We weren’t watching A Model Life on TLC until a few weeks ago, when a certain casting director whispered it could be the one model show where girls actually book jobs.

Shocked and cynical, we set our TiVO and eventually started watching.

Apparently you did too, since every week we get a flood of emails:

“Is Anjelika really that ignorant?”

“Why is Michelle there?”

“Lucia did a movie in Czech!”

We get it; you’re obsessed.

As for us, yes we’re definitely impressed: The girls are mostly 16, when real models start out. And we like Petra Nemcova as the hostess, especially during her “modeling lessons,” striking “swimsuit” poses on a cement floor to demonstrate the right way to sell a bikini. We’ll be sure to try that on Martha’s Vineyard next week.

But what about the girls?

It’s no secret that Brazilian Beatriz will get sent home - she’s so pretty, and so inept in front of the camera.

And while Angelika may have too much attitude for the Next new faces board, we know one girl with a definite spot:

The British Abby, who’s already been uploaded onto their women’s board.

So that suspense is ruined (sorry!), but instead you can wonder which runway she’ll score in September… we hear she’s a pretty good walker.

Early this year, Fashionista got a book in the mail. It hat a hot pink cover and a pop perfect title: Supermodel. The book was an epic poem.

It starts off with a beautiful girl clinging to a tree in a tsunami, but skids far away from the actual life of Petra Nemcova from there. This girl also survives Columbine. This girl also saves whales.

The myth of this perfect woman, who walks Marc Jacobs shows before walking through fire, was intriguing. The problem? The book is interrupted, couplet by couplet, with found text on the internet. Porn star names. Handbag sales. Driving directions. A Google transcript interrupting the poetry.

Confused, frustrated, and also really interested, we hunted down the poem’s author, David Breskin, to discuss epics, fashions, and what happens to pretty girls in trouble.