In the Gaymobile on the way home, Teyona is thrilled to be doing well and going to Brazil, but she's starting to notice that some of the other girls are "sipping on the Haterade." Fo was reminded that it's a competition when Teyona didn't pick her to go with her to the Seventeen shoot. A competition? Really? What gave it away? The bitches pack their bags and make sure to include plenty of skimpy outfits since it's not winter in Brazil. Natalie interviews that she's from Southern California, so she's used to the warm weather. I think this is supposed to make her come off as snotty again, but I thought she just sounded kind of boringly obvious. Anyway, the CGI plane with their little headshots superimposed in the windows jets around the globe, landing in Brazil. Scenic stock footage makes it look really nice. Aminat is blown away to be in Brazil, and vows to make the most of her second chance after narrowly avoiding elimination last week. They arrive at the edge of a lake and are greeted by some percussionists and half-naked Brazilian dancers as well as Fernanda Motta, who is not only a supermodel, but host of Brazil's Next Top Model. Seriously, they've got one for every country it seems. Fernanda introduces herself and lists her credits, then tells them about The Girl From Ipanema. Turns out there is an actual Girl who inspired the song. Which I will now have stuck in my head for hours — thanks Tyra!

The bitches are told to break into teams of two and take taxis to go to the address on a card, which is the Girl's favorite flower shop. It's like The Amazing Race, but with even easier clues so as not to test them mentally. Fo vows to win something for a change. The girls grab the address cards and run through the park. Aminat and Teyona take an early lead with a good cabbie, while Natalie and Fo are in second. Natalie is all jetlagged and complaining she's tired. Fo and Natalie's cabbie slips into the lead, and they make it to the flower shop first. They are given a bouquet of birds of paradise and a map to the botanical gardens where they will find the Girl herself. Aminat and Teyona arrive as Natalie and Fo are leaving, but Celia and Allison are thrown way off by a lazy cabbie and arrive "laughably late" to the shop. As they head for the garden, they seem to think that their driver knows a shortcut and get all excited, but they probably shouldn't. Natalie and Fo get to the gardens, and Natalie bitches about having to run around so much. In case you haven't noticed, Natalie bitching and moaning is our theme for the episode. Aminat and Teyona refuse to lose, and take off running. The three teams race through the park looking for the location, and Celia and Allison manage to slip their way into second place. But it's Fo and Natalie who arrive first, Celia and Allison second, and Aminat and Teyona bringing up the rear. Fernanda reveals that the winning team's prize will be waiting for them at their new house, but first they can meet the actual Girl From Ipanema. In the flesh. A little band plays the song as the Girl walks out and down the stairs. She looks fabulous for her age, which has to be up there. She almost looks younger than Celia! In her thick accent, the Girl tells them how she inspired the song and gives them the key to their new home in Brazil. The girls all give her the flowers they collected and then head off to see their fabulous abode.

The apartment is sick. It is huge and gorgeous, and has a jacuzzi. Fo discovers their prize, which is a basket of flip flops. No, seriously, that's their prize. Flip flops. And don't even try to tell me they're awesome because some of them have Swarovski crystals on the straps. That might make them cost $500 as Fo boasts, but seriously, they're still made of rubber, so what's the point? Who wants to wear a pair of $500 flip flops? Crazy. I will never understand fashion. Naturally, there are photos of Tyra plastered around this apartment, too. Natalie is annoyed that they have to share beds, and then we have a montage of Natalie bitching. Seriously, if this is not a new development, and the editors have been sparing us from her complaining, I would like to send them a thank you gift. Natalie wishes they had a pool and a view. She complains that she hasn't seen anything great about Brazil yet, and Celia reminds her that they saw the lovely botanical gardens. Natalie remains unimpressed. Aminat interviews that Natalie is just arrogant and annoying. And with that lovely thought, we go to commercials.

When we come back, the girls are still enjoying their awesome apartment with a beautiful view of the city. Celia remarks on how fabulous the buildings look, but Natalie wishes they could see the ocean. Tyra Mail interrupts Natalie's bitching and Teyona reads: "Fight or flight? You'd better give me both." Aminat gets excited for a photo shoot, and then gives the most awesome quote to prove her determination. "I want this more than a fat kid wants cake." Hee! We get flashbacks of the judges dressing down Aminat as she remarks on how she has to improve. The girls ride a bus downtown and encounter a group of capoeria dancers. It's a very impressive martial art. Their instructor introduces himself, and while the caption says "Mestre Eddy Murphy," It's still Master Eddie Murphy, which I find bizarrely amusing. He insists that everyone can learn capoeira and tries teaching the bitches some moves. On the street in front of some bemused pedestrians. Which is hilarious. The girls learn that they can translate the moves into dynamic poses. Everyone comments on how Natalie pretty much sucks at it, although nobody else is doing THAT well, really. Glass houses, people. Teyona thinks is amusing that Aminat and Celia were paired up to practice capoeira on each other since they've had their disagreements. Yeah, it's funny... until someone loses an eye. Oh, wait, Aminat nearly does! Yeah, Celia accidentally kicks Aminat in the face! Awesome. Right in the eye. Celia apologizes and Aminat doesn't freak out about it. Thank God. Although Aminat does add that you only get one free pass...

Now the girls don some pants and tank tops so they can pose and show off their moves in a more secluded area. Then the two J's show up and reveal that they're actually going to be using what they've learned in an impromptu photo shoot challenge. Mr. J reveals that the winner of the challenge will get 50% more frames than the other girls, but even better is that she gets those frames by taking them away from one of the other bitches! That is so fantastically awesome that I wonder why they don't do more of that kind of sneaky shit. It would mean more catfights, I'm sure! Teyona goes first, but she's not really paying attention to the fact that it's a photo shoot. She's just fighting. So naturally, when Allison and Celia go next, they totally pose more than they're flailing around. Sucks to have to go first, I guess. But Celia has a little trouble keeping her arms away from her face when she throws her kicks. Fo kicks well, and poses well, but Mr. J has to remind her not to scrunch up her face because she's trying too hard. Then Mr. J totally tosses a dig Teyona's way by declaring that Fo is showing how to really do it. "Right, Teyona?" he adds. Awesome. Natalie knows enough to face the camera, but her kicks and moves are just awful. Miss J takes the opportunity to make fun of her, too. Celia interviews that Natalie seems so preoccupied with looking hot that she never lets herself go to really go for it. Aminat gives it her all, but the J's make fun of the awkward face she's giving every time she kicks. They're not good at multitasking, these girls.

The J's review the girls' performance. They wonder if Teyona forgot that there was a camera there, and Miss J informs them that even when taking a crap, they have to pose and look fierce because you never know who's watching. That's creepy. Especially the way Miss J demonstrates how to fiercely wipe your butt. Allison did really well, but Celia kept blocking her face. They loved Fo's posing, but while her body was awesome, her face, not so much. Natalie was stiff and looked like a can-can girl kicking, and Aminat moved well, but her face was jank. Who's the winner? Fo! She's super-excited to have won something, and decides to steal her extra frames from Teyona. Fo interviews that she did it because Teyona is not only a strong competitor on this show, but because she's still holding a grudge about not being invited to the Seventeen shoot last week. Mr. J warns Teyona that with only half the frames of the others, she's really gonna have to bring it. Teyona is prepared, and interviews that she considers Fo a friend, but now it's every man for themselves. When they get back to the house, there is Tyra Mail: "Tomorrow you'll enjoy the fruits of your labor." Celia immediately hopes that it's a photo shoot with men feeding them grapes. They seem to really want to do a shoot with male models. Guess being locked up in a house full of women is causing some of them to develop one-track minds! Later, Teyona confronts Fo about taking away her frames, but uses the whole "I'm glad you picked me because it means you're scared of my awesomeness" kind of thing. Fo actually tells Teyona that she also picked her because of not picking her last week. Teyona declares that Fo is going to need those extra frames as we go to commercials. Big words. Oh, hey — McKey is still getting ready for that damnable photo shoot. At least Sutan manages to give more personality when describing the Cover Girl product than she can.

The girls get ready to leave and hop into their bus to go to the photo shoot. It's so boring and while. I miss the bright pink Gaymobile. Mr. J welcomes them to a favela in Sao Palo, explaining that favelas are neighborhoods built by the poor. He tells them the theme for this shoot is Carmen Miranda, but has to remind them about Chiquita bananas before they know who the hell he's talking about. So sad. Natalie gets excited when she hears that Carmen Miranda is all about sex appeal, because she thinks she can do that easy. Mr. J introduces them to Daniel Klajmic, their photographer for this week. The bitches head into hair and makeup where Sutan continues telling them how fabulous Carmen Miranda is because these girls are all 12. Well, except for Celia. But she's still really excited about this shoot, loving the colorful makeup and ruffly over-the-top outfit. They literally pin the fruit into her headpiece and she's ready to go. Celia steps out on the set, which is actually a street in the favela full of kids and such. As she starts posing, Mr. J urges her to be more editorial. He likes what she did, but says it wasn't incredible. Meanwhile, with Fo nearby, but out of earshot, Teyona tells Aminat how Fo feels threatened by her. Fo knows they're talking behind her back, and she's determined to kick their asses. Allison gets on set, and Mr. J pushes her to exaggerate her flirty expressions. Her wide eyes really work in her favor this time, and Mr. J really thinks she really pulled it off. Natalie comes out, and Mr. J tells her to bring a lot of sensuality. She sits on a step in front of a door, and looks bored. I think she means to look sexy, but she looks bored. Natalie interviews that it was kind of gross in the street, with the dog that wandered into her shot. Whatever. Grow up. Mr. J is very enthusiastic, so she heads back to hair and makeup feeling confident. And letting everyone know how well she did. Teyona says everyone thinks they did good, but you never know. Was than an anvil of foreshadowing I saw Teyona drop right there?

Aminat gets on set, and Mr. J immediately tries to get her to step it up, suggesting that she use some of the moves they learned during the challenge. But Mr. J admits to us that Aminat never brings her personality on set. He sounds very disappointed. Me too. Teyona gets ready, and is reminded she only has half as many shots. She leans against a door, and Mr. J is impressed that she has learned how to smile without making it look like a denture cream ad. And with only 25 frames, she rocked it hardcore. Fo comes out and despite her advantage, Mr. J is not enjoying it. Fo is being far too literal, giving him cheesy Carmen Miranda. He urges her to just be fashionable and editorial, and it throws her for a loop. He doesn't want her to pose, which seems like an odd thing to ask a model to do. She's flummoxed. After she's done, Mr. J admits she did kind of end up needing those extra frames. Back at the house, Tyra Mail reminds them of the elimination, and they all start second-guessing. Natalie is super-confident, while Aminat is a little nervous. She thinks she improved over last week, though. Fo is crossing her fingers that there was a good shot for her in there somewhere.

Tyra's Rule To Owning Your Inner Fierceness this week? "Once you plant seeds of success, your dreams will bear fierce fruit." In the what? And I love how Tyra's shot tries to capture the spirit of the girls' photo shoot, but not exactly. Like here, Tyra isn't about to wear a Carmen Miranda headpiece, so she puts it on one little girl while the other one holds a pineapple. That way Tyra can still look fierce. The girls step out to be judged, and Tyra reminds them that they're in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Yeah, no kidding. She lists prizes and judges, with the guest this week being Fernanda Motta. Turns out according to Tyra, Top Model is in over 120 countries. I would love to see Albania's Next Top Model. Or Antarctica. Tyra informs the judges that the girls had to capture the spirit of Carmen Miranda, and invites Aminat up first. Seriously, Aminat looks gorgeous. It's a beautiful dress, her hair is pulled to one side in a ponytail, and her skin positively glows. Like melting dark chocolate. And I mean that in a good way! I've never seen her look this beautiful. Paulina compliments her on her skin, and Aminat says she got a little sun, which naturally inspires Tyra to launch into a warning about the dangers of melanoma or whatever. Aminat's photo is good, but not spectacular. Paulina and Miss J get up to do the Black Girl Model Pose 101 that Aminat is doing in this shot, with her hand on her hip, booty jutting out. Aminat tries to claim that she moved around, but Tyra is all, "No you didn't." Aminat is beautiful, but as Paulina says, kind of boring. "I"m not boring!" responds a disbelieving Aminat. Paulina laughs and says, "Not as a person, but as a model." Heh.

Next up is Natalie. I hate her dress. Nigel is underwhelmed by her photo, and points out that sultry doesn't work for Carmen Miranda, who had more spirit. When they complain about her boring pose, Natalie tries to argue that Mr. J constantly told her to keep doing that because he loved it. Tyra finds it unlikely that the creative director would let a model do only two poses. Natalie insists, and everyone looks at her like a crazy person. When Celia's photo comes up, the judges don't speak immediately, so she decides to offer up "sultry" as an adjective. Nigel loves that she took the initiative to help out the judges, but everyone is slightly underwhelmed by her photo. Like Natalie's, there's not really any life to it. Tyra says this was her weakest shoot to date, and Celia admits that she kind of felt that. Don't be a kiss-ass, Celia. Allison is next, and they quite like it. It's editorial, but Allison's face looks cute and fabulous in her shot. And that's all they have to say about that. Fo comes up and Tyra reminds her how she won the challenge and had more frames. Miss J doesn't like her too-casual outfit, and when Fo tries to argue that her tank top is colorful, he suggests that a skirt would've been better than jeans. Nigel thinks Fo looks her best ever because she's got a sexy confidence. Her shot is cute, but it's too on-the-nose. She's basically just doing Carmen Miranda, and it's not model-y enough. Last up is Teyona, and they hate her short yellow dress, calling it a nightshirt. Heh. Teyona's shot is hot and sexy, so while it's not exactly Carmen Miranda, it's still fierce. Tyra reminds the judges that Teyona had half the frames of everyone else, and they're all imipressed. Now comes time for deliberations... but first, Eva rocked Top Model, and while she's been modeling, she's segued into acting, and now plays Tyra on The Young & The Restless. Honestly, I feel like she's probably one of the more successful alumni of this show.

Tyra is really excited to be in Brazil. I wish she would just up about it. Natalie's picture has no energy, and Miss J and Paulina agree that she's boring. Finally! I have been saying that all season! Every time they would call her beautiful, I just saw boring. Glad they finally opened their eyes. Allison has blossomed, and took a great shot. Paulina finally sees what Tyra saw in Allison from the start. They sort of like Fo's picture, even if it wasn't enough fashion and model. Aminat is so disappointing. They love her look, but are sad that she can't seem to get the hang of modeling. Paulina doesn't think Celia is terribly photogenic, and is shocked to learn that she's only 25. Tyra says that when she edits her photos, Celia looks as old as she does. They love Teyona's photo, and think it looks super-fashionable. Tyra loves Teyona's model look, and again continues laying the groundwork for Teyona's ultimate win. You heard it here first! The bitches return, and Tyra holds the five photos for the girls who will continue on in the competition. The winner with the favorite photo this week is... Allison! Yay! I still love her. Even though just like with all the other girls on this show who get long weaves, she has no idea how to take care of it, so outside of a photo shoot, her hair looks like a rat's nest. Also safe this week are Teyona (with another dig about her dress), Fo, and Celia. This gives us a bottom two of Aminat and Natalie. Aminat is stunningly gorgeous, with a sick body and great personality. Unfortunately, she sucks at modeling. Natlie thinks she's all that and a bag of chips, but turns out she's just a bag of unsalted pretzels. Boring. So who stays in? Aminat. Yay! I'm so happy! I never liked Natalie. And I suspect that Aminat helped herself out by looking so ferocious at panel compared to dumpy Natalie. Tyra reminds Aminat to be fierce, and then says good-bye to Natalie urging her to keep pushing and not just relying on being pretty. The way the shots are edited together, it sort of looks like Natalie skips over Aminat and Teyona when she hugs the girls good-bye. Weird. I'm sure she didn't, but why edit it like that? Back at the house, Natalie packs up her bags and is super bitter that there are people with worse pictures who are still in the competition and doesn't understand why she's going home. Thing is, when they do the montage of all her photos to date, they're all really bland and boring. Yawn. That is why you're going home. Next week? Go-sees! Wonder who's going to be an hour late getting back this year?