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Originally posted by Obveeus:
What percentage of the US population is Asian? My guess is that the show would have less than 1 Asian per season in order to achieve that percentage.
Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, ect) about 4.5% and Pacific Islanders (Filipinos, Native Hawaiians, and other Polynesians) are 0.2% and you can only add maybe 0.5% for mixed ethnicity. So since there are 26 contestants a year (13 each cycle) then, there should be only 1 Asian/Pacific Islander contestant per year.
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Originally posted by Obveeus:
If the show is trying to match the US population, they usually have too many African Americans. If the show is trying to realistically match the US population of working models, then they have WAY too many African Americans. Call it the Tyra affect.
You're right. Going by percentage of the population, Black or African American is 12% of the US population, so there should be 3 Black or African American girls per year. Being the host/judge/executive producer Tyra likely uses it to her advantage.
Hispanic or Latina girls have also been short changed since the census says they make up 14.5% of the population, so there should be 4 of them each year.
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Originally posted by Obveeus:
As for Height...there shouldn't be any women in the competition that are under 5' 9". I mean that as a real 5' 9", not the 5' 7" women they try to pass off as being taller each season. ANTM should take a cue from 'The Biggest Loser' and have each model step on a weight scale and be measured for height onscreen and in front of the rest of the contestants at the start of each season. It would provide far more drama than seeing them fight over who gets which room in the house.
Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel has contestants do that too and get measured. Jaslene, their cycle 9 winner, was listed as 5'7'' and I'm pretty sure 2 inches of that was hair.
