Sunday, March 16, 2008

Controversy strikes

I'm sure Americans are all smug with their Spitzer sex scandal. It's obviously a delicious story, practically gift wrapped for "Saturday Night Live." But we Germans have been mired in a salacious story of our own: Aline, aged 20, is a contestant on the highly entertaining (and for me, educational) "Germany's Next Top Model bei Heidi Klum." This week, Heidi confronted her about some topless pics she found of Aline on the internet. Aline cried, Heidi scolded and the story was in all the papers.

I found this scandal doubly entertaining because nude picture are commonplace in Germany. Everyday, the largest national newspaper Das Bild has a different naked lady on their cover and little old grannies read it on the U-Bahn. At first I was shocked by this, but now it's gotten boring. I guess that's why I find Aline's story so interesting; It was almost like GNTM was trying to act more American by reacting to the photos this way. Because in America, Aline would probably become a much bigger celebrity after getting kicked off the show. She might even post her demos on her MySpace page, under "The Emperor's Club"....

1 comment:

Mach1 said...

"We Germans," Steph?