Several posts upthread, there were comments about Tyson Beckford looking different. I didn't see the program, but could his changed look be due to the car accident in 2005?

It was a horrifying accident that will be forever imprinted in model Tyson Beckford's memory: a Mack truck ramming his red pickup off the road. Beckford found himself trapped inside the burning vehicle, and five weeks later, he's still recovering.

"He just pushed me right into the light pole and then the engine burst into flames," Beckford recalled. "My lip was busted, one of my teeth was knocked out and my eye was swollen shut. My nose was fractured and the blood was squirting out of my face."

(That's from ExtraTV, on 7/13/05)

I remember seeing him talk about it on Oprah, and it looked pretty horrific.

"My lip was busted

you can definitely see where his lip looks a bit . . . off in the closeup. But, I saw him in October, and he was still fine. I have a pic, but it's a bad angle, and his face looks really long.

So, I'm very enamoured of How to Look Good Naked. You guys have it yet?

I've been watching the British version in Canada and it's amazing. It's great to see a makeover show that doesn't transform a person into something they're not in a week, but takes time to work with them to learn to love who they are.

At six in the morning I'm having no trouble getting through Tim's Take.

Ouch ouch ouch:

Christian, I suspect, will have a polarizing effect on our viewers. I write this largely out of projection, because I alternate between wanting to give him a big hug and wanting to give him a sobering slap. In a manner that evoked the discovery of penicillin, he believed that the material he chose (hundreds of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup wrappers), coupled with his design (a mini-dress with a halter and choker), would ensure his win.

Furthermore, he was “finished” hours before the deadline. When I found him in the workroom gloating over his achievement and offering spare-time critiques to his fellow designers, I pulled him aside to suggest that he consider giving his design some more time and thought. “I certainly don’t think that you’re going home (and he won the last challenge, so he had immunity), but I’m not as confident as you are that this design is the winner.” If looks could really kill, I would have been a goner.

Well, Tim was right - it was enough to be safe but not enough to win.

He could have so easily added some gold to it or something. His critiques were not given in a helpful manner.

TAR: How Phil spent his Christmas vacation.

aw! He's so adorable with his hair all mussed up!

More TAR: Interview with Kynt and Vyxsin

Awww:

Kynt: "The Amazing Race" is such a beautiful concept. On one hand, it's a typical reality show. It highlights interpersonal conflict and conquest. On the other hand, it's a lot like National Geographic. Every show showcases a different country's landscape, scenery, architecture, culture, and people. There's nothing else like it on TV. We're so proud to be a part of it. And like she said, the chance to travel the world. We don't look at it as loss. We look at what we won. And we won the opportunity to go on a globetrotting adventure across eight legs. We don't feel bad about it. We tend to focus on what we did right as opposed than what we did wrong.