Andre Leon Talley has just finished filming his first season of "America's Next Top Model" and signed on to do three more, apparently with Anna Wintour's blessing (I'm guessing "Fine, Andre," is about as good as it gets). He'll be wearing a specially-made line of robes by Chado Ralph Rucci, who also got a crap-ton of reality show love on last week's premiere of "Kell on Earth." He'll also be introducing a fresh lineup of buzzwords to the "ANTM" lexicon, which is great, because if I hear "smize" one more time I'm going to plug my ears with Covergirl sponge applicators.

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To solidify Vogue magazine's descent amongst the unrefined tastes of mere mortals, editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley will appear as a guest judge on the entire upcoming season of "America's Next Top Model." Originally thought to be a mere guest judge for only one episode, as Kimora Lee Simmons will be (they're friends, too! See video, above), some particularly vigilant journalists have deduced that Talley has been hanging around the New Zealand set for way too long to be on just one judging panel. Given the kind of tips he has for Kimora in the clip above ("Could you walk a little bit faster, and not so truck drivery-like? Stomach in! Think thin, think thin! Stop, walk, turn!"), he might be just what the show has been missing since the departure of Janice Dickinson. Sure, Talley's previous judging qualifications may include the most recent Miss Universe Pageant, which descended from lowbrow to pitiful when Heidi Montag performed; then again, Anna Wintour also went on "The Late Show," so we can all agree that these are desperate times. If Talley plays his cards right, he could restore some fashion cred to the show, which has been struggling to find its edge (with its gimmicky "petite model" cycle and the blackface shoot) amidst Tyra's attempts for daytime TV domination.

At last night's Miss Universe pageant (see the winner being crowned, above), Heidi Montag performed her single "Body Language" in a sexy, flesh-colored spandex getup. She almost looked naked, but that's not such a big deal, since it's nothing we haven't seen before. (Note to Heidi: stop letting Spencer pick out your outfits). She was also wearing a microphone, but it clearly wasn't turned on until the song ended and she thanked the crowd; in fact, I'm pretty sure her lips weren't moving for much of the performance.

But far more importantly, I want to know if Montag exchanged words with guest judge/Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley. What kind of stinkeye did he gave her when she paraded out in sparkly nude Spanx? There's no way he could have seen her pre-performance, because he would never have let her on primetime TV looking like that. See the video of her performance, after the jump.

Vogue Editor-at-Large Andre Leon Talley stopped by "The Early Show" this morning to discuss the much-anticipated documentary, "The September Issue." Dressed in a getup that's best described as what would happen if a bathrobe and a bedspread had a baby (accessorized with an awesome claw necklace), he talked about working for notorious Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour. "She's not an ice floe," he confirmed, but "it's no tea party."

Andre's "Early Show" appearance is just the latest part of Vogue's odd mainstream media blitz; after years of maintaining her frigid, more-glamorous-than-thou distance from middle America, Anna and her minions have descended amongst the commonfolk in a bid to save their skins from the publishing world's imposion. (See also: Anna's upcoming appearance on "Letterman" and her t-shirt signing in Queens.) Andre will be continuing to do his part in the outreach effort, sitting in as a guest judge in the upcoming Miss Universe pageant. Will he bask poolside (in a giant caftan, of course) with Spencer Pratt? Oh man -- that mental image just burned a hole in my brain.