Wanna be on top?
CREDITS!
Everyone gets to see Laura’s photo and Laura is happy. Alexandria says she can look at that every day as Laura is all giddy. Bre talks about the tension and says that Bianca needs to defend herself now. Bre has fallen in the ranks and she needs to focus on herself.
TYRA MAIL! “If you care about anything, you won’t drop the ball.” Someone suggests kickball as Lisa confesses that she needs to win the challenge.
Nigel meets the girls on a beach for a “Charity Challenge.” Bre says they are greeted by Brittany Gastineau and Julie Henderson, a “fiercely real” model. They are going to play football and they bring back some of the eliminated girls to fill out the teams. Lisa, Kayla, Alexandria are on the red team. Kayla talks about being a lesbian and how she has to win at sports. Bre, Bianca, Angelea and Laura are on the blue team. And then in comes the NFL players. Angelea freaks out. And no one from a New York team, darn. The winning team gets $5, 000 for two charities. And the players also have to pose for a picture. Winner gets a photo on Tyra’s website and jewelry.
And let the game begin. Kayla thinks the other girls are letting out their frustrations during the game. And Bianca definitely hit Lisa hard several times. Dominique poses first. Bre goes next, followed by Kayla. Lisa volunteers to run around as everyone protects her. And she gets a touchdown. Lisa gets her shots followed by Shannon. Alexandria is next. Angelea goes next. The game resumes as Bre gets her game on, leading to a touchdown for the blue team. Allison and Bianca get their pictures taken, followed by Laura. The teams are tied as we return, with the Blue Team scoring the winning touchdown.
Nigel congratulates the Blue Team. Their football players get checks for their charities. The guys go home and the girls prepare to have their photos judge. Angelea thinks that someone may be eliminated at the challenge and is worried. We go to…
COMMERCIALS!
Nigel doesn’t really talk about the pictures and just goes straight to declaring Kayla as the winner. Kayla will also get styled by Andre Leon Talley at the Tyra shoot. He congratulates Kayla…What is Andre wearing? Kayla talks about her “F” word being free and Andre sounds bored. Tyra pops up on Tyra cam to…mock?…Kayla’s shoot.
Back at the house, the other girls go home. TYRA MAIL! “Get ready to claw your way to the top.” Alexandria think it has something to do with animals—I’m sure she’s remembering that tiger photo from her cycle. She wants to be on top.
Angelea and Shannon talk as Angelea does her hair. She says it’s hard to find the weak one in the group because they are all strong.
Mr. Jay greets the girls and tells them they are having a good old fashioned “bitch” fight. Bre starts dancing around, chanting “Bar fight, bar fight.” They will be posing with top model Coco Rocha. Angelea admits she’s nervous. The girls will be posed in pairs with Coco, who teaches posing. She talks about relaxing the face and letting the breathing follow. She tells them to go crazy. Their photographer is Douglas Friedman.
The girls hit hair and makeup. Bianca and Shannon are paired together, which makes Shannon nervous after Bianca’s drama last week. To be fair, Shannon, you still failed math. The girls lie when Mr. Jay asks if there is any beef they can use. Douglas encourages them to scream and make noise. Coco praises their work. Bianca says she and Shannon worked out their differences.
Allison and Kayla are paired and Kayla is nervous due to Allison’s eyes. Allison though struggles as does Kayla. The photographer encourages her to scream as Coco gets a bottle to break in the shot. Kayla in the end does better than Allison.
Angelea asks Coco how to work on her angle. And Angelea gets even more scared. She is paired with Laura. Mr. Jay asks where Angelea’s energy is and Angelea says she’s focused. Laura is impressed with Coco’s skills. Mr. Jay doesn’t seem too impressed. Angelea is too intimidated and forgot she is a model. Mr. Jay and Douglas talk about Angelea, who goes off and cries. As Laura is confused, we head to…
COMMERCIALS!
Mr. Jay talks to Angelea. He tells her that everyone struggles with what they can do. He tells her that she looks the part and she belongs there. She has to prove it. She says she’s back in the mind. And Angelea brings it on, impressing Douglas. Mr. Jay tells her not to play any games.
Bre and Alexandria are paired together. Both want this to get them top spots at panel. Bre and Alexandria agree to be loud and they deliver. Coco calls Bre “crazy” and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not. She even throws off Coco as Mr. Jay reminds her to show off the dress. Douglas reminds Alexandria not to get lost.
Lisa nad Dominique are our last pairs. The photographer is impressed by this pairing as is Mr. Jay. He declares it a wrap.
NIGHT TIME! And still no pirate.
The girls decide to hit the hot tub. Alexandria and Bre talk about their energy level as Allison says it was entertaining. Alexandria says she knows it’s not her time to go home as we go to…Sparah! They decide Bre is the All Star “Dream Scream.”
We come back to panel. Why is Lisa wearing sunglasses? Anyway, there are judges—Nigel and Andre. Tonight’s guest judge is Coco. There are prizes. Kayla and Allison go first. Kayla is applauded for being the challenge winner. Andre calls their shot “cinematic.” Tyra praises Kayla for looking pretty. Coco is impressed that for a hot mess on set, Allison pulled out this shot. Bianca and Shannon are next. Nigel loves Bianca’s face. Tyra calls it the “ugly pretty.” Tyra wishes Shannon had turned her face a little more to camera. Andre loves her face, but thinks her legs are weak.
Angelea and Laura are next. The judges love Angelea’s picture. Coco praises her for turning around despite being upset and calls her professional. Tyra doesn’t think Laura’s body is very model-esque. Alexandria and Bre follow them. Tyra compares Alexandria to a reality show contestant rather than a model. Andre doesn’t think Bre is convincing and Coco mentions that Bre was screaming. She tells her that it was a bit too much and Nigel thinks slapstick. Dominique and Lisa are last. Lisa moves her glasses and everyone loves Dominique’s outfit. Nigel calls Dominique the star of the picture and that she looks like the instigator. Coco praises them for fighting and posing. Nigel praises Lisa, but notes that Lisa tends to keep her mouth open. He says it works in this shot though.
COMMERCIALS!
The judges deliberate. The judges love Angelea, but aren’t too impressed with Laura. Nigel isn’t drawn to Shannon and they agree Bianca dominates the photo. Andre loves the photo though Nigel doesn’t feel Kayla. Tyra thinks Allison is holding her own against Coco. Nigel says he would crop Alexandria’s head out of the photo, just leaving her body.
COMMERCIALS!
LA! ELIMINATION! The girl with the best photo is…Dominique. (I started typing her name during Tyra’s pause. It was pretty obvious). She’s joined by Lisa, Bianca, Angelea, Allison, Kayla, Shannon, and Laura. That leaves Alexandria and Bre in the bottom two. And they thought they rocked it. Bre: Gotten more beautiful as she’s aged. But why is she guarded? And what happened to the model in this shoot? Alexandria: She went really far in a recent cycle, but she lost her competitive edge. They need to find the power they had in their old cycle. Who stays? Alexandria. Dammit.
Bre leaves before Tyra could hug her as Tyra tells Alexandria she had power and needs to find it again.
At home, Bre talks about how she is proud of herself and that she gave 100% each day. And that she was herself the entire time.
America’s Next Top Model:
Shannon (Cycle 1)
Bianca (Cycle 9)
Dominique (Cycle 10)
Laura (Cycle 13)
Angelea (Cycle 14)
Kayla (Cycle 15)
Alexandria (Cycle 16)
Well, that was…something. I’m not entirely sure what I thought of the episode. I wish Alexandria was going home, though. To be honest, she hasn’t been as annoying as she was last cycle. Maybe because Bianca and Lisa are out screaming her. And I actually can tolerate Dominique. The second baby must’ve mellowed her out or once again, Bianca and Lisa are out screaming her. I am sad to see Bre go, though. Oh well.
(Bre Watch Week 3: Nope, still no sign of her).
Next time: Perfumes, autographs, Kathy Griffin, drama.
Quote of the Episode
“One little thing can make a big eruption.” –BiancaAngelea talks about the non-elimination and how LaToya saved her. She says she is going to try harder before Bianca started to go on about why she deserves to be there. I think they are in the holding pen under the judging panel room. It looks like a break room. Bianca decides she’s over Lisa as they board the Model Mobile.
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