Yours, truly and Viva Hollywood's Jainmy Martinez

Considering that my two-episode stint on a VH1 reality show (I Want to Work for Diddy) leaves me at least ten huge notches from reaching the Z-list, I was pretty shocked when I was approached about modeling in the AM/NY Reality Runway fashion show here in New York City. 

I mean, seriously?  Me, a model?  Being the pessimist that I am, my mind could only think of the potential disasters at hand.  What if nobody knows who I am?  What if I fall?  Also, and most importantly:  what if the clothes are ugly? 

Confused about what answer to give, I approached one of my closest friends for advice.  When I saw that she could barely contain her laughter, my mission was clear:  I was going to rock the runway, and just maybe I'd be plucked directly off of the runway by a powerful modeling agent and this would be just the break I needed to jumpstart my career in international high-fashion modeling.

Or maybe not. 

Real World: Key West castmember Paula "Walnuts" Meronek gets a fitting backstage

As the day approached, I was nervous, excited, and a little dumbfounded that I qualified as a celebrity.  To me, celebrities have always been at least people who have done something besides submit themselves to the judgment of others on national TV, but then again we live in a world where tons of people are famous for absolutely nothing, so far be it for me to exclude myself from addition to that list.

America's Next Top Model vet Shandi Sullivan rocks the DJ Booth

The event was held at a trendy club on the trendy Lower East Side of New York, an area I generally avoid like the zombie-like hipsters that frequent it avoid smiling. After taking my decidedly z-list transportation of the M103 New York City bus to the location, I began what would end up being about two hours of waiting for my fitting. 

I started to panic.  What if I fell?  What if I froze?  What if, dear God, the clothes are ugly?  (Yes, again.) As all of these different scenarios ran through my mind, I tried frantically to recall every piece of modeling info that I've learned from cycles 1-238 of America's Next Top Model:  Smile with your eyes!  Back straight!  Don't stomp!  OK, so this wasn't exactly the Dior show at Bryant Park, but if I was going to have a chance of getting discovered by a major agent and starting my new life as an international high-fashion model, I needed all the help I could get...

Team Gay: Glam God edition

Another day, another reality competition, right? Well, this one at least is stocked with gay contestants for us to scrutinize. This Thursday VH1 premieres Glam God with Vivica A. Fox, in which 12 aspiring stylists compete for $100,000, a celebrity spread gig in US Weekly, and representation with a major stlyist agency. I would also say that it earns them the title of "Glam God", but I have a feeling that most of the people competing probably call themselves that already.

Being that styling is a gay-friendly field, it's no surprise that there are three gay men in the group. We don't know too much about the fellas yet, but here are Handry, Bo, and Joachim. Have at 'em.

Stylist Phillip Bloch

The show also features noted out stylist/favorite talking-head Phillip Bloch as one of the judges. As much as he kind of drives me nuts, he can be incredibly funny, so it should make for some fun eliminations.

Side note: Between this (a reality show clearly in the Bravo mold) and The Cho Show (aka Kathy Griffin 2.0), is VH1 finally moving toward more legitimate reality programming and away from Has-beens, Drunks and Pay-Per-View Porn Actors Eating Pig Vaginas in a Rented Mansion? Let's hope so.

Bigger pics of the guys are after the break. Get out your fine-toothed combs and click on through!