America’s Next Top Model kicks off its 19th cycle next Friday with an all-new set of judges after Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and Miss J. Alexander were given the boot.
But it’s an international version of the show—there have been more than two dozen to date—making waves right now: Season Three of Korea’s Next Top Model features among its cast of aspiring fashionistas Choi Han-bit, who is transgender."
Is allowing transgender models on the show an open door policy that anyone who can pull it off can compete, or merely a new TV hype for ratings? And does it matter? I've noted my thoughts on sensationalism before.
