Fo is proud of herself for making it this far in the competition b/c everything she does is so half-assed. I think we have a winner for Best Foreshadowing of the Season (oops! Cycle).
Challenge: Go Sees!
Ah, "Go Sees"...a beloved tradition in the ANTM universe. There's always one that you figure will fail miserably and this time around it's Allison. Why? BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE'S NERVOUS. Who knew?
Requirements: the 5 designers the girls are supposed to see are looking for...
Style
Personality
Soul - which is funny b/c Teyona and Aminat have no souls
And the girls all have to be back by 3:30pm. Of course, there's TONS of traffic and the girls start freaking out.
Celia is trying out Logic for this challenge: start at the last designer and work your way back. Not a bad idea! Teyona might have the same idea b/c she arrives right after Celia; frustrated, she moves on to the next designer instead of wasting time by waiting. Meanwhile, Celia does very well but the designer is "bothered" by her age. Well, bitch, I'm bothered by your face!
Allison does poorly b/c...SHE'S NERVOUS.
Celia, using more Logic decides to walk to most of the designers to save time - this also seems like a good idea.
Fo is doing well but moves a little too slowly for the designers she sees.
Teyona is still running around like a chicken w/ it's fucking head cut off and keeps showing up right after a girl has arrived. She continues the mad, mad cycle for eternity...NO, WAIT! She finally makes it to a designer that is free and does well.
Aminat impresses the designers w/ her walk (basically the only thing she's got going for her). But everyone agrees that they would rather book her for runway instead of print.
In a one-on-one Aminat mention that she wants Celia to go home b/c she "looks old." Interestingly, I want Aminat to go home b/c she fucking sucks and can't model worth shit.
Teyona gives up on trying to finish the challenge and is rewarded for her stupidity and laziness by arriving 20 minutes early to the final destination.
Aminat is second w/ 10 minutes to spare.
Allison brings up the rear w/ only 3 minutes left!
Poor Celia...1 GOD DAMNED MINUTE LATE.
Fo, on the other hand is incredibly late and Teyona shoves it in her face so hard the girl's nose breaks - what a cunt! Eh, I don't really care for Fo either...
The girls that arrived on time are given a helicopter ride to another location to find out who wins the challenge. Celia and Fo are nearly blown off the roof while watching the others lift off. As added salt in their wounds, they are made to take a taxi back to the penthouse. That sucks. You know what would have been worse though? If they had been made to walk through the crime ridden streets of Sao Paulo to some shitty cardboard shack and made to live there for the rest of their lives. Something like that.
Once the three arrive at the location they are told how well they did:
Allison saw four designers but came across as too insecure and was told to work on her walk.
Aminat, obviously, had a great walk and was well liked by the designers.
Teyona was told that the designers really liked her and thought she had a beautiful face (you should see her personality!)
Winner: Teyona (this annoyed me on a basic level); she gets a bunch of clothes, which is great for her since the girl couldn't put on a good outfit if there was a fucking gun pressed to her temple.
Fo begins to cry during her one-on-one, making her even less attractive than she was before (to me, at least).
Photo Shoot: Brazilian Beach Bingo!
Nigel will be shooting the girls today! This time around it's another group shot, but instead of fighting for the spotlight the ladies ("ladies") will be in a beach scene w/ regular looking people. I thought they were going to have some gorgeous Brazilian models running around in Speedos and bikinis, making it harder for us to pay attention to our beloved simpletons. But, as it turns out, it's actually just regular ass people. Totally easy to spot any of the girls.
- Aminat - THE SAME FUCKING POSE AS EVERY WEEK. Christ! And it was all so awkward and strange that I was uncomfortable sitting on the couch. Neither Nigel or Mr. J were impressed.
- Fo - was totally nervous and all up in her head. Nobody was impressed.
- Allison - was the tasty surprise of the episode! She did a great job and totally committed to every shot. Nigel and Mr. J loved her to death!
- Teyona - started out in her head and took a moment to get in the rhythm, but once there she did well. Both of the guys ("guys") like her.
- Celia - I'm sorry to say suck balls. She lost it somewhere and had real trouble connecting to her surroundings. It got so bad that Nigel had to step in and show her just what he wanted. Nobody was pleased w/ this.
Later on, back at the penthouse, Aminat and Teyona act like assholes and eavesdrop on the other three talking. All are in agreement that Aminat will be going on, though Aminat doesn't seem to agree w/ them.
Panel
Holy shit! Did you see Tyra's hair?!?
- Teyona: good photo/uses her body well/I thought it was OK.
- Celia: OK photo/ "not the easiest girl to shoot that day"/admits that she practiced "for hours", which it turns out ruined her.
- Aminat: OK photo/clearly not using her body/to me it looked like she was kinda hiding it.
- Fo: TERRIBLE photo/hunched over and crappy, she looked like Gollum
- Allison: an odd photo (that Tyra chose, I might add - bitch) but AMAZING face!
Turns out that Allison only booked 1 out of 4 Go Sees, which is pretty bad. Even worse? Fo booking NONE of the 5 she made it to!
However, I was disappointed that we didn't find out how many Aminat, Teyona or Ceclia booked. In a perfect world Celia would have booked all of the designers and the other two would have only booked one or two. But that's probably not what happened. In fact, I think it's more likely that Celia and Flotsam and Jetsam booked about the same amount.
Negative
Aminat - didn't come across as natural and has no "good" tension when she poses
Celia - just rehearsed to damn much
Fo - was nothing close to natural and was basically a disaster
Positive
Teyona - looked good in the photo and the dress she won and wore to panel
Allison - did a great job, but I guess not good enough for more encouragement than that
Thunderdome Battle! Deathmatch!
Celia vs. Fo
Basically it comes down to this:
Celia has consistently delivered good, sometimes great photos, but just psyched herself out that day. She was disqualified on a challenge that she might have won and tried a little too hard to over compensate.
Fo, on the other hand, has been spotty throughout the competition and crawls so far up into her head she gets lost. Plus, she fucking short for a model (5'8"). Even though Celia is ANCIENT (25), she's still more focused and talented.
Going Home: Fo. Of course she cries and cries and cries. But she also promises to keep modeling and to get her high school diploma, which I think is wonderful.
What else do I think is wonderful? That Tyra told Celia "don't give them the 'she's 25' excuse." This makes me think that Tyra is pulling for Celia and has some investment in her winning the competition. It makes sense though; the biggest part of this show this that a charity case wins. Sometimes that girl is fat, Hispanic or just boring. Maybe this time she will be old as fuck.
Next Week: Samba lessons! Tyra photo shoot!
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