Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team 2007

[chitownxo]

Originally Posted by groovypq

Which vets were cut? I think there were four, based on Sarah's comment that there were five left when they got to the final five training camp candidates, but then she got called.

Carmen Butler, Leah Mullinax, Michelle Mozek, Andrea Rogers, and Kelly Jo Stauffacher were cut from last year's team.

[WenD08]

side note: Carmen, Leah, and Michelle as well as Alex Benvenuto landed on their feet. they're now apart of the Dallas Mavericks Dance Team.

[sunnyhibiscus]

Finally, I saw the latest epidsode. That body fat machine was pretty cool, but I agree with you guys. There was nothing wrong with Erica's body. And Jordyn's body for that matter. Jordyn had 20% body fat, but it doesn't seem like it. That's a shame that they are promoting eating disorders the way they are promoting that amount of body fat. I've read that ex-DCC Whitney Ott had an eating disorder for her 1st two years on the squad.

Erica Jenkins seems like that she doesn't want to be there with the way she sat and the look on her face at evlauations. I was shocked that Nicole didn't pass her written exam and I believe that she was a 3 year veteran, prior to this year. If you have been there that long, you should be able to know this stuff forward, backwards, and in your sleep.

[groovypq]

Originally Posted by sunnyhibiscus

I was shocked that Nicole didn't pass her written exam and I believe that she was a 3 year veteran, prior to this year. If you have been there that long, you should be able to know this stuff forward, backwards, and in your sleep.

I was flipping back and forth between that and the World Series so maybe I heard this wrong, but did Kelli say Nicole didn't know what division the Cowboys played in?? Seriously??? After three years with the team? Even if you don't pay enough attention to the team surely that would have sunk in somehow.

[jenmir]

All this "fat talk" reminds me of the time our rush advisor (from somewhere in the Midwest) told us The Weight Story. The story was of her weight gain during the summer and of her sisters confronting her about it in the weeks before rush starts. They urge her to lose the weight immediately, "for the sake of your sisters..." Of course she complied and lost the weight and she says "I felt great about it." This is from the late-80's era and several years after the highly-publicized death of Karen Carpenter, so it's not like people weren't aware of eating disorders. Anyway I'm sure you're all remembering similar counseling from rush advisors in years past...

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by jenmir

All this "fat talk" reminds me of the time our rush advisor (from somewhere in the Midwest) told us The Weight Story. The story was of her weight gain during the summer and of her sisters confronting her about it in the weeks before rush starts. They urge her to lose the weight immediately, "for the sake of your sisters..." Of course she complied and lost the weight and she says "I felt great about it." This is from the late-80's era and several years after the highly-publicized death of Karen Carpenter, so it's not like people weren't aware of eating disorders. Anyway I'm sure you're all remembering similar counseling from rush advisors in years past...

Yeah, I don't what know chapter/sorority you're from, but my chapter has never been told to lose weight by any of our AAB members. Please correct me if that's not what you were trying to say, but that's not a practice of every sorority chapter in the country. I also don't see the comparison between being in a sorority and being on professional dance/cheer team.

At any rate I'm fairly sure this thread is about a TV show. So...

[jenmir]

Correct KSUViolet that it was a slight hijack above. I am well aware of the DCC discussion in this thread. My tie-in to the DCC 2008 show is this: i was watching the exact same episodes being discussed here, and had similar feelings of nausea that "why are they so concerned about this girls body fat she looks fine to me and fits the uniform etc". My 7-year old daughter was sitting in the room watching the show with me. She was intently interested in all the dance routines and the glamour of the squad, but when this "weight segment" appears in this show I feel a need to turn it off. Even though that's what brings in the ratings, I don't really want my impressionable young girl to see it. So that's what I did - I turned it off. And then I was reminded of that weight story back in college and when it came up, the timing... was eerie.

Carry on...

[KSUViolet06]

The uniform fitting part of this episode was interesting, especially hearing what Kelli and Judy had to say about how certain body types just don't look good in the uniform. I wonder what happens when someone makes the cut body fat wise, but is just weirdly shaped and looks bad in the uniform?

On another appearance-related note, I LOLed a little when they were telling Brandi (girl with the curly hair and long fake nails) that some people may think "stripper" when they look at her and see her dance. I was thinking the same thing, but I thought that that was something they'd say behind closed doors and not to her face!

That Kathryn girl who got sent home seemed very sweet and determined. I feel like she could come back next year and make it. I don't see why they didn't send Brandi home instead.

BTW: Sometimes it's hard to be surprised by the show when you can look at the website and just see who made it, but I still watch lol.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

You heard correctly - apparently Nicole missed the Division question.

I was a little shocked by the body fat ratio measuring, too, but apparently they do it every year (they used some other kind of machine last year). I thought their physical look would be more important than a pre-determined fat ratio. They showed two girls with (OMG!!!!) around a 20% reading, and I would love to have the figure of either of them. I realize they're older, but Judy doesn't look particularly fit, and neither does Kitty - especially for dancers. Kelli looks good, but obviously has it all lifted and tucked with a complete Spanx undergarment wardrobe.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

I realize they're older, but Judy doesn't look particularly fit, and neither does Kitty - especially for dancers. Kelli looks good, but obviously has it all lifted and tucked with a complete Spanx undergarment wardrobe.

But none of those 3 have to fit into the DCC outfit anymore. I understand the weight issue, but I disagree with the idea that it "promotes eating disorders." Especially with the veterans, they know what it takes to fit into the outfit, and if they resort to having an eating disorder that is on them, it isn't the fault of the DCC program.

Shoot i'd love to have any of those girls bodies, but I can see where Kelli and the others get their distorted views from. The idea people get of the those girls are the idea they get of the DCC, and by association their idea of Kelli & the team. So if someone looks at a girl and thinks she's heavier or that she has "rolls" in the outfit, that will reflect poorly on the DCC. I'm not saying its right, but I know it happens.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by epchick

Shoot i'd love to have any of those girls bodies, but I can see where Kelli and the others get their distorted views from. The idea people get of the those girls are the idea they get of the DCC, and by association their idea of Kelli & the team. So if someone looks at a girl and thinks she's heavier or that she has "rolls" in the outfit, that will reflect poorly on the DCC. I'm not saying its right, but I know it happens.

Yeah, like it or not, they're in a very "looks based" business. Like I said before, it's easy for people to say "how awful", but those people probably don't have to wear white booty shorts to work or a shirt that barely qualifies as one.

[rho4life]

This show is one of my reality show favorites. The coach and his wife were also on an episode of one of the wife swap shows.

[AnatraAmore]

Bumping because the website says they'll be airing Season 4 this fall... yay! And a couple of the girls from last year's training camp are back: Brandi Kilby (the one who looked like a stripper) and Sunni Cranfill.

[KDAngel]

I love this show, but I don't watch CMT aside for this so please bump it again when it's going to air again.

[WenD08]

not until the fall. the air date hasn't been announced.