First of all, the actual title of this show is Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. You know that was a non-negotiable line in her contract. Andy Cohen recently insisted that WWHL become WWHL With Andy Cohen. Although, now that I think about it I believe the original title had been used on a few other shows.
Up first we meet Lilyan and her mother Kat. Lilyan is 15 and doesn’t seem to scream super model to me. While I am thinking about, let’s remember that these girls are children between the ages of 13-16 some of the most impressionable years of their lived. I’ve seen some hateful comments about children on her lately an as of now, that will be stopping. I can’t believe there needs to be a rule about insulting the looks of small children on this site, but apparently there does. However, obnoxious behavior is fair game at any age. I assure you these girls are reading every drop of information about them online. Please bear that in mind. Lilyan thinks very highly of herself and wants us to know the only models in the world better than her are Kendall and Gigi.
Athena is 13 and is drop dead gorgeous. She could go places. Athena’s mom, Diana, has quit her job so she can model too. She has seven kids and the husband is a stay at home dad. So how does one support seven kids with no working parents? Is Athena the breadwinner? Like Yolanda says, Athena needs to have a growth spurt if she is going to make a career of modeling.
Breanna is also 13 and already has the height. Her mother, Jessica is one of those moms with no parenting role. She clearly thinks she is also 13. Breanna has an unusual face, as I am trying to figure out her ethnic background, I hear Yolanda refer to her as an Asian model. So she is Asian mixed with something tall.
Mikayla also looks mixed. She is 16 but looks younger. Her mother Karen refers to her as cute as a button. She’s right. But that look may be more limiting than Breanna who seems to just transcend age somehow. Mikayla is athletic and writes music and studies piano. She has no modeling experience.
Mackenzie is 14. When Yolanda asks her how tall she is, she looks to her mom as if to silently ask, “Should I lie?” She responds with, “5’8.”” Her mom says she is very shy and has social anxiety. Um, this is not the right line of work for her. Her mother Teresa says that modeling has given her more confidence. Teresa says they are best friends (red flag) and that Teresa “can be a little snotty at times.” Way to put her best foot forward, best friend. Mackenzie’s look is sort of “blank canvass” she’s got nice bone structure but nothing about her pops without makeup. She would not stand out in a crowd.
These are the first five moms and daughters, but I know from doing set ups there is one more pair to come.
All the pairs arrive in at the house they will be living in. They have to carry their own luggage. The horror! In a mother daughter interview, Breanna’s mother says she wants to make sure that her daughter has everything she needs even vagina something. Paste? I listened three times and can’t make it out. It’s also Friday night in the ghetto and someone has a case of fireworks, or there is a gang gunfight going on. Either way, Banjo is very distressed. The producer inquires about where to find the vagina thing and Breanna says her mom makes it. I actually tried to find the answer to this question on Google, but could not. I am counting on you guys!
When Yolanda shows up with cupcakes with Bella in her wake, the girls all lose their minds. I hope Lillian tells Bella that she is a better model than she is. Bella would belt her in the mouth.
Yolanda address the group for the first time and the word “journey” would be my drinking word if I were drinking. In fact, why am I not drinking. Hang on a minute. Okay, feed the dog, pour a glass of pinot grigio and popped a couple probiotic tablets for dinner. I’m good to go. Yolanda and Bella give a speech about not being competitive with each other and having confidence in themselves. Yolanda cries.
I just realized Lillian’s name is actually Lilyan. As that realization comes, more obnoxious words come out of her mouth. She tells the producers face to face that one of the girls who was a bit nervous about the plans for the day has been pushed to the side by her as irrelevant. For this reason, I remind you that she is living up to the misspelled name rule. If your mother can’t spell your name correctly, you are doomed from birth. Lilyan is exhibit 42b.
The girls have 15 minutes to pick one outfit that represents them and be ready for a photo shoot in Times Square. They are each given $50 to buy whatever they want for their shoot. The moms are the creative directors, the winner gets $5,000.
Athena and her mom keep the $50 and just take a photo. It was cute but they passed some bright red tables and chairs that I would have used as props. Athena is so cute though that it doesn’t matter where she poses. Yolanda says that the high heels were a bad choice for a thirteen year old.
Lilyan and Kat flag down a yellow cab for Lilyan ( I now says lil’ yan in my head and it sounds like a tiny asian rapper) to squat on. The girl cannot pose to save her life and all her mama does is scream really bad ideas at her. Yolanda seems as unimpressed as I was.
Makenzie refuses to take direction from her mother. True her mother’s ideas are not the best, but for this challenge she is the creative director. I hate that Yolanda basically says everything I do right after I type it. Makenzie decides to pose with the red chairs, but she just sits on one normally and barely changes poses.
Breanna’s mom wants her to skip and be 13, she says she can’t skip in heels. Yolanda says that is exactly why she shouldn’t be wearing heels. Later we see her mom trying to make her jump in high heels.
Mikayla is posing in front of a poster with a lot of lips and mouths. She’s cute. I love her outfit. She’s following her mother’s direction. She’s the best so far by a mile. She’s 16 but chose flats which is a good choice for the streets of NYC. Then they get her hailing a cab. This is a great shoot. Yolanda likes the dynamic between Mikayla and her mom. They got along very well. We see her in several different shooting locations and she is great in all of them. She’s the clear frontrunner. She also has zero experience and is the only one not being homeschooled.
When Yolanda reviews the photos, she says all the moms had their girls in too much makeup and hair for this first shoot about who they really are.
They meet for dinner and Lil’yan is so sure she is going to win despite being the absolute worst in the lot. I hope Yolanda talks about the photos from worst to first. Somebody needs a reality check.
She starts with Breeana. She feels like she chose the wrong image, but liked many things about her shoot. Makensie is next. She choose a really, really bad photo from the posey posey red chair shoot. When Yolanda points that out Makensie chose to tell Yolanda Hadid that the shoot was really stressful because they only had thirty minutes to get it all done. Her mom says she thought they did well. It would not surprise me at all if the moment I hit play on the DVR Yolanda tells them to pack their shit and leave. You do not speak to Yolanda that way. You do not speak at all. You merely thank her for the feedback. Yolanda spares her life, but not before telling her that she heard her shush her mom and she didn’t like that one bit.
Now with the sirens. Maybe some fucknut blew off a finger lighting fireworks.
Next is Athena, I love Athena, but she also chose a terrible picture. She looks bored in NYC. How can that even be a thing? Especially for a 13-year-old on a photo shoot. Yolanda said the heels were a mistake.
Mikayla had a great photo, and she loved how the mother daughter team worked together, but in the photo they chose, Mikayla had dead eyes.
Lil’yan and Kat are up next. If she likes the photo I will throw up. And she does. Lil’yan and Mikayla are the top two. But when Mikayla wins, the look of devastation on Lilyan’s face was everything. Then Yolanda tells Mackenzie she is in the bottom this week. She cries. She says she is crying because she lost for being disrespectful but she and her mom have a special bond. Oh please. Cry me a river. You were an insolent little brat the entire shoot. We had a confessional where Lil’yan said Mikayla didn’t deserve the win and Makensie was being dramatic. Her mother fully endorses her trash talking.
The odd thing was my recording was only 49 minutes and I got the entire episode.
Overall, I like this show and I’ll be watching and recapping. Probably on Fridays because that timeslot is already full with Top Chef and 60 Days In.
Uhhhh!? Never heard of this show..ever! I will watch now. ** I applaud you Tamara for not allowing commenters to viscerate young women’s looks. That is a low that should never be tolerated…no matter how immature & shallow a young girl may seem to be. I think most of us were immature & shallow at some point in our youth?**
And some still are shallow and immature into adulthood as many of the housewives franchises have shown us!
As much as Yolanda irritates me, I have added this to my DVR and will be watching.
Vaginal wipes. Really threw me when she said she made them.
Ah, Mystery solved. Why does a young girl need a vaginal wipe? And I don’t even want to know how she makes them.
When she said she made vag wipes my jaw hit the floor. What’s wrong with baby wipes? Anyway, the mom is Phiilppina, she said it in the ep but I could tell from the accent. So that’s the Asian part.
I felt badly for Mackenzie. Yeah, she treats her mom like crap. But I don’t think there should be a “bottom” for these girls. I can’t imagine being told by another adult that there was something wrong with me at that age, let alone have it be televised. Like someone said later, who’s going to want to work with her in the future? I love reality competition shows, but if Yolanda trash-talks the girls I’m going to pass. Plus she should’ve spoken more about how crap the moms were at directing their kids. Maybe take a cue from Abby (I can’t believe I’m saying this) and leave the kids alone and focus on how awful the moms are.
The fact that you think Yo telling Mackenzie that being disrespectful to her mother, and refusing to follow the creative directors instructions is “trash talking a teen” is the reason teens are such awful disprectful cretins. I’d say motherhood is probably not a good plan for your life.
Despite Lilyan being obnoxious, I think she has that “odd” look that actually photographs well and a lot of modeling agencies look for (I’m not making fun of her looks in anyway). I didn’t think I would like, this show but I actually enjoyed it. Apparently these girls aren’t going through that awkward phase most 13 year olds go through (I cringe at what I looked like when I was that age- braces and acne!!)
I think it was only 49 minutes because they had a 10 minute project runway preview or something.
Only just seen this. Does anyone else think Lilyan and her mum, Kat are fake? I think their behaviour is unbelievable and they may be there to cause fake friction and boost viewing numbers.
I saw this while scrolling through the channels last night. Can’t believe you are writing about it. Yolanda Limey is trying for a comeback. Please no!
Oh God help my extremely awkward 13 year old self. I have a pic no lie. I have midnight blue velvet shorts on with an O.P. Peach crop top. Not bad but my genius tomboy ass paired it with lifesaver brand and colored knee high tube socks and blue converse holding a freaking skateboard. I still today as an adult have zero clue how to wear makeup. If I watch videos or Pinterest I think wth happens if it rains and my smoking hot date sees that’s not my face. I didn’t care for Yolanda after her first season so I wasn’t keen on the new show but now I’m in…I still hate pics taken I derp out hard no matter the angle god bless these youngins bravery.
Huh!? O_O
LOL loved this. Derp on, you magnificent creature.
“Making A Model with Mark:”
1. Be a model.
2. Marry a billionaire and have his children.
3. Marry more men for money while becoming a media whore and putting your whole family in the spotlight.
4. Gift Children lots of plastic surgery while curbing appetite with almonds.
5. Use connections to kick start career while making sure they are cosseted in a safe bubble.
Do NOT expose them to goldigging sociopaths at 13.
How are they even letting this fly in 2018? 13 year old girls competing to be thrust in to a seedy sexualized industry which is currently at the forefront of a national press scandal? Are the fashion houses not even campaigning to stop the use of underage models???
The mind boggles. On one hand we are talking about how things need to change, then we’re introducing our 12 year old daughters to Terry Richardson and telling them to take some alone time to chat. Bloody hell.
You obviously have not seen middle school girls in the US lately.
And THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO WALK THE RUNWAY FROM SOMEONE!
I really like this show and Yolanda is doing a great job so far. Mostly because as soon as I type something she shays it,
And I wrote this about Yolanda in the past and am well aware of her over the top behavior in golddigging. Hell I’d probably sign up for golddigging lessons from her at this point but step one would be Lose 100 pounds and I can’t be arsed to get up off my broke down couch. ‘
http://tamaratattles.com/2016/02/24/yolanda-foster-officially-sickens-me/
Oh god I’d sign up for them in a heartbeat if I wasn’t an obese trash panda. It’s just gonna be hard for me watching her sashay around acting like she’s something more than an opportunistic yacht-girl wrangler. Allegedly.
Mark, you are going to have to put that aside. And of course she i grooming them to be yacht girls. THAT I PART OF THE PRIZE dont be jelly.
Eugh I know I don’t even know where my judgement is coming from. It totally be a yacht girl too. 100k to bone some old dude on a yacht and get a free holiday? Sign me up.
I think this show is a perfect fit for Yolanda. In my opinion she’s much better suited for a show like this versus the RHOBH. She has an opportunity here to showcase her professional know how instead of faking a lifestyle made up for the camera. I enjoyed watching the first episode.
Yo lost her accent…..
TT, You are killing me. I just watched because of your recap. Granted, I didn’t pay full attention as I am cooking homegrown, organic meals for my king and his royal offspring. Few observations:
1. Every person on this show needs to remember the the current trend in modeling is to have a FAMOUS NAME. None of the contestants have one.
2. If you’re not at least 5’10”, you will never be a runway model. Maybe Sears catalog work. Stay in school, girls.
3. Models are hired because they are a blank canvas, i.e. vapid, void of personality. The purpose of the job is to sell the MERCHANDISE, not express yourself. There is a reason Heroin is the drug of choice for these girls. I don’t care what Tyra says; she’s making a show, not working models.
Excuse me, I need to milk a goat for the fresh cheese I’m prepping…
4. The Sophia Ritchie lookalike needs to take a seat and lose the attitude. The original SR is not even a model; the best her looks got her (haha, I mean her name got her) was that Kardashian reject’s dirty dick and some temporary publicity.
5. Who executive produced this? Smart move if Yolanda got peeps to invest…
Off to gather fresh eggs.
PS Any female who requires vaginal wipes has either an STD or bacterial infection. Just sayin
A lot of young girls and women use them during their periods. The Mom probably makes her own as using natural inhrediants and no perfume is much less damaging to natural flora of the vagina.
I don’t usually come here to discuss “vaginal flora”, but I’m sure the gay guys are loving it. LOL
How exactly is a model going to do a shoot with a pad? (Apologies, again) Ever hear of tampons? Sophistication is expected in the professional world.
We don’t know if some of these girls will have the height or not. They are still growing.
Regarding these girls’ abilities to become the next supermodel…. Very, very few models make it to that level. That said, there are many, many more lucrative jobs out there in the general market. Having these skills will give any of these girls the ability to turn a nice dime working catalogs, regional shows, minor product lines that still pay well. They should be focusing on absorbing as much instruction and experience as possible to land a job that will pay them much more than working in a mall.
Winning an “opportunity” to get a contract with IMG, but a contract with Yolanda, is exposure for a show. (How it looks to me) It’s a boot camp, seems like it would be a tiny bit of gaining exposure, not a contract. Years perhaps after boot camp, to supermodel.
It’s like a dating show to advertise your wish for a date.
I’m so in, after only seeing the first 16minutes preview, finally watching, since it wasn’t updated.
Unfortunately, Yolanda still irks me the way she dealt with dying. (I think there is probably a clause regarding height, age, or something shady) Just don’t/can’t trust Yolanda 100% sadly.
Can’t wait for the mom’s to fall apart, cause Yolanda doesn’t seem the hugs and reassuring type.
I think the mom’s are going to drive the girls crazy.
Damn you, Tamara. Now there’s another show that I thought was going to be pretentious crap and you’ve made it sound good enough where I’ll have to watch it. Now I’ll not only have cobwebs on my cobwebs, but I’ll have cobwebs on my cobwebs on my cobwebs, and it’s all your fault. A pox on you, I say. Well, maybe not a pox, but at least an ugly-looking zit.
lol what can I say? The show doesn’t suck. I was prepared to write a nasty bashing of it. It was, dare I say…kind of good and Yo is the best part. She plays Tyra better than Tyra!
Well, I trust your judgment and if a show needs to be bashed, you’re the best one to do it. Perhaps I underestimated Yolanda after watching her be all limp and lily-livered for so long on RHOBH, BTW, I’ll still blame you for my complete and utter lack of achievement around my house.
I like the show and will be watching, I was hooked the moment she corrected the little lady who shushed her mother.
Yo deserves An Emmy at this point. Best actress ever. Is she still banging her mail man?
She got a show with her name in the title. Gets to be HBIC, and has people falling all over her, forgetting about her hundreds of treatments that made her look crazy.
No wonder she is killing it.
Oh, and she’s rich, lol.
I like Yolanda but not the show. I doubt I’ll watch again.
Another show to dvr ! Thanks T.T had no intention of watching this but you convinced me yet again ! Can I convince you to watch American Crime Story The ASSASINATION of Gianni Versace ? Read the book, you will love it !
I have it on my list of things to record. Which is getting VERY long lately and my DVR is bursting at the seams with all Winter premieres happening.
Yay ! 10 episodes & from what I have already seen & read it looks incredible. The book is filled with details most folks don’t know. I, for one was riveted. Maureen Orth was crucified for revealing the truth about the principle players but a journalist has got to do investigative reporting & what she discovered was shocking.
You should recap it for us!
I’m going to order the book today.
Third and last try on commenting on this show. I forgot what is was saying now. Thank you for the recap, this is more interesting entertainment than I had thought. So far Yolanda has not been insufferable.
I enjoy all your posts!
Mackenzie was my absolute favorite and she was a pleasure to watch. In the it the hand Lilian was an absolute jealous MEAN GIRL. Her personality on the show made her ugly to me. Her mom was also very immature. I can see where the daughter learned her behavior from. She is definitely not model material.
Thank you so much for loving Makenzie. It took us both awhile to adjust to the tv cameras and no privacy. No matter how hard we tried we could not have prepared ourselves for that! Her supposed “attitude” in the first episode was just her being totally overwelmed at the whole thing. I know her and knew this and this is the reason I was so patient during the Times Square shoot and just let it go. We actually ran all over Times Square but of course they only chose to show the very end where she was had basically become overwhelmed and shut down. She is one of the sweetest most empathetic kids I’ve ever known and to have Yolanda think she was disrespectful devastated her. She would never be disrespectful knowingly. She just wouldn’t. She had just turned 15 before starting the show. We are pretty quiet people and to do this it took us quite awhile to adjust. We were contacted on Instagram and it kind of just fell into our laps. She had already been doing local modeling for a year. She started modeling to help her with her anxiety which it honestly has. An incredible amount. Anyway glad some seemed to like the show and Makenzie is currently modeling for 2 agencies!
So glad to hear the update on Mackenzie! Happy to know she is booking work.
Thanks so much! Yes! She currently is signed with Elite models Miami/USA, Lmodelz Indy and soon to be signed in Chicago. The show was incredibly hard for her but such a growing experience. Along with just the normal growing up as a teen as well. Also, so so much that they didn’t show. Thanks again! Makenzie’s Mom, Teresa