ANTM-C16第十名英文訪問 - 超級名模生死鬥

Reality TV Games participated in a post-elimination phone call with America
Next Top Model 16's Sara Longoria.

How old are you?
Nineteen. (Height?) 5' 10" (ethnicity / nationality?) My father is Mexican
(Is he from the US or Mexico?) He grew up in the States and my mother is
white, her family is French, German, Irish, [she is the typical European]
hodge-podge that happens. I identify as Hispanic person, it's easier to get
to know my dad's culture because l'm immersed in it and I feel a little bit
closer to that side. (Is Rio Grande Valley, Texas an actual town?) That's an
umbrella term for about twenty or so towns on the Texas-Mexico border...
we're like our own little Twilight Zone area... we are different from pretty
much every other place else in Texas and the rest of the country. (How so?)
Our population is extremely Hispanic, kinda conservative and Catholic, we
have our own Tex-Mex slang, we have mannerisms that are unique to The Valley,
there is a definite cultural shift once you go from Houston or Austin or
Dallas to The Valley and vice versa.

Is your school in the same area you grew up?
I grew up everywhere but I've lived in The Valley the longest... I attend
UTPA [the University of Texas-Pan American], about thirty years ago we were
called Taco Tech because only Mexicans went here and it was seen as a lesser
school but I think that we are surprising everyone with the successful
graduates from here. (What is your major?) It was nursing but I switched to
political science with a psych minor because of the activism that I have been
doing with Planned Parenthood. (What are your two jobs?) I work in the
stockroom [in a retail store] at the mall... I don't like dealing with
customers and Planned Parenthood as well.

Do you speak Spanish?
I don't speak Spanish, I speak Tex-Mex, my father was a marine and we lived
all over the place and he wanted his kids to really assimilate into the
country and he did not want us to face the same things that he did when he
was younger and living in The Valley; I don't speak proper Spanish like he
does but the majority of my friends are Mexican and [there is not a real
language barrier] when I am to hanging out with them.

You are involved with Planned Parenthood, is that an easy thing to do in the
environment you're in?
Not at all, it is extremely difficult, because our area is traditionally
Catholic and Hispanic and conservative, I face a lot of negativity because I
am so open about my support for women's rights and reproductive rights and
the things I do with Planned Parenthood. I have lost some friends and I have
had people be pretty rude to me, I had a priest come up to me during a
tabling and try and debate me and afterwards he was like "you were very
cordial and polite and I thank you for that," and I was like "well thank
you," but after he left I was shaking with anger actually because it is just
so bold to come up to someone and be like, "I'm here to debate you... I want
to talk about politics," I am at an AIDS tabling, we're talking about AIDS
right now, we can debate the finer points of the Catholic Church's views on
sexuality some other time, sir. I was really polite, you have to be polite
otherwise they would be like, "those pro-choice advocates are just rude,
crazy hippies," but you have to put your best face forward always. (What is a
tabling?) At UTPA, during an event or even just at a regular lunch time, at
the student union or the library, we will go set up a table with information
on Planned Parenthood, there's a funny dice game that with sexual health
questions, we pass out condoms and information, we have a kit with birth
control options and people come up to us and ask us questions about sexual
health, sexual responsibility and human sexuality in general.

What specifically is controversial, abortion is of course, but any thing else?
This area is extremely pro-life, the last time I went to a Catholic Church, I
was about sixteen and the priest urged people to come forward if they had
participated in the sin of pornography... viewed it, if they had pre-marital
sex, if they committed the sin of using a condom. People don't believe in
using condoms, there is a mindset among teenagers and young adults that if we
don't use condoms then it's not real sex, if we don't use vaginal penetration
then its not real sex, so they are passing around STDs and possibly harming
themselves and their partners because of this mindset... if I don't admit
that it's real sex, then I can still be pure by the cultural definition of
purity, so condoms... birth control, admitting that you have sexual feelings
is highly taboo and extremely unwelcomed. I had this friend who was very rude
to me when I started working for Planned Parenthood, she distanced herself
from me and she wanted me to know that I was not a good girl, what does that
mean? I am respectful to my parents? I work two jobs... I go to school... I'm
a very good person. She's like, "people are going to know that you like this
stuff." I was like, "I love teaching people about this stuff, I don't
understand what you're getting at." She finally told me that people would
assume horrible, negative things and use gender slurs against me because of
the work that I do, and she did not want that to happen to her so she
distanced herself from me and took a large portion of my friend group away
too. At the same time The Valley is so sexual, I don't want to play into the
stereotype of hot, passionate, spicy Latins but at the same time we are
denigrating and forsaking it, we are secretly longing for it and slipping it
into our speech.

Describe your family.
I am the middle child of seven, I am the fourth child, I have three brothers
and three sisters, the oldest is twenty-three and the youngest is seven. (Is
your family supportive of your advocacy?) My mother is extremely supportive,
she worries about my safety sometimes and I have had friends and co-workers
tell me to be careful who I tell about my work and try to gauge the situation
before I let people know what kind of work and volunteering that I do, but my
mother is extremely supportive and she told me that she wants me to make
something of myself and never have to rely on a man to support me. She wants
me to be a strong woman and she realizes that Planned Parenthood is helping
me to grow into a well-rounded and extremely independent young woman.

How are the people in your area reacting to you being on the show?
I have gotten a lot of "I told you sos," both good and bad, the good ones
were, "I knew you could make it... I knew you had it in you," and the bad
ones were, "I knew a Valley Girl could not win the show... couldn't make it
far," but you just got to ignore the haters. There are people who I never
really talked to and who weren't very kind to me who are trying to be my best
friend and give me stuff and take me out and learn all they can about the
show... I'm glad I have my real friends to keep me grounded.

You stated that you feared that you would not be able to articulate what you
were feeling and thinking, did that materialize?
There were definitely occasions where I felt that I was being misunderstood
and that is what I really dislike the most, having people misunderstand where
I am coming from and what I am emoting and trying to convey to people, I hate
that feeling, it is definitely a feeling of powerlessness and I don't like
that at all. While I was on the show, there were occasions where some of the
girls or Mr. Jay weren't understanding what I was trying to tell them.

Do your feminist views jibe with being a model?
The purpose of feminism and equal rights are a woman choosing and making
decisions for herself and that is something that no one else can take away
from her... yes modeling can have a negative influence on a women's self
esteem and how they look at themselves but there are beautiful parts of the
industry like a photographer, a make up artist, a designer and a model
working together to make a beautiful image that attracts the consumer or
entices the eye, I think that there is something really magical about that. I
may have to pick and choose certain parts and I know that I am a new model
and I can't really afford to do that... I may have to make certain decisions.

In reference to the show, there were things going on behind the scenes that
weren't shown that in addition to the set up of the commercial gave me a very
yucky feeling in my stomach. I don't mean to be dramatic... to me, it's kinda
like doing blackface, yes it was a very iconic time period with the styles
and hairdos and mannerisms, but at the same time women weren't able to
vocalize sexuality or take full credit for their ideas, they had to use
simple, high school tricks to get a man's attention and convey an intelligent
idea because they weren't able to use their voice, that really struck in my
heart personally because I have seen that happen in my area, women are afraid
to vocalize to men and speak up against men, so having that conflict was
difficult for me. I kinda regret speaking up about it because as a model you
are supposed to take whatever it is that they expect of you... a model should
be able to work with whatever situation she is put in and it was very
unprofessional of me to let that effect me, I tried my hardest at the
commercial but I don't know if it came through - I don't think it did because
I went home but I did try my best and I did not check out or give up half way
through. (Are you referring to something specific that happened or are you
referring to your inner turmoil?) There were specific incidences behind the
camera... specific tangible incidences that I and the other girls experienced
that was not comfortable... yeah.

How did your interest in modeling develop?
When I was younger I was a very much an angry, little feminist girl, I saw
how women were being treated and how girls were being groomed from a young
age to be the stereotypical woman that The Valley perceived to be as
beautiful and desirable... I was angry and dark and I did not like make up, I
thought it was for people who could not deal with the face that they were
given and that people just needed to be honest... ugh, I was just very young
and naive and idealistic all at the same time, but I grew up and I got
pretty, I grew into my nose... slightly (laughs). I realized that I am good
looking and a good person all at the same time, so when I got about seventeen
and got good looking, I realized that I can do this and be true to myself at
the same time, I did a couple of shoots with my friends and it piqued my
interests and it was so much fun and I enjoyed it. The results are tangible,
like with a carpenter, baker or tailor, [something tangible was produced]
from what I did with my time; there is a physical result of the hard work
that I did and that made me feel really good.

Are there models whose work represent what you want to convey?
I am really interested in the androgynous work of certain models like Andrej
Pejic, Lea T and Cole Mohr. Lea T is a transgendered model from South
America, she's been in Vogue, Andrej Pejic is from Australia and he's very
young, he grew his hair out really long and blond and he goes down the runway
in gowns... in bridal gowns and does high fashion shoots as a woman on
occassion. I really identify with that message of being yourself and still
being successful, who wouldn't want to be able to do that... to be able to be
true to yourself and still reach a high level of prominence in the industry.

Who are your favorite fashion designers?
Betsey Johnson... she makes beautiful clothes and they are available
commercially, she was the first designer that I was aware of when I was a
child... and to see an older lady cartwheeling down the runway, that is one
of my first memories of the fashion industry... I was so excited by fashion.
I really, really love Alexander Wang and God rest his soul, Alexander McQueen
and Stella McCartney, I wish that they made her children's clothing for
adults, because it is so English boarding school... I would dress like a
little English school girl every day.

Was cutting your hair a cliche?
Ummm... I understand Tyra's vision, she knows her stuff and that woman has
made an extremely successful career in an industry that does not always
embrace curves and women of color and I respect her highly for that, she had
a vision for me with short hair and I feel bad that I could not live up to
that and that I wasn't able to work with it. (Do you still have your makeover
look?) I still have short hair and I am growing it out, my hair is now a
shaggy Harry Potter III length... I dyed it reddish brown and I plan on
dyeing it pink this afternoon. (What about platinum or white like last
season's Givenchy campaign?) I actually had white blonde hair before... I've
had really short hair for about four years and when I graduated high school I
had a really short, Annie Lennox from the Eurythmics haircut and it was
bright, bright blond. (Did you take pictures?) Yes I got my naval septum
pierced the same day and I took an embarrassing amount of pictures.

Who were your friends in the house?
I was friendly with all of the girls, I pride myself on being relateable and
friendly to people. I had a minor scuffle... spat with Alexandria but in a
high pressure situation like a modeling competition that is being shown on
national TV with high stakes prizes, anyone can react negatively like she
did, I wouldn't say that we were particularly close. [I was friendly] with
Monique, Dominique, Mikeala, Hannah... I got along with everyone and we still
talk now. (What kind of conversations did you guys have in the house?) It's a
group of fourteen girls and there is going to be some silly conversations
like "when did you get your first kiss?" and "what do you want to do after
this," but I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of conversations that we
had and the level of intelligence that so many girls displayed in the house.
I remember sitting down with [some of the girls] and we had a great
conversation about women's rights and how you could be pro-choice and still
not be pro-abortion for yourself, you can support a woman's rights and how
that is something that is not really talked about by the pro-life side. Some
of the girls were extremely religious, some were politically conservative but
we all found common ground somehow and I think that that is really awesome.
Also the girls were so gosh darn silly, oh my goodness! Mikeala seems like
she's very intense and quiet on the show, but that girl is so silly, she
makes crazy faces, she makes fart jokes, I love her!

Who are you rooting for to win?
I got so close to all of the girls... I want us all to continue living
together in a house and be successful but since it is a competition and only
one of us can win, I would really like it if Brittani won, she is a really
beautiful person inside and out... that would be such a Cinderella story if
she won, I would be so happy for her.

What does the tattoo on your back say?
"I am deliberate," it is an Audre Lorde quote, the full quote is, "I am
deliberate and afraid of nothing." I got it when I was eighteen because I
felt very much like a mistake, kinda like a genetic oddity in The Valley
where the standard of beauty is 5'2" dark skin, big breasts and long hair and
I am none of that. I felt like a strange creature who was dropped in The
Valley and I just wanted the people who were staring at me as I walked away
to know that I was a deliberate creation and also the unspoken part, that I
am not afraid of them.

Are you on Facebook?
I am Sara Longoria on Facebook.

Is there anything you would like to say to your fans?
I don't know if I have fans... (laughs) Pursue whatever dream that you have
whether it is modeling or becoming a doctor, a missionary and whatever goal
you have, don't let anyone stop you or let negative feedback slow you down,
just keep going and improving and trying your hardest. I really appreciate
the support and I hope that everyone pursues their own dreams and encourage
others to do the same.

1.她爹是墨西哥人 她娘有德法 以及愛爾蘭混血

2.她不會說西班牙文 但是會說Tex-Mex(德州墨西哥文?)

3.懶的翻了...



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