‘She’s Got the Look,’ ‘16 and Pregnant’
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On its face, “She’s Got the Look†would have you believe it’s performing charity work. Of the finalists selected during this week’s season premiere of the modeling competition, which features only women over 35, several background stories stick out: One woman has a long military history, another was a homeless single mother. A third finalist had simply never believed in her beauty, nor had anyone around her.
It’s telling that this last contestant’s tale arouses the most sympathy from the judges on this show, which celebrates the thrill of the second chance, regardless of what it was that took away the first one: errors of circumstance, errors in choice, or just mere oversight.
Why modeling is the avenue these women have chosen for their redemption is left largely unexplained on the premiere (TV Land, 9 p.m. Thursday). Also left unaddressed is why modeling is a worthy choice at all. (Why not aim to be on “The Cougar,†for example, the May-December dating show on TV Land that just concluded last week?) Unlike on “America’s Next Top Model,†where Tyra Banks continually reaffirms the emotional qualities that ostensibly make a great model, here just looking good is reward enough. Or maybe a relief.
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