Screencaps: ANTM Featuring Georgina Wilson and Bench/Body

The last time I tuned to America's Next Top Model was the year that blonde Carrie-something won. That was, what? Between Cycles 6 to 8. And I don't really know if she went to become an actual 'top model' in the industry. (Did she?)

But I was surprised to learn that this episode I specifically watched today was already on its Cycle 17. Which means, I have not been watching this show half the time it was on air. Way to go, Tyra Banks! Who would've thought this was going to last this long, huh?

Anyway, the reason why I tuned to ANTM after all those years was because Twitterverse was exploding with news that a Filipina model and a Filipino clothing brand were going to be in it.

Curious, I checked the episode and took screen caps of the most important scenes my kababayan would want to see.

Georgina Wilson was indeed in that episode and her total exposure time was something like 2-3 minutes.

The stylist for this episode, Filipina model Georgina Wilson.

But before her, another Filipino talent was also on the show:

His part didn't have anything to do with Georgina's. And apparently, according to the show, he's been on ANTM before. This is his second time. Filipinos are so well-represented on ANTM, then. Good to know that!

Anyway, the shoot for this week's episode took place in Greece and the models were supposed to wear swimsuits/bikini/undies provided by....

Filipino clothing brand bench/body.

For this, they got Nikos Papadopoulous, obviously a local (Greek), as photographer:

And here are more screen captures:

This model says the underwear line is adorable.
Maybe, I should go out and check bench/body at the mall.

She didn't want to model underwear.

Her issue with it was that she's married and she believes her husband

is the only person who should see her in her undies.

And so Georgina tells her,
"No offense but, it's easier to change the model than the prototype."

So, that was it.  A short but remarkable exposure for Georgina.

And props to Bench for having six (or was it seven?) girls model their underwear on American TV. Tune to the show when it airs on cable, to see what the models wore.

The show aired on The CW this week. In the Philippines, you can catch the episode on ETC, airing November 14th.

Sneak Peek: GOOD CHRISTIAN BELLES

This series is going to get into hot water, that's fer syer. Based on the title alone. Because it has the word "Christian" on it. And because the show doesn't really present itself with "good" Christians. Its characters consist of mean girls, horny bitches and hypocrites. And in the land of TV, people like that equate to fun and interesting stories.

Adapted from a controversial book (Good Christian Bitches), Good Christian Belles is set to come in mid-season and is rumored to be replacing Pan Am, which has been performing poorly with ratings.

The show is also expected to replace the void Desperate Housewives will be leaving once the latter finally bows out in May 2012.

Based on the trailer alone, this show's like Hart of Dixie meets Desperate Housewives meets Mean Girls meets Revenge.

Juicy, huh?

Here's the teaser:

The Walking Dead: Why can these freaking zombies run?

I cannot believe I am starting November 1st by looking into information about zombies.  How appropriate! And how uncharacteristic of me.

Zombies are the least of my favorite creatures ever. But watching the last few episodes of The Walking Dead left me with no choice but to look into something online.

Because... I just had to know the answer to why the zombies on this show can run after the humans.

Before the second season started, I read about how one person was able to get through an episode watching the show without freaking out, by putting this thought in her head --- Zombies are freaky. But they can't kill you if you can outrun them. Because zombies are slow. And you only die from their attack if you're trapped and there's nowhere to run.

I thought that was cool. I thought that, with that way of thinking, zombies suddenly seemed less scary.

And then TWD Season 2 started. And I saw how zombies were running fast!

That wasn't supposed to happen!!!  Seriously, why can these freaking zombies run?

What I found out only proved I know so little about these creatures.  I schooled myself in Zombie 101 within minutes of Googling.

Apparently, there are three types of zombies:

1.  The zombies that basically just feeds and feeds  on the brain. They're the most basic, dull zombies we know.
2. The zombies that are possessed. They look like normal people but have lost the ability to control themselves. Someone else is controlling them either because of a curse, hypnotism or a microchip.
3. The evolved zombies. They have become zombies because their genetic make-up has been altered. These are the ones that can run or jump (or roll over and play dead?).

George Romero, the creator of zombie film cults like Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead (films I wouldn't watch even if you pay me!),  stuck with the first type of zombies in that his zombies were slow and stupid.

Over the years, movies about zombies have portrayed them in a lot of the variations of these three types. Romero's films, for instance, when remade, featured evolved zombies. Running zombies aren't new, apparently. The movies have been doing these for years and have shown teleporting zombies even.

So going back to The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, the writer of the book series, is a huge fan of Romero's zombies and follows the same rule book to zombie-storytelling. But the producers of the TV show did a lot of changes (in every sense, like firing the original showrunner), and translated the book's stories into a television series with a slightly different take, to fit the medium.

So, now you see not just creepy-looking, vomit-inducing zombies. They can open doors, pray inside a church and pretty much? Outrun your grandmother.

And it's all for the purpose of entertainment, which make sense because an audience is so much harder to please these days.