And then there were two.
Only once in the history of NCAA March Madness have all four No. 1 seeds faced off in the Final Four -- last season, incidentally -- and yesterday it happened for the first time in Fug Madness. Top-tier fuggers Solange "Picked The Worst Way To Try And Draw Attention From Beyonce" Knowles, Mischa "Headbands" Barton, Aubrey "My Dog Is My Handbag" O'Day, and Tilda "SWINTON" Swinton went at it in two brutal games yesterday; poor Intern George almost yanked out all his hair. (It was an emotional day for him, what with all the stress of deciding who to vote for and then the ER season finale. To soothe him, we fattened his Bellini budget.)
Thanks to your tens of thousands of votes yesterday, the only two walking mishaps still standing are:
Only once in the history of NCAA March Madness have all four No. 1 seeds faced off in the Final Four -- last season, incidentally -- and yesterday it happened for the first time in Fug Madness. Top-tier fuggers Solange "Picked The Worst Way To Try And Draw Attention From Beyonce" Knowles, Mischa "Headbands" Barton, Aubrey "My Dog Is My Handbag" O'Day, and Tilda "SWINTON" Swinton went at it in two brutal games yesterday; poor Intern George almost yanked out all his hair. (It was an emotional day for him, what with all the stress of deciding who to vote for and then the ER season finale. To soothe him, we fattened his Bellini budget.)
Thanks to your tens of thousands of votes yesterday, the only two walking mishaps still standing are:
(1) AUBREY O'DAY vs. (1) SWINTON
Solange was the hot pick this year to take this whole thing home, but when facing off against Aubrey's robustly exposed cleavage, Ms. Knowles The Second faltered and only managed to scrape together 39 percent of the vote. She'll now take on her polar opposite, the high-fashion fuggery of SWINTON, who -- as, arguably, the other most common pick by our readers to win ("win") the whole damn thing -- collected votes from 63 percent of you on her cruise to victory over Mischa Barton.
The Fug Madness Selection Committee -- me, Jessica, Intern George, and sometimes the mailman if he showed up at the wrong time -- thanks you all for making this contest so much fun, and hopes you show up in droves on Monday to vote in the finals. And then maybe clear your cookies and vote again. Regardless, one thing is for sure: This season's "One Fugging Moment" photo montage, which runs on Tuesday, is going to be an especially magnificent eyesore.
For a look at how the entire season played out, click on the graphic below -- it'll display the completed bracket, crossed-out losers and all, in a new window. And remember: Vote early and often on Monday.
The Fug Madness Selection Committee -- me, Jessica, Intern George, and sometimes the mailman if he showed up at the wrong time -- thanks you all for making this contest so much fun, and hopes you show up in droves on Monday to vote in the finals. And then maybe clear your cookies and vote again. Regardless, one thing is for sure: This season's "One Fugging Moment" photo montage, which runs on Tuesday, is going to be an especially magnificent eyesore.
For a look at how the entire season played out, click on the graphic below -- it'll display the completed bracket, crossed-out losers and all, in a new window. And remember: Vote early and often on Monday.
ARE WE READY TO RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLE?!
Yes. Yes, I believe we are.
It really will come down to what photos you choose for the finale. The favorite is obvious, but if the archives reveal true insanity versus bizarre fabulousness, who knows?
I tend to think the photos will be largely irrelevant, as SWINTON seems to have been the pre-ordained winner.
I am already in agony over who to choose!!
Everyone has a different definition of "fug" and it will come down to which will triumph -- skanky, nasty fug or avant-garde, fabulous fug??
I would have bet money on Solange to take the title this year!
Perhaps this is a good time to remind people about the following, from the FAQ on this site:
"Fugly, however, is a self-inflicted state, and no one seems to excel at dwelling in the depths of fug quite like pretty people with money to spare and little sense of how to spend it. Celebrities are always skipping around in public wearing things that are phenomenally perplexing; as these red-carpet dwellers are often considered trendsetters or bastions of Hip Present and Hip Future, we like to take them to task for careless choices. (Of particular concern: whomever got little girls thinking that miniskirts and Ugg boots were a stellar combination.)"
This is NOT an honor, people! ***VOTE AUBREY!!!***
Thank you, Heather and Jessica, for such huge laughs all year long! Especially your 'dialogue' entries, which never fail to crack me up. You've expanded my fashion vision -- I may actually try to step up my own appearance this year, yikes, a high concept indeed. Keep on fuggin'!
P.S. Me, personally? I celebrate the fug, therefore, it's SWINTON ftw!
AOD is a one trick pony (heehee...trick...due to the skankitude...hee...heh...yeah)big whooop...we all know she's fug...but is she a fug champion? no...because she only brings one kind of fug to the table...SWINTON brings all kinds of fug...SWINTON for the win!
I love that SWINTON doesn't care and will take the risks that put her in the top bracket. I, too, celebrate the fug. SWINTON clearly should take this one!
This will be a difficult decision. They are both fug, but they are different kinds of fug. I really dislike trashy fug so I suspect I'll vote for Aubrey. But then again... oh hell. I don't know!
We've discussed so many various interpretations of "Fug" in the comments -- deliberate fug, accidental fug, fug that is chemically induced or inflicted by stylists of evil, skanky fug and Fug as High Art. We have Fug you Love to Hate, and Fug You Hate to Love, and Fug that makes you feel ooky, and Fug you can't help admiring. Fug has grown to archetypal status, encompassing contradictions. Whatever the original intention of this site and the Fug girls original statement of Fug, it has evolved -- as any active, growing thing will.
Fug is not what it was, so arguing that it must and should be a singular thing is kinda sorta without purpose, because, well, that was then and this is now.
What we have here is a direct competition between two extremes of Fug, so far from one another as to hardly seem related except in their ability to make us stare with our mouths open and our diet soda fizzing away. Monday will not really define any one particular kind of fug over another so much as solidify that Fug is Inclusive, Expansive, and a part of our lives.
After all, without the Fug, we'd be really bored at work right now. REALLY bored.
So let us pay proper honor to all the ugly, eye watering, horrible, puzzling, confusing, vomit inducing sartorial splendor we have witnessed. Let's have a good time with it -- they sure as hell seem to be having fun INFLICTING it on us -- and, with the excellent snark of our beloved Fug Girls, ride into Monday without any sore losers or sour grapes, because, really -- aren't ALL these fugly contestants really losers, and yet somehow winners in a weird twisted way.
There's room for a line about Only in America, but I need more caffeine.
It's a simple choice for me. There are occasions (granted, few and far between)when SWINTON looks marvelous - when her bizarre risks pay off. But that other skank has never looked like less than a steaming pile of skank roadkill.
I'm still in awe that Solange fell...perhaps next year. SWINTON FTW! Seriously people, let's not encourage O'Day's antics. And just think, Intern George could have the honor of crowning his friend queen of the fug.
Will we see a BRONZE medal game between Solange and Mischa?
Sherri- well said.
SWINTON is a force. She is the Fug Yoda. Long may SWINTON reign.
Girls, I want to thank you from the bottom of my gin-laden heart. You have made my last weeks as a twentysomething fabulously snarky. And on Monday, my first work day of my 30's, I will thank you, toast to your obvious genius, and push the button for AOD.
Well said, Sherri, well said.
*slow claps*
Oh dear. I have to admit that I didn't vote in the final round because I couldn't make up my mind. Now I have all weekend to ponder my decision, so thanks for the heads-up. I'll need it.
My initial reaction is AOD because of the dog thing and she's gross. Puts the F in Fug if you know what I mean. And I think that SWINTON is avant-garde style rather than fug. She looks cool in a (very) weird way, not fugly.
Think Aubrey O'Day even knows this site exists? Would a win be an intervention, or futile screaming into the ether? Hmm.
Sherri- You are a poet.
To me, it all comes down to one question: Whose fug is more offensive? Avant-garde-fug can be worse, at times, because it's so expensive and pretentious. But I believe that Swinton almost always pulls it off. On her, it seems organic, interesting, and often beautiful. And skanky fug is not always more offensive; sometimes it's so *fun* that it's hard to be offended, especially when the fugger is young. HOWEVER, in the case of AOD, it is not fun, it is not cute, it is just YUCK. Hands down, AOD is the more offensive fugger. I adore SWINTON, but this is no way to honor her contributions to fuggery. Vote Aubrey.
I think I just fell in love with Sherri (9:58 AM). So very well said! Thank you for keeping the Fug Madness love going strong no matter how this plays out. Although I'll be fair and hold my final judgment until Monday's post, I suspect I'll vote SWINTON mostly because I want to see much, much, much less of AOD.
I think I just fell in love with Sherri (9:58 AM). So very well said! Thank you for keeping the Fug Madness love going strong no matter how this plays out. Although I'll be fair and hold my final judgment until Monday's post, I suspect I'll vote SWINTON mostly because I want to see much, much, much less of AOD.
(p.s. I posted again because it ate my first try. Hope it's not going to post both of 'em now. Pllease forgive me if it does.)
I can't believe Solange was bested, but the people have spoken.
Also, the fact that you condone voting early and often makes me love you MORE.
MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY!!!!!!!
I will need the entire weekend to ponder this one. WOW!
Oh, it's gone by so fast! Another year, another Fug Champion soon to be crowned!
SWINTON! SWINTON!! SWINTON!!!
Something to ponder for those of you who are going to vote for SWINTON because she is awesome:
If Aubrey loses this, she might consider it a challenge to win next year. I don't want to see any more of her than we have already, and there's only one thing left for her to show us. I don't think we can trust her to not try harder to win next year. She'll be like Gwen Stefani meets the ASPCA: Harajuku pooches galore! She must be stopped. Now. Please! A vote for Aubrey is a vote for the good of humanity!
The idea of a bronze medal game between Solange and Mischa (by fugger, 10:03 AM) is a really good one. I want to see more of Solange!
And AOD... No no no no please... Enough of this girl!!
I am weeping that there will be no Solange vs Swinton. I am going to be in mourning until Monday.
Can't believe AOD beat out Solange!?!?! Dang!
Guess I'll have to vote for Swinton, then.
It's so funny how if AO'D wins, I'll see it as a shameful thing for her - but if SWINTON wins, I'd think she should be proud and get to put something on her mantelpiece.
Some people can carry the fug with pride!
Sigh. Swinton deserves this. She is such a class act and wears her fug with a difference.
O'Day, on the other hand is just a sad, attention seeking hose bag whose 15 minutes are up. Let's boot her to the curb so she can do what she does best: solicit herself.
Sherri, Sherri, she's our, er, non-man,
If she can't explain The Fug
NO ONE CAN!!!
Or something. :)
As I sit and reflect of the meaning of Fug Madness on Fug Madness Championship Eve Eve Eve, I already know that I am going to vote for SUPERLATIVE SWINTON, because of this: if one can make super audacious fug look GOOD rather than UTTERLY RIDICULOUS AND STUPID, one has conquered, mastered, and re-directed the Force of Fug to one's own designs, and THAT, to me, deserves not only a super-long run-on sentence in my comment, but a big, fat, vehement vote in that person's favor. SWINTON has done so, and done so unlike anyone before her, and therefore, and forthwith, and post-haste, and stuff, I shall cast my vote for SWINTON, and celebrate her (hopeful) victory as the reigning Empress of the Fug with lots and lots and lots of fricking glee. Glee, I say!!! I love this game!!! It's the only sport I follow!!! :)
To me it seems like if you chose AOD over Solange, you'd have to vote for her over Swinton as well. I think it's a little unfair to include Swinton in this tournament at all. How can mere mortals compete with a god?
oh holy hand grenades, Monday is going to be EPIC.
I can't wait!!
We went to the MOMA the other evening to see some art. Fancy, right? I wore a black turtleneck so people would take me seriously.
As I was wandering around, I overheard this:
Woman 1: Look. At. Her. She's totally SWINTONING it!
Woman 2: Right? In a SWINTON vs That Lady face-off, who do you think would win?
I craned my neck to see who they were talking about: WOW. A regal 8 foot woman in heels and a crazy velvet coat (YES) with a fierce haricut stared intently at The Art.
Woman 1: (considering) SWINTON. She's going to take over the world.
Woman 2: SWINNNNNN-TON.
Then I did something I never do: I approached these two women and admitted to evesdropping, then asked if they were talking about this site. INDEED THEY WERE. And they were just as SWINTON-AWESTRUCK as I!! It made my evil little heart warm up.
I been reading GFY for four years and have never felt the urge to comment before which is why everything I do write comes out lengthly and at a level 10 on the insane-o-meter. I've just stored all this insanity in my brain for way too long.
OK down to the business at hand.
AOD and SWINTON are at different ends of the fug spectrum -polar opposites if you will. True Fuggers none the less. So stop with the whining that SWINTON will win. I NEVER thought I would vote for AOD, but I voted on the evidence presented before me that day. I did not take into consideration her past body of fuggery. The same goes for SWINTON. Yes SWINTON has access to excellent designers and haute couture, but on her it looks she wearing a painters drop cloth. AOD is a skanky dirty tacky guttersnipe. AOD starts out with a tacky whorish uniform and degrades it further. Balenciaga vs Fred's of West Holly.-not better just different.
A few days ago someone wrote that they wished SWINTON/Solange were characters on Passions... I am so not worthy. I laughed for 30 minutes. Tears streaming down my face. F'n brilliant!!!!
The magazine cover of SWINTON creating all kinds of geometric, angular, bending...hmmm things (?) is just her way of saying, "I appreciate all the recognition of my FUG. But, where is my crown?"
We will crown you, OH FUGTON!
This one has been HARD. Especially with SWINTON in the mix. She is definitely the goddess of fug but who should win Fug Madness depends largely on how you would define the winner. SWINTON is a winner. She's simply amazing. She wears the most horrendous things and comes off avant garde while Aubrey just comes off trashy. I guess it begs the question, is this contest reward or punishment? If it is reward for the most creative use of fug then SWINTON is your goddess. If it is punishment for the most trashy hobo/hooker look, then Aubrey is your girl.
I have no idea how to vote. I want SWINTON to hang out in my livingroom as an entertaining art installation whereas I don't want Aubrey to be allowed in public. Ever. Again.
You know, with so many uncertainties in the world we live in tdoay, isn't it good to know that no matter what comes or goes... The Fug just never stops.
Since we started our March Madness we have been preoccupied with last year's Fuggin's. But, have you noticed??????? Some folks are BRINGING IT ON for 2009... especially from Paris Hilton. I think she is having a hard time with being eliminated so early in the trials.
Thank you, all you celebrities and wannabes who weave cloth our of our nightmares and then wear it for all to see... It is good to know there is one thing that never changes.
Thank you Jill, for the important reminder on the definition of FUG. I heartily agree.
AUBREY!!!!!
AUBREY!!!!!
AUBREY!!!!!
And her little dog, too.
Despite the kindly-offered, intense, thoughtful, almost footnoted explanations of the true nature of fuggery, I had remained confused until I started reading a really, really interesting book about celebrities and narcissism. Am only on Chapter 4, but it explains my dilemma about SWINTON and O'Day (and Paris and Britney, et al) and how civilians imitating pathological celebrity narcissism is becoming the creeping crud zombiefication of the entire WORLD (well, more or less, you'll have to read it for yourself), which really got me thinking, and now I know I MUST vote SWINTON, as a vote for O'Day will turn us all into slobbering wanna-be fools for fame, because it is, apparently, CATCHING, and I don't want to catch ANYthing O'Day has, ugh, ick, shiver, EVER! (the book is The Mirror Effect by Pinsky (Dr. Drew to KROC fans)/no vested interest -- quite riveting!)
In response to Jill's "This is NOT an honor, people! ***VOTE AUBREY!!!***"
AGREED. WHOLEHEARTEDLY. Let SWINTON be her fabulous self and let the world realize what TRUE FUG is!!!!!!
The two of you (being Jessica and HEather, but now that I think of, AOD and SWINTON as well) brighten my day immeasurably. Thank you for writing this awesome blog.
Sherri, I couldn't have said it better (and therefore won't even try).
No use in living in the past. The Fug future stands before us. It is WE who will define Fug.
I have no idea which Fugstress will get my vote on Monday (now I know how all those "undecided" presidential voters feel). We'll see who brings it on game day.
Long live Fug.
Without Solange...anything means nothing.
I beg a favor of you, sweet Fug Girls, as the connoisseurs of human folly we know you to be, please please indulge us with a match between Aubrey O'Day and Mischa Barton and a match between Solange and SWINTON. Here's my reasoning: We knew Aubrey O'Day would beat Solange, because Aubrey is disgusting, and it appears that gross fug plays by its own rules, fueling its successes with the ick factor, when matched against the fug of Solange's overinflated sense of creativity and outfits the likes of which Paula Abdul probably only creates in her dreams.
La Barton, despite the nasty head-garters, couldn't stand up to SWINTON's domination of the alien brains-applique genre of fug, because SWINTON makes no apologies for her clothing and Mischa is merely a bedraggled guttersnipe of the same crap-colored stripe as Aubrey. Aubrey is not even in the same fug category as SWINTON. A victory in favor of one or the other would not fully satisfy the question of whose fug reigns supreme. We all know that there's fugly, and then there's FUGLY. I bet you can guess who is who.
Now I would LOVE to see a match between Solange and SWINTON. Look at them - Solange doesn't care, obviously, that her feet are clothed in horse trimmings, and SWINTON doesn't see anything wrong in swaddling her head in the split ends of a sasquatch. Of these two fug priestesses, who reigns? And I need to know whom would outshred, outtrash, outnipple, outgrease and outsmudge whom in a match between the chronically slumpified and slack Mischa and the unforgivably perky and sluttastic Aubrey.
Fug Girls, we knew it would come to this in the championship. Just give us one sweet cringe-inducing fantasy match - Solange vs. SWINTON and Aubrey vs. Mischa. I HAVE TO KNOW. Imagine what paroxyms of joy Intern George would feel at such a clash of fug titans, both gorgeous and gross. If not for us, do it for him.
@BellJarGurl: "A few days ago someone wrote that they wished SWINTON/Solange were characters on Passions... I am so not worthy. I laughed for 30 minutes. Tears streaming down my face. F'n brilliant!!!!"
If I'm not mistaken, that might be me! Though I wanted Solange and Bai Ling to be characters on Passions as mother-daughter and half-sisters from the future. SWINTON would totally fit in there though! Two words, ladies: Fairy Godmother! Solange and Bai pray to her for her blessings of elegant fug and then she shows up in a mustard yellow toga and an alpaca on her head and announced that she is not only their Fairy Godmother but their Grandmother-cousin too!
Pure. Gold. :P
oh GOD!! This is quite ridiculous now. There is no contest, the SWINTONites will crown Tilda and it will be a complete joke, disregarding the whole point of this site and the true meaning of fug. The anomalies of fug are a definite part of this forum but only as the exceptions that prove the rule and therefore outside the spirit and meaning of FUGLY. Anyone who thinks Tilda Swinton will be flattered by being named the fugliest of them all is deluded. She'll probably never know and if she does she'll be irritated. Her feelings may be hurt. Maybe she'll show up at the next red carpet event wearing a nice demure boring Prada dress and fit in with all the other safe celebs.
Way to go.
Think of it this way:
If SWINTON wins, she'll be graciously amused, and will continue dressing in her wacked-out manner, much to the delight of us all.
If AOD wins, she'll throw her dog at a wall in a fit of rage, scream "they just don't UNDERSTAND my STYLE," and flounce off to her drawing board to design even more henious fashions with which to inflict upon us for years to come.
What outcome would you rather see? Me? SWINTON FTW!!!
Anonymous 4:05, SWINTON would be amused, because mere mortals are incapable of annoying her. She dresses for SWINTON and no one else; we are merely privileged to cast our eyes upon her radiance.
I'm in the "SWINTON isn't really F*ing Ugly" camp yet the thought of crowning AOD anything makes my stomach roil. Bai Ling at least is crazy in a charming way, SWINTON is crazy in a majestic and magical way that somehow transcends Fug, while AOD is just revolting.
I may have to abstain.
For the first time in my ENTIRE life I can't WAIT till Monday!!!
SWINTON FTW!!!!!!!!1
Sweet baby Jebus make it come fast!
As a tomboy nerd that has long been sucked into the secret guilty joy of this site, I think I might habe to break my lurky silence to note that I always read SWINTON with about the same tone and enthusiasm that Servo of Mystery Science Theater 3000 devoted to shouting the word SLEEEEEEP! whenever anyone onscreen was attempting to hypnotize another.
ordinary word ordinary word ordinary word SWINTON ordinary word ordinary word.
Magic. Pure and simple.
Bookies in Las Vegas are weeping because they have just lost millions. They like me, bet it all on Solange.
Even so, I am compelled to add that I am a fevered devotee of The SWINTON. Her class and grace, yea even in times of fug, will never equal the walking horror that is Aubrey O'Day. Therefore, come Monday, I will vote with my heart, my conscience and my mouse-clicks for the person whose personal fashion I am least likely to poke with a stick.
SWINTON, come to me. We will watch the movie that set off one hundred bad 90's trends, "River's Edge", and rejoice.
I'm very surprised Aubrey beat Solange! But I'm also glad she did, because poor Solange at least has some musical talent where she lacks any styling talent while Aubrey... I guess she's got a knack for being willing to, ahem, put herself out there. I'll have to think on this one though, what a tough choice.
What Anonymous at 4:05 said. Furthermore, zzzzz.
I LOVE Swinton, but I fear she will win just for being her amazing, original, and talented self which is NOT the same thing as Fug. Fug in the truest sense is negative and even when Swinton wears crazy outfits, they are mostly just creative and adventurous and very very her style, not "FUG". Aubrey O'Day should win for the hot mess she is. O'Day dresses to not only provoke, but she honestly thinks she looks GOOD and sexy which couldn't be more delusional. I feel that Misha should be up against her...Someone as talented and rad as Swinton got to the finals for the love that we all feel for her and the love the site gives her, not for true fug (and voting for what the fug girls love is like the sheep who vote on Idol based on what the judges say...) Swinton was actually quite subtle this year for her when you look at past outfits like the Oscar dress the year she won (not eligible). I have watched the movie Orlando so many times and she will never be the Queen of Fug to me.
O'Day all the way!!!! While she is a talentless famewhore I wish would never be heard from again, she is still way more offensive fashion-wise then Tilda Swinton. I can think of at least 3 people way more FUG this year then her.
Fug can be over the top tacky and that type of fug is way more deserving of the title than someone who wears avant guard couture and actually understands high fashion.
While I do love Swinton I feel like the true idea behind the contest was lost. I say Aubrey O'Day all the way(even though in my heart Solange really is the most deserving when you look at the archives)
This really is like comparing apples to lemons. There should be two categories: Best Fug and Worst Fug. One is a celebration, the other is a condemnation.
A GFY Haiku:
O’Day total skank
Swinton a mad genius
How to choose between?
Greetings to Fug Girls and company! this is the first time I comment (aaah the honour!) but I have been voting feverishly throughout the tough competition. I know AOD will lose because you people undermine her victory from the beginning with all this swinton nonsense!! Maybe I am the dissident (sp?) here but let us ponder for a meaning -what is the true meaning of Fug? and let ourselves give an answer based on the orthologism of Descartes far away from sentimentalities: "Fug is something that makes your eyes sore" Ms Swinton does not make my eyes sore-she just sometimes makes my heart bleed though but this is another thing. She makes my heart bleed because she is a lean mean androgynous sexpot who dresses in way which presents herself like an albino dwarf matron. But Aubrey O Bay (or is it Audrey O Day?) is the sk*nky, trashy, lithium-deserving crazy, hormonally imbalanced village fat idiot who thinks that shoving veiny boobs in your face is a socially acceptable behaviour. Since this "prize" is chastising and not complimenting I beseech you-give it to the true criminal.
Awesome, Sherri! That was a great moment in Fug-speechifying.
People who haven't read Sherri's wise comments on the evolving definition of fug, tootle to the top and get clarified.
And drag yo ass outta the past.
Guys, my husband just gifted me a dvd of Burn After Reading!! I get to watch SWINTON right now!! And in a COEN brothers movie!
I think I just had a minor stroke from the rapture overload.
I think we need a secondary FUG tournament. In basketball, there is the NCAA, and then there is the NIT. The NIT is for all the losers that didn't deserve the attention of the NCAA, but still want a place to play. Therefore, Swinton, Solange, and all the fuggers that are on the "celebrate fug/love to hate" side would be in the "NCAA" version, and Phoebe Price, AOD, Katie "Jordan" Price, and the rest of the "punish fug" side would be in the "NIT" version. Some fuggers, life Bai Ling, Mischa Barton, etc still kind of fall in the middle, but we can let the fug girls figure it out for us.
Double the pleasure, double the fug!
crandycorn, you are my idol and I'm seething with jealousy. excellent choice of husband, btw.
dude, i just found out that solange was in the cheerleader movie, "bring it on: all or nothing" by being up too late trying to find something to watch. poor girl doesn't even have a photo up on imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490822/
Hee! Thanks, M!
I can't believe Aubrey O'Day beat Solange. I am thinking Swinton's devoted fans voted for Aubrey to prevent a showdown with her stiffest competition. Now it's a fait accompli. SWINTON cannot be stopped.
so disappointed it's not a Mischa/Solange final. Swinton, she's not fug. She's got actual class.
I have been reading these comments (some in favor of SWINTON, some in favor of what's-her-toes) and I have had an epiphany of sorts, which I will now share.
Many people have been saying that SWINTON is not fug, because she is avant-garde and high fashion and she is a goddess and she makes us love her wackiness. All of which is true. The point, however, is that her outfits. Are. INSANE. No matter how much SWINTON-ness (SWINTON-ness: being so far out of your mind that you actually seem not only sane but wonderfully, fabulously cool; see Tilda Swinton) gets in our eyes when we look at her, her clothes are about twelve kinds of nuts. And THAT is why I vote for her: she's crazy and I love her anyway. Aubrey O'Day just makes me want to hit her over the head with a tube sock full of wood screws. She wants the attention and I refuse to give it to her.
I wish it could have been Mischa v. SWINTON in the finale. But this isn't bad. Anybody but Bai!
Whooo this is it. It's all panned out so deliciously too!
The elemental problem we have here is that these are two who each excel in their particular field.
SWINTON, so sad to see it all come so far for nought, but you have far too much class to ever be "fug with a frown". Yours will always be a fond fug.
Aubrey, you're trash and smug with it.
You're goin' down girl!
(Bet it's not the first time you've heard that!)
Sorry. Couldn't help it.
I SAID IT FROM THE BEGINNING - O'DAY ALLLL TTHHHEEEE WWWWWAAAAYYYYY!!!
Solage has offiially retreated back to her basement. So sad.
I think Aubrey has to take it. Swinton's style is unmistakably insane, but it's a conscious choice. Her style is pure Swinton, there's no real fug to it. Aubrey O'Day, on the other hand, has no taste and obviously no one close enough to her to say "oh, honey, no" within earshot. You know that when Swinton sits at home with on the couch with a movie, she does so in a caftan and a russian winter bonnet. And probably curled harem slippers. And possibly a parrot that is trained to speak only in Esperanto. When AOD does the same, she wears sweats like the rest of us. Swinton is Swinton, AOD wears clothes for attention that make my eyes hurt.