Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Mind Your Business, All the Time
By Potes | Season 17 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.12.2011
Elsewhere in the house, Kayla tells Bianca that she liked Angelea's photo, but didn't think it was the best. In response, Bianca sits in her bed and pouts. She tells us that the competition is really setting in, and it's causing her to get kind of surly. Er, candid. She tells Kayla that it's not a realistic situation to be around people you don't like, or people you do like who go home. As a human being who has lived in the world for 36 years, I find it plenty realistic to be around people you don't like at most times. Bianca confessionalizes that she didn't like her last picture, and didn't like how close to the bottom she was. She adds that it's easy to get defeated when you feel like you're not living up to your potential, and adds that: 1) she wants to be called first every time; 2) she deserves to win the competition. In the world of Top Model, everyone mostly deserves what they get.
Dominique tells us that everyone sees potential in Bianca, and that it would be stupid not to size her up as fierce competition. However, Bianca thinks that she's above all this, and nobody likes to see a reality show contestant with a healthy sense of confidence and dignity! And even as a Bianca enthusiast I must say, if you're actually above it, you wouldn't be here. Just acknowledge that you wanted to get paid, same as everyone else. At the same time, I commend her for not being generally quite as sad as some of the others. Speaking of, how amazing is it that no one has even mentioned Camille being gone? They're probably just glad she's not around to bum them out with talk of her bills.
There is Tyra Mail! "Remember, what goes around comes around! Fierce and love, Tyra." The next morning, everyone gets ready and Shannon tells us how exciting it is to be an all-star. As she's been modeling since season one, she feels legit in her claim to all-star-dom. Shannon then adds that her faith shapes and molds her, and also gives her a very tenuous grasp on the concept of "underwear." The good girl usually doesn't win, but Shannon's hoping that this time the powers that be will make an exception.
Shannon then announces to the others that their phone has been turned on. She's figured out that everyone can get almost 20 minutes, and Lisa tells us that Shannon is taking the initiative to work out a fair system for everyone to communicate with the outside world. It basically involves picking numbers out of a hat. Ingenious! Bianca, Lisa tells us, is number 10. This means that she'll be the last to use the phone. Cut to Bianca, interviewing that Shannon thought up a brilliant system for allotting phone usage, but failed to calculate the time management correctly. We see Bianca approaching Shannon, who says that they have another hour and a half to go. Who knows where they are in the actual phone time allotment, but Bianca calmly says that she doesn't think it's going to add up to 20 minutes apiece. And honestly, if I had to choose one of the four girls (Bianca, Shannon, Lisa and Laura) sitting in this room to have at least a grasp of the basic concept of multiplication, it would most certainly be Bianca. Shannon has previously shown her mathematical failings through her inability to correctly calculate the total area of various pieces of underthings.