it seems the less attractive contestants are being eliminated;week two being the exception.also they have to be PC so that may save some for awhile.lets see how it plays out for the women.how come there are no over weight or unattrictive aspiring business women in america? what a country!!

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You have to remember, this is a TV show... Burnett and co. are all about the ratings and as the women have showed week after week, sex appeal sells to the masses.

Kathy must win !!! Down with THE RUPERT!
I heart America's Next Top Model

i agree with you,merit may have even less to do with this competition than i naively thought.

Because Burnett lives in a bubble - he wouldn't know a real situation if it bit his face off. These shows end up also being about how much the producers don't know.

Actually, DT makes the rules, and he's not pretty!

You can bet that if it were "The Donalda" (a female with a humungous ego that runs Mr. Universe), it'd be the other way around -- all of the guys would be eye candy and the females would range from attractive to average.

LAST EDITED ON 01-31-04 AT 11:51 PM (EST)

>it seems the less attractive contestants
>are being eliminated;week two being
>the exception.also they have to
>be PC so that may
>save some for awhile.

I couldn't disagree with you any more. Clearly, the weakest of the men have been eliminated thus far. Forgive me if I can't remember names but the guy eliminated in week one was just a complete nerd, albeit freakishly smart...but a nerd, no people skills whatsoever. I wouldn't have had a problem if The Donald would have gotten rid of Sam in this one. The guy in week two had to be eliminated because he made a boneheaded decision. In the "Real World" he would have met with the client...no question. But here I think the clock got into his head, hence the "it's a waste of time" decision. In week three, Sam had outworn his welcome, this one was a no-brainer. If there is a bias here, I think week four would be your strongest arguement, but I ask you this:

Of the five remaining men, who would you keep if you could only retain four?

Bill? Yes, very good organizer and manager.

Troy? Yes, Not afraid to voice his ideas and think outside "the box".

Nick? Unsure.

Kwame? Unsure.

Bowie? Unsure.

So what separates these three? One, Kwame is the only one of the three (of the five for that matter) who has been PM.

I WAS WRONG: Troy was PM in week one.

Although he has failed (miserably I might add), he is the only one with the courage (if not confidence) to step up and give it a shot...so he stays, at least until someone else proves they can do a better job. So that leaves Nick and Bowie. Two, although Nick did quit (mentally if not physically) on the team, he did take a stand (I think artificially) for what he believed in during the "scam". When Bowie was approached with the question of whether or not he "went along" with it, he waffled and tried to straddle the fence...wrong move. You're either for it or against it, and you need to let it be known upfront. So Bowie's indecision is what ultimately cost him. Not the poor excuse of "lack of sales in merchandising" as Trump tried to use.

If the "unattractive" people have been excused early, I believe it is merely a coincidence and not a bias.

SLICK

SLICK,you make good points,however,remember the final decision in the boardroom is subjective.and,so far ,mostly,DT has eliminated the nerdy,the heavy,and the wierdo.they were interesting people,but far from being hunks.
lets see who will be the first women to go.my guess is that raccoon eyes will be one of the first.

LAST EDITED ON 01-31-04 AT 10:00 PM (EST)

Who would you say that's "pretty" deserves to go before "raccoon eyes?"

The first one that comes to mind is Jessie.

Heidi and Tammy are the least attractive of the bunch, but Tammy came up with the phallic ad campaign so I'd keep her for sure.

Heidi needs an Extreme Makeunder.

SLICK