America's Next Top Model: "What Happens In Vegas/Fun And Games"

It's time for messed-up fashions, crazy weaves and absurd photo shoots... and that's just Miss Tyra! That's right, bitches, I'm talking about another "cycle" of America's Next Top Model! I know last time I recapped The Amazing Race, but I figured this would be a whole lot more fun. Sorry about the tardiness of this recap, but it was two episodes in one, and I had a crazy weekend. I promise to be faster with the next one! Read all about the insanity after the jump!
Quick cuts of all the previous winners flash by as Tyra takes an exceptionally roundabout route explaining that because it's Cycle 12, if you reverse those numbers, it's 21, so they're going to Vegas. You know, because of blackjack or whatever. Hey, I didn't say the show would make sense! Tyra claims it's one of her favorite cities in the world, and after some typical stock footage of Vegas, we see some crazy-ass audition tapes of girls contorting themselves, standing on top of hay, and being told by their fathers that they don't expect them to win. Awesome. The girls all ride a bus into Vegas, and Celia has never been before. Celia looks like the Asbergers girl from a couple cycles ago, but post makeover, with the pale face and white blond hair. It makes me wonder if anyone's going to get the Albino Makeover this cycle since they've already got one to start with. One of the girls on the bus looks distractingly like Allison Mack from Smallville. There are way too many girls. A girl confesses she's not going to remember anyone's name after five minutes (I'm with you!) before we learn her name is Allison. She has crazy wide eyes, but at least she knows she's weird and socially awkward. Angelea sounds like she's from the Bronx, but she's actually from Buffalo. She trots out the well-worn "This ain't America's Next Best Friend, I'm here to be Top Model" line. There's always one of those. The girls climb off the bus and we get our first glimpse of London, who is wearing one of those thin headbands across her forehead like Silver did in the early episodes of 90210. Not a good look. For anyone. Ever. A sea of costumed Spartan soldiers part to reveal Mr. and Miss J, who thankfully are wearing normal clothes. Well, normal for them. Mr. J explains that there are 34 girls, who are going to have to prove that they are goddesses to stick around. That's our theme. Sandra already knows she's a goddess. She says she's from Kenya, and has the accent to back that claim up, but her caption says she's from Rockville, Maryland. Okay, then. Miss J tells them to go put on their goddess outfits, and the girls scream as they rush into a room and find little white togas and awesome gold strappy high heeled shoes to wear. The girls scream a lot. Like, all the time. It's kind of annoying. Kortnie introduces herself as the only plus-sized girl, but I think she's actually the only pretty girl, too. Attired as goddesses, the girls return to the J's, and Miss J tells them that they're going to do a quickie photo shoot in profile. Celia starts them off, and says that she's the oldest contestant (at 25!), and lives for fashion. Fo says she's a hippie, and Sandra thinks she's already won. Allison Mack's name is really Isabella. Aminat has an awesome 'fro that Tyra's going to screw with during the makeover episode, which could put a crimp in her plans to become Tyra's new BFF. Just speculating. Tahlia is nervous, and Kathryn worries that she's the youngest and is from a small town and can't compete. Teyona claims to be a tomboy, but she has a nice profile, and could probably stand to eat a sandwich. But that's true of a lot of these chicks. Miss J takes them to a runway walk challenge where as goddesses they have to walk on the clouds. Which basically amounts to them covering a short runway with dry ice. Naturally, none of the girls are any good, really. Well, not the ones we're seeing. They show us all the bad ones. Monique is a conspiracy theorist? Um, okay. Allison can't walk to save her life, and London thinks it's hilarious how bad some of them are. I think it's hilarious how London looks like an ass with those headbands. Jessica wants to represent Latinas, and has confidence to spare. But not in a smug, annoying way like Sandra. Next, the J's collect the girls at night and introduce them to a parade of Spartan soldiers and out of the crowd comes effing Tyra, looking like effing Tina Turner in effing Beyond Thunderdome. Seriously. The hair is a hot mess. Tyra introduces herself as the Goddess of Fierce, and says she's looking for a successor. The girls lose their collective shit. They love themselves some Tyra. Do love how Celia compares her to an extraterrestrial, because sometimes, that's exactly what Tyra is. Miss Tyra orders the girls to show her fierce poses, and Sandra and Angelea aren't playing well together. Tyra tells the girls she's looking forward to judging them, and bids them farewell for now, shouting "fierce" over and over again, taking us to commercials.
When we return, it's time for the individual panel evaluations. Sandra is first, and Tyra loves her outfit, which makes Sandra cry. Tyra lives on the tears of young women, so that's scoring her points right there. Sandra is proud of her dark skin, and Tyra agrees it's why she was chosen. Honestly, though, Aminat looks darker to me, but maybe that's just my TV. After Sandra parades in her bikini, both Miss J and Tyra are jealous because they used to be that skinny. London is up next, and turns out she's a street preacher. Even though she looks like a street walker. Tyra asks her to give them a taste, and Miss J awesomely holds up a small book like a bible to the heavens as London goes at it. To her credit, London recognizes she's being made fun of, but wants to introduce Fashion to Jesus. I don't think they'll get along. Puerto Rican Jessica strides in full of confidence, and says she's never been called ugly. Miss J suspects that's only to her face. Behind her back? Another story. Tahlia admits to giving up college to pursue modeling because she has a story to share, which is that she was horribly burned as a child. When she comes out in her bikini, you can see the scars all along her belly and thighs. Her mother left her alone with a hot coffee pot, and she pulled on the cord. Ouch. Tyra loves Tahlia's lips, and I think I might, too. I like the elements of her face, but not all at the same time. Odd. Meanwhile, the girls are getting to know each other in a hotel room, and they're all pretty much deciding that Monique is effing nuts with her conspiracies. In front of the judges, Monique explains how corrupt governments are, and how Pearl Harbor was a total setup. Yeah, we were just asking for it. Look at how those sailors were dressed! Monique is BSC. Natalie totally admits to being super spoiled, though Tyra confirms that her family isn't Gossip Girl rich, just 90210 rich. Wait, so why isn't she wearing Silver's ugly headbands? Natalie also has big boobs. Aminat is awesome. She's 6'1", but the 'fro gives her another half a foot. I like her. Hope she doesn't screw up. Back in the hotel room, Kathryn complains how her feet hurt in their goddess shoes, and Aminat doesn't think there's any room for complainers. After Kathryn breaks down in tears because she's been having panic attacks all day, Celia and Aminat both agree if you can't handle the semi-finals, you're probably going to be screwed if you get into the house. Then again, Tyra lives on the tears of young girls, so you never know!
After some more commercials, panel continues, and Kathryn has the misguided notion that bringing her novelty pens shaped like food will make a good impression on the judges. Tyra asks her to name some models working today, and she totally can't. Kathryn is a bundle of nerves, and Tyra is totally attacking her. It's a little awesome. Tyra says when she comes back in her bikini, she needs to name some designers, and Kathryn returns seemingly having gotten her shit together. Alex is blond and white, but acts like she's black. Seriously, she talks like I don't even know what. All I can think of is Can't Hardly Wait, because I want to tell her to "Look in a mirror. You're white." Isabella is next, and she's the one who looks like Chloe from Smallville. Her gimmick is that she has epilepsy. Jinkies. Her abs are also freaking concave, because she's so thin. Nijah claims she knew she was going to be prom queen, which leads Tyra to make it all about her again by relating a story of how she thought she was going to be her prom queen, and was sadly mistaken. Love the photo where they blurred out her date's face. I'm sure he's humiliated. Mr J thinks she scowls when she poses, so Miss J asks to see another talent, and Tyra forces her to tap dance. I think if Tyra had asked her to swallow a bottle of battery acid, she would have happily done so. After checking the calorie count, of course. What they won't do to be on TV, these girls. Fo is next up, and it turns out that's short for Felicia. It's a little precious, but I agree with Tyra that her freckles are fabulous, so she gets a pass. Fo apparently describes her race as "Blaxican," and Tyra asks what that is. Um, I think we can all figure that one out. Maybe models really are as dumb as they say. Fo is proud to be mixed race, but says she was surprised to find out she was half black when she was nine. Back in the group room, everyone enjoys the spectacular spread of food. Those bathrooms are going to be a mess later! And we learn that Angelea had a daughter, but she passed away. Yikes. That's rough. Guess it explains why she has that wall of attitude around her. This round of commercials contains the first My Life as a Cover Girl ad. Oddly, it's a clipfest of all the previous winners, ending with about two seconds of McKee. Amusingly, the first time I saw it, I spent the entire ad trying to remember who the hell even won the last cycle!
Angelea welcomes us back from the commercials, and Tyra orders her to take off her giant earrings and fake ponytail. Too bad she can't take off those enormous nails. Tyra asks her about her Top Model callback, and Angelea reveals she slept in a toilet stall in the Port Authority in New York City because she had nowhere else to stay. Okay, that's just gross. I won't even go in of those stalls, let alone spend the night! Tyra chastises Angelea for risking her life, because that's not what this show is about. Its about ugly clothes, awkward poses and tears. Oh, and Tyra. Celia spins around in a cute dress the judges love, and she reminds us that she's got one foot in the modeling grave at the ripe old age of 25. Celia admits she was kind of an ugly child, but she wants to be a model desperately. She did grow into her features, although she's got one of those unconventionally pretty faces Tyra loves. Celia's also getting a lot of play, so I'm guessing she's a frontrunner. Kortnie is the plus-sized model, and has a very pretty face. Unfortunately, on this show, they don't like actual pretty. Kortnie also isn't really that plus sized. That's going to be a problem later on when the judges need to get rid of her and tell her her body type isn't going to fit in either niche. Oh, and she also dated NASCAR's Dale Earnhart Jr, but who cares, really. Back in the group room, the other girls are creeped out by Allison's super wide eyes. They're so round and she does look like a scary doll. We also learn that Allison has a crazy fascination with blood, and desperately wants to have a nosebleed. Okay, that's just gross. But I always like the tiny little weird looking ones with the big eyes. Teyona is the tomboy, but thinks she's beautiful and could be a model. The judges like her face, because it's all pulled back like she's standing in a wind tunnel. But in a good way. The J's welcome the girls to an outside area where they're going to whittle them down to a lucky 21. They're back in their goddess outfits, and 21 of the 34 boxes with their names on them will have a golden laurel in them. Those will go on to do a photo shoot. All the usual suspects get through. I'll just let you know instead that Conspiracy Theorist Monique didn't get in. It was a plot! Oh, and thuggish Alex didn't make it, either. There are a whole ton of disappointed girls who didn't get any camera time at all. Angelea wants the other bitches to get out of her way because she is going to be in that house. She just is. And she'll cut a bitch to get there. With her nails. Anyway, Mr J tells the 21 girls that they've assigned them each a goddess with a specific attribute that they will have to pose as. The girls race to the hair and makeup stations and push and shove their way around each other desperately trying to get ready. London is the goddess of justice, and doesn't suck. Felicia is madness, and Mr J isn't disappointed. Such high praise, right? Sandra holds her arms up in front of her and Mr J suggests that she not block her face from the camera. Good advice. Angelea totally rolls her eyes, and Sanrda catches her. Bitch fight! They're all putting their hands in front of each others' faces and shit. So good. Neither one of them will back down for anything. Mr J is so disappointed, and tells Angelea to let it go and do her shot. Angelea admits she needs to be more professional, and totally blows her shoot. Oops. She gets tearful in an interview saying she doesn't want people to think she's a "ghetto-fied no-class bitch." Maybe lose the nails and earrings and attitude? I'm just saying. Mr J tells the girls he, Miss J and Tyra will now judge all their shots and pick the final 13 girls. Sandra interviews that the fight didn't get to her, and she's still confident. Um, yeah, because you did your shoot before the melee.
Tyra's wearing a stupid headband at judging, and I don't care if it is braided hair. It's still awful. Aminat is awesome, and they seem to like her. They admit Allison's crazy eyes could make her a great model. Mr. J tells Tyra about Angelea's big blowup and how it didn't really work for the goddess of love. Tyra loves Isabella's innocent pretty look, but wonders if she can be high fashion. Miss Jay thinks Celia has crazy eyes, too, but they remember her personality. They like Felicia's freckles, despite her lack of height. Mr. J is jealous of Jessica's perfect skin. Tyra isn't sure Kathryn is ready for this. They're already not sure about Kortnie's proportions as a plus-sized model. They love Teyona's odd look with her pre-face-lifted face. They love London and suspect she's not as preachy as she claims. Nijah is cute. My cable glitches up, so I don't even know which girl gets the compliment about her long legs. In retrospect, I guess it was Natalie, because she's the only one they didn't name. They love Sandra, and I'm sure the producers have told them how arrogant she is, so she's probably totally in. Tyra is impressed that Tahlia stood there in her bikini showing her scars, but Mr J worries that her body isn't skinny enough for modeling but not big enough to be plus-sized. Huh. So I guess that's their out so they don't have to make it about her burns when they cut her? They've reached their decision. Tyra actually looks stunning as she faces off against the 21 girls to read off the 13 names who will be in the running for America's Next Top Model. The girls are also thrilled to learn the show will be taking them back to New York. Aminat is called first, and she's thrilled. Natalie is next, followed by Fo, Allison, Tahlia, Celia and Najia. Tyra makes them sweat it out a bit before naming London, who annoyingly thanks Jesus a lot. Thank Tyra. Teyona and her face lift face is called next, followed by Kortnie. Only three left! Isabella is relieved to be called next, and so is Jessica. I think it's awesome that they left overconfident Sandra to be the last name to make her sweat it out. She totally checks Angelea with her shoulder on her way down to join the other girls, but I'm pretty sure that was just an accident. Well, I mean, Sandra didn't do it on purpose, at any rate. I don't think there are other girls in her world. It's just her. Tyra comes up to give the losing girls consolation hugs. Kathryn is a complete mess, proving that she probably wouldn't have been able to handle the actual competition. Angelea promises Tyra she'll be back, and I would totally take a restraining order out on her because it sounds like a threat. She also sounds utterly devastated about returning to her home in Buffalo, which I didn't know was such a hellhole. Huh. The 13 girls are excited to learn from Tyra that they'll be living on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Gossip Girl territory. Wonder if there'll be a CW crossover? Before going to ads, Tyra urges us to stay tuned to the second hour, as though it's not just the second episode tacked onto the first to make an annoyingly long two-hour show for me to recap. Bitches.

The girls are excited to be in New York City and calling themselves models. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, here. Amongst the opening interviews, Sandra basically says that the other girls don't look like models, and Tyra should just announce her victory right now. Um, maybe not. Spoiler alert! Celia is still worried about being near retirement age in the modeling world at 25. Get over it. They all go to the top of the Empire State Building, and the spectacular view includes Nigel Barker and Paulina Poriskova. Nigel has the key to their new home, and hands it to Celia because she's front and center. But then Paulina announces that because Celia's got the house key, she gets to have her pick of bed. Um, wha? Random much? The girls start screaming again, so Nigel sends them on their way so they can start screaming and running around their fabulous house. Decorated with tons of photos of Tyra, natch. Girls start taking beds and testing the runway. It's all very cramped, because it's a Manhattan townhouse, but it looks like they've got four or five floors. Sandra picks a secluded bed and reminds us she's not here to make friends, but to win Top Model. Yeah, let's see how that works out for you. Celia picks the bed she wants, which conveniently happens to be the one that Sandra had already chosen. Sandra reveals that there's only 12 beds for 13 girls, and she's going to take her bed back, sorry. Celia's like, um, I get the pick, remember? But Sandra ain't trying to hear that noise. All the other girls don't understand why Sandra is being such an obnoxious bitch. Sandra is willing to share, but Celia isn't, and refuses to let her win in any way shape or form. London notices all the drugs that Isabella brought into the house, and we are reminded of Isabella's epilepsy. Sandra continues to believe she's sharing a bed with Celia, but Celia's like, not happening. Luckily, London steps in and offers to sleep on the floor so Sandra can have a bed and shut the hell up already. Thank you, London, for avoiding bloodshed. Although I bed Allison wouldn't have minded that at all! London also rightfully interviews that the extra girl situation won't be a problem for very much longer. Now we move on to Tahlia's scars as the girls ask her what happened. Tahlia reiterates her mission to make a statement, and the other girls think she's brave. They get some Tyra Mail, and once again, nobody has any idea what the clue means. They end up at the 59th St. Bridge where they meet Mr. and Miss J who explain that it's time for a runway fashion show, but they're not just going to be watching it they're going to be walking in it! The girls freak out, but I think it might have been a good idea for some of these girls to see a show before trying to be in one. The designer explains that the collection's theme is good and evil, so they'll have to bring that out when they wear the outfit on the runway. Sandra interviews that her runway walk isn't all there yet, but scores herself with an 8 or a 9, because she's just that much better than the other girls. Hair and makeup is done, and some of the girls are already much improved. The girls get their clothes and learn if they'll be good or evil, and Tahlia gets a little put out because she's wearing a suit instead of a skimpy outfit because of her scars. As the J's prep the girls, Miss J is wearing some kind of crazy black outfit with long leather gloves and a babushka. Turns out that was just to protect his crazy hair because Miss J is opening the show. Very quickly, Aminat looks fantastic, London has good attitude and Teyona has legs for miles. Seriously, that's not natural. Isabella suddenly realizes that there are strobe lights in the show and that could trigger her epilepsy. Uh oh. It's like when the legally blind girl had to navigate a runway in the dark! Isabella's worrying takes us to commercials.

When we return, Isabella's still stressing out, but for no reason, because she was fine. Jessica 's a little stiff, Fo's not bad, Tahlia's pose is hot, and Nijah is fine. Allison looks much less weird with hair and makeup, but it's Sandra who is totally awesome. Like, she steps out onto the runway, but after maybe one-third of it, seems to stumble. Then she poses, turns and walks back off. In the audience, Mr. J and Nigel are both like, "The hell?" And even more awesome? Sandra thinks she did great. Oh, so deluded. Aminat points out that Sandra was terrible, but sadly in an interview, not to her face. Natalie's outfit is jank, and Celia's kind of awesome with the makeup to give her facial features some pop. Afterwards, Miss J tells the girls that a lot of them were horrendous and he's gonna go after them in panel. Back at the house, Isabella talks about overcoming her epilepsy while upstairs, Tahlia is breaking down in tears because her scars are making people treat her differently. At least she knows it's something she needs to let go of, but it's hard. Later, the girls are chatting in one of the bedrooms, but Sandra is trying to sleep, so she kicks the rude girls out. "You can either shut up or go to the living room." Nice. Everyone looks at her like, "Bitch, you crazy," but they all move downstairs, where of course, the conversation turns to what a complete rag Sandra is. Isabella hopes she tones it down, but Sandra's super-competitive. Remember, it's not America's Next Best Friend! The next morning, Tyra Mail arrives, and they get psyched for their first photo shoot. The girls head to Central Park where Mr. J rides up on a bike in a black skintight outfit with red pads all over. Like a super gay Power Ranger or something. So bizarre. He explains that they'll be doing a photo shoot where they'll each be portraying a favorite childhood game. Then he goes on about how this is an issue that is very important to Tyra, girls growing up too fast. Great. So let's dress girls up like whores to play Ring Around the Rosie. Mixed messages much? Mr J introduces them to their photographer, who is this nondescript guy who had been hanging out on the nearby park bench. I thought he was just a creepy old dude. Anyway, the girls go into hair and makeup, and Fo reveals she's a pre-school teacher, so children's games should be no problem. There are extras playing the "bad girls," one of whom is pregnant, so these are the girls who are growing up too fast. Mr. J seems to like Fo's shoot. London does tug of war and totally falls into the mud. Heh. Tahlia has tag, but her posing basically consists of just jumping up on one leg while the other girls try to touch her. Awkward! Mr. J asks why she wants to model, and she tells him it's her dream, and she has a compelling backstory. Mr. J totally calls her out on saying what she thinks people want to hear, and Tahlia gets a reality check. Hey, look, it's McKey's Cover Girl commercial. She still looks gorgeous.

Natalie has cute pink wings and nerdy glasses, and does leap frog. She does well, but still doesn't pop for me. Sandra is doing hide and seek, and Mr. J tells her not to be so stiff. Kortnie is playing on a pull-up bar, but Mr. J points out that she's being too athletic, and not pretty enough. Aminat is doing London Bridge, which amounts to the girls all harassing her in a circle or something. I'm totally going to miss that 'fro when the makeovers hit. Sandra interviews that Aminat doesn't know how to pose, and looks like a normal girl on the street. Oh Sanrda, I'm going to miss your smacktalking when you go home. Eventually. Nijah does musical chairs, and Mr. J likes how she plays with her dress. Allison does double dutch, but doesn't know how to jump rope. It's also pitch dark now because there are so many freakin' girls that it's taken them all freakin' day. Mr. J is impressed that as soon as Allison started posing, she magically became a model. I think we've got a dark horse here! Teyona does hopscotch, which is lots of jumping. Then Celia has to learn how to hula hoop in a hurry, and Mr. J likes it. Mr. J reminds Isabella (and us) that Tyra's message is that girls are growing up too fast. She does dodgeball, and Mr. J is quite unimpressed. Jessica plays jacks, and Mr. J notes that she's giving the same poses as all the other girls. Well, that's what happens when you go last. Thankfully, it's finally over, which is good because I think it must be 3am by this point. Back at the house, the Tyra Mail reminds them that the first girl goes home tomorrow. London is hoping someone had a worse shoot than her because she doesn't want to go home because she fell in the mud. At the table, Sandra boasts that her shoot was great, so Natalie warns her she's gonna get shit at panel because she walked halfway down the runway. Sandra is all, "nobody's runway walk is perfect," but everyone else at least walked to the other end of the runway, honey. All the girls are wondering who's going to go home, and Tahlia worries she was stiff, relating what Mr. J told her about her insecurities.
Now it's time for panel. And the Tyra interpretation of this week's photo shoot is Tyra reading a book with a little girl. It's quite a gorgeous picture, really, even with the cheesy inspirational voiceover about owning "your inner fierceness." Thanks, but I'm happy to just rent. Tyra welcomes the girls to their first panel, and lists the various prizes: a contract with Elite, the cover and spread in Seventeen magazine, and the Cover Girl contract. Then she introduces judges Nigel, Miss J and Paulina. For whatever reason, Miss J is wearing Mo's bowl cut from the Three Stooges. First up is Sandra. Miss J immediately attacks her for the runway snafu. Hilariously, her excuse is that she totally thought she went all the way down the runway, when she clearly didn't. So the girl isn't just arrogant and rude, she's stupid, too. Great combo. Tyra pulls out the photo, and after repeating her mission of keeping girls from growing up too fast, decides that Sandra's photo is crap. She's just standing in front of a tree. There's no movement to it. Nigel notices that Sanrda looks confused by the critique, and Tyra tells her to take off her fugly scarf. Celia's next, and she impresses Tyra by revealing that she learned to hula hoop on the spot. They like her photo. It's a good pose. Very dynamic. Fo's picture is very cute, and she's floating in the air. Paulina doesn't think it looks like Ring Around the Rosie, and Tyra tells Fo she doesn't really look like a model. Aminat is told to take her giant distracting hoop earrings off, and then is told they don't really like the photo because her face doesn't look innocent. Tyra uses London Bridges to segue into London's judging, which she kicks off by telling her to fix her broke hair and take off her jacket. At least they all really love London's photo. It is good. Jessica's jacks pose gets praise, but loses points for not actually being about jacks. Teyona's shot is hopscotch, and she's leaping through the air very fabulously. But they warn her not to tilt her head back so much. Isabella's dodgeball shot is a dynamic pose, but Nigel points out it looks like she's dancing, not playing dodgeball. Tyra informs Isabella that in a lot of her shots, her hands were up in front of her face. Paulina says Nijah's musical chairs looks more like hopscotch, but they like her sparkly smile. Kortnie's monkey bars shot is okay, but her legs are too majorette. Allison's double dutch is good because her crazy wide eyes make her look innocent. The only real problem they have is that the jump ropes are laying on the ground because the "bad girls" are being lazy, so Tyra takes the opportunity to tell the girls that they have to speak up and make the extras do what they want in a shoot because otherwise it might hurt them. Shouldn't they wait until they're actually a top model before throwing diva fits? Tahlia's leg is up just like Kortnie's, and they wonder why these girls can't come up with unique poses. Tyra digs for tears by reminding Tahlia about being covered up at the photo shoot, and tells her that while it's nice that she wants to send this message, there are some designers who will want to cover the cars, and others who will actually want to flaunt the scars and show them off. She has to accept that and move on. Natalie is wearing one of those dopey-ass thin headbands, and is immediately told to take it off. She knows she's got a dent in her forehead from it now, and Nigel says that's exactly why you should never wear them. Well, that, and they look dopey. Tyra really likes her leap frog photo and thinks she has a lot of potential, so Paulina has to throw some cold water on it by not agreeing
After the ads, the judges deliberate. Sanrda's photo is boring, Celia's missing a couple fingers, Fo's missing her neck, Aminat might be one-note, London's proportions are off, Jessica looks broken, Teyona has "wind in the face," Isabella's shot is weak, but her runway was good, Nijah's face is terrific, Kortnie is charming, Alison's eyes are fabulous, Tahlia is a role model, but not necessarily a real model, and Natalie might have potential, but Paulina doesn't agree. Paulina doesn't like the pretty girls. They've reached a decision. The girls line up again, and Tyra holds court with the photos in her hands. The first girl called, whose winning photo will be displayed on the TV in the house, is... Allison. Huh. She's flabbergasted. In fact, she's so thrown, she starts to go back to her spot, and they all laugh at her as Tyra has to tell her to go stand at the side of the room like in all the other Top Model episodes. Fo is next, followed by Teyona, London, Celia, Nijah, Kortnie, Natalie, Aminat, Tahlia, and Jessica. That leaves Isabella and Sandra in the bottom two. Isabella totally knows what time it is, but Sandra looks completely confused. Heh. So who goes home? The beautiful girl with the beautiful spirit who fell apart in front of the camera? Or the girl who boned her runway walk, and then screwed up her photo shoot? For whatever reason, Sandra gets to stay, and Isabella has to go. Oh well. Epilepsy can't compete with being a bitch, I guess. Because as much as the producers were probably hoping for a dramatic seizure, having a cranky bitch in the house will always make for good TV. Isabella packs up her clothes and tries to sound confident as she says she's still going to go get signed by an agency and work as a model. We'll see. Isabella disappears from the group photo and the teaser for next week promises Aminat confronting Sandra for being a bitch and some of the girls melting down during makeovers. I love makeovers!






I was kinda sad when i saw that you were not doing Amazing Race recaps this season. But this is SOOOO much better. I luvs me my Ty Ty.
So I'm not gonna lie, I totally didn't read this article... it was totally a wall of text. BUT, I did see the episode, as well as this week's and my friends and I have already places our bets on the winner.
I chose Allison (who I absolutely effing adore) and Fo. Any other bets?