Being a woman of a certain age, I was very excited to see this new reality show premiere. If you take AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL and take out the obscenely skinny girls, add 20 years to their ages and add the older version of Tyra Banks, Beverly Johnson, you have SHE'S GOT THE LOOK.
Here's the premise, 10 women 35-years-old, and older!, compete in a modeling competition. The big prize is a contract with the Wilhelmina modeling agency. Oh baby, how far we've come, and it's about time. The goal here is to get a woman that is relatable to all of us, not one that makes the rest of us feel like the withering rotton tomotoe barely hanging on the vine. While all of that should be enough to make you want to watch, there is so much more.
The thing that strikes me is the fact that even at 35 and older, girls will be girls. There have been a few jealous temper tantrums, just look back at the episode where Paula lost it after her group lost that week's challenge and you'll know what i'm talking about. That being said, they are older and more mature, so the cattiness hasn't gone too far, at least not yet.
In probably one of the saddest moments, one of the forrunners, Kathy, chose to bow out of the competition to go home to her kids, who she was missing too much to stay away from. But, that isn't the sad part...the sad part was the fact that her teenage sons told her they were having a great time and were getting along fine without her! I suppose my mother wasn't the only woman to give up her dreams for her children, even if they didn't ask her to.
The bottom line is that SHE'S GOT THE LOOK is well-worth tuning into, even if you are one of the skinny young things that usually keeps their channels glued to the CW.
Here's the premise, 10 women 35-years-old, and older!, compete in a modeling competition. The big prize is a contract with the Wilhelmina modeling agency. Oh baby, how far we've come, and it's about time. The goal here is to get a woman that is relatable to all of us, not one that makes the rest of us feel like the withering rotton tomotoe barely hanging on the vine. While all of that should be enough to make you want to watch, there is so much more.
The thing that strikes me is the fact that even at 35 and older, girls will be girls. There have been a few jealous temper tantrums, just look back at the episode where Paula lost it after her group lost that week's challenge and you'll know what i'm talking about. That being said, they are older and more mature, so the cattiness hasn't gone too far, at least not yet.
In probably one of the saddest moments, one of the forrunners, Kathy, chose to bow out of the competition to go home to her kids, who she was missing too much to stay away from. But, that isn't the sad part...the sad part was the fact that her teenage sons told her they were having a great time and were getting along fine without her! I suppose my mother wasn't the only woman to give up her dreams for her children, even if they didn't ask her to.
The bottom line is that SHE'S GOT THE LOOK is well-worth tuning into, even if you are one of the skinny young things that usually keeps their channels glued to the CW.
