So, if you’ve been watching tv, you may have seen the commercials for the upcoming season of “America’s Next Top Model.”  Bravo has been trying to present the next season as a groundbreaking search for women who aren’t tall enough for traditional model standards.  Look at us!  We’re broadminded and forward-thinking!

I am far from the only person to comment on this, but they’ve been using Kate Moss as an example of the trail these women are supposedly going to follow,  referring to her as “petite supermodel Kate Moss.”  Uh, yeah.  A quick Google suggests that Kate Moss is in fact my height – 5’7″.  While that admittedly makes us at least two inches shorter than most runway models, it also makes us taller than approximately 85% of American women.  Kate Moss is not a role model for “short girls,” people, and she’s not petite compared to anyone but models and basketball players.  5’7″, incidentally, is the maximum height for the upcoming season.  Exactly what sort of modeling career are they expecting women who are genuinely petite to have?

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