Congratulations to Saleisha Cooper, Cycle 9 Winner for America’s Next Top Model!

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Former America’s Next Top Model Adrianne Curry is back for more after her very controversial “Ban Black History Month and BET” rant. Here is her “rebuttal” via her MySpace:

“Rebuttal to my Black History blog

Yep, I gotta try to clarify a few things here.

Firstly, I just want to apologize for how random my thoughts were in my last blog. I wrote what I did just minutes after a long heated discussion on the topic. I can hardly read the thing, it’s so damn random!

I think it is HORRIBLE that people misunderstood my message. Just because I wanted to stop separating races, doesn’t mean I want to STOP TEACHING HISTORY! Or schools need to teach MORE of ALL of it anyway! I was asking that we not name things to separate ourselves. I never claimed we shouldn’t learn our own history, or that of all the other countries on earth (which we as Americans are pretty bad at). I am very aware of all the amazing things hat black people have done for our country, and we should always be aware of it. However, separating our races sounds like racism to me. It just does. So go ahead, claim I am the one who is ignorant for wanting us all to be EQUAL! Can you believe that? How does that make a f***ing lick of sense? Honor your heritage, I know I do. Just make sure that by doing so, you do not seperate yourself from the rest of us! Black History to me would be everything that happened in AFRICA. I lived there for almost 5 months. Visted Robin Island, and saw the cell they held Nelson Mandela in. I witnesses first hand people calling these taxi vans “Black Taxis” and these nice taxi’s “white taxis”. Just vile.THAT is African(black if you will) history. African AMERICAN history is OUR history!

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The original America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry is speaking out against Black History Month and cable network BET (Black Entertainment Television) on her MySpace. The 25-year-old reality TV star is married to Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch. Leave your thoughts on her rant in the comments section! Here’s Adrianne’s post:

“This is gonna be hard guys. I LOVE the comedians on BET. I also LOVE the fact that they play my favorite show of all time, In Living Color. However, I do not believe in seperating ANY RACE in America. WE ARE AMERICANS! How dare we have Black History Month! In my eyes, the Native Americans deserve it MUCH more, seeing how we destroyed their ENTIRE SOCIETY. There are hardly any of them left! They also have been proven to have the WORST living conditions on their reservations. I want AN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. One where we learn about EVERY race, ALL OF OUR LEADERS, EVERYONE! I think by having a month dedicated to one race, and not one for any other, is RACIST. Every fund set up to only help people of one race is SICK and RACIST.

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Lauren Conrad and The Hills costars Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port hit up the special MTV taping of Legally Blonde: The Musical at NYC’s Palace Theater on Thursday. Watch the trio introduce the show from their seats!

Pictured at the pink carpet event: MTV VJ Damien Fahey, singer Kat DeLuna, ANTM’s CariDee English and Kim Stolz and Laura Bell Bundy, who plays the lead role of Elle Woods, for which she received her first Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

Lauren wore a Mint by Jodi Arnold dress and Max Studio shoes. Audrina’s dress is from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s contemporary sportswear line Elizabeth and James. Whitney wore a hot pink Catherine Malandrino bubble dress. All three decked out in jewelry by Elyse Jeanne, Allison Daniel, Melanie Auld and Hayluv.

Broadway’s perkier-than-thou musical smash, Legally Blonde, will premiere on MTV on Saturday, Sept. 29.

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America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks strikes a fa-ierce pose alongside Cycle 7 winner CariDee English and Cycle 8 winner Jaslene Gonzalez at The CW Network Upfronts at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

Who’s the most fa-ierce — TYRA, JASLENE or CARIDEE?

Poor guy!

America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker showed off his fierce pimple at the 2007 annual “Do Something” Brick Awards at the Nokia Theatre in New York City on Tuesday night.

Somebody get this man a zit zapper!

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The Barker Bunch!

“Noted fashion photographer” and America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker takes a stroll in NYC’s West Village with son Jack Barker and wife Cristen Chin.

Nigel and Cristen were both represented by Q Model Management at some point, although only Cristen currently works with them. The happy couple have been married for five years.

Nigel (age 35?) was born in London, England to a family of British, Sri Lankan, Portuguese and Irish origins. He was last spotted with Cristen and Jack strolling NYC over the July 4th weekend.

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