This week, Kacey decides that it would be a good idea to call Shaw, her male model companion from last week, and invite him and his male model friends to a barbeque. We learn that it's not only Ann who isn't so great with the dudes, and get to relive our awkward sixth grade dances. The girls head to Knott's Berry Farm, which is in fact an amusement park, for a photo shoot on a roller coaster. Nigel and Miss J. give each of the girls an emotion or attitude that they must convey, which in most cases means suppressing abject terror. The photographer for this shoot is the guy in the roller coaster booth who will sell you a picture for $10. Seriously. Chris has mondo fear but manages to get on the coaster and not shit herself. Her photo is terrible, but she gets points for trying. Liz and her commercial look win the challenge. She chooses Chris and Kayla to share in her prize -- a photo shoot and tea party with Tyra. It will not surprise you to learn that Tyra eats all the carrot cake. Meanwhile, Lexie confronts Kacey and tells her that nobody likes her. Kacey goes one by one through the girls to get their opinion on her, and it turns out that Lexie was totally telling the truth. Lexie's final message of hope in this situation is, "I'm not going to hate you forever."
This week's real photo shoot has the girls posing through water in serious jewelry, with slimy sea creatures as their accessories. It's a very stylized beauty shoot, and Matthew Rolston is the photographer. This is, as they say, major. The girls are very excited to work with such a distinguished talent, though the enthusiasm may wane a little as Matthew picks apart everyone's face. As it turns out, even models have uneven eyebrows and lips. In the end, though, the girls all look really gorgeous. The makeup and hair and octopi and diamonds work, and this guy knows how to take a picture.
There are lots of great photos this week. Kayla is gorgeous as always. Kacey gets her best photo to date. Esther's photo gets raves from the panel, and ALT goes so far as to say he wants to eat her lips for breakfast. Chris is Matthew Rolston's favorite for the day, though he notes that she's got a seven-head. Even Lexie pulls out a good photo. Improbably, however, it's Ann who gets best photo of the week for the third time in a row. On the bad side, Chelsey's nose looks gigantic, and Tyra says her photo looks like she's a RuPaul's Drag Race reject. Liz's photo is also disappointing, and the judges and Jay are sick of her alleged constant complaining. This week she had makeup in her contacts, which probably was actually very painful but is still an annoying complaint to people who don't care at all about your comfort. Liz ends up in the bottom two with Rhianna, who was just kind of blah and has a lack of versatility. In the end, flower child Rhianna is sent home with her collection of ugly hats in tow.
Previously on America's Top Model: Makeovers! Terra was not feeling her new 'do, or her place in the competition. She got the surprise mid-episode axe. The girls went to the beach for a photo shoot in which they were fallen angels. While Ann continued to clean up, Sara had no idea how to work her eyebrow-free face and was sent home. Eleven bitches remain!
We begin the episode with the girls admiring Ann's second consecutive best-of-week photo, which contains praise including: "I felt the longing" "Sensitive" and, in really big print, "Uber Fabulous." That last one was ALT. Although I enjoy Ann, I still am not convinced that this is a great photo. That toothpick leg and awkward foot! Come on! She looks like a broken down marionette, which is not pretty. To her credit, Ann seems very humble about the whole thing. Lexie reminds us that she was in the bottom two last week, and we flash back to Tyra deeming her photo "deaditorial." This is a crucial week for Lexie, who needs to excel or go home. And even if she makes it another week, I mean, tick tock with this one.
The girls relax in their beachfront home, and Chris and Liz toss Jane on her bed. Ann laughs from the sidelines. This is enough of a segue to move to Kayla telling Rhianna that, though she knows they're friends, she can't handle a third week of Ann. She doesn't specify if she means Ann in general, or Ann having the best photo, but I'm guessing it's the latter. Although maybe her warlock erotica is getting out of hand. Rhianna tells us that she likes Ann, but Ann is her competition. What's more, they're sort of considered twins by virtue of both being tall and lanky and having similar hair and being very strange. Ann has better taste in hats, though, even though she doesn't wear hats at all. Rhianna tells Kayla and Esther that she's scared, because she's standing up there (on a photo shoot? In front of the judges?) not knowing what's right or wrong. What happened to all of her prickly pear bush inspiration? Tulip blossoms! Venus flytrap! Liz tells us that Rhianna isn't changing it up in her photo shoots, and is getting overwhelmed. Liz wants to shake Rhianna and tell her that -- not having a kid, and not having to work on minimum wage jobs, and not being on food stamps -- she has it pretty good. Liz claims that she probably wants to win this competition more than the other girls. Use condoms, everyone! And don't be poor!
And now it's time to talk about Kacey. Chelsey tells us that Kacey is very confusing to all of the other girls. She kind of keeps to herself, which is fine if that's how you are. In fact, the girls would like Kacey to keep to herself MORE. They are foiled when she bursts into one of the bedrooms and announces her idea to have a barbeque and invite the male models from the last shoot. If you'll recall, last week Kacey could not stop sniffing the jock of her companion male model, Shaw, and went so far as to get his number. Liz reminds Kacey that she has a boyfriend back at home, and the other girls look really skeptical. But Kacey claims that they're just chilling and having a barbeque. Tyra would approve of the ribs, but certainly not the shenanigans.
Despite the fact that nobody is into it, Kacey calls Shaw. Everyone stands around the phone when she calls, like they're in sixth grade. Maybe someone should secretly be on three way calling, and then Kacey can ask Shaw if he likes that person! Liz tells us that Kacey was talking in her sexy, sassy 1-800-COCO voice, which they all find pretty crunk. Everyone is pretty judge-y about the whole boyfriend factor. Although if every girl on this show had great loyalty and discretion, we'd have been deprived of, "You had SEX?!?" So, all we can do is watch and cross our fingers that something really, life-shatteringly horribly happens. Lexie reminds us that Kacey totally called her out in front of the other girls at casting week, and that she doesn't trust Kacey as far as Kacey can see without her glasses. Which isn't far, despite what that awkwardly constructed sentence might make you think.
Esther fires up the grill, and Liz makes a fruit salad, and Shaw and a couple of his friends show up. Liz says, "When the guys came, it was mad awkward." We see the guys sitting around not talking to the girls, and the girls sitting around not talking to the guy. Kayla interviews, "I felt like middle school dance all over again." That's middle school dance for a lesbian! Really bad. Jane tells us that it felt like a mixer at someone's house, with mom upstairs. All of these examples point to one thing: the barbeque was really bad. No one is having life-ruining sex, much to our chagrin. Oh but wait! Kayla notes that Kacey and her partner seemed to "interact" very well together. To wit, they sit and stare into each others' eyes. Or maybe he's just trying to figure out what the fuck is up with those bags. As Kacey tells Shaw that he's cute, Kendal confessionalizes that a person can flirt, but Kacey was flirting too damn hard. That's the kind of flirting that might, in fact, lead to Kendal's worst nightmare -- sticky semen hand. Kayla dutifully tries to talk to one of the male models, who seems like a bit of a dullard. Lexie tells us that she wishes the guys were more fun. That might go both ways, actually. At 9:45 PM the guys leave the house, ostensibly so they can get home before curfew. Wild times in Cycle 15! Now let's all have some Sleepytime tea and eat umeboshi!
Let us move on from this awkward, sex-free situation and on to Tyra Mail! "Tomorrow your world will be turned upside down. Love, Tyra." Lexie wonders if their actual house will be lifted up and turned upside down. It would be kind of awesome of they did an Up themed photo shoot, and then floated away to a distant land and this actually became Survivor. Instead, the girls head to Knotts Berry Farm, which is actually an amusement park that may or may not have anything to do with berries or farming. [They do have some delicious jam that must come from somewhere... - Angel] Miss J. wears a topknot and tells the girls that if they think today is just another day at the park they are hiiiiiighly mistaken! I mean, at least he tries to sell it. Oh, and good lord, he has some serious Joan Crawford eyebrows going on. I vote for a photo shoot where Miss J. beats the shit out of the girls with wire hangers. Jay Manuel isn't there for some reason, and Nigel has taken his place. He says that the fashion industry loves to go to extremes, and editorials and ad campaigns follow suit. It's the job of a model to deliver what a client wants, and sometimes even more. Sorry, Kendal, but hand jobs happen.
For today's photo shoot, each of the girls will ride the Silver Bullet, which is a terrifying loopy roller coaster where your feet dangle. The worst kind! A mounted camera will snap a photo of the girls on the ride. You know, the cameras that are always there so some toothless carnie working on commission can try to sell you a poor-quality, overpriced photo of you with your cheek skin rippling to the back of your head. Pretty! Apparently the show has spent its entire budget getting Matthew Ralston for this episode, and so had to resort to such shenanigans. Nigel and J. will cue each girl with an emotion that they'll have to embody, and they'll wear a small hearing device so they can be directed while on the ride. The winner will be featured in a photo shoot shot by Tyra, and featured in Tyra's online magazine, also called a magaline. That particular catchphrase really didn't take off like "smizing" did.
The girls watch the Silver Bullet in action. Chris tells us that the adrenaline rush she gets from being on a roller coaster is the same kind that she'd have if a killer was behind her, chasing her down the street with a butcher knife. That's not a good feeling. Chris simply says, "No ma'am! No sir. I won't do it." Liz seems to have no qualms, though she does point out that her shoes fall off very easily, and so rides the Silver Bullet barefoot. Her given emotion is "relatable, comfortable, charming, like a catalogue shoot." Not really an emotion, but you get it. She has to pee, and Nigel requests that she not pee when directly above them. The ride starts, and Liz screams like hell at the first big drop, and from there on out. Having just gone to Dollywood this spring and ridden roller coasters for the first time in about 15 years, I can assure you that they are, indeed, terrifying. Especially the Mystery Mine, which has not only speed, heights, loops and darkness but puppet hillbillies screaming at you. In any case, Liz really turns it out for her photo, getting super cute and smiley. Kacey is , and is supposed to be edgy. She fails, and to add to the indignity the bags under her eyes flow to and fro in the wind. Lexie is supposed to express jealousy and envy, but mostly looks like an alien waiting to be beamed up.
Jane goes for melancholy, and half-succeeds with a bitch face. Kayla's shot is actually pretty cool, but doesn't really express the "sulking model pout" that she was supposed to go for. Chelsey is supposed to have a secret that nobody else knows. Judging from her photo, that secret is that she's undead. Ann's given look is "intense-fierce." We get a really great look up her fiercely intense nostrils. Rhianna gets "fear" as her emotion, which you think would be a gimme on a roller coaster ride. But Rhianna is too stoned to have the sense to be afraid, and instead feels at one with the wind. She looks dull and expressionless, per usual. And then there's Chris. She's shaking from head to toe, and is absolutely terrified. As she questions whether she can do it, we head to commercials.
When we return, Chris reiterates her terror. But Nigel simply says, "Strap her in, let's do this." Chris realizes that they could send her home if she doesn't complete the challenge, since there's really not a moral or ethical component to refusing to get on a roller coaster. Chris wants to win, so she takes off her shoes and faces her fears with foot-dangling terror. The coaster starts, and Chris screams. The people beside her are totally calm. They're like professional roller coaster riders! They should be the roller coaster models. Chris's emotion is "distracted." Her picture shows that she is distracted from this challenge by her intense fear. But you know who looks awesome? The people on either side of her! Knotts Berry Farm should hire them to be in a Silver Bullet ad. They should win this challenge and a chance to shoot with Tyra. I love those people! Chris, meanwhile, is proud of herself even though she sucked. You do have to give her a little credit for getting on the coaster, and in the end her photo wasn't really worse than a lot of the others.
Miss J. and Nigel meet up with the girls at the counter where you buy Silver Bullet photos. Chelsey is playing the role of the toothless carnie. Liz looks pretty good, Kayla looks insane, so does Kacey, so does Lexie. Nigel likes Esther's sexy/bold pose. Kendal looks like she's trying to hold onto her lunch. Jane failed at her emotion but still looks pretty good considering. Ann looks like an iguana. And then there's Chris, who was just crying. Rhianna does not look fearful. Nigel says that a lot of the girls got distracted by the fact that they were so high up, and Rhianna pipes in to say that she loved it. Nigel does not give a rat whether she loved it or not. She didn't get the picture. The winner is Liz! Those two random people who rode with Chris were robbed. In any case, Liz gets the photo shoot with Tyra and also gets to choose two friends to accompany her. She picks Chris and Kayla. Chris tells us, "Them girls should be jellus." Indeed.
And soon enough Liz is in a bathrobe and visiting Tyra on set! Magaline Magaline Magaline. Oh jeez, and Tyra is going to be launching a new beauty and fashion website. Smize.com? HA! And I just typed Smize.com into Firefox and got redirected to Tyra's website. Liz gets to reenact a cover that Tyra's already done, which features lots of "cartoon beautiful stuff" on her body. Liz gets a wig and makeup and reminds us that she is poor and a mother. Tyra directs Liz to pose like a little bad boy, and the results are more Martika than ever. Kayla shoots with Tyra , and is thrilled that she gets to pose and not just watch. She focuses on impressing Tyra, and I imagine that she succeeds. Chris tells us that she can't think Liz enough.
With the photo shoot over, Tyra invites Liz, Kayla and Chris to have tea. For some reason, Tyra equates tea with Dr. Evil's signature pinky maneuver. Mad as hatters. The tea party includes tea bags, which is super gauche. I imagine ALT would be horrified. Tyra wants to cheers with her teacup, which they do, and then she says, "A little for the homies" and dumps a sip onto her plate, then explains that she doesn't drink alcohol. The homies appreciate some strong chamomile, I'm sure. Kayla confessionalizes that they chilled and talked and it was really nice. She says that Tyra isn't the model stereotype, and is actually really awesome. Nice try, red. Tyra compliments Liz on her short hair, and Liz asks if Tyra didn't like her swagger - e.g. her cockatiel pouf. Tyra tells Liz that she wouldn't have had a career with her hair, and her current hair allows her to be edgy but also commercial. She warns Liz not to be too sexy. Should have given that advice before Liz got knocked up. Tyra asks the girls questions about themselves, but only does so because it gives her more opportunity to eat the tea time goodies. Liz interviews, "Tyra ate all the carrot raisin bread." Once the carrot cake is gone, the tea party ends and Tyra can stop pretending to care.
Back at the house, Lexie vacuums and wipes down the fridge and leaves notes on paper plates that say, "Clean up after yourself! In case you didn't notice, other people live here." A little more classy than writing it in a pan of brownies, I guess. She says that she always spends her time cleaning other people's shit. She's not even the cleanest person in the world, but is really sick of cleaning up after everyone. She wonders what the process is of others when they encounter a sink full of dishes. I'm guessing that thought process goes something like, "Lexie will wash them." Kacey is apparently particularly bad, and Lexie is at her breaking point. We cut to Lexie telling Kacey that she's consistently disliked her since casting. Kacey acts surprised, and Lexie points out that when Kacey enters a room, people stop talking. Kacey says that she's noticed it from Lexie more than anybody else, and Lexie points out that Kacey also didn't set anyone else up at casting week to make them look like a bitch. She would have if she'd had the opportunity, though.
Things escalate, and Lexie tells Kacey that everyone talks so much shit about her because no one likes her. Kacey asks if it's true that everyone doesn't like her. The crowd remains silent, and so Kacey goes around one by one and asks the question. Chelsey says that she thinks Kacey is fake. Chris finds that Kacey is often trippin'. We don't hear from the others, but it's pretty clear that they're in agreement. Kacey asks, "I'm really acting like a fake bitch, is that what you guys are saying?" That is, in fact, what everyone is saying. Lexie adds, "I'm not gonna hate you forever. We have to live together. We have to be civil." I believe that's a Ghandi quote. Lexie implores Kacey to be genuine. Kacey feels a negative vibe from all the girls. But the negativity has been so subtle! She must be super sensitive to vibes. Liz interviews that it was everyone against Kacey. She's glad that Lexie flat out said that Kacey was a stank ho, because it gave everyone an opportunity to pile on to the annihilation. Kacey tells the others that she feels good not to have anyone on her side. Only one person can win this competition, and she's riding solo. You'd feel bad for her if she weren't so transparently horrible. Kacey hates the girls and the girls hate Kacey, and Kacey says it's their loss. Commercials.
When we return, there is Tyra Mail: "True beauty lies just under the surface. Love, Tyra." The girls think that the shoot will have something to do with water. Kacey hopes this is incorrect, since she can't swim at all and is terrified of water. And then she'll have to scream, "I'm melting! Melting!" which is just embarrassing on set. The girls head out on their bus to Smashbox studios, where Jay awaits them with lidded dinner trays. He tells them that today they'll be doing very stylized beauty shots. The stakes are very high because they'll be wearing millions of dollars of jewelry from Martin Katz, Neil Lane, and Mikimoto. Fancy schmancy! And what goes best with diamonds? That's right: slimy sea creatures. Under the room service trays lay octopi and lobsters and eels and a whole assortment of creatures that are usually delicious in sushi but gross to look at when not chopped up. It's all worth it, though, because the girls will be shooting with photographer Matthew Rolston! The girls are very impressed. Chris simply says, "If you don't know who he is, you stupid." So if you, gentle reader, don't know who he is, I will now pause to let you search for him on Wikipedia. Mr. Ralston emerges and has a bit of a Willy Wonka vibe about him. He tells the girls that they're all going to be undersea goddesses, and will be placed in a contraption that will allow him to shoot them through water, and suspended over water. Matthew says that he's not the kind of photographer who just worries about the lighting and the camera -- he's involved in the whole creation of the image. Except for maybe the slimy sea creatures. That's vintage Manuel. Matthew is going to tell the girls what he thinks needs to be adjusted for each shot after looking at their faces and angles. Sounds innocuous now, doesn't it?
Jane poses and Matthew encourages her to extend her neck by lifting her chin high. We don't see much of her, so she must have done fine. Then there's Ann, who can do no wrong. She has a choker on, and Jay tells her that she's totally hot. Rhianna watches Ann, and redoubles her own effort to stand out. She tells us that she was overwhelmed with joy when she found out that she was shooting with Matthew Rolston. The experience is so surreal, that it feels like she's floating. Now I see why they haven't used much Rhianna interview footage so far. Rhianna's photos are looking very Elizabethan, and Jay says that the period feel was a problem. Also a problem is the fact that Rhianna's had the same expression week after week. She really did peak early with "Willow."
Liz is , and gets a major case of the crazy eyes. Matthew tells her to look at the camera lens, and Liz says that she can't because her eyes are watering. Oooh, girl. You need to shut that trap. Liz explains to us that her shiny eyeshadow was running and it got stuck to her contacts. Well, if you want to be a model you must be willing to go blind. Liz blinks to try to clean her contacts. She explains why she's doing this, as if anyone on set cares about her pain. Jay interviews that Liz is a pain in the butt, and everything is a complaint with her. We get a montage of Liz's greatest complaints, and Jay says that you should be able to push through anything to deliver. Liz starts to go on about the film of protein covering her eyes, and Jay could give less than half a shit. He wishes that the earth was flat, and that the Silver Bullet had dropped her off of its side.
Back at the house, there is Tyra Mail of Doom. Someone will be eliminated. Kayla tells us that she could see Rhianna being in the bottom, because she's not multi-faceted, and as a model you need to be a chameleon. Chelsey tells us that she's been called third at every panel, and would feel better about being number one. She thinks that she has a chance at best photo this week. She is sorely mistaken. Chelsey thinks that Liz might go, just because of all the complaints. Liz says that it's frustrating not to be able to see and still wanting to excel at your shoot. As she contemplates the unfairness of protein film, we head to commercials.
When we return, it's panel time! We get backstage glimpses of Tyra towering over little Matthew Rolston, and then playing with her gum. She's wearing some serious Alexis Carrington wardrobe this week, along with big poufy hair. There are prizes, there are judges. Matthew Rolston is the guest judge. Kacey is up first for evaluation, and the judges mock her gold lame shoes. Tyra gives Kacey the shoes off her own feet, which seem to fit. ALT says that her photo is beautiful, and it reminds him of "an otherworldly lady from another time." Oh, that lady. Nigel loves her hand positioning, and wonders how much of it was Matthew directing her. Tyra says that this is a hard photo shoot, because you can hardly move, and some models might look dead. Matthew says that Kacey's inner life -- horrid as it is -- came through.
Kayla is . ALT loves the photograph, and Tyra says that Kayla is a chameleon, and that's a strength. She gets another sexy Ariel comparison, and Tyra also says that Kayla could be a country singer. This could be the cover for her number one single, "I've Got Crabs on My Shoulder and Crabs in My...Heart." Esther's photo is deemed superb by ALT, who rapturously expounds, "It gives me a TOTAL moment of YOUNG Elizabeth Taylor. I think the lips are I want to eat them for breakfast as toast!" Sic. Matthew couldn't agree more. Esther is pleased. Ann is , and the judges all erupt in simultaneous orgasms. Tyra yells out, "J'adore this picteur!" Nigel says it's Italian Vogue worthy, and ALT agrees that it's superb. He says that it looks like she's emerging from the depths of the sea and coming up to the surface. Matthew says that Ann's look is very unique -- she has huge eyes, and an unusual proportioned face -- she looks like a movie star to the max. I do enjoy Ann, but again I don't totally get it. I'm sure Tyra would love to take this moment and lecture me about ugly-pretty. But overall, the picture looks stiff to me and the eyes are dead. Yes, I just told you that Ann isn't smizing. But she isn't!
Chris's shot is Matthew's favorite for the day. He says that everything -- the ripples of the water, the pose, and more -- came together. The issue is that Chris's forehead is extraordinarily high for her face. Tyra jumps in and notes that Chris belongs to her tribe. When you're doing a classic beauty shot, she says, you have to figure out ways to hide the forehead. Sometimes it's about covering it up with your hand, and sometimes you can tilt your chin back to make it smaller. And really, Tyra does have a large forehead but Chris is sporting, like, acres. Jane's challenge was being able to work with her body in an uncomfortable position. Matthew says she did a beautiful job of holding her pose perfectly. Tyra thinks that Jane looks stunning, but would have been even more modelesque if she had stretched her neck.
Then there's Lexie. ALT says it's very elegant and there's something warm about her smile. Nigel likes the photo too, but notes that Lexie has given them a series of profile shots. He wants a head-on beauty shot, and says that she has to bring her own unique personality to the picture and make it her own. is Rhianna. I think the picture is okay, but Nigel says that she looks strangely uncomfortable. Rhianna tells him that she had a lot of fun, and had almost a smirk on her face. Nigel, however, thinks the shot is too sweet and relaxed. Matthew says that there was an issue of controlling features through performance. Rhianna has a naturally sleepy, slow eye, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. However, it wasn't working for this shoot. Rhianna looks nervous, as she should.
Kendal is , and Nigel says that this is the best shot he's seen of her so far. ALT says, "You're the ultimate mermaid and you bought all the diamonds of the sea up to the surface. It's fantastic!" Matthew says that Kendal did a terrific job, but it was a struggle, especially to get warmth in Kendal's mouth. He's not the first man to have said that. Oh, and then holy schnozz. Chelsey's shot is beyond horrible. Tyra tells Chelsey that the makeup is wearing her, which makes her look like an amateur drag queen. She name checks RuPaul's Drag Race, which makes me give Tyra points. If she says the word "Ongina" on air, I will never make a rib joke again. Nigel points out that the bright red lipstick that Chelsey is wearing in person is also too much for her. He says that some people don't wear makeup as well as others, and Chelsey looks a little hurt.
Finally, there's challenge winner Liz. ALT says that her photo feels flat, and Nigel agrees that it's not genius and he doesn't understand it. Tyra also thinks that the photograph is disappointing. She notes that she photographed Liz, and Liz did a good job then. Oh, and then Liz talks about how she couldn't see because her contacts were jacked up. Mistake! Tyra gets a really scary Stepford Wives voice and says, "You don't have to see, because what are you looking at? There's no mirror." She says it's about pushing through the pain. Plus, all Liz had to do was lay there. Nigel tells her that Matthew would have taken an eyes-closed shot if it looked amazing. The judges are not impressed.
Deliberation commences. Matthew loves Kacey, thinking that she's gorgeous, she projects, and she's vivid. Everyone else agrees. Kayla has great hand placement, and Matthew loves her coloring. Esther is all Hollywood glamour and gorgeous beauty. Ann is like an underworld beauty, who is taking Italian Vogue by storm even though Italian Vogue doesn't know it yet. Matthew says that Ann is memorable, which is the best quality you could have if you want to be a star. She's 6'2", which is tall for a model, but Matthew Rolston says that if you're extraordinarily gifted in other ways, you can break the rules. Jane's look is a little generic, though she could sell to a Town & Country reader. Lexie's profile is great, and she has a high society chin. Nigel agrees that Lexie looks fantastic, but wonders if a model can survive on a great profile alone. Rhianna was a struggle, and it was hard to arrange her features to work for a classical beauty approach. Matthew isn't sure that he'd book her after his experience working with her. Nigel agrees that Rhianna's angles aren't what you typically see in beauty. Tyra loves looking at Rhianna in person, but she isn't sure that she's versatile. Kendal is gorgeous, and Matthew loves her chocolate coloration. Chelsey looks like a dumb drag queen. Liz's photo is weak, and the judges hate the excuses. Matthew says, "Never complain, never explain. Just be it." Chris's photo is full of glossy, glamorous, glittery gorgeousness according to ALT, and Nigel loves her mouth. Matthew says it was his best shot of the day, and was magic. With that, the judges have reached a decision.
Eleven beautiful ladies stand in front of Tyra, but she only has ten photos in her hands. And those photos represent the girls that are still in the running towards becoming America's Top Model. The best picture of the week goes to Ann, again! Okay, I call shenanigans. There were some really great photos in that bunch. Tyra is up to something, methinks. I'm not saying that it was a bad photo -- it was fine. But come on now. Kacey's photo gets called , which also seems like shenanigans. Esther is , which is legit, followed by Chris, Kendal, Lexie, Kayla, Jane, and drag queen Chelsey. This leaves Rhianna and Liz in the bottom two. The judges see a flower child in Rhianna, but they're not sure that they see an actual model. Then there's Liz, who's edgy with strong bone structure, but the judges are nervous that she makes too many excuses. So who stays? Liz. Oh, poor Rhianna. She had so much potential. Tyra gives Liz her photo and tells her to model blind and shut up. It's pretty sound advice.
Tyra tells Rhianna that they're looking for a versatile girl who can transform into anything that Italian Vogue wants, so she should go home and practice being a chameleon. I'm sure she'll be happy to at least lick a toad. Rhianna says that her experience on America's Top Model may be over, but she met some amazing people and she hopes she made them happier in some way. She collected some knowledge at the photo shoots, and is overall very grateful. Tyra thinks it's beautiful how much Rhianna is loved by the other girls. It's kind of sad to see her go, but I am comforted by the fact that we never have to look upon her hats again.
week: treadmill runway! And more Lexie/Kacey drama, which Liz gets in on.
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