America’s Next Top Model is a show I watch and I watch in fairly regularly. It is a good show to watch on a girls night in. Although I have watched many episodes, I have never paid attention to some of the dialogue, until now. At the end of the show, during judging and elimination, host Tyra Banks lists off some of the prizes the girls win, including a contract with CoverGirl, being signed with a top model agency, and the cover of Seventeen magazine. Although I can repeat what Tyra says, I never read into it as a form of media. It never clicked with me; I thought it was just something she has to say. And she does have to say it. Seventeen Magazine uses the show for publicity. By having the winners on the cover of the magazine, they are more likely to have the audience of the show also subscribe to the magazine. There is a partnership and both the show and magazine benefit from it. The magazine is advertised on the show and the show uses the magazine as a prize. The two are like allies in a beauty war. The competitors: Teen Vogue and Project Runway.
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