Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hello Pretty
By Potes | Season 18 | Episode 8 | Aired on 04.25.2012
Back at the house, there is Tyra Mail of Doom! Someone is going home. Seymone is concerned, and says that if she has a little more time and opportunity, she can kill the competition. Eboni is also nervous, because her photo shoot didn't go so well. Sophie cosigns, saying that Eboni looked less 30-Never and more 50-Forever. With the lingering and delightful possibility that we'll be down to two Americans, we head to commercials.
When we return, it's panel time. There are prizes, there are judges. Georgina Chapman is the guest judge. And holy crow! I just read her Wikipedia page and discovered she's married to Harvey Weinstein. That's so gross! How did I not know this already? Is this why she's on TV all the time? In any case, I don't like it. Seymone is up first in front of panel, and Nigel calls her Hello Kitty photo "modeling 101," even though he says her face looks great. Georgina notes that Seymone's outfit is very big (and not just because she's plus-sized), and it would have been difficult for anyone to wear. Cutrone can't even get to Seymone's face in the photo because the angle of her body is so disturbing, and she looks like a random hitchhiker in Hello Kitty land. Tyra thinks that the shot is a bit show and tell, which is not fierce.
Next up is Laura. Nigel notes that she loves to bend and contort in her pictures, but doesn't really give a critique on this particular contortion. Cutrone wishes that there had been a wink or something to give an element of "1950s housewife gone mad." Tyra claims that this photo brings her back to her childhood, with her best friend who had everything Hello Kitty. Was Hello Kitty even around back then? I totally call shenanigans on this one. Tyra appreciates the photo even though she was supposedly jealous of her supposed best friend and her supposed Hello Kitty collection. Another reason I am suspicious of this story is the mention of a "friend," which: I'm so sure Tyra had any friends during her lifetime. [There was Hello Kitty way back then, but there's no confirmation about Tyra having friends. -- Angel]
Eboni is next, and her photo lacks both playfulness and quirk. For real, why do they all look so severe? I think there's a really spectacular failure to get it throughout these shots. Georgina thinks that if Eboni had humor behind her eyes, it would pull the whole look together. But then Eboni would have to look something other than miserable, which is impossible. Tyra claims that Eboni was doing her "face thing," and Cutrone notes that she also looked bad-fierce in the runway castings. Tyra suggests that Eboni imagine she's pumped full of Novocain so she can relax. Yes, there's nothing more relaxing than getting a cavity filled! I am at ease just thinking about it.