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It's makeover time! But before we even GET to the hair drama, Fatima strikes again! Upon getting a delivery of Applebottom jeans for all, Fatima tells Allison that her butt is the epitome of an "apple bottom," e.g. "big." She drives this point home by saying that Allison is "bigger in general." Allison, a "former" anorexic and current pill, really doesn't take this very well at all. Fatima is all, "What? Did little ol' me say something wrong again?" Allison later does a little role-playing with some ebony and ivory Barbie dolls, wherein Fatima Barbie has a padded ass because she's black. Uh, yeah. Though, granted, given some of the things that Fatima has encountered in her life, Allison could have done MUCH WORSE things in regard to that Barbie's nether regions. Fatima gets really offended, and the whole thing isn't made any better by the fact that they're sharing a giant bed with four other girls. The girls head back to the House of Wal-Mart for a makeup challenge with our friends from Cover Girl. Claire, who is generally pretty great, wins. No one really freaks out at the makeovers. Anya goes platinum blonde, Whitney and Amis get big blonde weaves, Aimee goes red, Marvita gets the Tyra-invented horse mane hair weave, Lauren gets some glamorous extensions, Katarzyna goes darker, Claire becomes a yellow-blonde and gets almost completely buzzed, Fatima gets a weave -- and okay, there is some complaining there, Allison goes lighter, Dominique gets a hideous bowl cut, and poor pretty Stacy-Ann looks like a brillo pad.
The photo shoot for the week sees the girls working with super-sweet Elle MacPherson as they model pieces from her lingerie line on a boat with New York City as a backdrop. While Fatima embraces her new glamorous look, Lauren still feels a little uncomfortable being pretty and girly. Despite thinking she's the greatest thing ever, Allison actually is stiff and vacant, and, despite thinking that she's fierce and high fashion Dominique is, as you might expect, a hot mess. They land in the bottom two and, much to her surprise and dismay, Allison gets the boot. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Previously: the final fourteen made their way to New York City, where they quite undeservedly got to walk in a Badgley Mischka fashion show. Tyra probably couldn't legally live out her fantasy of literally kicking the girls to the curb, but got a taste of it in a homeless-themed photo shoot. Paulina Porizkova -- who we hope will turn into Janice Jr. -- was introduced as a new judge, and snotrag-faced Kimberly opted to go home. Sadly for Atalya, this didn't spare her from elimination. Twelve bitches remain!
We enter with Katarzyna asking Marvita and Dominique who they think their strongest competition is. Dominique's strongest competition is her face, but she doesn't seem to be aware of this. She confessionalizes that she's the girl who's high-fashion, and a fierce, strong, beautiful competitor. Also, she says, she's a diva. Oh, great, one of those.
The girls open their front door to find a delivery of gifts -- white bags with clothes and shoes from Apple Bottoms. Marvita is hella juiced to get some free stuff. I bet she, like, eats the food the other girls leave on their plates and is constantly taking all the free tampons that the production staff leaves in the bathroom. She'll have to check an extra bag when she finally gets booted. Fatima is so excited that she yells out "thank you" to Tyra and looks heavenward. Well-trained, that one. Stacy-Ann gives us a mondo close-up of her Apple Bottoms in the confessional camera, while Lauren -- more used to ratty Converse and Doc Martens -- wonders how the hell she's supposed to squeeze all five of her toes in that pointy-ass stiletto. There is much whooping and excitement, but not everyone partakes. Allison sulks on the couch, and interviews that she's really getting sick of the other girls. She adds that she has much more experience than the rest of them -- she's traveled to Bangkok, Thailand and Taipei, Taiwan. ...To model? All the people in Asia, and they'd bring over Allison? Maybe vampire teeth are in vogue in the Asian market. Allison is confident about her standing in the competition.
Meanwhile, Whitney and Aimee don't know what an "apple bottom" is. Oh, whiteys. Claire demonstrates on Dominique that it's a big, red, round, juicy butt. Fatima tells Allison that her ass is the epitome of apple-bottom-ness. We get a close-up, and Allison's butt is, like, as big as my palm. It is perhaps one of the tiniest butts I've ever seen. Allison points out that Fatima's butt is pretty apple-bottomy, too, and THEN Fatima goes, "But you're bigger than me, so it's like..." and trails off. I actually screamed, "EW!" at the TV screen when this happened. Clit or no, a person can't get away with that shit. Allison just shakes her head no, and Fatima tells Allison that her butt is definitely bigger. Amis -- who is maybe drunk and maybe just dumb -- yells out, "NO WAY JOSE!" And then -- always one to exercise kindness when she realizes she's blatantly hurt someone's feelings -- Fatima says, "I think your butt is big. Well, maybe 'cause, 'cause you're bigger in general." Say it with me now, "EW!" I wish Marvita hadn't made amends with Fatima so early on in the game, because now would be the perfect time for a bitch slap. Allison stomps off and says, "Say that to the anorexic girl." Well, there's a shock. Fatima is all, "What?" Yeah, I'm sure she meant it as a compliment. As we see her measuring her waist, Allison tells us that she has struggled with eating disorders, and that a comment like Fatima's to a "former" anorexic is like giving a tequila shot to a recovering alcoholic. Fatima realizes that she said something stupid, but doesn't really seem to feel all that bad about it.
Tyra Mail! "You never know when you'll get the call. A top model is prepared for all. Love, Tyra." No one has a hot clue what it means. Late at night, the girls hop into their limo and head to...Wal-Mart. Oh, phew. Looks like they're finally bringing the girls back down to earth after that Badgley Mischka anomaly. They head to the makeup aisle, where they meet Brent Poer and Molly Stern, makeup artist extraordinaire, of Cover Girl. Brent says that a top model has to be ready for a casting at a moment's notice, and today they'll be competing in a makeup challenge as well as participating in a casting. Claire interviews that she loves makeup, and the competitive spirit in her wanted to win no matter what. Brent tells the girls that Wal-Mart and Cover Girl are now offering an enhanced shopping experience -- so you can have your choice of hundreds and thousands of cakey, crap products on the cheap! -- and that the winner of this cycle will have her face on a display, to the numbers "$6.68." That sounds about right. The girls get five minutes to shop the giant makeup wall and create a fresh, clean, natural look. There are three products they have to incorporate. Some TruBlastPlumpLast something something.
The challenge begins! Lauren, as you might imagine, is not so skilled with the makeup. Marvita tells us that the girls crowded around the mirror like vultures, and were bumping her every which way. Allison interviews that she might sound like a horrible person for saying this, but that she's doing a lot better than most of the other girls, Fatima included. That doesn't sound horrible so much as incorrect. But enjoy that baby carrot you'll be having for dinner. For her part, Fatima thinks she's doing an awesome job. I would trust Fatima with nothing beauty-related, since she was obviously complicit in whatever the hell happened to her hair to make it look that way.
With time up, the Cover Girl folks dole out their critique. Claire looks great, and knows the magic technique of dotting lip gloss on the center of your lip and spreading it. Oooh, ahhh. Lauren could go far with a rosy cheek. Whitney picked a good lip color. Fatima matted everything out, and needs a bit more color. I think her main problem is that her face actually is a totally different color than her neck. Allison looks good, but a bit like she applied her makeup with a blow torch. Claire is the winner. Her picture will be on the WalMart.com Cover Girl page.
Back at home, Claire tells a few other girls that she takes the whole competition more seriously because she has a child and wants to support her family. She thinks that perhaps Dominique, who also has a child, might relate. Amis blathers something about the fact that when you're a mom, you should be there to make a better life for your child, rather than getting fame for yourself. Shut up, Amis. I don't say that with malice. I really just want her to shut up. Dominique -- who is a single mother -- does want to make a better life for her daughter, and to encourage and inspire her, as well as anyone who has been through an abusive relationship. She wants her daughter to have healthy self-esteem, and never to let anyone break her down. It's hard to argue with that. However, I don't see what it would hurt Dominique to try boxing or car repair instead of modeling.
In the giant bed, Allison notes that she has two dolls, and asks if anyone wants to play with them. There is a black Barbie, and a white Barbie. Hmm, I wonder where this is going. Black Barbie tells white Barbie that she has a big ass. Allison then stuffs some Kleenex in black Barbie's butt and says, "Okay, you're black, you need more junk right here." Aaaaand, my work here is done. Fatima is justifiably offended, and thinks that Allison needs to grow up and take responsibility for her own anorexic issues. Frankly, I think both of them need to turn the asshole volume down a notch, but what do I know. Oh, and THEN. Speaking in black Barbie voice -- which, I believe, is complete with a little accent -- Allison says something along the lines of "I like to take it in the back, 'cause I'm black." Why do the white girls who like to take it in the back never get any credit? "I'm white, so I like it where I shite." It's just as catchy. In the underseas world, the tilapia all like to giggle when they say, "I like it in the pooper, because I'm a grouper." Okay, no, but seriously, did Allison just really say that to the (a) black girl whose (b) genitals were mutilated? Yes. Yes she did.
Fatima gets REALLY mad and asks if Allison is fucking kidding. Allison thinks she's in the right because Fatima made a comment about Allison's body image. She wants to see how tough Fatima is. Fatima yells that she's going to stand up for black women. Allison notes that Fatima says a lot of things to offend people. Such as, you guessed it, saying that Allison has a big ass. Marvita is, like, having a ham sandwich and a giant glass of Diet Dr. Pepper while all this is going on. The hell? Fatima yells that it's not her problem that Allison has an eating disorder. Oh, and then Marvita seems to jump in, but to what end we never discover. After what Allison said to her, Fatima doesn't want to have to deal with her anymore. Hold out for forty-five minutes, buddy. Commercials.
When we return, there is more Tyra Mail. We're on Episode 3, and already the joint-reading-aloud effect is giving me seizures as powerful as those brought on by Mary Hart's voice. It's going to be a long season. "This competition is tough. Don't you just want to curl up and dye?" Homonymically, yes. In any case, makeovers! Everyone knows it. Stacy-Ann stands in front of the photo of the giant goddess Tyra and begs her not to shave her head. The Tyra goddess is not a kind goddess, Stacy-Ann. Your pleas are in vain!
The girls head to the Stephen Knoll salon, where they meet the Jays. Jay Manuel says that Tyra has been so secretive about the makeovers this season that even they don't know what's going on. This cues Tyra, who is wearing a dress that is, I think, meant for the small-boobed among us. Always one to blaze her own path, Tyra threw on a tank top and has had the straps lengthened so the dress fits right under her chest. The whole thing has a very "for best results, squeeze from the bottom" kind of vibe to it. Tyra brings out Stephen Knoll himself, who looks like a combination of Greg Brady and Frodo Baggins. Tyra explains that an agent will look at a model and decide on the look that will make her the most marketable. Sometimes they'll send you to the salon and you don't even know what's going to happen. A model's life is like one big episode of What Not To Wear. And what I would not give to have Stacy and Clinton go at Tyra's closet. Today, each girl will sit in the chair without knowing their fate, because the show is committed to realism. Then they'll have a very sexy photo shoot, which will feature those swimsuits made out of toilet paper that they always make the girls wear after they get their makeovers.
So what is this experience like, you wonder? Go ask Anya! Anya says, "It's like Christmas, and you don't know what it's gonna turn out." The raised-by-wolves and/or -pygmies theory is starting to gain some traction. A little Tyra-vision TV pops up in the lower left corner of the screen, and features Tyra explaining each girl's look by way of mockery. She does the Anya accent fairly well, and we learn that Anya is going platinum blonde. She looks like one crazy motherfucker of an elf, which is perhaps fitting. She thinks that her new look is sophisticated, so she'll have to be more elegant. Yeah, good luck with that. Her photo with the toilet paper bathing suit is HIDEOUS. She has, like, a full-on Céline Dion nose and lopsided jaw. ["Totally. I had to pause that frame so Dave could see how painfully Quebecoise Anya looks now." -- Wing Chun]
Tyra-vision tells us that a sexy curvy girl needs sexy curvy hair, so Miss Whitney is getting a weave. It's also blonde, and does not suit her skin tone at all. She loves it, though, and says it suits her bubbly, girly personality. It also gives her a rectangular head and flaming nostrils, if we are to believe her toilet paper bathing-suit photo. Miss J. dresses himself up in some scraggly weave leftovers. I love that this show tries to convince us that he can do something to make himself look more fucked up.
Aimee is fierce within, so Tyra's going to make her fierce without by giving her some bangs, and some "scraggly." And, also, a whole lotta red. I feel like getting red hair is always the death knell on this show. Sorry, Aimee, but God doesn't like it when you stop being a Mormon. Aimee loves her hair, and thinks it's going to bring out her inner sex bomb. It looks okay.
And then, Marvita. Let's let her narrate. "I looked at the utensils...to see what they was gonna do to my hair. Like, I see some weave...okay. This must not be my table." But it is! Tyra-vision tells us that Marvita is going to get a horse mane hair weave, which is something that Tyra "kind of invented." You know Tyra wanted to give Marvita something to talk about on Tuesdays. So they're going to leave the sides short, and add weave to the spiky part in the middle. Tyra whinnies, to give us some idea of how it's all going to look. She seems awfully comfortable doing that. We see the results, and it pains me to tell you that Marvita has a mullet. A style mullet, to be sure. But a mullet nonetheless. She works it in her photo, though.
Then there's Lauren, who has some highlighting foil in her hair. She interviews that she's done all sorts of things to her hair -- she's shaved her head, had a Mohawk, had dreads, dyed it red, purple, and blue. That's normal for her. The least normal thing you could do is give her long hair. Which is exactly what she gets! Oh, Tyra is such a card! Tyra wants Lauren to keep her inner weirdness, while going to the level with a long blonde weave with reddish highlights. In other words, BE weird, but don't LOOK weird. That's actually kind of good advice. Lauren tells us that she's always considered herself the ugly duckling, but now she feels girly and pretty. I think she kind of likes it, even though it's weird for her.
Meanwhile, Miss J.'s makeover is finished, and he kind of looks like Tyra.
Katarzyna goes darker without much fanfare. I don't think this bodes well for her, even though Tyra does call her a baby Paulina. Katarzyna feels much more high-fashion, and thinks it's a good change.
Claire, of course, has that weird half-shaved head, which doesn't leave Tyra with a lot of options. All she can do is shave the other side, buzz the top except for a little pouf, and dye the whole thing platinum. It's sort of mid-'80s Annie Lennox, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about it yet. It seems like it can go a little Ed Grimley.
Fatima's hair is currently a monstrosity, so Tyra's going to dye it a chestnut brown and give her a long-ass weave. Fatima complains a little that it hurts. Allison totally thinks this is retribution. Allison is feeling pretty comfy in her hair chair given that she has those big cushy ass cheeks to sit on.
Speaking of Allison, she goes a light brown and gets a little weave. She says that her dark hair and cynical look are gone, but that she can easily slip back into the dark cynical Allison if need be. The lighter hair kind of softens the edges of her vampire fangs, and makes her look like Kate Beckinsale.
Dominique, says Tyra-vision, has worked so hard and suffered so hard and understands how important this competition is, so she is going to get the worst makeover by far. Her hair gets chopped. She thinks that the hair captures the high-fashion look and is fierce as hell. I think she looks like a librarian via No Country For Old Men.
Stacy-Ann is dying for a Naomi Campbell weave. She does not get it. Tyra-vision squeaks that Stacy-Ann has such beautiful bone structure that she doesn't need any long hair. So, they make her look like Buckwheat. Work that, you happy bitch! When she's revealed to herself in the mirror, Stacy-Ann laughs in that sort of painful way and says, "Woooow, oh my gosh, that is different." Stacy-Ann doesn't love it, and it's not what she expected, but to her credit, she doesn't complain, and just says that she has no choice in the matter and has to bring it. For some reason, this haircut makes her head look ENORMOUS.
there's Crazy Amis. She has a long head, according to Tyra-vision, so what would suit her most would be a long weave. It's long and blonde and pretty, and Amis thinks she might just turn into some sort of roaring sex monster. She's already got the "monster" part down, after all.
Meanwhile, Fatima is still crying about the administering of her weave. Allison has no patience for the bitching and moaning. Fatima says it was the most painful experience. Uhhhh...well, okay. I'm just going to leave that one alone. When it's done, though, she loves it and feels like it brings out her East African features. It's an ENORMOUS improvement.
Back at home, there's Tyra Mail. In unison. Again. "You've worked the clothes, the makeup, and the hair. Now it's time to work with 'The Body.'" Oh my God, they're dressing up as characters from Clue! Dominique is for sure Mrs. Peacock, but it is Marvita who holds the lead pipe. Best photo shoot ever!
The morning, the girls meet Mr. Jay at a dock of some sort. He holds an umbrella above his head so that the pigeons don't poop on him. I don't know what he's so worried about -- it would blend right in with his hair. The girls are going to go out on a boat, and rainy, gray New York City will be the backdrop for their photo shoot. Well-respected fashion photographer George Holz will be taking the pictures. He also was the photographer for the famous underwater shoot in Cycle 2. Oh, those were the days! Everyone looked so ugly and maybe could have drowned. Memories! As the girls head to the hair and wardrobe area, Jay mentions one more thing -- Elle MacPherson is there today! Oh, so pretty. The girls will be modeling her lingerie. Elle also wanted to be there to support the girls, and Jay tells them to take advantage about all the great tips Elle is going to be giving them.
Elle begins her tips by telling Dominique to take the attitude that she's woman, she's centered, she's beautiful, and she's comfortable. With her Australian accent, it sounds like she says "scented" instead of "centered," which I imagine would also come in handy for Dominique. Dominique says that Elle was very intimate with everyone. But not in, like, a sexual harassment way. She goes around and talks to the girls one on one, which is really nice and probably something Tyra never does.
Fatima shoots first, and feels very sexy and confident. Jay says that Fatima started off being a little uncomfortable on set, but by the end she was much better and really seemed to be embracing her new makeover.
Then there's Anya, who is mysteriously wearing black high-waisted leggings, a bra, and a cropped gingham top. Jay tells her not to forget about her face. He might also tell her not to forget that she isn't actually in the spaceship anymore.
is Claire, who rocks a cropped leather jacket and big black boots with her underwear. It's like she was heading to a Dykes On Bikes convention and halfway there realized that she forgot her pants. She seems to do a really good job.
Masha and Anda lace up Whitney into a major corset, and it's her turn to be photographed. Jay tells us that Whitney had one of the most difficult outfits because it was so strained and tight. She seems to work it out, though, and Elle tells her she did a good job.
Stacy-Ann is , showing off her bloomers to the Brooklyn Bridge. Elle gives her some direction about what to do with her legs, and everyone seems to like it.
Katarzyna is . George positions her and seems to be enamored of her long legs, but Elle tells him that they have to be careful that it doesn't look too tacky. It's all a little porny, and George is REALLY into it.
Elle talks to Lauren, who tells Elle that she normally dresses pretty punk rock. Elle asks Lauren whether she wants to go with or against type. Lauren doesn't care, and notes that her new hair is already pretty "against type." She interviews that she doesn't think of herself as very sexy, and that she doesn't wear lingerie, so she's pretty nervous. Jay tells her that she looks pretty, and Lauren says that she doesn't know how pretty she's going to act. Compared to the way some of these other bitches are acting, Lauren's Miss Congeniality, so she really shouldn't worry. Jay tells Lauren that "pretty" comes from inner confidence. Along with a combination of genetics and surgery. Lauren looks and feels awkward as she poses, and Jay tells us that she's not embracing her new makeover.
is Marvita. She looks like she's going to beat you and make you like it. It must be said that it's all pretty fierce.
Allison practices her facial expressions in the mirror, and Elle laughs nervously, telling her to make her eyes a little less intense. Allison yet again tells us that her experience is an advantage. She also thinks the other girls are going to suck in their photo shoot, and that she's not. This makes her laugh maniacally. I want to throw a jelly bean in her mouth when it's wide open like that, just so I know she's getting a few calories every day. When Allison starts posing, Jay asks if she's been practicing, and notes that it seems a little too studied. He totally hates all her posing. Allison tells us that you never know what the panel is going to say, but that, in her mind, she nailed it.
Amis is , and George wants to see more of her backside. He tells her to roll toward them, and she has no idea what that means and kind of squiggles all around. Jay just looks at her, bewildered.
Aimee wears a cute babydoll and seems to do great. Jay tells Dominique that he knows she can do fierce, but he wants to see a different side of her. No linebacker in a contour bra this time!
Dominique interviews that she's going to nail this photo shoot, because she's ordained to be there. It's manifest destiny playing out in front of our eyes. She adds that she's going to be America's Top Model because she's high-fashion. One day, Dominique is going to be like, "What is this reflective substance that people keep calling 'mirrors'?" and her life will change. Jay tells Dominique that she's looking a little catalogue, and Elle tells her that she doesn't have to be anything other than herself. Jay interviews that Dominique tried so hard, but that her shoot was terrible. I feel like when Jay Manuel flat-out calls something "terrible," you're in trouble. Jay also calls Dominique "commercial," which makes her flip out.
When the shoot is done, Elle thanks everyone for helping to sell her bras and knickers. Marvita totally loves her and interviews that she's never met anybody that nice. I think Marvita is going to lobby Elle to adopt her, or at least be her foster mom.
Back at home there is, as Marvita calls it, "Tyrisha Mail." I can't even explain how much I love her. In any case, someone is going home. Lauren is worried about her photo, and says that sometimes she thinks she doesn't understand the direction she gets. From Jay Manuel, the king of clarity? I find that hard to believe. Dominique is still livid that Jay called her "commercial." Allison tells us that she kicked ass at her photo shoot and isn't going home. Her blank, evil stare is really starting to scare me a little. Commercials.
And then, Panel time! Tyra rocks one of Elle's bras for big girls and towers over the Brooklyn Bridge in the introductory photo. Sounds about right. Tyra tells the girls that their makeovers look great. She lies so effortlessly sometimes. There are prizes, there are judges. George Holz is the guest judge.
Amis is first up before the panel, and tells them that her makeover makes her feel sexier. Nigel thinks that her face looks sexy in her photo, but that her body needs some work. George adds that she had a tough time getting into the moment during the shoot.
Lauren is up, and gets a lesson in model posture. Her photo is pretty great -- she has an awkwardness but, as Tyra says, it works for her. Tyra tells Lauren to find what is strong and different and interesting about herself.
Marvita's photo is stunning. George says that she was very stiff at first, but toward the end of the shoot when she didn't try quite so hard, she nailed it. Paulina thinks she looks like a panther in the urban jungle.
Claire's photo is good, but she needs to learn how to give eyebrow intensity while at the same time relaxing her mouth.
Fatima's photo is pretty gorgeous. Tyra thinks she looks like her mentor, Iman. Her legs are weird, though, and Tyra tells Fatima that she models from the waist up.
Katarzyna is a super sex bomb in her photo, and Miss J. and Paulina says she looks a little like a mail-order bride. But doesn't every girl from Eastern Europe?
Stacy-Ann's photo is so-so. She needs to extend her neck a bit more, and show her lovely, big jaw.
Dominique -- who is sporting some serious high-waisted jeans -- gets a lesson from Tyra on how to not let her cellulite show in pictures. Basically, you pull your booty away from the camera. Paulina notes that everyone has their extra-juicy spots that need to be pulled back a little bit. And then Tyra tells Dominique that her film looked a little like the models in a newspaper flier. As we all know, this is Dominique's favorite compliment to receive. Tyra tells her to bring some of her natural swagger into her photos.
Aimee's photo is pretty, but she needs to push it more, according to Nigel. With a little twist of the hip, says George, she would have knocked it out of the park.
Anya says that she loves her sophisticated yet playful hair, and Tyra notes that her accent sounds even stranger coming out of her newly platinum elf-head. Anya's shot has great energy, according to Paulina, but it's not as beautiful as Anya is. And that's saying something. Tyra thinks it's ferocious, though.
Allison is up , and Tyra tells her she looks very soft and pretty. Allison yells, "I know!" and laughs maniacally. Nigel tells her that "thank you" would be an appropriate response. She continues the maniacal laughter, and Tyra says that she's waiting for the thank-you. She asks Allison if it's coming. Paulina says that Allison took it like the princess who thinks she deserves it. Paulina HATES Allison. Allison smiles blankly, and Nigel notes that it didn't really register. Cut her some slack, Nigel. She's really hungry. Allison's legs look great in her photo, but her eyes are a little far away. Nigel tells her that she has all the assets to make it work, but that she's not using them. Her photo doesn't show any passion. George says that the lights are on but no one's home. Tyra gives Allison Jay's feedback, which is that she's too studied and needs to be more natural.
Last is Whitney. Tyra wasn't happy with her film, but it wasn't really Whitney's fault. Tyra was upset that Whitney's stomach and booty and legs were all covered up. She even had a talk with the stylists about it. And probably told them to kiss her fat ass. As you do. Paulina thinks that Whitney is a beautiful girl, but that this isn't her best photo.
Deliberations! Amis doesn't know her angles and seems kind of lost. Lauren has interesting flaws and is one of those girls who just falls into fierce pictures. Marvita's is one of the strongest pictures, according to Nigel, and works with the environment better than anyone else's. Claire's picture was a little disappointing, but George says that she was really great to work with, and that he doesn't think the picture does her justice. Fatima needs to work the bottom of her body. Katarzyna's photo is tacky, and Tyra tells George that he was shooting with his loins. It's true. Stacy-Ann has the Paulina jaw, and Tyra asks Paulina how she and Ric created a black baby. Paulina replies that it took a lot of work. Uh oh, it's magic. Paulina thinks that Dominique looks like a soccer mom. George agrees, and says that when she came on set, he thought it was someone's mom coming to pick them up. That is pretty harsh. Aimee is transparently beautiful, and Paulina loves her new hair color. Anya has a weird accent. Allison is too posed, and Nigel thinks she's conceited with no idea when to say "thank you." Even when she's told to say "thank you"! Tyra says that Allison has the most experience out of the girls, but it's not popping. Tyra wanted to see Whitney's booty, and traumatizes Nigel and Miss J. by making them feel hers. Paulina wonders what she's gotten herself into.
The girls return. Lauren is called first! Her photo was the judges' favorite, and Tyra says that she should be proud of herself. The other girls look a little worried, because they're going to have to hate her now, too. Marvita is called , followed by Aimee, Claire, Stacy-Ann, Fatima, Anya, Whitney, Katarzyna, and Amis. This leaves Allison and Dominique in the bottom two. Dominique is the girl who speaks in the third person all the time and thinks she's all that, but two weeks in a row, we've learned she isn't. Allison came into the competition feeling cocky because she has more experience than the other girls, and seems to be mystified by the words "thank you." Luckily for her, she won't have to say them, because she's going home. Allison is bawling, and it's kind of scary. She has a lot of issues to work out. Tyra tells her that just because she's going home, it doesn't mean that she isn't beautiful or that she isn't going to be a model. In fact, her chances of being a model are actually better. Take heart, Allison!
Allison says that this is the worst feeling, and that she's never wanted anything more than this, ever. Not even a hot meal once in a while? She blew it, and it's over, but she's going to suck it up and keep going. I think maybe Allison needs to take a nice vacation at an all-inclusive, or a treatment center.
week: Amis and Fatima get on Miss J.'s last nerve, and Whitney runs into some trouble with Fatima and Dominique.