Leah Darrow, anyone?

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She regularly talks about all the mistakes she made in order to help young people avoid those same mistakes

She doesn’t shy away from what she did on and off the show during her modeling career
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Leah has said that America’s Next Top Model was/is fake. How is the show fake?
 
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She regularly talks about all the mistakes she made in order to help young people avoid those same mistakes

She doesn’t shy away from what she did on and off the show during her modeling career
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Leah has said that America’s Next Top Model was/is fake. How is the show fake?
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I don’t know what specific comments you are referring to, but I do know that A LOT of those “reality TV shows” are either:

(a) partly scripted
(b) contains so much editing by the producers that it slants comments and/or actions by cast members in a certain light - allowing the viewer to take the comments / actions completely out of context. Meaning, if the producers want someone to appear like a “villain” to the views, then can edit the video to paint that cast member in a negative light.
(c ) producers also edit footage to make things look easier, harder, or even more glamorous than they are in real life.

In order words, what you see on reality shows like America’s Top Model isn’t the way things on the show or modeling industry really are.

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I actually listened to her speak at a woman of Christ convention about two months ago. She is such a wonderful person and mostly relates to teens but also adults. She is an ex-Americas next top model contestant and talks about the moral decisions she made before and in the industry and how all of that compiled to eventually lead her to re conversion. I think that its super relate able because everyone goes through the rough patches she went through as a teen and young adult.
 
The only time I watched ANTM is when Nyle DiMarco won the final season.
 
Yes, it’s called Do Something Beautiful. She has guests on it that talk about what they are doing in the world.

I’ve just received her book, so far I’m enjoying, it’s nothing that she hasn’t talked about before, and it’s very personal to her, but a good message for women.
 
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Yes, it’s called Do Something Beautiful. She has guests on it that talk about what they are doing in the world.
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No offense, Clare, but does one have to be Catholic in order to be a guest on Do Something Beautiful?
 
Do you know someone who is doing something beautiful in the world? We’d love to hear about them! Let Leah know what this person is doing to make the world a better, more beautiful place and maybe we’ll interview them for the Do Something Beautiful podcast!
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Possibly not, but I would say most have been if not all.
 
Um, is it safe to say that Tyra Banks and Janice Dickinson were mean to Leah on ANTM?
 
Yup lol. There’s a video of that.

Leah also said that there are no doors in the house they stayed in and they had 0 privacy. Girls had to hold up towels for each other to shield them from creepy film crew when they shower.
 
Believe it or not, a few seasons/cycles of ANTM had male models. I wonder if they had to stay in a house with no doors.
 
I have a huge problem with all this. Chastity here and chastity there, at the core of it there is a marketing strategy to sell the product Leah Darrow. This is a pattern I more often observe nowadays (not only Leah): Young females use all this chastity talk as a vehicle to differentiate themselves on social media. In my opinion, it is a form of the old enemy, pride. They spend all the time talking about themselves, their experience, their conversion and whatnot. I think that all that many of them are interested in is themselves. For truly chaste people, all of this is not really of interest, it comes to them naturally and they just do not talk about it all day.
 
I see your point. I think there is definitely a danger in our consumerist, buy-and-sell culture, even for those engaged in Catholic ministry. If you want to make enough money to support your family, there is a certain degree of marketing and branding your message and even yourself in order to be recognizable and solicit speaking engagements and sale of books and videos. Such people do have to be on guard against pride as I’m sure Satan tries to attack them in that way by tempting them to puff up their ego and tempting them to focus more on themselves than on Christ.

That said, I don’t think it’s fair for us to make presumptions in that regard about individuals like Leah Darrow. I’ve seen Leah speak in person. Pride is not a word I’d use to describe her. She puts herself out there, including the story of her conversion with all its warts. That is valuable. Christians have been doing that ever since St. Paul. It’s a message that our culture needs to hear. And how else will we hear about it if people like Leah don’t talk about it? And how can people like Leah afford to talk about it if people don’t pay them? You can’t do full time ministry for free.
 
Would Leah Darrow be of the opinion that the Hooters restaurant chains objectify women?
 
I don’t think anyone but Leah Darrow could answer this question.
 
I know they are sponsoring Chase Elliott so you can ask him about that.
 
Well, UpUpAndAway, the vast majority of people who responded to a certain poll I created are of the opinion that the Hooters restaurant chains objectify women. I seriously doubt Ms. Darrow would think any different.
 
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