Slightly Off Topic--Charissa Thompson at EMU game

Submitted by Happyshooter on

I am going to risk the negs here. Last week we had really good seats, and after the game I got to be near the tunnel. In both places I got to see Charissa Thompson from the BTN. She is always smoking hot on air.

In person, she was pretty goodish looking, but there were 10 women within view who were hotter both times I got a good close look. Heck, the front 20 rows of the student section is usually hotter.

I was nonplussed at the time. Over several many beers tonight after we solved all the other issues with Michigan including Mary Sue Coleman I shared my observations and it was proposed that perhaps Thompson's TV makeup is the cause of the decrease in looks in real life.

Thoughts? Is Michigan getting shortchanged in the sideline girl department?

Topher

September 25th, 2009 at 11:29 PM ^

I had a similar experience when I was at the College World Series. I was waiting to interview a coach, standing next to Erin Andrews, and thought she looked pretty ordinary even with makeup and wardrobe all dolled up.

allansrule

September 26th, 2009 at 12:41 AM ^

UFR
There was excellent use of redundancy ("Over several many beers...") in this post. The ensuing run on sentence was also a nice touch.
No sarcasm is intended. It flys on a Friday night, I believe.

corncobb

September 26th, 2009 at 12:55 AM ^

Everyone has spent a semester at the School of Redundancy School at some point in their life. Free pass Friday gets you off the hook.

For the record, Erin Andrews couldn't carry Charissa Thompson's lunch. I'm just sayin...

A Case of Blue

September 26th, 2009 at 4:22 AM ^

I'm not a makeup artist, but I know a thing or two about the stuff, and I have some friends who've worked at cable networks.

The thing is, when you do makeup for TV, it can be really different from what a woman would normally do if she were going to a party or something. You can use makeup to contour your face - so to make your nose look thinner, you could use a stripe of lighter colored makeup down the middle. This might look really natural on TV and kinda funky in person.

Also, if you are being filmed from a distance, you might use makeup to make some of your features look stronger (bright lipstick, lots of eye makeup), and that looks really strange up close. This is a good example of how makeup can distort a person's appearance: http://z.about.com/d/dance/1/5/Z/2/-/-/before-after.jpg

One of my close friends used to work at CNN, and she said they would absolutely cake makeup onto people before they went on air, and often that's not the best look in person.

... and now everyone who read this post is dying of boredom.

bronxblue

September 26th, 2009 at 9:06 AM ^

My wife actually noticed the same thing for our wedding. She almost never wears makeup, but the person at our wedding really caked it on her because of the photos and video. She said it was because the camera tends to strip away quite a bit of detail in outdoor pictures, and so she had to accentuate certain areas so that they would still be present in the photos. After looking at the results, I kind of agree - my wife looked really different to me in person, but in the photos she looks just like she does most days, save with a bit more color. And yes, even I'm bored with this post now...

Sven_Da_M

September 26th, 2009 at 9:27 AM ^

OK, here we go:

Charissa Thompson:

And since you mentioned her (not sure why???), here's Mary Sue Coleman:

Hmmm, not my type, but whatever. Much better, though than Donna Shalala:

Or her BFF, Janet Reno:

Happyshooter

September 26th, 2009 at 10:19 AM ^

Just watched the replay of the Big Ten Tailgate show--which is getting worse by the way. Last year it showcased each campus scene in an interesting and funny way. This year it is lame humor.

Anyway, they said she is out for the week with some sort of foot injury.