Jealous Haters Book Club: Modelland, chapter nine, “

Welcome to my Patreon recaps of Modelland by Tyra Banks. The Patrons and I read this book in 2023, so if some references in this post feel out dated, that’s because Trout Nation is secretly a time machine and you’ve been transported back to better world than this. It’s time. It’s T-DOD. Thousands of girls stampeded to the square all at once. Heels clacked. Dresses swished. Hairdos wobbled. The T-DOD theme song boomed a pulsating beat. I’m assuming that the T-DOD theme song is the America’s Next Top Model theme song. There was one rule and one rule only: a girl must be walking in order to be chosen. Sounds like a pretty ableist rule. Also, pretty accurate for the fashion industry overall. Other than that, there was no prearranged runway on which the girls could walk, so everyone created invisible ones wherever they were standing. Yaaaaasss queens. No blocking. No organization. It’s giving season one American Idol auditions. It’s serving Pamplona. Slaaaaaay. [Ed. The more I think about…