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Ha ha! We are almost done with this endless spectacle of beautiful, annoying people. Only, they won't just tell us the winner right off, no, they must drag it out for one more hour. Though America has already voted for their supermodel of choice, that person won't be revealed until one final assignment is completed. The contestants are sent to spend a day at New York Models, learning what a working model's day is really like, doing go-sees and castings. Naturally, shenanigans ensue as everyone gets lost in New York. They visit big clients like People's Revolution, beeson, and Esprit. All of them do pretty well, though each of their weaknesses are highlighted in different situations. Every model has good experiences. The day they are all introduced to Jessica Stam, the face of Dior, causing Holly to promptly flip her lid. She is Jessica's biggest fan, and very cutely fangirls out. She gives them good advice about how to survive as working models. They go to the offices of GQ where they get styled and have Polaroids shot. They like Perry the most, minus the hair and in the right clothes. That night, they're all surprised by the arrival of various surprise guests. Ben's poor wife immediately cries when she sees him, and he... reacts to her like she's just some girl he knows. After three months, all he can say to her is "wazzup?!" His roommates linger around like nervous wraiths, freaked out by the tension. Ronnie's mom arrives, which is cute, and Holly's hot fiancé appears, bearing the gift of... ceramics? Perry nervously awaits his unknown visitor, afraid it might end up being Amanda, and to no one's surprise, it is. Their reunion is fraught with as much drama and emotion as possible, while Ben's and his wife's is mostly awkward. Meanwhile, Ronnie's mom is just about the sweetest thing in the world. Somehow, seeing all their loved ones makes the final four models love each other. They reflect on the time they've spent in the house like they've been in Nam together. Back to their old stomping grounds, the models get to do one last catwalk, just for the hell of it. The panel members give them all an emotional round of kudos for their progress and transformations before dragging us brutally through ten minutes of agonizing torture (and Top Chef commercials) and finally announcing Holly as the winner. (YAY!) Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Y'all, it's our last recap. What can I say? No, really, I'm asking. The thing I really enjoyed about this show -- that it was almost a semi-accurate account of what it's like to become a working model -- is the very thing that has made it difficult to recap. I guess I should be thankful that several of the contestants chose to go sass over class, at least giving me something to complain about in these somewhat vapid thirteen weeks.
Niki "shows up" to tell the models that the vote is down to the four of them and that the winner will soon be revealed. Except, this was shot on the same day and possibly right after or before the visit from Naomi Campbell, so it's weird and kind of seems out of sequence. Speaking of Her Superness, I wish so badly we could have seen her with Niki. I wonder if they are friendly at all. Friendly enough, I mean, that maybe Niki and Tyson could have split Naomi's bail bond when the crazy, crazy woman got arrested at the airport mere days after appearing on this show. Drama and glamour like that (banned for life from an entire airline!) makes the kids on Make Me a Supermodel seem so pedestrian, the show might as well be Make Me a Taco Bell Night Manager. Who cares about all this stupid Bronnie crap? Nobody. Well, except maybe Ben's wife...remember that.
Niki tells them that until they find out who the winner is, the four of them will have a final assignment. They are to go on a series of go-sees, around the city, and impress casting agents with their learned modeling skillz. This, I say to myself, is where Ben is going to fall apart. He just doesn't have the social smoothness to get through something like this that requires thinking on his feet and reacting calmly to weird situations. Niki gives them maps, schedules and some money, and sends them off with a reminder to be on time and be professional.
They all freak out a little bit over the maps -- New York is big, everybody -- and get ready to go. "Hopefully some New Yorkers are going to be nice to me," Perry says as he irons his t-shirt, "and maybe tell me where to get off...the subway." Yes, well, I am sure plenty of them would be happy to tell you where to get off, in general. Shenanigans ensue as they all head out separately. Everyone looks confused and in a panic, trying to figure out how to get places. Haven't they been living there for three months? Well, really, I know it has to be pretty crazy trying to get around. Perry, as he jogs up and down the block, says he's more nervous about trying to find the places than going on the actual castings.
Ben gets lost and has to call Jennifer, who will apparently be accompanying him on a go-see with Esprit. He finally makes it as Jennifer is schmoozing for him, and does pretty well. The Esprit lady says his first walk was a little slow, and that his energy level is the issue. Jennifer whispers to "give her what she's looking for -- smile! Smile!" and he does better the second time. It's so obvious in his face that he's nervous, but he impresses the Esprit lady with his look, and she says she would hire him.
Perry, meanwhile, has arrived at People's Revolution, where he walks for a lady named Reshma. She thinks he is sexy with an edge. "She didn't say very much," he says, coming out and taking off down the street. "I just need to get to the one."
Not as nervous is Ronnie, who arrives at Rebecca Beeson and schmoozes from the jump. It doesn't work. Beeson herself looks him over, explaining that her line is all about attitude and fun, or whatever bullshit they all say, and tells Ronnie she wants him to be "sassy." Since Ronnie is pretty much sassiness personified, I think he is going to kill this, but no. Beeson and her tiny gay assistant (TGA) are not impressed by his lack of edge. In his second walk he comes out with a huge bandage and patch on his shoulder -- which I can only assume is a tattoo? -- and when he hits the end of the runway the TGA totally freaks. "You do the same pose and the same look and the same headturn," he breathlessly bitches with his nose scrunched up like he smells something awful. "He just needs to be slapped around a little bit," TGA says when Ronnie politely exits, and Beeson agrees that Ronnie's not what she's looking for. The degree to which everyone in this entire industry needs to shut up cannot be measured.
Holly arrives at Esprit and looks adorable in the clothes. So clean and pretty! The Esprit lady loves her, and says she made the best first impression and that she would absolutely hire her. Holly's so pleased that she hugs the woman. She passes Perry on the way out. "Hello, Hollybear," he says, which is cute, and they laugh about getting lost in New York.
Speaking of lost, Ben's go-see is at an underwear company called Ginch Gonch. You don't want to know how long it took me to figure out how to spell it. Basically, this company is made up of some oversexed gay guys trying to get you in their pants. Looking at their web site, I can't tell if they're putting us on, or if we're putting them on. It's the perfect example of how in few industries, particularly anything having to do with fashion, people can concentrate their beams of ridiculousness into a crystallized point so intensely they end up making money just from being absurd. The two Ginch Gonch guys tell Ben that their company is all about having fun in ways adults have forgotten to have fun, or something like that, and they make him walk around in some fruity underwear. He is so uncomfortable he is practically broadcasting an emergency signal, but he tries to loosen up. Whatever he's doing is not enough, though, so the guys suggest he "do something" with a banana. Like, maybe jump around like a monkey. "I felt like saying, 'are you effing kidding me?'" Ben tells the camera later, and we see him give it a very embarrassed shot. Now, they may have just wanted Ben to show them he was fun, or that he was willing to be silly, but...come on, people. Does he look hot in the underwear? Yes or no? What is up with this monkey bullshit? Just take his photo, check out his package, make your blow-job overtures that you so very clearly and desperately want to make as you tentatively and oh-so-slowly shake his hand and look into his troubled eyes, and let us all get on with our lives. GOD. Of course, they don't really feel him (though they'd clearly like to), and while they think he "comes across as sexual," he's not really Ginch Gonch material.
Using his Spidey Senses, Perry finds his appointment, which is with a casting group. A photographer takes some shots of him and must feel like she's got his number. "A little bit of arrogance looks good on you," she says, goading him into posing, and he starts rattling off at the mouth about how, you know, you don't want to come into a casting looking like you know everything. "Are you telling me that?" the photog asks. "Because... I've already got a job." Haaaaa! Poor Perry. It's like he realizes he should shut up, but because he's so young and full of himself, he really can't. The photographer interviews later that she finds him very charming and handsome, but that his inability to shut up was really annoying. She says she would have no problem using his images, but that she doesn't know if she would book him, because she doesn't know if she could stand to listen to him talk about himself and what he knows. D'oh! Cuts like a knife -- this is exactly the kind of stuff he needs to hear.
Meanwhile, Ronnie has arrived at Ginch Gonch, accompanied by Jennifer. It's cool that she's there and everything, but this is probably the one place Ronnie didn't need assistance. "Now, are you uncomfortable being around other guys," one of the owners asks him, "or having other guys touching you?" Ronnie smiles. "Oh, no," he says, as Jennifer bursts out laughing. "Not at all." Hee. They have him put on some underwear, and he looks great. "Let's see if you can be a monkey," the owner says, and Ronnie is confused, but totally rolls with it. He asks for a banana and uses it in his runway walk, practically felating it at the end. I admit it, for what it's worth, it's hot. I think this shows very well that Ronnie is mature enough to handle these situations -- in an interview later, you can see he's a little put off, saying he wasn't exactly getting clear direction -- but again, he rolls with whatever.
Holly has arrived at her last assignment of the day -- an audition for a hair color commercial. Tricksy, show writers. You know Holly's voice is her weakness, for sure, and that is illustrated here. The thing is, however, that though the casting people find her voice to be subpar, they are blown away by her face and camera instincts. "She needs voice lessons, desperately," the casting agent says. "Her voice range is too high and she has a regional accent, but you know what? That's why there are teachers who can help her get rid of that." Exactly. I mean, thank you, actual industry professionals for saying what's actually true -- that some of this stuff will have to be learned over time and can be overcome with the right training. Holly recognizes she had some issues, but feels like she did pretty good.
The morning (maybe), the models receive a message to meet with Jennifer at The Caledonia. They arrive to find Jennifer hanging out with a very beautiful girl. Holly gasps. "Jessica Stam! Oh my God!" she says, covering her mouth with glee and shock. In fact, Holly is the only one of all of them who recognizes this extremely famous industry person, though of course the boys are blown away by her gorgeousness. Holly cannot help giggling, she is so thrilled to be in this girl's presence, and the two of them kind of bond when Jessica reveals she grew up on a farm just like Holly. Seriously, Holly is the cutest. Jessica tells them all that being a supermodel is about more than just fame. It's something they will really have to work for, she says, and be ready at a moment's notice to go on a shoot. She goes on advising them and Holly soaks it all in while the boys drool. Perry asks her, mysteriously using air quotes, if she's found it "difficult" to handle personal relationships while doing this job. She hems and haws over it, especially after Perry clarifies, air-quoting again, saying he means "like, a B.F." Poor Jessica Stam. How did they talk her into this? Later, Ben gushes about how beautiful she was, and jokes that he invited her over for drinks. Dude, do you remember AT ALL that you are married to someone else? I know he's just joking around, but... Of course the girl's beautiful, but can he hold off stabbing is wife through the heart for just five minutes? Holly, again, is still amazed that she met Jessica and even does a little "yes!" fist pump at the awesomeness of it.
Back at the house, Niki shows up wearing something that looks like a Cosby wrap sweater, and tells them that GQ wants them to come over for a visit. She reminds them that one of them will be in their pages very soon. "That really brought it home for me," Holly interviews. "Now I really see myself as possibly being a supermodel."
They arrive at the Conde Nast building and meet up with Scott Rappaport, who so very much did not impress me in an earlier episode. He and the creative director of the magazine bring them into the "fashion closet" and explain that at GQ it's all about the clothes fitting perfectly. They start with Perry, who they thought originally would be perfect for a suit story. In actuality, the creative director says, his shoulders make him a difficult fit, so he's not really a suit guy. It's weird to me that they wouldn't just... get him a suit that fits. I mean, I know in most modeling jobs, the point is that you fit into the clothes available, but in this special case, I'd think finding him a suit that fits well would be possible. He really looks great in clothes, but they're right that the samples do not fit his long wingspan.
For Holly, they've chosen a little black dress, emphasis on little. It cuts down to her navel and up to her ass. They've put her in a pair of stacked heels that look like something a 13-year-old would buy a Payless before going out to streetwalk. The Rappaport guy made it clear several episodes ago that he does not find her sexy, and he has obviously not changed his opinion. The thing about Holly is, however, when she's performing, she has shown herself to be capable of sexiness. Walking around in a closet with Horny McJaded, however, might be a challenge for her. We cut away to see how Ronnie did.
The magazine people love Ronnie -- they obviously "get" him, and prove it when they put him in a bunch of Ralph Lauren clothes. He looks awesome (and we see when he removes his shirt that he does have a big eagle tattoo on his shoulder now, which... heee!). Rappaport laughs when they start taking Polaroids and Ronnie can't help giving his Blue Steel look.
Back with Holly, she continues to come across as un-sexy in a pink dress with silver shoes. Dudes, the first problem is the shoes. What is with the chunky heels? In a men's magazine? Rappaport does nothing to endear himself to me when he whispers to the creative director, while Holly is in the dressing room, that GQ readers want "sexy" and, he cringes, he doesn't know if Holly can bring that. Ugh! Yes, she can bring it. Am I totally confused in thinking that there are plenty of men out there who like funky chicks like Holly? I mean, not everybody has to have Jessica Alba all the time, right? ["Well, her hot-ass boyfriend, for one." -- Joe R]
They put Ben in a bunch of jock-y clothes, and take some awkward Polaroids of him. He still just does not get how this business really works.
Finally, after having her try on a LaCoste dress that looks like a t-shirt, the two editors decide Holly is sexy and "maybe" looks like something "a guy wants to be with." I hate these people so much. The creative director ends up being most impressed with Perry, despite his long arms, though he feels like Perry needs a new haircut and will have to do something about his reddish hair.
Back at home, the models arrive to find a message that tonight, on their last night, they'll be receiving some surprise visitors. "We've already met Naomi Campbell and Jessica Stam," Ronnie says. "Who else could surprise us?" Ah, who could it be? Ben says in an interview that the first thought that popped into his head was family. "I want to see my wife," he says, reluctantly. "But it's gonna be tough because I've grown; she's changed at the same time but in different ways, and so it's gonna be interesting to see the results of that." And interesting it is. Ben opens the door to find April, his wife, on the stoop. Her sweet face, so happy to see him, rips my heart right in two. She immediately starts crying and clings to him. He responds by saying..."wazzup?" Upstairs, leaning over the balcony, Holly whispers to Perry "divorce papers," and while it disappoints me greatly that she would make light of what looks to be a painful situation, I gotta say, the sentiment is probably not far off.
"I didn't hear any screams of like, excitement and joy," Ronnie observes, smugly, and I want to punch him in the face. Dude, just...all of you shut up. Downstairs, Ben is struggling to deal with the emotions of seeing his wife all of a sudden. I mean, I hate to do it, but I have to cut him a modicum of slack. He has shown himself repeatedly not to be all that great with emotional situations or embarrassment, and here's his WIFE who he has not seen in three months and there's cameras and he's trying to continue to be all studly in front of his housemates and he's just so agonizingly insecure...if I didn't want to kick him so badly, I might feel bad for him. She sniffs, saying she loves him, and he casually says he loves her, too, and welcomes her to his home. At this point I would have pushed my husband into the street and been like, "snap out of it," and made him act normal. Ben shows her his room and his Bronnie t-shirt, which makes her laugh. "I want one," she says. Ben says she can have it. "It was a friendship that turned into a 'bromance,' apparently," he says. April: "Yes, I would say so." Ben awkwardly says that it was just harmless, as his wife stands there still crying. "He's my boy," Ben says, and dude, you should have shut up five minutes ago. Finally, they awkwardly sit on the bed, and I just want to die for both of them. "So, whazzup?" Ben says again, and I cringe so hard my teeth almost pulverize. It's just that the cameras are there, I'm convinced, which is terrible considering all the other dumb bullshit he's done in front of the cameras for the past twelve weeks. He can't have a real emotional moment with his wife, because she actually knows him as a real person, and he feels awkward acting in front of her. It's hard for me to say that, because I have just been so turned off by the kid in the last half of the series, but he's just immature and insecure and twenty years from now, he might be a tolerable guy if he can just get over himself.
In her room, Holly says if her husband said "whazzup" to her after not seeing her for three months, she'd probably slap him in the face. That's my girl.
April tells Ben she's ready for everything to be over and back to normal again, which is painful to hear. "Things have changed, a lot," she says, and his face is inscrutable -- the guy is just not going to be laid open in front of the camera, which is proof again that he is just not right for the biz. If it wasn't bad enough already, Ronnie comes in to finally meet April. "Awkward," he says, and they both laugh. Poor April. "Did you see our Bronnie t-shirts?" he asks, and she says again that she wants one. Ronnie says he had been apprehensive about meeting her, but he seems to be very polite to her, which is nice.
Thank God we finally move on to the guest. It's Ronnie's mom. Aw. They both cry. His mom is pretty cute. Ronnie introduces her to everyone, including April. "Oh, April," she says, hugging her. "We have to talk! They're just friends." Cute, and to April's credit, she genuinely laughs. I don't think the Bronnie stuff bothers April, really. I mean, some of it might have, but what I think caused her the most problems is the emotional distance from her husband and seeing him portrayed as kind of a dick-measuring jerk week after week. If I saw my husband at his worst on a national TV show...wow, it would mess me up. Thank goodness no one wants to make a reality show about a 39-year-old PhD student who spends all his time reading and occasionally jamming out on his drum set, listening to Rush on his headphones. Call me, Bravo.
to arrive is Holly's cuuuuuuuuute fiancé, Ray. So cute he's almost too cute, you know? They are giddy to be reunited. "You're so hot!" Holly says, pulling him in to introduce to her housemates. Lots of "how's it going, man?" dude behavior goes on, and Ray must truly be a gentleman among men for not busting some chops immediately. These guys have been so jaggy to his lady, and all he wants to do is sit down with her and present her with a... figurine? "I wanted to get you something," he says, "so you could think about me for this little bit." She loves it. "It's to add to our collection," he says. Holly: "You guys, isn't my fiancé hot? Look at him." Heee. They do some smooching while everyone tries to look elsewhere, and it all serves to make Ben and his wife appear all the more awkward. Holly cries when Ray tells him how proud everyone back home is, and how awesome they all think she's doing. Perry assures them that he understands their emotion, and I believe him -- his face is downtrodden as he wonders who his guest might be, or if he'll even get one. His face is all red. "I'm fine," he says, "but I'd just like to see my mom or my best friends." I hope for a second that Casey will be his visitor, but it does end up being Amanda, much to his surprise. Their reunion is awkward in a different way, mostly because she's a skank who cheated on him with a Z-lister, but also because it's so clear how hot they still are for each other. Also clear, Amanda is wearing like, five-inch heels, and she still only barely comes up to Perry's collar bone. Isn't she a model, too? Well, maybe she's not the kind of model who has to do a lot of standing up. "I don't know if I was happy or sad," he says, "I was just confused." They tearily tell each other how good they look, and he ALSO asks her "whazzup?" It's an epidemic!
Of course, his question is "do you love me?" because we mustn't forget for a moment that other people's love for him is what this is all about, but when he moves quickly to ask if she was true to him, all she can say is that she loves him. Eeeek. Okay, so she wasn't true to him. That much is clear. But, listen, she's hot, he's hot, they make one hot, extremely narcissistic pair. He says she doesn't realize what he's had to go through. She says he doesn't realize what she's had to go through. I mean, a relationship built on one-upping each other's stories of hard-living when that hard-living is living in a $20 million dollar penthouse and/or allegedly chillaxing with skanky celebs... I'm just saying, that's true love. She doesn't seem to answer him at all about if she was with Adnan, but she says she does love him and wants to be with him. Ronnie flips out at how beautiful she is when he sees her, and makes a huge fuss over her, probably compounding the awk...wardness of his meeting with April. He says sitting across from Perry and Amanda, seeing their frustration, makes him happy he's single. Truly, they are a poster-couple for staying single. Perry turns up the drama to like, a bazillion percent and rips off the nob as he whispers to her about how God gave them this challenge to test them and how he was just saying to Ben and April that, if Amanda showed up, it meant she really loves him. Oh. It doesn't just mean she wanted to be on television? Okay. Poor Amanda cries all through this -- I have a feeling they spend a lot of time crying together. Amanda says that "people are so mean," presumably referring to her tabloid fame, and Perry actually shows some amazing insight, assuring her that yes, people will do whatever they can to make a little money. He's right... and I guess he'd know, since that is what he's doing right now.
Upstairs, Holly cries as her sweet fiancé assures her that, if she wins, he will follow her wherever she goes. "It's not just a one-person thing," he says. "We're in this together and everything's going to be okay." Sob! I love Ray.
Ben and April, meanwhile, have a similar conversation. She says she would love to live in New York. "I just want to be a part of it," she says. She hasn't enjoyed being on the sidelines while he tries to live his dream. Seriously, it is anguish to watch them talking. It's like he is so afraid to have a real conversation in front of the camera. I believe he really loves her, but the editing here is doing him absolutely no favors. He looks like he's pretty much moved on from her, completely. As much as I've soured on him, I just can't believe he's brushing off his marriage.
Downstairs, Ronnie has sort of a drunken conversation with his mom, who can't stop crying. Ronnie cries, I cry, everybody cries. "I've always been second best," she says. "That's why you're going to be number one." Tears. Even my heart of ice is going to melt for a crying mom.
Perry and Amanda...make out under the bedcovers and declare their undying love for each other. Whatever, they are hot and it can't be denied.
Finally, all the guests leave, thank God, amid tears and hugs. "I love you so much," Ben says to his wife, and I do believe him. The real point is that it's none of my business whether he loves her or not -- but I am glad to see that little snippet of emotion there, just on behalf of all wives, everywhere.
"Love conquers everything," Perry says, all dramatically, when everyone leaves. "I feel like this is the biggest test that any relationship could ever go through." Yes, well, once again, I have to point out that such logic can only be employed by someone to whom nothing has ever actually happened. Separation is hard, but this has barely been a pop quiz, much less a test.
Holly says that she's so stressed, she feels like she's 90-years-old. "Oh, my God," Ronnie says, rubbing his face. "After we get out of here, we're all gonna look so much better." Perry dramatically says that you know, everything is okay with Amanda and dudes, they are the final four in the entire country. Much celebration and group hugs go on to congratulate themselves on making it this far. Suddenly, everyone loves each other, and suddenly I sort of love them all, too. I mean, I love Holly the most, let's not get crazy, but maybe these boys aren't so bad...
Okay, never mind. They suck. In the morning, Ronnie asks Ben how he felt about last night. Ben says he doesn't know what he had been expecting, "but, it definitely wasn't that." Just say "it was so great to see my wife, who I love." JUST SAY IT and SHUT UP. I hate it that he seems to be completely dissing her -- maybe it's editing, I don't know, but it gives me the grossest vibe. He and Ronnie all emotionally talk about the three months they've spent together like they've been in 'Nam the whole time, rather than in a $20 million house. Holly says she is sad, and that even though she and the boys bash on each other, she will miss them all. Sweet Holly.
Though we were told a few weeks ago that the models had done their last catwalk, they in fact have one more. "This catwalk is to show America that they picked the right person," Perry says. Ronnie says more so than anything, this is one last chance for them to have fun and show America what they've learned. Holly, in a crazy poodle wig complete with butterflies, says she's nervous, but she seems confident. Alternately, Ben claims to be confident, but is actually really nervous.
The panel looks both formal and formidable as the models approach for the last time. Ben says he's glad to be walking in some gorgeous D & G, but that he's sad to be doing a finale catwalk, because of all the memories. Perry, in a gold suit, says that while he normally doesn't make eye contact with the panel week after week, this time he looked at each of them in the eye, thanking them for giving him this chance. Holly, also, gives the panel a little send off -- when she reaches the end of the catwalk in her wild hair and big dress, she strikes the round-shouldered couture pose so beloved in high fashion. Cory smiles. Ronnie, also in gold, looks fantastic and has a great walk.
Finally, praise God, they are all back out on the catwalk. Niki drones that this has been an incredible journey in which they have all risen to the challenge with grace and class. "I look forward to seeing you all on the cover of a magazine," she says. Jennifer and Cory also, kind of emotionally, thank them all for working so hard. Cory runs down each of their accomplishments and says that they've all had to overcome different things and are the perfect final four contestants to be left standing.
Tyson, hot(TTTTT) in a tux, says he has to salute them for their hard work, and admits that this has been a lot to learn. Finally, he gets to deliver the news. "Perry. Holly. One of you is leaving the catwalk right now," Tyson sys. "Perry, we cannot make you a supermodel, I'm sorry." You know that must have hurt Tyson, to cut his boy, and Perry thanks them all. Going to hug Holly, he says, right in her ear, "ah, shit," which... come on, man. Backstage, he says that he knows that he's juts going to keep going, and when he moves out to New York, something even more awesome is going to happen for him. Perry dismissed, Tyson continues. "Ben. Ronnie. The bromance is over. One of you is leaving the catwalk. Ben, we cannot make you a supermodel. I'm sorry." Aha! Finally. I am not sorry, but Ben impresses me with his very nice words of thanks to the panel. Of course, that only lasts about thirty seconds, for backstage, he and Perry sit incredulous that they both have been beaten by Holly. It is SO awesome and they are so surprised, I have to wonder if it's staged. Surely it's not that surprising -- she's really good, and it's weird to me that they wouldn't be able to see that. Ben is sure Ronnie's about to win it all, but it's not over yet.
Back out on the catwalk, Holly and Ronnie join hands. Niki reminds us of what's at stake -- $100 grand, a modeling contract, and a photoshoot in GQ. Finally, they put me out of my agony, as the drums of tension just about push me over the edge, and reveal that Holly has been chosen to be a supermodel. I will admit publicly that I leapt into the air, and may have done an "in your face" dance dedicated to Ben and Perry. Maybe. What an interesting experience this has been, to recap this show. I really have never watched anything like this, and I must say there were moments I enjoyed it a great deal. I really like Holly, and am thrilled to see her standing there the winner, covered in silver confetti, and crying that she can't wait to call her parents. I think many of the models on the show will work, and I hope to see them all out there striking poses and looking fierce, draped with snakes and rocking some amazing clothes. Thanks, everyone.