No posts about the NY get together? What gives?

So there's no twist ending in this series? Like perhaps the winner is subjected to systematic humiliation and ridicule directly after the pageant, at hands of the first 5 girls to drop out? Oh FOX, where is thy sting?! =)

Systematic humiliation and ridicule? Isn't that what a pageant's all about? Esp. in this case, where "inner beauty" is also taken into account. How much more hurtful to be told you lack inner, rather than outer, beauty?

I personally find the premise of this show disgusting and it is shows like this, as well as MTV's "I Want a Famous Face" that help to show Americans that plastic surgery can help solve all of their problems. America's fascination with self image is an ever growing problem that should be addressed. Unforunately the American public loves the "edgy" reality TV shows that FOX presents them with, but wouldn't it be great if for once people could realize that FOX has gone too far?

The women in this show are being portrayed on t.v as being "ugly" and how if they were only "beautiful", that their life would be so much more fulfilling. Just to clarify here, these women are far from being "ugly", in fact, for the most part, they are better looking than I am. This must mean that I am ugly too and I will never be able to achieve the goals I have set for my life. *despair*

I just saw a commercial on TV for Fox's new 'Swan' show. I would like to say that my first reaction was disgust. What are they trying to tell women of America? ... that we are all average and ugly, but if we'd just pay oodles of money for plastic surgery, all would be solved? I think this show will hurt a lot of people and I am amazed that anyone would ever want to participate in something so superficial. Instead of pushing us "average" women into believing we must have work done on us before we'd ever be considered pretty, why aren't tv stations showing us that it's ok to be average? Don't we suffer from enough skinny-and-beautiful envy? Just some questions I was asking.

Now that I've seen the ads, I'm even more disturbed. The women really don't look so bad; I'd simply recommend some makeup and better clothes (though I haven't even seen their clothes; I'm just assuming that if they don't have much self-esteem, they haven't learned to dress well).

Everytime I see a commercial for the show, I yell at the narrator for the ad that these women are not ugly. If to be beautiful is to be fake and plastic looking, I do not want to be beautiful. The media is trying to strip away anything pretty and unique and they do not like individuality. Boycott the show and put a stop to conformity!

Any woman who chooses to watch this show should be ashamed of herself. Fox should have more respect for women than this. Maybe someone at Fox will grow a soul and realize that a public apology is owed to all women everywhere. I urge any woman who is proud to be a woman to ban this show. Pass the word on. And for you men who care about your mother, wife, sister or any other women in your life, please do the same.

At first I thought that this was sad thing until I reminded myself that these women are more attracted to the fame. I wont miss a single show.

Some of the comments these women make about themselves is so sad. They have this huge panel of medical professionals, lined up to "fix" these women. And I keep wondering "Where are the psychiatrists and therapists?" These "problems" are more than skin deep.

The main crux of this show is self esteem and
what lengths one is willing to go to build that
self esteem. Im sure through the duration of the
show, every contestant will share how they view
themselves, whether average or ugly and that
what shaped this perception was the criticism and/
or lack of complements they received.

We are all judged - Man, woman, child. Each and every day each one of us walks down a runaway. If we are not judged by beauty, then we are judged by our intelligence, personality, our strength, our wealth, etc. etc.

Its inevitable that we judge ourselves and that others judge us. In essence, it is through such judgement that we select our life long partners. We are told not to judge a book by its cover. But we all do it.

If you had to look at
a caterpillar or a butterfly, which would you prefer?

Why? Im sure- many
would have selected the butterfly. Why? Because of its beauty.

We all judge and we all share our thoughts based on these judgements. However, too often what is shared is our criticism. It is this criticism that hurts and that shapes the perception of the individual.Criticism is widely shared. But what about complements? How many complements have you heard today at school, at work, at play? How many complements have you given?

I truly believe that if we give more complements- sincere ones that we
could help shape the perception of others and that perhaps, just perhaps, we would regard
ourselves as special, beautiful and we would
not go to such lengths to boost our self esteem.

Try it. And give only sincere complements. You'll find a fragile smile or perhaps a look of bewilderment. In either instance, you will have learned that we have the power to help transform that caterpillar into a butterfly. And it
didnt even cost a dime.

Just when you think you've reached the proverbial bottom-of-the-reality-tv-barrel you find a hidden trap door, leading to a subsection of the barrel containing shows in the genre "who wants to blank a millionaire" and "temptation something." Below this level you'll find "The Swan."

This show is absolutely terrible, and it's just baffling that there has been so little commentary or reaction. I mean, the concept alone is horrifyingly misogynistic, but actually trying to sit through five minutes of this trash? Jesus- I don't necessarily consider myself a feminist, but this really, REALLY exceeds the boundary of good taste.

I want to encourage anyone who finds "The Swan" as offensive as I do to go here and sign the petition. Although I don't think it's very likely the FCC will do anything about this, I still think that it's important to express our collective outrage that this garbage is allowed on the air.

This is funny. The FCC goes positively apeshit over a clip lasting 1/60th of a middle aged woman's partially concealed breast, yet it will probably do nothing about a weekly hour long broadcast that proclaims to everyone watching "you are inferior."

That being said I am not going to sign this petition, because the same people who go to the trouble of creating forms like this are the ones who actively curtail free expression and allow for drivel like "The Swan" to take its place. If you want to do something about this show, fuck the FCC and contact your local Fox network directly.

Ya'll all need to get a life. If ya'll are complaining, then why did you come to this site? Ya'll are stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya'll all need to get a life. If ya'll are complaining, then why did you come to this site? Ya'll are stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this web site is the gayest web site i have ever been to i only came to this web site cuz i was going to see how many dumb ass people were here on this web site.

I would just like to say i never miss apisode of the swan these women that feel they are ugly contacted the swan to be on the show for a reason to feel good about themselves and be somebody the show would not know which women to contact if they didn't contact the show themselves keep it up i love the show.

Eh, how do you get an application for the next SWAN?

How can I get to be a contestant on the show?