First of all, my disclaimer - I think ANTM has about as much to do with the actual world of modeling as *I* do. There. Whew.
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The worst response was from Jay Alexander, saying that Miss Jay would eat tictacs and watercress for ever to achieve that shape.
I think that was a joke because Miss Jay has been known to wear corsets, right?
If the girl is naturally that narrow, then I think it's nice that this fake modeling show might embrace her. They have made some very ugly ducklings feel like swans. They have let some "plus size" models compete on an even playing field with the other girls. Didn't they even do a whole season of short girls? They had a girl who was legally blind once, didn't they? A girl who is thin due to her actual physical structure? Why not.
However, if she's a habitual corset wearer who has ALTERED herself to be that small, then they might as well take out air time endorsing eating disorders because it's about the same thing. Just as disordered eating to stay super super thin is not good for you, wearing a corset so much that you displace your organs and change your bone structure isn't exactly healthy. However, we have no way of knowing if she's just built like that and if she is, why not give her a shot? Tyra picks some weird looking girls, anyway.