Boston Babydolls Angry at Tyra Banks, But Recovering With Billiards

Rack 'Em Up
With the Boston Babydolls
Sunday, November 11, 8:00 pm
Flat Top Johnny's, 1 Kendall Square, Cambridge

America's Next Top Model competitor Sarah, of Heath, was eliminated from the show on Wednesday (check out our interview with her, which will appear this afternoon at 1:00)--and the Boston Babydolls are none too happy about it. Sarah is a member of the burlesque troupe and performs as Vita Lightly. The Boston Babydolls put out a release saying Tyra Banks is in a world of trouble for eliminating Sarah:

"Vita is one of the happiest, most positive people I know," said longtime Boston Babydoll member Betty Blaize. "Tyra Banks made her cry. Tyra better not come to Boston any time soon." At well over six feet tall - including her fashionable updo and her high heels - Betty is an imposing figure... even when she's not angry.

Vita/Sarah was eliminated because she has a normal body shape. She is neither plus-sized nor super-skinny, and that fried the circuits of Tyra and her fellow judges. The last episode was tough on Vita/Sarah and on the viewers when Tyra made the models get into unflattering flesh-colored bodysuits and practice sliding up and down a wall and crawling on a floor. The weird bodysuits turned the whole scene into the opposite of sexy.

Then, when she was eliminated, Vita/Sarah cried. When she gave her final goodbyes to Tyra, Tyra got weird, smashing Vita/Sarah's head in between her hands and shaking it. We watched the move a few times, proclaiming, "No, she didn't!"

Although the Boston Babydolls are steamed at Tyra's treatment of Vita Lightly, they're not gonna let it stop them from hosting this weekend's Rack 'Em Up, which will combine burlesque and billiards. She won't be at the Rack 'Em Up, but she will be at the Boston Babydolls Brrrrlesque performance on December 15 at Coolidge Corner.

Bonus postcard of Vita Lightly from the Boston Babydolls. And watch for the interview this afternoon!