America's Next Top Model Tries to Also Become a Role Model for Teens

America's Next Top Model has become a huge success going into the 9th season on the CW Network. Due to it's popularity, host Tyra Banks, has acknowledged the show's main viewers are teenage girls, who may also have a dream of becoming a model just like here current contestants. In an effort to show her support and set good role models for the teen viewers, Tyra announced to the 13 potential models that smoking will no longer be permitted during the entire taping of the show. During the first elimination episode last week she advised the girls that many teenage girls watch the show and will immitate a lot of what they see on the show in order to look better, lose weight, and dress a certain way. In the previous episodes, many of the former contestants also smoked and was very visible to the camera, Tyra now hopes to reduce that habit with this season's contestants. Therefore, she gave the girls one last night to smoke their cigarettes, but the next day it was to be banned from the show.
After hearing Tyra's new rules for the house I was really impressed how she wants her viewers to also be positively affected by the show. Many girls do watch the show and seeing young women smoking can send a message to them saying it's okay to smoke because you're a model or that you're on TV. I commend Tyra's support to improve the health of her contestants and her viewers. This is a great example of how the media can provide positive health communication to the public at large.