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This week is all about spokesmodeling and recyclable materials. Two great tastes that taste great together, I always like to say. Model Tyson Beckford comes to the house and makes the girls serve as spokesmodels for items from the kitchen. The word "moist" is used much too much for my liking. Tyson takes a bite out of Ambreal's mango, and that is not a euphemism. Heather drops the Asperger's act long enough to ride Tyson's jock for a little while and to look especially pretty and not at all awkward throughout the episode. The girls then put their spokesmodel skills to use as they divide into teams of three and create PSAs for Keep A Child Alive, the organization behind the "I am African" ads. Everyone kind of effs up, and Heather, Jenah, and Ambreal win, somewhat inexplicably. While Jenah and Ambreal get gift baskets, Heather is randomly drawn to do a photo shoot for beauty product company Carol's Daughter. The shoot is photographed by Matthew Rolston and art directed by Mary J. Blige, but the extent of Mary J.'s art directing seems to be the suggestion that Heather get a tan. I guess she took the whole "no more drama" thing to heart. Nonetheless, she's really nice to Heather and even begrudgingly lets Heather hug her. In a little closet slumber party, Ebony shocks the other girls by telling them she wants to go home. She means it, yo. The week's photo shoot is all about high-fashion recycling, which luckily does not mean that anyone has to wear Tyra's old Victoria's Secret shelf bralette. Rather, they each are representing a recyclable material. Heather, as aluminum cans, goes face-on to prove herself to the judges. Saleisha, quite hilariously, is "car parts." Bianca has learned to smile with her eyes, which gets big ups from Jay and the panel, while Ambreal has apparently forgotten how to model. At panel, Nigel wears one of Miss J.'s old fros, which is at least better than wearing one of Miss J.'s old jock straps. Unsurprisingly, it's Ebony and Ambreal in the final two. However...shocker! Tyra hands Ebony a photo, but Ebony tells her she doesn't want to be there. Tyra gives a self-righteous speech about quitters before turning everything around so that it was fate that Ambreal stayed in the competition. We end the episode with a bit from Ebony's casting video, which is I guess supposed to prove that she was a big waste of time, but really just demonstrates how much the show broke her spirit. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Previously on ANTM: Trampolines! Ice skating! High-fashion gargoyles! Would you expect less? Janet bit the dust and got sent home, which means that nine bitches remain.
We open the week with Ebony, noshing directly from the fridge, asking Jenah if her personality really sucks that much. Jenah says it all has to do with the way that she brings it at panel. Ebony interviews that she's at the bottom of the competition so far -- her pictures are terrible, she sucks at the challenges, and she's tired of going to panel and always getting tons of negative feedback. I will make two points: 1) Ebony has had a few good pictures; 2) She seems to be wearing one of Phylicia Rashad's cast-off dresses from The Cosby Show. I guess the producers wanted a fabric representation of her supposedly rancid insides. Ebony tells us that the judges don't like her personality, and so she's going to try to smile more and come off as a nice person. Ha! I love how they caught her basically admitting that she kind of sucks as a human being. Tyra totally hand-picked that clip herself. Jenah sums up the situation with a profound, "But...whatever."
Meanwhile, Ambreal talks to her dad. She tells us how terrible it was to be in the bottom two, but says that she's glad to still be there and have a chance to do better. Her dad tells her to be focused and not worried about having a good time all the time. Is Ambreal worried about having a good time any of the time? Ambreal tells her dad to pray for her. Girl, no offense, but believe me when I tell you that God could give two shits.
Meanwhile, Heather is stressing about the fact that she hasn't been able to give a good full-frontal shot. Well, it's hard when your strengths lie in the ass and the burgers. She tells us that from the minute she woke up, she was having a bad day, because she hadn't even realized that she was doing all those profile shots. Bianca, who really looks like she could care less, tells Heather that for the shoot, she should give all front shots and no profiles. Bianca tells us that she's getting closer to some girls as the competition goes on, but she's keeping the competition "in front of her face" at all times. What this has to do with Heather, I couldn't tell you. Heather tells Bianca that she's practically hit rock bottom. This is obviously a girl who's never had a fellow contestant smear cooter juice on her. Why so dramatic, little Heaths?
Back inside, there is a knock at the door. Jenah runs to answer it, and finds Mr. Male Supermodel of the 1990s Tyson Beckford at the door. She is so instantly horny that she can't even speak. Hey, that's what Tyson does to you. He's like the chicken, but all dark meat. Speaking of, if you want to get lots of tattoos, take heed of the lessons learned from Mr. Beckford and don't do it in such a fashion that it just looks like you have really dirty arms all the time. Jenah calls all the girls together, and there is pandemonium. Or, rather, hormonedemonium. Ebony is waving her hands around like she just found Jesus. A suddenly Asperger's-less Heather interviews, "Eye candy. Yum."
Tyson says that Tyra sent him over to teach them all about being a spokesperson, and one of the primary things about being a spokesperson is that you get to use your looks for a lot of good things. I guess being occasionally confused with the Tae Bo guy counts as being a spokesperson. Tyson tells the girls to use their pretty faces to better the world. Oh, I am so sure. Ebony hornily tells us that she doesn't smile that much, but when Tyson walked in, she smiled all day. Something tells me that if a person did want to wipe a fellow contestant with cooter juice, this would be the day when it was available in abundance.
Tyson then tells each of the girls to grab one item from the kitchen and figure out how to sell it and make it sexy. Chantal gets a nice, juicy lime popsicle and fellates it. Subtle. Bianca asks, "Do you ever just wanna get things...real wet?" as she gives a watering can a hand job. Tyson nonsensically asks, "How wet is the water?" Ummm, as wet as water...is. Poor Ebony has a "water heater-upper" -- a.k.a. a teapot -- and manages to talk about something getting moist and hot really fast in a manner completely devoid of sex appeal. I mean, in general, a person loses me at "moist," but it's bad for reasons beyond that. Ebony tells us that she has no experience at being a spokesperson, and knew she was going to suck before she even got up there. Well, that's the attitude. Tyson makes her do it again, with the same results. Ebony is a total boner-killer.
But you know who is not? Yeah. Heather. She has a wine glass, and tells Tyson that sometimes you need a little more sophistication for a special night for two. Tyson grabs Heather, and any remaining Asperger's symptoms fly out the window as she puts an arm around him and stares right into his eyes. Tyson is a miracle healer! He winks at Heather and says, "Awwww, she's shy!" as she goes back to the couch and hides her head. Something tells me that our little Heather is going to be a woman soon. , Tyson bites Ambreal's mango. And no, that is not a double entendre. Or is it? Maybe when they turn off the cameras. First of all, you don't eat mango skin, Mr. Dirt-for-Arms. How sexy is it when you have to spit out slimy mango skin? Wait, don't answer that. Tyson tells the girls to keep focused and ask themselves how much they really want it. Oh, they REALLY WANT IT.
Tyra Mail! "As a supermodel, people will recognize your face. Now is the time to make them recognize your cause. Love, Tyra." What's Tyra's cause? That the art of booty-tooching be spread around the country -- nay, the world? If so, bravo, my little bewigged 161-pound spokesperson. The girls head to a studio, where they meet Tyson again. Sarah says that everyone was excited to see Tyson again, and especially her, because she's got jungle fever. Tyson points out stills from the "I Am African" campaign, which he is a spokesperson for. Well, so are a lot of people, including Gwyneth Paltrow. Try getting your cred back now. Tyson introduces the girls to Elizebeth Santiso, Vice President of Keep a Child Alive, which is an organization designed to provide emergency response to the African AIDS epidemic. They do a lot of good work, blah blah blah. Can't we just have a challenge where they stomp around putting makeup on while half clothed, per usual? I'm bored. The girls have to divide up into teams of three, and will have thirty minutes to put together a thirty-second public service announcement. Elizabeth will get to pick the winner. She seems inordinately excited. I guess when your life is dedicated to helping people who are dying, being a judge on Top Model is super-extra-fun. The girls get pen and paper and Keep a Child Alive's Ambassador Bible, which has all the info they need for their PSA. I'm sure now that she's heard the term "Ambassador Bible," Angelina Jolie will be all over this.
Elizabeth is wearing an African necklace with a mask on the bottom of it, that one hopes might have the same effect as Greg Brady's tiki necklace. She sends the girls off to save the world with a magic marker and cardstock. Sarah, Saleisha and Ebony form one group and seem to be moving right along, footloose and fancy free. Ambreal, Heather and Jenah, however, get the cricket chirp, universally a bad sign. Lisa, Chantal, and Bianca form the third group and seem to be doing well, thanks to the ideas sparked by Bianca's turning mind. Like so many, she can use her talents for good or for evil, and most often chooses the latter. Heather tells us that she wants to do well on the challenge, and that it is important to be a good spokesmodel. Ed McMahon would agree. However, says Heather, they need another hour. I think that's exactly what she said to Tyson while she was giving her wine glass a rim job. Commercials.
When we return, we get to see the complete PSAs. Bianca, Chantal, and Lisa go for a "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil -- wrong!" theme. I just want to add "wrong!" to make a PSA out of every known cliché. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush -- wrong!" "Take a licking and keep on ticking -- wrong!" "Different sores for different whores -- wrong!" I found that last one at a cliché-finder web site. If I had known that one previously, believe you me, you would have heard it by now. Lisa does her part pretty well, Chantal stumbles a little, and then Bianca completely effs up. She forgets the name of the organization and then also talks about the AIDS "pedemic" among other things. Bianca interviews some nonsense about how, at the end of the day, getting your thoughts out is more effective. There is a getting-your-thoughts-out pedemic ravaging the nation, apparently.
Jenah, Heather, and Ambreal are . They have big Bob Dylan-esque signs with relevant numbers and web sites that Jenah holds up to the camera. Except that none of these girls are on the pavement thinking about the government. The cue cards drop with a hilarious thud. It didn't seem to me like they did that great, but what do I know? There's an inability-to-judge-accurately pedemic going around my house. It's just one of the many illsnesses I've had to deal with recently, if you want to know the truth. Saleisha, Sarah and Ebony take a female-empowerment approach to the issue. They recite their lines pretty smoothly, probably because they don't let Ebony do much talking. Ebony is very excited and thinks their commercial is really good. I do too!
Elizabeth calls the girls together to give them some notes. She tells Bianca, Chantal, and Lisa that one thing they need to remember is the name of the charity. Oh! She's a straight shooter, isn't she? Heather, Jenah, and Ambreal's PSA was very simple, and Elizabeth says they might want a little more life in it. She tells them to be strong, which seems a little superfluous. Elizabeth loved the female power and sisterhood of Saleisha, Sarah, and Ebony's PSA, but notes that the charity doesn't do prevention; it does treatment. She picks Heather, Jenah, and Ambreal to win, I guess because they didn't have any factual errors. I mean, they all kind of sucked, but I thought Saleisha, Sarah, and Ebony were way better. There is a pedemic of winners who don't deserve their victories sweeping Cycle 9!
Lisa Price, the founder of Carol's Daughter, a "nature-inspired body-care product" company, tells the girls what they have won. Two of the three members of the winning team will get Carol's Daughter gift baskets worth $500 each. They don't look all that big, which means that those are some seriously overpriced products. One person, however, gets to do a photo shoot for Carol's Daughter that is art directed by -- wait for it -- Mary J. Blige. The hell? I'm all for celebrity cameos, but it's like..."Celebrity manager Rene Angelil is here today to show you how to clean the jam out from under your toenails!" It makes no sense. In any case, Lisa pick's Heather's name out of a bowl, and she wins the grand prize. Heather's going to fall into the trap of doing all side profiles just so Mary J. can start wailing, "No more no more no more."
Heather heads off to the shoot, where she meets photographer Matthew Rolston. Hey, that's pretty big stuff. He tells Heather that she's a beautiful girl. Then Heather turns around and sees Mary J. and has to take a moment and remind herself to breathe. She seems so excited to have won and really charming -- I'm glad that she got her name randomly picked out of a bowl for once! The extent of Mary J. Blige's art direction is choosing Heather's wardrobe by saying, "I like this colorful thing," and suggesting that they give her a tan. Turns out what Heather's needed all this time is a tan and a colorful thing, because she looks gorgeous. Matthew gives Heather little tips and helps her reposition her head slightly, which she says is just what she needed. As opposed to anything that Jay does, which is part of a larger pedemic of uselessness. Matthew says that Heather was a little insecure on the first few shots, but he thinks she's going to be fine and has a future in modeling. Mary J. says that Heather's shy and needs a little work in the confidence area, but that she can definitely pull off the modeling thing. Heather looks prettier than ever, I have to say. She gives Mary J. a big hug, and when she does, Mary J.'s the one who looks like she has a mild form of autism.
Tyra Mail! "Some models never wear the same outfit twice, but until you reach the top, you'll have to recycle your's []. Love, Tyra." We haven't gotten many close-ups of the Tyra Mail this season, so I feel like this is some editor's revenge. Jenah immediately assumes that they'll be wearing trash, and Saleisha agrees, noting that their whole house is based on recycling. That, and everything that has happened on this show since Cycle 3.
Meanwhile, the girls make chicken fingers and pizza and all go hang out in the closet. For a slumber party. Of sorts. Because, you know, it's really cold in the rest of the house. And the closet is a nice place to be. And where else do you play pepperoni-fingered seven minutes in heaven? Everyone's having a great time until Ebony brings up elimination. Ambreal says how crushed she'd be if she went home, and then Ebony surprises everyone by saying that she actually wants to go home and doesn't think modeling is for her. Everyone acts like she just told them she got herpes in her eye on purpose. She interviews that she misses her family and is really homesick, and wants to go back to regular life, where she can just be Rudy, Denise, Vanessa and Theo's mom. Bianca, meanwhile, has been working on the art of keeping her eyes squinted but wide. Sometimes I think Tyra really is just trying to see if it's possible to blow a fuse in one's brain.
Heather returns home around 1:00 AM, still glowing, and tells the other girls about her day. Saleisha tells her that she loves Carol's Daughter, so anything that Heather doesn't want, she'll take. Don't get so eager to take Heather's sloppy seconds quite yet, Tootonia. Bianca says that Heather is her biggest competition, because she doesn't have to do much to have her face come out well on camera. Bianca doesn't get it and ends with a frustrated "She baffles me," as we head to commercials.
When we return, the girls meet up with Jay, who tells them that this week's shoot is a high-fashion editorial about recycling. And no, they're not going to have to sport any of Janice Dickinson's old implants or faces. Rather, each will represent a different recyclable material. Fredric Reshew is the photographer. As the girls get made up, Bianca tells us that photos are what keep you in the competition, so she's going to take what she's learned and heard and use it.
Heather, who again looks more gorgeous than ever, is aluminum cans. She's nervous because of the whole profile issue, and Christian gives her the simple yet awesome advice, "Just face the camera." Jay's like, "Why didn't I think of that?" Heather poses in front of a wall of aluminum cans. I am dying to know if those were actually recycled after this shoot. Heather does a great job, and Jay says he thinks the judges will be shocked to find that she can do a photo with her face straight to the camera. Chantal is as shredded paper. I personally wouldn't want to steal Chantal's identity, but some poor soul out there might. She seems to do a pretty good job. Sarah is as garbage bags. Do...I mean...wouldn't you not recycle garbage bags by virtue of the fact that they're holding your non-recyclable trash? These people have no idea, do they? Sarah is pleased to be compared to the talking trash heap from Fraggle Rock.
Saleisha is "car parts." They just wanted to put someone in front of some big old tires. Ebony is bubble wrap. So, clearly they mean "recycling" in the manner of "using again for some other purpose" in addition to "putting out in your bin on Monday night, then getting woken up by the ferocious clanging when said bin is dumped into the truck." Jay asks Ebony to be less severe and to find some happiness. If only she had a hot, moist teapot nearby. Jay tells us that last week, Ebony was on top of the competition, but this week, she was uninspired and even a little trampish. She's wearing a necklace made of gold Christmas bulbs. What do you want out of the poor girl? Jay tries to give Ebony some feedback after the shoot, and she gives her customary tight-lipped "okay" and walks away. Jay says she's so lackluster he doesn't know what to do.
, Jenah is cardboard. She looks really great in her retro cardboard ensemble. Jay tells us that Jenah consistently listens to the advice she's given, and that's what you expect from a working model. Bianca is "oil," and poses in front of a wall with empty motor oil bottles on it. I'm sure the contents of said bottles were used to water the bushes outside of the studio. Waste not want not -- wrong! Jay is impressed that Bianca has suddenly learned how to smile with her eyes, and notes that it's Tyra's favorite trick to teach the girls. Oh, we know. Bianca has been practicing a lot, and is glad to know that her hard work has been acknowledged. Lisa is plastic bottles, and Jay loves the way she uses her limbs. Ambreal is up as newspaper, and she tells us that she was nervous and praying that she got some wonderful pictures. The only reason God's interested in her right now is because he's trying to read Calvin & Hobbes. Ambreal wants to prove that she deserves to be there. Jay tells her that she looks inexperienced, as opposed to when she walked into the competition looking experienced. He tells her not to force it, and asks an assistant when Ambreal forgot how to model. Jay interviews that she had one of the easiest outfits to work, and one of the most dynamic sets, but her shoot was boring and uninspiring. He tells Ambreal that she's second-guessing herself and on a slippery downward slop of suck. She has an innate sensibility, he says, so he expects more from her. A teary Ambreal tells us that it's heartbreaking, because she really wants to model, and doesn't want to go home. Unlike a certain ingrate we'll see more of momentarily. Commercials.
When we return, there is Tyra Mail. Someone's going home. Heather, who is actually starting to look more and more like the slightly cross-eyed Dixie Chick, tells us that she has no idea who's going home, and also that she hates eliminations. Because she's nice! We get it! Ambreal is worried about whether she got a good shot. She says that she can be America's Top Model, because she has it in her heart. I would think having it in her face was more important, but what do I know. She prays that she can stay there and prove herself. The Lord probably is getting to the point, like a parent with a whiny child who keeps asking for the same thing over and over, where he's like, "God! Okay, as long as you shut up for a minute and let me finish my crossword." Ebony, meanwhile, is praying that Tyra sends her home. She says she just can't handle the criticism at panel and doesn't think it's fair. High-fashion ass-whoopings never are.
Panel! We enter with a photo of Tyra's face to a plastic water bottle that says, "Just finish it." What does that even mean? Finish my bottle of water? What if I'm not all that thirsty? What if I want to save some for later? What if a fly flew in it and now I feel kind of grossed out and like I might get the plague or something? Do you still want me to finish it, Tyra? Actually, on that last point, she probably does. All the girls crack up at panel because Nigel is wearing one of Miss J.'s cast-off Afros. I would give anything I owned to see him turn to Tyra and say, "Woman, I got a mind to smack you upside the head!" Meanwhile, Tyra probably did pay Miss J. a nickel to bust up her chifferobe, which is how he got the money for the 'fro extension. There are prizes, there are judges. Tyson is the guest judge, and Tyra maybe wants to give a watering can a hand job when she introduces him, too.
Saleisha is up first for evaluation, and gets some high praise from Nigel, who says this is the way she needs to keep going. Tyra says that Saleisha is a beautiful girl who is showing a lot of neck, which makes her more high fashion. Tyson likes what she did with her lips. He makes me feel gross even when I can't see his dirty arms. Jenah is , and her cardboard picture turns out well. Tyson loves her attitude. Nigel says there's finally alignment between Jenah in pictures and Jenah in person, and that he'd book her. In other words, she stopped looking so raggedy all the time. Twiggy also loves her photo, and Jenah is excited. Not so excited is Ambreal, who has serious dead eyes in her photo. Because she's an idiot, she tries to blame it on the eyelashes. Like, getting your liver out is not a good enough excuse to not work it in a photo. Buck up. Miss J. had no positives for Ambreal, and said the thing again about her forgetting how to model. Tyra says that Ambreal's challenge is to become more comfortable in her natural ability, and that the girl in photos now is not the girl who started in this competition. Maybe that's because Ambreal's body has been taken over by dull aliens in need of a host vessel? I mean, maybe not. But you never know.
Lisa is , and despite the fact that Jay said she was one of the best of the day, her photo gets a lackluster reception. Tyson calls it "modeling 101." Tyra thinks that the risks Lisa is taking are still a little too obvious, and so she needs to stretch a little farther. Bianca's recycled-oil shot gets pretty positive comments, though Miss J. tells her she needs to bend her arm a little bit more. Nigel points out how great her face looks. We get a close up and oy, is she a dead ringer for Pigford. How have I not noticed this before?
Sarah is up . Twiggy says that she doesn't look very high-fashion in person, but her best shot for the week is a good, high fashion photograph. Tyra loves the energy and the curl of Sarah's mouth and tells her it's well done. Nigel notes that Sarah seems to have lost quite a bit of weight since the beginning of the competition. Sarah says she hasn't, but we see a side-by-side of then and now, and either she's shed a few pounds or her haircut is very slimming to the neck. Ebony is as bubble wrap, and the judges immediately make noises of discontent as they point out the lip snarl on her hideous face. Tyra says that when she edits Ebony's film, she does it around the snarl. Ebony gives a disheartened "Yeah," and she looks like she's going to cry. Jay passed on that Ebony came to set completely uninspired and seemed to be intimidated by authority figures. Tyra tells Ebony that if someone is hard on you and scolding you, it's because they know you have potential and want it to ignite. Or, they want you to have a breakdown in front of millions of viewers, because the majority of people find that really, really amusing. She adds that critique can be difficult, but its purpose is to make you better. Or to make you break down in front of millions of viewers, because the majority of people find that really, really amusing.
Chantal is . Tyson doesn't like the fact that her hair is covering half of her face, but Nigel thinks it's a really great shot. Tyra says it's a money picture. Chantal's film overall wasn't great, but she saw this picture and thought it was fantastic. Heather's aluminum cans shot gets raves from the judges, even though it looks like she's missing a chunk on the left side of her jaw. I mean, she still looks kind of pretty, albeit in a warped, asymmetrical, lockjaw kind of way. I think it's a bad Photoshop job, as Heather doesn't appear to have a piece of her jaw missing when she stands in front of the panel. When will the girl in the photo and the girl in front of them match up? I ask that question every week.
Tyra begins deliberations by calling the judges "ladies and gentlemen," then asking Miss J. which one he is. Wow, good one, Tyra. I'm sure nobody's ever thought of that before. Saleisha's improving, which is a mark of a top model, and she also wants it really bad. Jenah's been consistently on top, and has great bone structure and eyes. Ebony isn't doing so great, and Tyra wonders if she really wants to be there. Miss J. wants to ship her off, and Tyson says that she gets it but doesn't want to hear the critique. Sarah has one of the best faces of the competition and the camera loves her, and if she could just keep a plus-size physique, she'd have a niche career knocked out for her. Despite Bianca's stiff arm, she's coming into her own. Lisa's kind of stagnant. Heather has a fantastic face, and the judges finally know she can pose straight-on. Ambreal is a nice girl, but not necessarily a model. Chantal's a great girl, but Tyson still doesn't like the wind machine. He is pretty useless unless you want some tips on how to get a spoon rest really hard.
Nine girls, eight pho-tos, blah blah blah. Tyra calls: Saleisha, Jenah, Heather, Bianca, Sarah, Chantal and Lisa. This, of course, leaves Ebony and Ambreal. Surprised? Yeah, me neither. They had the worst pictures of the bunch, which, Tyra says, is interesting, because they both know how to model. But the judges feel that one of them has the potential to get better. And that's Ebony.
And then! It's the moment of reckoning. Ebony tells Tyra she doesn't want to be there. Ty-bot repeats, "You don't want to be here?" because she is only programmed to receive girls down on their knees, crying grateful tears. Ebony starts crying, saying that she isn't happy and she doesn't think modeling is for her. Tyra is remaining REALLY calm throughout this whole thing, I guess because she doesn't think she can live down another "I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE YELLED AT A GIRL LIKE THIS!" Plus, maybe after nine seasons, the meds have finally kicked in. Tyra says that what really isn't for Ebony is people telling her what to do, and people telling her she's not perfect. She thinks that's what Ebony can't handle. Oh, but wait, it gets better. Tyra says, "And the most unattractive thing in the world to me is a quitter. And for that, you can go." Oh, magnanimous Tyra! How benevolent of you to let her go after she already quit. I hate her.
After Ebony scrambles out, Tyra tells Ambreal that she got a free pass. She says a lot of people might be shocked, but it's a beautiful situation, because the competition is about giving a chance to people who really want it, and she knows that Ambreal really wants it. Tyra tells her to prove the judges wrong, and as she hugs her quietly, she says, "It was meant to be." Oh my God, like fate doesn't have better things to do. Well, all of Ambreal's prayers have been answered, at least until week. She cries with happiness as Tyra looks more smug than ever.
As she's packing up her stuff, Ebony says that she wants to tell Tyra she's sorry for wasting her time. She wants to go back to her family and be regular happy old Ebony. She thought she wanted to be a model, but this show proved her wrong. All she wants, she says, is to be happy, and she wasn't happy on the show. She just doesn't want to feel like that anymore. I do think there's some truth to the fact that Ebony can't take criticism, but I also think that it's totally fair for her to want to remove herself from a situation that's obviously become really damaging to her self-confidence. We see a few seconds from Ebony's audition tape, and I guess we're supposed to ruminate on how she fooled everyone -- and most especially Tyra -- into thinking that she really wanted this. However, I am too distracted by the fact that she is wearing the Phylicia Rashad dress to comprehend any of that. Maybe Ebony can be recycled into What Not to Wear?
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