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03 Oct 2007, 8:15 pm

ANTM's Cover Girl of the Week!! ! That's our girl! :D



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03 Oct 2007, 8:31 pm

Tres cool!

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03 Oct 2007, 9:06 pm

I didn't ever thinking I'd be watching Americas Next Top Model, let alone rooting hard for someone on the show. Quite an inspiration.



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03 Oct 2007, 10:47 pm

I knew she would ANTM Cover Girl of The Week!


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03 Oct 2007, 11:00 pm

I was so happy for her when I saw the ad! :D Go Heather!! !


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03 Oct 2007, 11:37 pm

I wonder if and how ANTM's portrayal of Heather will influence how NTs view AS.



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04 Oct 2007, 7:05 am

EvilKimEvil wrote:
I wonder if and how ANTM's portrayal of Heather will influence how NTs view AS.


We're probably the only ones watching, and certainly the only ones discussing it on an internet forum.



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04 Oct 2007, 9:19 am

Did she really?! Great! I have the flu & was trying so hard to stay awake for the show... I crashed & missed it completely.



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04 Oct 2007, 9:31 am

EvilKimEvil wrote:
I wonder if and how ANTM's portrayal of Heather will influence how NTs view AS.


Well, the only NTs who have ever heard of AS are those with family members or friends who have it. (I'd only heard of it before meeting my husband because a few of my cousins have it.) Most people have no idea what it is, so saying "how NTs view AS" is rather like saying "how Americans view the Tzotzil Indians of Chiapas, Mexico." Those who've ever heard of that group probably have a pretty realistic picture of it, but 99.99% of the population has no view of it at all.

People who watch ANTM will probably come to a better understanding of what AS is (by which I mean, some understanding instead of none) but I doubt that will ever translate to the way they act towards people with AS if they don't *know* the person has AS. I mean, they won't be more understanding of someone's quirks due to having watched the show if that person doesn't tell them they have AS.

I do think that *if* people with AS are willing to say to other people "the reason I sometimes behave in a way you don't understand is because I have AS" *then* the listener might be more familiar with it than they would have been so they might be more understanding, but I don't know if people will be willing to do that.

I was actually wondering the inverse of what you were: as AS becomes more high-profile, will people be more willing to admit to having it? I completely understand why many people don't want to, but I think that's really the only way to change the way other people view people with AS, not just by one person on a reality TV show having it.



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04 Oct 2007, 9:49 am

Cameo wrote:
ANTM's Cover Girl of the Week!! ! That's our girl! :D

No idea what that is. Can you link it please?



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04 Oct 2007, 9:56 am

Hadron wrote:
Cameo wrote:
ANTM's Cover Girl of the Week!! ! That's our girl! :D

No idea what that is. Can you link it please?


Same here, no idea. Is this girl someone that frequents this message board? I got the gist of it... an AS girl that was chosen to be a top model of a model show on tv... but I'm lost on the rest of it. (I admit, I have never even seen the show you speak of.)



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04 Oct 2007, 2:51 pm

ChatBrat wrote:
Same here, no idea. Is this girl someone that frequents this message board? I got the gist of it... an AS girl that was chosen to be a top model of a model show on tv... but I'm lost on the rest of it. (I admit, I have never even seen the show you speak of.)


This thread might help you out a bit better.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... ic&t=43983



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04 Oct 2007, 5:08 pm

I have a feeling she may even win! It seems that her confidence is growing in leaps and bounds! I think she is a fabulous role model for those w/ AS, since she is showing that our quirks can be beautiful and embraced by others...


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04 Oct 2007, 5:37 pm

Cameo wrote:
ANTM's Cover Girl of the Week!! ! That's our girl! :D


What is ANTM???



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04 Oct 2007, 5:52 pm

ANTM= "America's Next Top Model", a competition show created by Tyra Banks to find new supermodels, basically.



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04 Oct 2007, 6:14 pm

SOME think people with AS are worthless and can't do anything. SO, of course, some here really root for public displays that counter those claims.

Anyway, my computer has some problems, and I haven't seen this yet, but THIS is who everyone is talking about:

http://cwtv.com/cw-video/america's-next ... y=421-1867

Frankly, I HATE the show. They have a perverted view of feminine beauty, etc... and I think Tyra did it mainly to stroke her ego. Still, I am glad to see heather trying to do this.