. She has a lot of time on her hands, lol. This year is a Snowman Christmas, so for her birthday in October I made her the snowman off of the Lion Brand website.

( Snowman )

For Christmas I decided to make her the penguin and santa off of the Lion website, too, so she has a complete set.

( Penquin and Santa )

Now I just have to wait to give them to her. That's the hardest part, lol!







cross-posted to weloveamigurumi & crochetcrochet
also at my Ravelry page

Hi Guys

So you can budget the autograph prices for our guests at Memorabilia will be:

Mitch Pileggi £20
Chris Gauthier £15
Rob Benedict £15
Mark Pellegrino £15

For more than one autograph additional autographs will be priced at £10 each, for example if you wanted three autographs from Mitch you would pay £40, £20 for the 1st and £10 for the 2nd and £10 for the 3rd.

If you cant make the event and want some autographs from the actors we will be doing a pre order system soon at the above prices plus £5 p&p.

The Photo Session prices and times will be:

Mitch Pileggi £20 11.00 - 11.45am
Chris Gauthier £15 12.00 - 12.45pm
Mark Pellegrino £15 2.00 - 2.45pm
Rob Benedict £15 3.00 - 3.45pm

Thanks

Wayne

Please note, all these can only be bought on the day, not beforehand.