It's makeover time! Tyra visits the girls to give them clues about their new looks and also walk like they did in 1991. The girls have an evening to mull things over, and Lexie, Ann and Rhianna take advantage of the situation by creating a fake list of makeovers. On the list, Lexie gives herself a strawberry blonde Afro and cries a lot about it to enhance the trickery. Several of the others seem suckered in, and consequently puzzled by their actual makeovers at the Fred Segal salon the day.
At the salon, Ann gets long, copper-colored extensions, which make her look even bigger. In a good way. Liz gets a super-short cut and has kind of an attitude about it. Chelsey goes ice blonde, and also gets a teeth makeover via a gap-widening procedure. Sarah gets chocolate-colored hair and bleached-out eyebrows, which looks totally whack. In a bad way. Kendal looks gorgeous with a long, straight weave. Kayla gets bright red Ronald McDonald hair, fashioned in a 70's Dorothy Hamill mullet. She loves it, and it actually ends up looking kind of great. Terra gets a short cut that's actually very cute, but she hates it and cries. Chris gets long, curly waves, while Esther goes darker, straighter and longer and still has giant boobs. Jane gets lighter extensions, Rhianna gets very long extensions, Kacey looks more or less the same but gets contacts, and Lexie goes a bit darker and longer.
The Jays reveal that there's going to be a surprise post-makeover elimination. The complainers -- Liz and Terra -- as well as the ones who didn't work it so well -- Lexie and Sara -- are on the block. It's Terra who ends up getting the boot, with hair that she hates. Chris and Terra cry and cry and it's clear that the Jays could not give two shits.
For this week's photo shoot, the girls are photographed as angels falling from the sky. A rig, harness and male model are involved. Each girl must pick an emotion to convey. Esther chooses "fearless," and while her photo doesn't turn out so well, she gets the line of the episode by saying that her male model looks like a sexy Jesus. Liz continues her streak of complaining, which endears her to no one. Despite her lesbian ways, Kayla works just fine with the male model. Kacey flirts like mad with her male model, and also almost grabs his package like 100 times. Kendal chooses "desire" for her emotion, which is extremely ironic given her aversion to man parts and fluids. Ann hasn't had "much experience with dudes," but gives it her all, and Lexie puts her dirty feet all over her companion male model. The photographer is totally like, "She really shouldn't be a model."
Overall, the pictures are pretty bad. Tyra commends Kayla, Chelsey, Chris and Ann for being the best of the bunch, and announces that Ann has the best photo for the second week in a row! Lexie and Sara wind up in the bottom two, and it's Sara who gets sent back to a son who won't even recognize her post-makeover.
Previously on ANTM: Tyra's fabulous fourteen finalists moved into some fierce oceanfront property in Venice Beach. The girls had to walk on a runway suspended four flights in the air. The audience clearly couldn't see any of the actual Diane Von Furstenberg clothes, but hopefully at least got some good upskirt views. The girls sported bullying-related body paint at their photo shoot, and Terra's nerves landed her in the bottom two. However it was too-thin Anamaria who got her bony butt booted. Thirteen bitches remain!
The girls return to their oceanfront abode after panel and see Ann's best-of-week photo displayed digitally, along with the words "lovely," "aristocratic Amazon" and "gentleness." Ann is glowing with pride, and says that she feels special. Nobody paid attention to her at home, but now she's getting plenty of attention from the best of the best people. Well, the best of the best of the worst people, really. Ann is such a sweet sad-sack that no one can even be mad at her for feeling proud. It also helps that she's more gobsmacked than gloating. Lexie tells us that Ann is killing the competition right now, because her quirky, different look is exactly what the high fashion world wants. Lexie says that she's a competitive person, but for now is going to focus on herself and what she can do. What this has to do with modeling is anybody's guess.
Sara shows off pictures of her son, Kayden, who's 18 months old. She says that leaving him was really hard, because it seemed like he knew what was happening when she was packing her bags. Of course he did! Even my cat knows what's up when I get out the suitcase, which I think is why she insists on sitting in it and getting her hair all over everything I'm taking with me. There's nothing quite like having the appearance of a crazy cat lady at a work conference. Liz says that her daughter is with her every single day, and so she's worried that, being gone for two months, her daughter will consider herself abandoned. I mean, everybody needs something to talk about in therapy. It's fine. Liz says it'll be worth it. Welllllll.... We'll see about that. Sara tells us that she sucked ass in her photo shoot, and doesn't want to continue coming off like an average white girl. She wants to find and work her signature look. That look is "Claudia Schiffer," and she should just stick with it.
Meanwhile, Terra is still totally tweaked out. Being in the bottom two is the worst feeling ever, she says. Worse than having your legs blown off by a land mine? I mean, perspective, people. Terra doesn't want to be just a pretty face -- she wants to be the fierce face on Italian Vogue. She tells us that she's going to keep her promise that the panel was the last time Tyra will ever have to call her name last. This actually turns out to be true, albeit in a kind of tragic way.
Tyra, looking like she just stepped off the set of Newsies, surprises the girls at their house. There is much fanfare, and Tyra asks for a tour of the house. She tells the girls that the bedroom is just what a model's apartment really looks like. She is referring specifically to the close quarters of the twin beds, and mentions smelling the farts of others. This might be one of her bids for relatability, but all in all she just comes off as a gross fart sniffer. Maybe this is why she brings up the dookie-smelling face so often. Liz shows off a picture of her baby girl, and then it's time to get down to business.
Tyra sits the girls down and points them in the direction of a stack of portfolios. Before those portfolios are filled up with photos, she says, they have to make sure that the girls look high fashion. You know what that means -- makeovers! Tyra doesn't tell the girls specifically what's going to happen, but gives them hints. Kayla's hair needs to be "powerful, pizzaz, bright and fiery." Ann's makeover will be all about exaggeration. Kendal will get a heaping of sensuality and sexuality, which makes me believe that Tyra actually does know what irony is. Right now Liz has both long hair and no hair, and Tyra is going to make it one style. Tyra is going to focus on Kacey's eyes, and Sara will move away from her California bleach blonde look. Tyra loves Chelsey's teeth, and would actually like to exaggerate her gap, a la Lauren Hutton. Didn't they fill in Danielle's gap on season six? This show can't stop messing with bitches' teeth. Chris's braids will be a thing of the past, while Terra will get a makeover to frame her luscious (or lucious!) lips. Tyra tells the girls that they may cry or get emotional when they're in the hair chair, but it's all in an effort to make them more marketable. And also, when you're the constant complainer it's you who looks like the asshole, no matter how bad your hair actually is. Tyra comes out of retirement momentarily to strut the living room catwalk like they did it in 1991. If only Tyra would retire MORE.
And then, shenanigans! Lexie, Ann and Rhianna get out a spiral notebook, in which they list each of the girls' names and what their makeover will be. Or I should say, what their mock evil makeover will be. The document is entitled, "Hair Agenda," and our lovely pranksters leave it crumpled in a ball on the floor. Liz finds it and spreads the news quickly...to Lexie, Ann and Rhianna. Poor Liz. Lexie gave herself a strawberry blonde Afro on the Hair Agenda, which gives her the chance to test out her acting skills. She cries and appears deeply upset, and Ann and Rhianna waste no time in testing out their respective acting skills by comforting her. Liz, meanwhile, tells Kacey that she's in for a four-inch fade. Ann interviews with gleeful nervousness that the list was supposed to be a prank, but people started getting really freaked out by it. As Lexie cries and sobs, "I'm getting an Afro!" we head to commercials.
When we return, Terra is in the phone booth talking to her mom. Chris pops in to say hello as well. Terra interviews that she has an advantage in the competition since Chris is a connection to home, who knows and can help her. And vice versa. Terra starts crying on the phone, which prompts an interview from Chris noting that Terra had a meltdown at the last photo shoot. This makes Chris very nervous. She says that this is a competition, but at the same time she doesn't want to lose her sister so soon. Foreshadowing gets partial highlights.
The girls head to the Fred Segal salon, which will be home to tears, drama and also some awesomeness. Liz has worn a very spiky Mohawk for the occasion. Jay Manuel introduces salon owner Matthew Preece, who's in charge of the transformations. He talks up his team of stylists and promises all the girls that they're going to love their looks. Lies! At the end of the day there will be a quick photo shoot to see how well the girls embrace their new looks. Apparently people still believe the word of the makeover list, which is both desperate and sad. Lexie says that they're never going to tell anybody what they've done. Also lies!
The makeovers begin, and J. Alexander says that he's awaiting miracles. Ann tells us that she's getting a coppery color along with long extensions. When it's finished, Miss J. asks her if it's too much hair for her. Ann thinks that she can carry it. Keith Major photographs Ann in a swimsuit with her new hair, and loves her energy. Ann thinks that the hair exaggerates her height, and will make her stand out even more. It certainly is long. Liz is , and since she's a list believer she's expecting shoulder-length hair. When the stylist starts cutting her hair, her heart drops to the floor like so many clippings. Chelsey deduces that somebody made up the list. The fact that the list has become such a substantial subplot in this episode makes me concerned that it's going to be a very boring season. Liz gets a very, very short cut and is clearly not happy. She says that she's masculine-looking enough, and this just adds to it. The Jays discern that she doesn't love her hair, and Liz admits that she doesn't,
and also wouldn't style it in the manner that the stylist chose. Jay tells her that at some point she has to take what people do for her and rock it. Jay is pleased that Liz manages to pull it out in the photo shoot -- so pleased that he hits Miss J. in the boob. However, neither of them are pleased about her earlier attitude.Chelsey tells us that her makeover started a lot earlier than everybody else's, because she had an appointment with dentist extraordinaire Dr. Edgardo Falcon, Jr., who widened the gap in her teeth by half a millimeter. I just got flashbacks of how disgusting it was to see Joanie get her veneers, particularly at the point when she had nubs for teeth. Veneers are weird, man. Chelsey also gets ice-blonde hair, and is basically happy to do whatever Tyra tells her. This may or may not be a good idea, as she looks like a snaggletoothed clone in her makeover photo. is Sara. She gets five inches cut off her hair, goes chocolate brown, and gets her eyebrows bleached out. Sara conjectures that her son won't even recognize her. Though in fairness, I rarely recognize her from one scene to the . I think the chocolate brown works for her, though I'm on the fence about the eyebrows. Jay is on the fence about Sara, period, and says that she's not taking on the makeover.
Kendal's sensual and sexual makeover entails a long weave. The weavologist takes out some aggression on Kendal's head, but the results are pretty stunning and so all is forgiven. As Kendal says, "I'm ready to work this weave!" But I'm guessing she's still not ready to work anything that will spew fluids. Miss J. checks in on Terra, who is crying at the prospect of a short cut. Terra says, "If somebody cut all your hair off you wouldn't be sad?" Miss J. says that they'd cut his hair because it was falling out from stress. This doesn't make a ton of sense, but you'll have to trust me that he delivers it with panache. Meanwhile, the stylist offers Kayla a bowl of spaghetti sauce. No wait! That's her hair color! Believe it. Kayla's girlfriend had two stipulations: don't come home with red hair, and don't come home bald. What does girlfriend have against the gingers? Kayla acknowledges that she might be single after this. Indeed, there is some serious Ronald McDonald action happening. Kayla takes it all in stride though. She says she doesn't understand why people cry or get upset, because the makeovers are designed to take them to the level. The cut is kind of mullet-y and Dorothy Hamill-ish at once, but it's certainly better than that curly poodle monstrosity that she first showed up with. Plus, she works it. All in all it's a win for Kayla.
While Chris is getting her hair done, she sees Terra being plainly upset and dissatisfied with her makeover. She wants Terra to hold it together and suck it up, because if she doesn't she could go home. Terra tells us that she got all of her hair cut off, which isn't strictly true. There's a weird long piece in the front. She thinks that it's harder for her to model with such short hair. This makes no sense, but sense was never Terra's strong suit. Terra poses for the photographer, and Jay tells her that she's not letting them believe the makeover. He then notes quietly to Miss J. that you could go to the mall and find a girl who's a better poser. The stupid thing is that Terra's hair actually does look a lot better, and she's very pretty, so if she could get out of her own way a little bit things might look up for her.
Chris is getting a very long curly brown weave that is apparently of the same variety that Beyonce uses. She's happy about this, and happy with her makeover, and wants the other girls to just go home already. Esther tells us that she's a modern orthodox Jew who was raised in a religious community. Being in the competition, she has to make sure she stays true to who she is and what she's done throughout her life. Apparently having someone dye her hair darker and then posing in a bikini bottom is true to who she is. Jane's hair is lightened and she's given extensions. She's happy enough with it. We learn that Jane was recruited to Princeton as a lacrosse player, but she quit to pursue modeling. What this has to do with extensions, I don't know.
Rhianna loves having her hair worked on by four different people at once, and tells us that she got long, gorgeous waves. Indeed, she has mondo extensions. She loves it and thinks it suits her hippie nature, but I'm not so sure about what it's doing to her face. Kacey's hair stays pretty much the same, but the good news is that she got contacts! Finally. Lexie's hair is darker, trimmed, and she has extensions glued in. She seems perfectly content with her makeover, but the sad news is that she couldn't pose her way out of a paper bag.
The Jays bring the girls together, and as it happens they have some bad news to announce. Somebody's going home! Right now! As Lexie starts to worry, we head to commercials.
When we return, the Jays talk about the "issues" they had with some of the girls today. Liz got a stank attitude about her hair and its styling, and that shit does not fly when you're working with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld. Or Jay Manuel? Anyway: bad move. Sara didn't complain about her new look, but seemed uncomfortable in her photo shoot. Lexie felt that she embraced her new look, but she left her confidence in the hair chair. Then there's Terra, who was a big old complainer and cried a bunch during her makeover. Those are the things that clients and designers see, and that ostensibly make them fire you. And at this point, after watching the show for FOURTEEN SEASONS, these fools should have much better game than was displayed today. Particularly the complainers.
It's Terra who's eliminated. Jay tells her that she's exquisite, but their problem is that she doesn't believe that she belongs. Given some of her comments previously, that does seem true. However it has nothing to do with her crunk makeover behavior. Terra makes a half-hearted effort to stay by telling the Jays that she wants more time to show them what she can do. Jay Manuel says, "Well go out and show us." Burn! Both Jays give Terra particularly insincere hugs and send her on her way. Terra bawls in an interview as she says that it isn't right for them to send her home AFTER they cut her hair, which she hates. It does look much better, though, so she should get over that. Terra loves her sister, and says that she's her second chance. In the form of another body, which is much better at modeling. Chris cries a whole bunch as she says goodbye to Terra, and Liz cries too, probably because she was so close to the proverbial chopping block. The Jays tell the girls that they all look beautiful, but need to embrace and keep up their looks. Miss J. says, "No more model teardroplets. Pull it together, okay?" They really could not have less sympathy, which I actually appreciate. Their jobs have to be fairly hellish. Not coal miner hellish, but "dealing with Tyra Banks on a daily basis" hellish. Lexie tells us that she's happy to still be in the competition, and thinks that this surprise elimination was a wakeup call for everybody.
Back at the house, there is Tyra Mail! "It's one thing to get on top, but can you stay there? Love, Tyra." The girls fear either a heights-related challenge, or surfing. Surfing? Yeah, I don't know. Since Terra is gone, Chris has been kind of a mess. Kayla says that Chris basically let everyone know that her strength is missing. People are watching to see if she totally crumbles. Tweedledum without Tweedledee is like one really fat guy standing alone. Tragic.
The girls head to a lovely Malibu beach for their photo shoot. There they see Mr. Jay wearing a giant pair of black wings. He asks what he looks like, and Kacey shouts, "A bird!" It's true, and yet still incorrect. Jay is supposed to look like an angel. A fallen angel, to be precise. And if you don't think I'm going to link to a Poison video right now, then you don't know me very
well at all. I wonder what the guy who plays the pervy casting director is doing these days. When you look like a child molester you must really get typecast a lot. Anyway, Anne Menke is the photographer for the day. Jay introduces her as "a super talented female photographer." Do you think he still says "lady doctor"? Anne tells the girls that they'll be angels falling from the sky. To get the "falling from the sky" effect, they'll again be wearing harnesses (maybe the producers rented them for the whole month and want to get their money's worth?) attached to some sort of crazy rig.It also happens that the fallen angels are fallen because they've fallen in love with mortal men. That's right -- boys! Hormones instantly rage, and the situation is not helped by a cadre of bare-chested young men who run out to greet the models. Chris actually exclaims, "Man meat! Yes!" Each model will be expressing some sort of particular emotion, which Jay says is key to the shoot. I certainly hope for Jane's sake that "big square head" counts as an emotion. The girls head to the hair, makeup and wardrobe trailer. Kayla shakes hands with one of the male models. She says that, as a lesbian, she was kind of nervous about the situation and wouldn't be happy with excessive touching or groping. In my experience, lesbians like plenty of excessive touching and groping. Kayla needs to get out of Illinois.
Esther is first on set, and chooses to be a fearless angel. Such a fearless angel might, for example, say, "Screw heaven, I'm going to have my fun!" Less orthodox by the minute, this one. Esther seems to manage her harness okay, but she doesn't quite look fearless and also has little connection with her male model companion. The photographer asks Esther to get up close and personal with her object of desire, but Esther thinks that he looks like a sexy version of Jesus and feels wrong looking into his eyes. Yes, she just said "sexy version of Jesus." Maybe when you're raised in a very religious community your sex fantasies take on a particularly uncomfortable bent.
Liz is on set and her emotion is "power/victory." What does that even mean? They cut off Liz's brains with her hair! No wonder she was so upset. She looks a little gangly in the air, and Jay reminds her to go for grace. Liz interviews that the harness was very uncomfortable, like wearing a big metal Depends diaper. She also complains to the crew that her leg is throbbing. Jay tells us that Liz is becoming a pain in the butt, with all of her whinging and whining. She'd better watch that but quick.
Kayla is an evil angel, and though she isn't attracted to the male model she manages to work it. Jay is impressed. Her red hair is also working in her favor. Sara's emotion is "seductive." She tells us that it's very important for her to do well, since she's hanging at the bottom of the competition. She makes some awkward poses, and the photographer asks if that's what she does when she's seductive. In all fairness, she's probably not usually wearing a harness during sexy times. Or maybe she is. But probably not. Jay tells us that Sara didn't bring her A-game to set today, and in fact came off like kind of a dumb-ass. She goes from not relaxed enough to too relaxed, and overall it does not seem like a strong performance.
Meanwhile, Kacey is flirting her face off with her male model, who happens to be from her same hometown. Her emotion is "rebellious," and Jay notes that her hand was reaching perilously close to her model's package. She flips up and down and all around, and then runs after her model when the shoot is done. The other girls totally judge her ridiculousness, particularly given the fact that she's always talking about how she misses her boyfriend. Rhianna's emotion is "hopeless/sultry," which also makes no sense. We don't see much of her shoot, with the exception of Jay telling her that she looks elongated like an angel. In the end, she seems satisfied and is probably safe. Chelsey is a mysterious angel, and Anne screams that she was amazing.
Chris is up . She acknowledges that she misses Terra, but she knew that sooner or later she'd be on her own. She's still planning on winning the competition, and takes great strides toward doing so with her portrayal of a heartbroken angel. Anne and Jay both love that she's become a soft, otherworldly feminine creature with feathers for eyebrows. Jane is a scorned angel, and gets brief but positive remarks. Kendal's emotion is desire, and Jay tells her that he doesn't believe her connection with the male model at all. She gets a little more up close and personal, which seems to improve things.
Ann awkwardly chats with her male model before her shoot, then interviews that she "hasn't really had much experience with dudes" and was kind of nervous. Once she actually stepped on set, however, she realized that hanging in a harness while touching said dude is all right after all. Jay and Anne hurl superlatives at her, even though I think she looks kind of crazy with her long limbs. Finally, Lexie is a predatorial angel. She puts her dirty foot all over her male model, of which Anne is not a fan. Jay tell us that every time Lexie steps on set she lets him down. Her foot gets super close to her male model's neck, which he does not seem thrilled about. Anne gets really direct and interviews, "Lexie, she probably shouldn't model to be honest. I think that her whole body is, like, not right for it." And with that confidence-crushing critique, it's a wrap!
Back at the house, the girls get Tyra Mail indicating that someone will soon get the boot. Chelsey says that everybody did pretty badly, so it's hard to say who will go home. A few of the girls complain about their male models while Kacey looks on skeptically. Sara tells us that her butt is not going home -- she's not about to let her family down by coming on this show and leaving her son for nothing. She knows she has what it takes. As Esther also expresses nerves, we head to commercials.
When we return, we get a moment of backstage pre-panel scenes, featuring ALT complimenting Tyra on her very 70's look. I cannot deny that she looks pretty fly. There are prizes, there are judges. Fashion visionary Patricia Field is the guest judge. She's pretty great, though she sounds and looks like she's been smoking four packs a day since she was a fetus. Before the critiques begin in earnest, Tyra compliments the girls on their new looks and asks if anybody knows anything about a fake makeover list. Nigel thinks the whole concept is brilliant, and Ann, Rhianna and Lexie cop to being the culprits. There are many cries of, "...Ann?" Lexie says that the whole thing was Ann's idea, and Ann looks devilishly pleased with herself.
Liz is first for evaluation. She explains that she was able to stand on her male model's shoulders due to a harness that was squeezing the mess out of her. Literally, the mess. Patricia doesn't think that her body shows power, though her face does. Tyra says that she's worn the types of harnesses that the girls used, and they kill. However, she can't tell that Liz is in pain. ALT delivers the non-compliment, "For you, I think it's a very good."
Chelsea is , with her mysterious photo. ALT says that the mystery is on its way, if not there quite yet. He loves how her hand is clasping the male model behind his ear, and Tyra says that even though the male model is hot, Chelsey still steals the show. That's very good for anybody. Esther's fearless photo befuddles Nigel, who says that it looks more like a movie still, but a non-cinematic one. He adds that the male model is doing nothing, but looks genius. Making things worse, Esther's face was the same in every single shot, rendering her a virtual non-entity. That's not good news.
Jane is supposed to look like a scorned angel, but ALT thinks she looks more awkward and uncomfortable. Tyra says that this was the only remotely scorned shot, and it almost seemed like Jane didn't know what the word meant. Tyra always likes to get digs in at the Ivy Leaguers. Nigel doesn't un
derstand her twisted body. I will also add that she looks like she has a mutant arm. However her face is very pretty.As Kacey approaches the panel, ALT tells her that she has on too much fashion. It turns out that a giant, gaudy blob on her chest is actually part of her shirt. Patricia Field fires back, "You shouldn't have bought the shirt." ALT is pleased that Kacey now has contacts. He is not, however, pleased with her picture, which is flat. He loves how she's positioned her feet and arm, but it's not enough. Pat Field adds that it would be a pretty dance move, but this is in fact not a choreographed piece or dance-related shoot.
When Lexie's predatorial photo pops up Nigel asks, "What's up with the legs?" Lexie explains that she was trying to make it look like she was taking the male model away. Nigel acts both shocked and disgusted at her posing failure. Tyra tells Lexie that not one frame in her film looked remotely predatorial. Nigel adds that the male model has again stolen the shot. Tyra says that Kacey looks more predatorial in her photo, and asks Lexie if she sees the difference. Basically, almost everyone is stinking up this shoot.
Sara is , and Nigel can only say, "I mean, really?" when her seductive angel photo appears. Pat Field is amazed that so many poses look like dance moves, and conjectures that the models might have been copying each other. Sara unwisely says that, at the time, this is what was easiest for everyone to do. Nigel points out that modeling is not easy, and Vogue Italia is not easy, and no one can afford to be easy. Tyra thinks that Sara looks like an amateur ballet dancer, and ALT says that it lacks aspiration and inspiration. Bad bad bad bad bad. Needless child-abandoning bad, in fact.
We finally get some traction with Chris's heartbroken photo. Though it still looks like a dancer in the body, Chris's face is the best that Nigel has seen yet. Tyra doesn't think that Chris's picture is particularly strong, but because everyone else has been so weak they're grading on a curve. Given this, Chris is at the top of the pack. However, she would be wise to look more broke down the time she's expressing heartbreak.
is Rhianna, with her sultry/hopeless photo. For some reason, Nigel is very happy to see that she's ignoring her male model. It makes the male model more of a prop, and the viewer wonders where Rhianna is looking. Tyra and Nigel both love Rhianna's eyes. I do not love the fact that she's wearing her signature stupid hat again. Kendal's desire/lust photo is , and is deemed a failure. Tyra thinks that the male model looks more like her son, and Pat explains that lust is more aggressive. Nigel adds that a lustful photo would have neck-scratching nails instead of gently caressing hands. ALT says that Kendal looks like a super future high model in person, but in the photo it's all flatness.
Kayla's evil angel photo works well for the panel. Tyra loves Kayla's mouth, and ALT compliments the gesture of her chin. And finally there's Ann. The judges think it's fabulous, despite the fact that her right leg looks broken and unhinged and especially scrawny and mutant. Nigel asks Ann if she's ever been this physical with a boy before, and Ann says she hasn't. Tyra asks what it felt like, and Ann says that it felt as if they were working together as a team. The judges laugh, although I think this is a perfectly reasonable response given that they had a business relationship. Nigel says that it's a very sensitive picture, and finally one of the girls has outshone her male counterpart. Tyra tells Ann that she's fabulous in her pictures, and should bring some of that fabulousness to bear in person.
Before the judges begin to deliberate, Tyra points out that the film this week was near-disaster. With the caliber of photographers this season, the girls need to step it up. From the critiques, it's pretty obvious who rocked it and who didn't, and the majority of them didn't.
The judges discuss the horrible showing of two-thirds of the girls. It's a perfect opportunity for ALT to exclaim, "Dreck! Itude!" Jane looks striking in her picture, but you can't just be a face and the whole shot is a total mess. Rhianna's body and face are expressive, and sunglass-wearing Pat Field says that the photo tells a story. Lexie looks like an old English society matron, and Tyra thinks that she's stuck in her head. Nigel is not seduced by Sara's picture. She's come alive with her new hair color, but there's no fire in her photo. Kacey's photo is dance and not model or high fashion, and she doesn't seem to know what her chosen word means. Kendal is trying to make a facial expression, but fails. There's slight emotion in Chris's face. Nigel thinks that she looks like a mannequin being picked off of a shop floor, and for that reason the photo works -- it's different, quirky, and unusal. There's no life or movement in Liz's picture, and Esther's lacking any type of excitement, passion, or inner life. Kayla's picture is one of Pat's favorite. Tyra likes it too and notes that she's employed a subtle evil. Nigel thinks that Chelsey's shot is one of the best, and there's a real sense of modeling in it. Pat agrees that there's a dynamic of mystery in the photo. Ann fascinates Nigel -- she's very awkward, but genius in front of the camera. ALT says that Ann is like the great Penelope Tree who was considered an ugly duckling but was one of the great high fashion models. Tyra loves that Ann is blossoming in front of them. And with that, the judges have reached a decision.
The girls return and Tyra tells them that the shoot was extremely disappointing. However, there were a few who stood out from the dreckitude of the pack. These four are called first, en masse. They are Kayla, Chelsey, Chris and Ann. Tyra gives them kudos, and announces that Ann once again has the best photo. She looks super shy about it. Kayla is again the runner up for best photo, followed by Chelsey and Chris. The dreck models are then called -- Rhianna, Liz, Jane, Kacey, Kendal, and Esther. This leaves Lexie and Sara in the bottom two. Lexie was supposed to be predatorial. At this, Tyra makes her hand into a claw and exclaims, "Gah! Gah!" Pterodactyls are, in fact, pretty predatorial. Sara chose seductive for her emotion. Lexie delivered blah instead of "Gah!" while Sara delivered a ballet dancer. So who stays? Despite the fact that the photographer told us she shouldn't model, Lexie stays. I think this is probably because she's good with the sound clips while Sara is kind of boring. Tyra hands Lexie her photograph and says that she gave them not predatorial, and not editorial, but "deadatorial." I wonder if she thought of that by herself.
Tyra hugs Sara and explains that her new look was more editorial, but she got lost behind it. It's her job to go home and practice and push through and try to work through the guilt about leaving her son. Good luck with that. Sara is a mess with feelings of needless abandonment. She tells us that she knows she has it in herself to be a model, but just couldn't do it. However, she trusts Tyra's opinion on her look and will use it when she goes out to try to find an agency. I would maybe add the eyebrows back, though.
week: Photographer Matthew Rolston! And slimy sea life!
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