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| Carleton student appears on reality TV |
By: DAVID HENKE, Staff Writer
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Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 10:02 pm
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NORTHFIELD — A self-proclaimed “nerd,” Colin Steers is probably the last guy you’d expect to see on Bravo TV’s reality television show, “Make Me a Supermodel.”
But that didn’t stop Steers, a senior psychology major with a concentration in neuroscience at Carleton College, from participating in the show. He’s one of 16 cast members who competed for a $100,000 grand prize and a modeling contract with New York Model Management as part of the second season the reality show.
Currently airing on Bravo, the competition challenges the contestants to learn the ropes of professional modeling. Steers and the other aspiring models were coached by celebrity supermodels Tyson Beckford and Nicole Trunfio, and judged on their ability by a collection of famous fashionistas, including a designer, international model scout and fashion photographer.
Steers, who plans on attending medical school and is currently studying for the MCAT, has a soft spot for reality TV, which he described as a personal guilty pleasure.
“I’m thoroughly entertained by reality television,” Steers said. “You don’t have to be just interested in esoteric books and reading, reality TV shows are popular for a reason.”
That interest drove Steers to try out for the program. He first noticed that Bravo was accepting applicants for the second season of the show last year. After joking about it with friends, he filed it away in the back of his head. When he and a friend traveled to New York for a weekend, he made an impromptu decision to attend the show’s casting call.
Though he had no modeling background, Steers was chosen for the show. While Steers can’t reveal much about his experience on “Make me a Supermodel,” since the show is still airing, he said his time on it was a crash course in modeling, especially since his only prior experience in the field came as the result of watching other, fashion-related reality programs, like “America’s Next Top Model.”
“If you didn’t land on your feet, then you were in trouble,” Steers said. “My friends have been very supportive of me, because this is something that no one really has any experience with.”
Steers built his modeling skills from the ground up on the show, taking Carleton’s winter term off to participate full-time in the competition. Steers will still graduate from Carleton on time, and he tentatively plans on pursuing modeling to put himself through medical school.
And as for his status as a nerd? Steers approaches it with plenty of wry humor and modesty.
“I feel like I was definitely a black sheep in that sort of sense,” Steers said. “It’s so great to see someone as lame as I am on TV.”
— David Henke can be reached at dhenke@northfieldnews.com or 645-1100.
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