There is drama ahoy this week as Fatima, who is not a U.S. citizen and thus can't leave the country, starts thinking that maybe since the big Top Model trip abroad is probably imminent she should get her visa and passport. And I mean, I'm totally a procrastinator, but that is some crazy stuff. As she worries and feels that the chances of getting her travel documents approved are not all that great, Lauren slices off the top of her finger while cutting onions. She has to go to the ER and get stitches, which curbs her rageoholic tendencies a bit.
Paulina visits the girls to train them on how to impress people at parties and give a decent interview. She role plays as a high-falutin' partygoer named Mrs. Dubois, and an annoying reporter (think any of the doofi from E!). The girls must put their skills to use at a party for designer Jay Godfrey and delicious soft drink 7UP. Jay outfits all the girls, and it is only Dominique who can't remember who designed her dress on the green carpet. Whitney probably wants to forget, as her boobs are on some kind of crazy rotating display in her blue trash bag of a dress. In a surprise twist, Anya is the best interviewee/mingler of all! She gets to be in an ad for 7UP that features her naked in a big vat of lemons and limes. Anya wins all the challenges where someone has to pose naked. She gets paid for her troubles, to the tune of $10,000. That will buy a lot of Hooked on Phonics!
The girls get a Tyra Mail telling them to pack their bags, and they think their trip to the country of Foreignia is nigh. However, it turns out that they're actually doing a group shot at the airport, in which they're all running to catch a plane on the runway. Because of FAA regulations, or drama-inducing regulations, the girls have to be off of the tarmac by 3:00 p.m. This poses a problem for Fatima, who has an appointment with the consulate at 9:00 a.m. She leaves the photo shoot, and Jay is a bit peeved. She does end up getting her documents approved, but does not make it back in time to get her photo taken. To make things worse, there's a surprise immediate elimination in the airplane hangar, and Fatima has to face Tyra's wrath as she stands in her sad, puffy jacket and bare face while the other girls look super cute in their mod clothes from the shoot. Her lack of a photo lands her in the bottom two with the perennially underperforming Stacy-Ann. The judges decide that Fatima's overall portfolio is better, so she gets to stay. Or, should I say, she gets to go, as the girls immediately board a plane to Rome! Stacy-Ann offers to go as the staff lap dance artist, but surprisingly no one takes her up on it.
Previously on ANTM: The girls took over Manhattan, but not in a Godzilla way (well, except for Whitney) as they went on designer go-sees. The photo shoot for the week involved being suspended on a plastic thingy with water in it that made everyone look like really well-appointed fetuses. Claire and Lauren ended up in the bottom two, with Claire getting the boot and thus ending her run as unstoppable Cover Girl of the Week winner / Naima Junior. Seven bitches remain!
We enter with the girls at home, marveling over the fact that Claire was eliminated. Whitney is very proud to have gotten as far in the competition as she has, being a plus-sized model. Lauren drones on that no matter what she's going to be an artist and a model. Well, apparently all you need to do to be an artist is to repeatedly inseminate yourself and then induce multiple abortions. So that's easy. Modeling, however, is a bit more challenging. Lauren is getting the confidence she needs to make it. Stacy-Ann is sick of getting called last, and is determined to prove that she can be America's Top Model. Or, America's Top Heat Miser Clone. Seriously, the hair!!!
Some girls chat in the bedroom, and Dominique predicts that they are going to be heading overseas soon. She confesionalizes how awesome everything will be once they're abroad. I think she might be naked in the confessional, which can't be sanitary. She wonders where they're going, and what their grocery list will be like. What the eff is she ever even talking about? You can tell the other girls are just used to tuning her out, too. Every once in a while Stacy-Ann mutters a half-hearted, "Goodness," or something. Fatima looks sullen. More sullen. But this time, it's not because someone has thrown out her coffee. Rather, the prospect of going abroad is making her nervous because she's not a U.S. citizen, and has lost a travel document. If she doesn't have that document, she tells us, she can't leave the country. When she says "travel document," I believe she means "passport and visa." Which, bitch, get a purse! That is whack.
In the kitchen, Fatima talks about her situation with the rest of the girls. Dominique, in a towel and plastic showercap, is eager to hear. Put on some clothes, woman! God. Fatima explains that she's not a U.S. citizen -- she only has a green card. She lost her travel document in Atlanta. Her lawyer is working on expediting the process, but she could get kicked out by default if her travel document does not arrive in time for her to go abroad. She starts crying, and then cries some more in an interview. She wants to be there and have the same opportunities as everyone, she says, and it's really hard. Back in the kitchen, Anya tells her to keep bugging the consulate. And then maybe they'll send her passport via priority unicorn! Anya thinks that Fatima should have all the opportunities that the rest of them have. And I mean...doesn't she? It's not like the U.S. government is preventing her from going out of the country because she's not a citizen. She lost her own damn stuff. This is, like, the one thing that ISN'T George W. Bush's fault. Fatima accepts that she'll have to pay the consequences if this doesn't work out. I don't think "pay the consequences" is an actual saying, but as we've learned she's not a U.S. citizen, so I'll cut her some slack.
And then just when we need someone to break up all the sad times, Paulina enters! She does a mock Tyra scream at her own arrival. She is there to speak to the girls about how best to showcase themselves, and how to think on their feet. At some points, she says, they're going to be interviewed, and they should know how not to come across as the morons they are. Paulina, who is in full cat burglar attire, has to meet up with Nicky Holiday to steal the Baseball Diamond right after this bit of instruction. The three girls who do best will be renamed Carla, Marla and Darla, and get to accompany her. Paulina gives the models lesson number one: when you're around important people, converse. Ooh, when I see important people I slouch further back into the corner. I totally need Paulina's life coaching help, too! They do some role playing, whereby Paulina pretends to be Miss DuBois, who owns a cosmetic company and throws fabulous parties with her fiancé, Shep Huntleigh. The girls each have a minute to impress her.
First up is Anya, who asks how Miss DuBois's family is doing. They're all dead. Anya is sorry to hear that, but knows that Miss DuBois is a strong woman. Stacy-Ann loves Miss DuBois' moisturizers. Oh just give her a lap dance and be done with it. There's no quicker way to make an impression. Lauren just cracks up and holds her neck. Paulina does not break character. Dominique goes up to Miss DuBois and says, "Hello, Paulina, my name is Dominique. And your name?" That's vintage. Katarzyna offers Miss DuBois more champagne and gets mistaken for a waitress. Whitney is judgmental about this in a confessional. Sometimes Whitney comes off as such a jerk in these instances. In any case, Paulina thinks that Anya did well and Stacy-Ann seemed fake.
, Paulina pretends to be an annoying interviewer. All those episodes of The Tyra Banks Show she was contractually forced to watch with her eyelids clamped open A Clockwork Orange-style have finally paid off! She rushes up to Fatima and asks if she sleeps in the nude or in pajamas. Answer: nude. Well if she wore some pajama bottoms with pockets maybe she wouldn't have lost her passport! , Paulina asks Dominique what her experience on Top Model was like. Dominique drones on yet says nothing, per usual. Paulina asks Whitney if she ever struggled with her weight, or if she's always liked herself. Whitney says that she grew up in the south, where curves are a good thing. She never thought she was strange or different at all until she entered the Land of the Buttless known as modeling. Paulina thinks this whole exercise was very interesting. Some girls were giving okay answers, but their eyes were blank. For example, Whitney seemed like a Miss America contestant. Dominique needs to learn the beauty of a sound byte and shut up after ten seconds max. Paulina exits, and Whitney thinks that this whole exercise is somehow going to be related to a challenge. It only took eight weeks for them to figure out the show's formula!
Later on, or previously -- you know how the time/space continuum operates on this show -- a few of the girls decide to make potato pancakes. Lauren starts chopping an onion, and suddenly there is a scream. From Lauren! Who has sliced through her thumb! Whitney says, "It went right through the nail," which just freaks me right the heck out. One of the show's producers whisks her off to the hospital. Fatima interviews that Lauren is a big girl, so if she wants to see the doctor, it means she must be in real pain. What if that thumb tip is the part that holds all of her rage, and now she becomes truly meek and mild mannered? I guess we'll find out.
With that crisis underway, we head back to Fatima's passport crisis. An ANTM producer calls her up, saying that he just got off the phone with her lawyer. The problem is that the consulate feels this is too last moment. Fatima protests that she didn't know. The producer is worried that she's not going to get her document anytime soon. Fatima confessionalizes (with no makeup -- gah!) that she's going to try and push through and hope that things will work out, because right now, they don't look so good. Yes, it is a dire situation, but not nearly as dire as the situation known as Farmer Wants a Wife. With this, we head to commercials.
When we return, Whitney relives the potato pancake incident. Lauren comes home, with a little cast on her thumb. She tells us that she had stitches, and that the doctor had to cut some of the nail off. She emphasizes that it sucked -- it really sucked. But she didn't bleed to death, so screw her and let's get on with the modeling hijinx!
The girls receive a big, wrapped box. They open it to discover lots of lemons and limes. They dig and find a smaller box, with the 7UP logo. Inside is an invitation from fashion designer Jay Godfrey. He is inviting them to an exclusive green carpet event for 100% natural 7UP. Katarzyna guesses that there is a lesson coming up involving interviewing, impressing people, and drinking delicious fizzy lemon-lime soda. Whitney ponders the situation in her giant glasses and pimply chin. She is a dead ringer for Jm J. Bullock.
Elsewhere, Whitney drinks a 7UP tells some of the other girls how being a plus-sized model puts her at a disadvantage in a party scenario. Unless, of course, it's the National Bacon Convention, in which case those skinny bitches would not be needed. Whitney tells us that she's in a difficult spot, but she's working her ass off. Not literally, though, because she likes her curves! The girls then get another visitor -- it's Courtney Kish, head of styling for Jay Godfrey. Turns out that Jay has "personally" selected some of his designs for the girls to wear to his party. The dresses are by and large pretty. Fatima realizes this theoretically, but would rather for all the world have a dress made out of passports.
But who cares about Fatima's stupid life drama -- it's time for the party! We see Lara Spencer from The Insider on the green carpet, microphone in hand. Oooh, are the girls going to be able to handle her journalistic chops? We get to see some of the fancy green carpet arrivals. These include Paulina Porizkova. With her, directly from the grave, is husband / Cars frontman Ric Ocasek! Then there are celebrity powerhouses Jay Manuel and J. Alexander, along with Nigel Barker. And then Jay Godfrey himself! Great -- another Jay is just what this show needs. Turns out he and Lara, who towers over him, are judging the challenge. Jay Godfrey says that he's looking for who works the green carpet, and who works the party the best. If they're comfortable and confident, they have a shot at winning the challenge.
Stacy-Ann hits the green carpet first, in a very flattering pink and gold dress. Lara asks Stacy-Ann if Tyra intimidates her. Stacy-Ann says that she loves Tyra. She is so not intimidated by Tyra that she can't even say the word "intimidating." is Anya, also in a pink creation. She says she should be America's Top Model because she's an inspiration and has a positive attitude. She brings a good energy to people. Like a human Red Bull, is Anya. She does seem very poised as she says it, but when you listen closely she makes absolutely no sense. I know you're as surprised as I am about that. But inspired and energized nonetheless. We see but don't hear Fatima, get a brief moment with Katarzyna, who looks gorgeous, and then have a moment to focus on Dominique. Lara asks Dominique who she's wearing. Dominique's answer? "Jay Giorgio." Awesome. There is a gong, and they're not even IN China, so you know this is bad, if less racist than usual.
Lauren is , and is forced to tell Lara Spencer that she cut her thumb off. Lara asks Lauren why she should be America's Top Model, and Lauren says she could kick the shit out of those girls anytime. So her secret stank is located somewhere other than her thumb tip! Good to know. Lara is scandalized. we have Whitney, who is wearing a shiny blue trash bag that's cut to the navel. It makes her look huge, and like her boobs are unevenly placed. Maybe that's what Jay Godfrey was going for with this particular look. Lara asks Whitney why she should be America's Top Model, and Whitney replies that the majority of women in America eat regularly, and it's important to represent the country that you're representing. I feel like that came directly from my George W. Bush quote-a-day countdown calendar. She is currently representing the Gorgs' Garden. Thank you for your wisdom, Madame Heap.
With the green carpet conquered, the girls must take on the party. They meet up with Jay Godfrey, who wants them to showcase how beautiful they look and make him proud. We glance for a moment on Cycle 8 winner Jaslene before cutting to Lauren talking to Ric Ocasek about punk music. She wants to prove that punk rock girls are beautiful, too. Just be yourself, she says. It helps when "yourself" is as gorgeous as she is. She looks fly. Anya talks to Ann Shoket and Jay Manuel about how much she loves New York, even though it was tough transitioning to the weather. She admits in an interview that she was nervous and tense, even though she's playing it cool. Whitney tells another party goer that she has a lot of family in Texas. They ask where, and Whitney doesn't know since she's never been there. You really wouldn't want to get too many specifics on Cousin Shelley, either. Whitney interviews that it's very important for a top model to be noticed. If you don't stand out, you get nowhere. When she leaves the Texan group Nigel asks, "What was that about?" Standing out at all costs.
Elsewhere, Anya chats it up with Jay Manuel and Cycle 2's April, who tells the girls to be themselves. As the party proceeded, Anya says, she just decided to be natural and enjoy herself. Nigel tells Lauren that she looks so great, he almost didn't recognize her. A backhanded compliment, but a compliment nonetheless. She comes across as confident at the party, which is the opposite of how she appears at panel. She says that mostly she was in so much pain because of the thumb that she just went for it. Lauren is going to be the most successful digit-free model in history! We then get clips of Stacy-Ann telling a bunch of people that she's from Miami. She says that she can mingle and network and is great at marketing herself and her dress. She thinks she has it in the bag. She really can wear clothes, at the very least.
Jay Godfrey and Lara meet with the girls to discuss how they performed. Anya was charming and knows how to sell her dress. She was poised and refined on the green carpet. Dominique, of course, didn't know the designer she was wearing. I wish Janice Dickinson and/or Joan Rivers had been the one interviewing her at that moment. Lauren is beautiful, but has to lose the potty mouth. Lara tells her to be bigger than that. To which I say, fuck you dicksucker. ["Aw. What are we going to do until Rock of Love comes back?" -- Joe R] Stacy-Ann didn't wow Lara on the red carpet, and seemed a bit distant. She shouldn't overthink it, says Lara. I somehow doubt that's the problem. The winner of the challenge, says Jay, is someone who is incredibly natural and confident. And it's ANYA. Who would have thunk it, huh? As Whitney says, "Anya...you know...she's not the brightest star in the sky." Okay, now I like Whitney again. Turns out that Anya will get to go on a photo shoot for a 7UP ad. She's excited to have done well, especially by way of being herself.
We head to Anya's shoot, where she meets with 7UP ad agency representative Hillary Wolf, who talks about how 7UP is now 100% natural. The idea for the shoot, then, is to do something au naturale. They always want to get Anya naked, don't they? Anya poses naked in a bed of leaves, lemons and limes while sipping a 7UP. She is happy that she delivered and gave a good shot. The 7UP people bring her a big basket of lemon and limes after the shoot, inside of which is a $10,000 check for her efforts. Hey! That's awesome. It's actually made out to "Anya," written in sharpie. She is very excited. When she returns home and tells the other girls, Stacy-Ann is very jealous. As is everyone else, I assume.
Oh, and then back to Fatima's passport drama. Stacy-Ann asks how she's feeling about things, and Fatima says that anything could go wrong, so she has to prepare herself for the worst. The added stress is making the competition harder for her. She's keeping her fingers crossed and hopes that something magical will happen. Always a great strategy for life's dilemmas and hardships. Commercials.
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When we return, Fatima is once again on the phone with an ANTM producer. He just wants to tell her how pretty she's looking, and fill her in about the miraculous invention known as Proactiv. No, of course he is talking about her travel documents. He says that he got her an appointment with the consulate at 9:00 AM the following day. Fatima is excited and relieved. Gee, I hope they aren't scheduled to do anything important tomorrow at 9:00 AM! That would be so dramatic and stressful!
There is Tyra Mail. "There's no time to lag, so pack up fast or you'll miss your connection." Thank goodness the camera focuses in on the actual Tyra Mail, as the reading aloud part quickly devolves into screaming. Everyone is molto eccitato about the prospect of going abroad. Lauren interviews that everyone was freaking out, but she thought, "You gotta evaluate. Cause you've gotta look out for those tricks." Though her thumb is gone, her wisdom has remained intact. The girls rush off screaming and start packing. Fatima is excited, too, until she realizes that she's not in the clear quite yet. Wah wah wah.
Dominique interviews that the girls spent all night packing. At 5:50 AM they are picked up by a limo and head off to the airport. Fatima reminds us that she has an appointment with the consulate at 9 AM Maybe he'll meet her on the tarmac! The girls arrive at the airport, get out of their limo, and head to meet Jay Manuel near what Whitney thinks is their jet. As if they aren't going to put your curvy ass in coach, honey. Jay tells the girls that their luggage will actually serve as props for the day's photo shoot. Wah wah wah, again! Dominique is sad to learn that her efforts, per usual, are all for naught. Turns out they will be doing a group photo shoot that involves them running to catch a plane. An actual plane! The group will be rotated so each girl gets to be in the featured front position. The best photos of each girl will be combined into one composite shot for panel. What's more, it's windy and cold and the girls have to work fast because they need to be off the tarmac by 3:00 PM.
There is, of course, the small issue of Fatima's appointment with the consulate. She knows she can't be at the photo shoot and at the consulate at the same time. She tells Jay that she has to go deal with her travel document, and that she has a very different situation than the other girls because she is a refugee. Jay tells her that, as a model, she'll be expected to jet all over the world. He adds that this is the tenth season of ANTM, and it's an international show. They travel and everyone knows it. He says he'll start with the other girls and tells her to try to get back in time for the photo shoot. He interviews that it looks lax for Fatima to have come this far and only bring up the situation with the travel document now. He doesn't know what it will mean for her in this competition. It all depends on how much the consulate is swayed by fierceness, I suppose.
As the girls get outfitted and styled, Fatima takes a cab back to meet with the consulate. She's afraid that her appointment will take all day, and that by the time she gets back the shoot will be over. Cut back to the shoot. The girls have the cutest sort of '60s inspired clothes, hats, and luggage. Bill Heuberger will be the photographer for the day. Jay tells the girls to be energized and look like they're having fun, despite the fact that it's freezing. Whitney plans to stick out and make the other girls look bad.
Lauren is first in the spotlight position, and has to be reminded to hide her bum thumb. She reminds us that she was in the bottom two last week, and admits that her picture sucked. Jay thinks she did okay at the shoot, particularly since she was dealing with her throbbing wound. Stacy-Ann is in the spotlight. Turns out her eyes are very sensitive to wind, and are tearing all over the place and running her makeup. She also tells us that this is the coldest she's been in her whole life, but she still had to look beautiful. Jay says that Stacy-Ann was posing again, and didn't sell. Meanwhile, Fatima rushes to the consulate's office at 8:59.
Whitney is very dramatic during the shoot, because she wants to bring attention to herself. Usually the plus-sized models get cut, she says, and she doesn't want that to be her. Jay thinks she is posing a bit like Miss Plus-Sized America. It's the first week that Whitney slid back as opposed to moving forward. Anya is to be featured and tears it up. She was trying to be creative and think outside the box, she tells us. With Anya, I think a little boxing wouldn't necessarily hurt. Meanwhile, at 12:45 p.m., Fatima has her travel document! She hopes that she can make it back to the shoot. I feel like Tyra will facilitate a traffic jam just to prevent such a happy ending from occurring.
Back at the shoot, Dominique is giving Jay Remedial Posing 101. It's something that you'd expect a model to do, but never really want a model to do, he says. Everything that Dominique does is something that we expect but don't want, isn't it? At 2:06, meanwhile, Fatima is in the limo on the way back to the airport. She halfheartedly asks the driver to speed up. Fatima needs to watch more of The Amazing Race. Katarzyna is the last girl to be featured in the shoot. As Fatima rolls in at 2:55, she sees the wardrobe people leaving. She interviews that the judges base your performance on the photo shoot, so if you don't have a photo, you go home. Unless you love Jesus or are having some sort of meth withdrawal or something. Then you usually get a pass.
With the shoot over, Jay tells the girls to grab their luggage and head inside the hangar. They are expecting some warmth and maybe a cookie or Wolfgang Puck pre-made sandwich from a stand, but instead they are surprised to find the panel waiting for them. It's an ominous sight, to be sure. Tyra welcomes them, and says that there is going to be an elimination right now. And then she notices that one of her lambs is missing, and asks where Fatima is. It's 3:09 and Fatima is still in the limo. She knows she missed the photo shoot, and wonders what's going to happen to her. Beatings! Or a one-year internship at The Tyra Banks Show. Six of one, you know? We head to commercials.
When we return, we enter panel with a photo of Tyra as a kicky-legged flight attendant. She, like, does not even fit in that little plane. We see her once again asking where Fatima is, and Anya says they don't know. Fatima comes scurrying in with some crazy-ass windblown hair and her puffy jacket. All the other girls, of course, are still in their cute clothes from the shoot. Tyra sternly asks where she was. Fatima explains the whole business about the travel documents, and apologizes for missing the shoot. Tyra says that sometimes when a girl is sick, they'll evaluate her whole body of work, but that missing a photo shoot is a big deal. Tyra is really putting her acting lessons to work with this one. In the history of ANTM, she says, the girls who miss the shoots generally go home. The other girls totally all cross their fingers.
Tyra then explains why they're having judging in an airplane hangar. Turns out that immediately after panel the girls will get on a plane and go to the abroad location TBD. Tyra isn't telling them where, because sometimes the whooping and screaming have to be saved for later. There are prizes, there are judges. Paulina is wearing a freaking beret. The guest judge is Jay Manuel. Well, that's convenient.
Katarzyna is up first for her evaluation. The judges look at the composite photo. She's at the end of the line, but it doesn't matter. Nigel thinks her shot looks like a vintage airline poster. Tyra thinks that the shot is fabulous, and that she correctly summoned some poise and conceit from within. Lauren is , in the cutest coat and hat ever. She explains about her thumb accident, and Tyra totally proceeds to teach her how to chop an onion. In the group shot, Lauren gets the feature position, and Jay loves how she's utilizing her tippy-toes. Paulina thinks she looks very 1940s, and Nigel agrees that she's stunning. Miss J. adds that she has none of her usual hunch in the photo, and Tyra asks why she is gorgeous in her pictures and all Quasimodo in person. Jay and Nigel talk about how great she was at the party, and Lauren says she doesn't know why she's such a stooge at judging.
Dominique is . Tyra likes her booty tooch, and Paulina thinks it's nice as well. Nigel says that she nailed it for the first time. I love how the judges always say the exact opposite of what Jay says during the shoots. Stacy-Ann is . She looks like an amputee. Nigel notes that at the party she seemed quite fake, and like she was presenting something. He wants her to be more natural and normal. Paulina agrees, and says that she was like a human car show at the party. Jay gives Stacy-Ann credit for managing a decent photo with the tearing eyes. Tyra tells Stacy-Ann that she needs how to work her strong jaw. Then there's Whitney. Jay thinks it's the most natural looking shot for her, whereas when she was in the featured spot during the shoot it was "so pageantry." Tyra thinks she could be a little less America's Top Miss America, and Nigel tells her that she was the other person at the party who came off as fake. Whitney appears to be gobsmacked. Paulina notes that Whitney could use a little of Lauren in her, and vice versa.
Anya is . She worked the room at the party and was herself, which Nigel loved. Tyra didn't expect Anya to do well at the party, given her whack accent, but was proven wrong. Her best shot is pretty great. Jay says that no matter what position she was in, she stood out. Nigel likes it as well. And then there's Fatima, who doesn't have a picture. So she gets no commentary, and we head straight to the judges' deliberation! But not before learning that Lauren is the Cover Girl of the Week! Hoping that Fatima would choke on a cup of coffee and all!
Okay, deliberations. Katarzyna's shot is great, but generally she's forgettable. Miss J. still thinks that Dominique looks like a man, but a fab man. Lauren looks graceful in her picture, but she doesn't make sense to Nigel in person. Jay, however, believes in Lauren after seeing her confidence week after week on set. Paulina does, too. Whitney has great energy in her picture, according to Paulina, but Nigel was totally unimpressed with her personality at the party. Miss J. thinks that Stacy-Ann is losing her sparkle and glitter. Nigel agrees that she's plateaued, at a time when she really needs to be raising the bar. Anya stole the show according to some judges, but Tyra doesn't think her picture is all that great. Fatima has no photo, so the judges reflect on her body of work. She went from homeless to lingerie to paint to fetus to vampire meat lover. With that trajectory in mind, the judges have reached a decision.
The girls line up in front of Tyra to find out which loser will not be heading overseas. Tyra calls Anya first, followed by Lauren, Dominique, Katarzyna and Whitney. This leaves Fatima and Stacy-Ann in the bottom two. Stacy-Ann starts crying, or else the wind has whipped up again in the hangar. The judges looked at Stacy-Ann's body of work. They think she's beautiful, but that she's hit a plateau. And then there's Fatima. The judges are disappointed that she didn't have a visa or passport. How can she expect to go overseas without that, Schoolmarm Tyra asks? And, of course, she did not participate in the photo shoot, which won no favors with anyone. But she gets a blank photo anyway, because her body of work is much stronger than Stacy-Ann's. Aw, boo. I feel like we never really got to see the fountain of delights that is Stacy-Ann.
Stacy-Ann tells us that she's so sad not to be going overseas. She was not expecting to go home. She says that she has so much energy and personality and it might have come off as fake sometimes, but she's learned a lot from the shoots and judges and is going to keep trying because God has great things in store for her. She leaves, and then Tyra is able to fully celebrate the other girls and tell them that while the judges will be traveling private first class, the top models to be will have to suffer through commercial. As she boards the place, she drops the happy bomb by saying, "See you in Rome, ladies!" There is much screaming and whooping as Whitney dreams of the spaghetti to come!
week: Rome! Fatima is felled by a fever, and a smoochy Cover Girl commercial is more than some girls can handle.