Janice out Twiggy In!
Dickinson Out, Twiggy in at 'Top Model'
Fri May 27, 10:05 AM
Dickinson is no longer in the running to judge who will become 'America's Next Top Model.' The loudmouth supermodel and author has left the UPN reality show and will be replaced by Twiggy Lawson on the upcoming fifth season, the show's executive producer said Thursday, May 26, 2005.
NEW YORK - Janice Dickinson is no longer in the running to judge who will become "America's Next Top Model." The loudmouth supermodel and author has left the UPN reality show and will be replaced by Twiggy Lawson on the upcoming fifth season.
"We would like to thank Janice for bringing her talents to the show and for everything she did to help us build `America's Next Top Model' into its current success," executive producer Ken Mok said in a statement Thursday. "We wish her well in all of her future endeavors."
Dickinson, author of "No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel" and "Everything About Me Is Fake ... and I'm Perfect," was the most outspoken member of the model hunt's judging panel, dishing harsher-than-harsh critiques to contestants and getting into spats with fellow judges since the first season.
Also gone as a judge is stylist Nole Marin. He'll be replaced by runway expert J. Alexander, a former male model who's taught catwalk technique and guest judged in previous seasons - or "cycles," the show's term for each installment.
Lawson rose to fame in the 1960s with her doe eyes and pixie hairdo, appearing on the covers of magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, McCall's, Seventeen and Newsweek.
Dickinson will star in the next season of VH1's "The Surreal Life" with the likes of Jose Canseco and Bronson Pinchot. According to UPN, Dickinson also has a television production deal and is working on a new book.
Guess we can count on Miss J to be brutally honest with the new girls?? :wink:
pika- 05-29-2005
I'm sad that Janice is leaving the show because she was brutally honest with the girls and actually offered some constructive criticism in between her snarky comments to the contestants. However, I'm thrilled that Miss J will have a bigger role on the show! He's great and I think he'll make useful remarks on what the contestants will need to work on to become the next top model. :grin:
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