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Thursday, May 4, 2006
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With only a few episodes of America’s Next top Model left, I guess it is time for me to own up and admit that this is, appearance-wise, one of the most janky seasons to date. Yes, I know that I have been one of those “it’s really a television show, not a modeling competition” folks who say that we should enjoy all of the reality moments, and I will admit that Jade has given us plenty of those, but overall I think that it has been more busted than beautiful. That being said, I think that we have in Joanie and Danielle two candidates who are attractive, possess modeling talent, and actaully have decent personalities. Hopefully, these girls have end game, because if any of the other three win, well, let’s just say it’s going to get really ugly, or as some of us like to say, really Furonda.As the person still remaining from the last bottom two, it was up to Furonda to start with all of the “I need to step it up talk”. Furonda has had a good run, but this is not America’s Next Top Anorexic Gumby, so I’m not putting my money on her. There is some hope for Furonda, because as Danielle says, it’s not what we do that defines us; we are defined by how we rise after we are knocked down. Or something. I was waiting for the producers to translate Little Rock into some form of English for me, but they failed, so I had to paraphrase. I think you get the point. If life knocks you down seven times, stand up eight. Speaking of Stand Up Eight, you should check out the band of the same name from a friend of mine from college. Rip-Wood-Smith represent!
I know how I have talked about how nice it is to see Joanie’s confidence shine through, but I have to say it again, especially now that Joanie appears to be Jade’s least favorite person in the whole world. Any enemy of Jade is a friend of mine, and she has a lot of enemies that I would like to know, like grammar, sanity, and of course, Joanie. Jade mentioned that Joanie can be very demanding or as represented in haiku:
My name is the pot
Hello kettle. You should know
you are very black.
Seriously. I guess it takes a demanding person to know one. Same thing goes with Jade’s next observation, which is that she doesn’t think Joanie would be a good model because if she would go to castings in New York, they would laugh at her. Considering Jade has been going to castings for years and is not yet a supermodel, she must be familiar with the laughed at thing too.
Home Alone 2 called, it wants MacCaulay Culkin’s hair back
Anyway, I have to admit that when they went to Thailand, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Milan, London, Tokyo, Paris, Madrid, Sydney. These are the type of places that I associate with high fashion. I guess I will always associate Thailand with Theravada Buddhism (if I were to take up a hippie religion, that would be it) and secondary Angkor temples. Then again, I am kind of geek. Still, you must dig deep to find the Thai contributions to the fashion industry. Cradle of civilization? Perhaps. Cradle of modeling? I don’t think so.
However, if being in Thailand meant the girls would have interesting photo shoots, and fun challenges, I am all for it. This week, the girls went to Patravedi Theater to learn the art of traditional Thai dance. As we met the woman that was going to be teaching the girls the nuances of the various methods, we learned that Thai dance is very similar to modeling because both deal with expression with your face and your body.
After a short example performance, the girls got right down to the art of learning the various movements, which involved specific hand gestures meant to describe various states of being. One of the rules they learned was that women should not place their hands above their eye, because that is a sign of arrogance. Jade was very happy to learn about this rule because, as a person “without an ounce of arrogance” in her body, she didn’t want to do something prohibited on accident. I don’t think that Jade should worry about doing something taboo on accident, because she will do enough dumb shit on purpose to make up for it.
As the girls were finishing their lesson, Joanie and Jade started to get into a little bit more. First it was the line about demands, then it was the ounce of arrogance, and now Jade stated that she was not defensive. Look, I feel it is fine to be defensive, especially if you are like Jade and people have been ripping on you your whole life, but just own up to it already.
Although I would have loved to have heard more of Jade making herself look like an idiot, something else grabbed my attention. Danielle had been complaining about migraine earlier, and she said the competition was so draining she took some inspiration from some bible verses. She probably should have taken a nap because she wasn’t looking good, and while she was able to tough it out through the dance lesson, she started having trouble breathing heavily and had to be taken out by ambulance. Apparently they don’t have the Red Cross in Thailand, and so Danielle was instead taken to the hospital in the Batmobile.
Danielle was really quite sick, but you have to admit she picked the perfect time for a doctor’s visit. Soon after she left, the girls were put into traditional Thai dance garb and told they were going to perform for an assembled crowd as well as three judges.
Basically this task was to see how well the girls could take direction and become somebody else, which is essentially the basic premise of modeling, right? Jade went first, and as soon as she started to dance and throw down her signs, those hands rose up to arrogance level four or five. The judges remarked that Jade looked very stiff (maybe because she is the oldest there) and it looked to me like she was still trying to get some krumping in.
Joanie was next and while it sounds like I am just gushing over her, I honestly think she did very well, and the judges really agreed, saying that she was poised and elegant and that she had a beautiful smile. Man, if they like veneers that much in Thailand, Hailey Duff should be flying there in no time.
Following Joanie, everything went downhill. Jade was stiff, but Sara looked as out of place as, well, a six-foot tall blonde glamazon doing traditional Thai dance. And as bad as she was, Furonda may have been worse. Furonda said that her weakness was her nerves, and it’s easy for her to forget things, such as her dance movies. At least you can say that she was having fun, and she was entertaining the crowd, who couldn’t help but laugh at her attempts to dance.
As much as I thought that Nnenna might have deserved to stay a little longer, losing her meant there was a good chance somebody else would win. That somebody was Joanie, who was ecstatic with her win, and decided to take a long Sara. Their reward was dinner with Siri Udomritthiruj, who was one of the judges and is also the fashion editor for Vogue Thailand. At dinner, the girls talked shop and Joanie was presented with a warrior’s head. It was all very exciting, but my mind was still on Danielle.
I have liked Danielle since her first photo. She’s funny and seems as genuine as a reality show contestant can be. None of that would be worth anything if she couldn’t take good pictures, but Danielle has got that in the bag as well. But whatever. When we saw Danielle again, she was still in the hospital getting and IV for fluids. The doctors said she was exhausted, dehydrated, and had a little bit of food poisoning as well. Danielle was already worried about missing the dancing challenge, and she knew that no matter how much the judges liked her, she wasn’t going to move on if they couldn’t find some frames. Therefore, she leaves against medical advice, and goes back to the hotel.
Danielle’s a tough girl, and so I wasn’t too worried that she would be able to get back into the game, but what if she wasn’t on top of things? I would think that the judges wouldn’t send her and her consistently wonderful photos home, but you just never know. The girls get to the location of their shoot where Jay Manuel rides in on an elephant, which Jade called preposterous. I guess elephants are a little preposterous when you think about them, but it’s not one of the first ways I would describe them. Maybe Jade was confusing preposterous with smelly.
Our contestants were told that since the location was so remote, they would have to ride the elephants in, which was bad news for Danielle. She was having enough trouble keeping her food in while lying motionless in her bed. Elephants don’t exactly gallop through the forest, but there was enough of a rocking motion while they walked that Brangelina would be proud. I’m not sure if Jay knew what had happened to Danielle the day before, but he was making fun of her the whole way, until they got to the end and he was like “Get her some water!”, which would have helped a lot more if he had been around the day before.
After last week’s dismal product placement performance, the producers turned it up a notch. The shoot was sponsored by Venus Vibrance, the only power razor for women. At first I thought that that it was called Venus Vibrate, but after doing a search, I knew I must have the name wrong. The concept was to contrast the smooth and silky legs of the models with the rough skin of elephant, but elephants don’t shave their legs, so what is the big deal? It’s definitely no Lubriderm alligator, that’s for sure.
The girls were all sent to the side to make sure they got rid of any leg stubble, and then started the photo shoot. Overall, I really liked the photos from this shoot. There was even a little controversy towards the end as Sara blatantly ripped off a bunch of Joanie’s poses, which got Joanie really upset.
Danielle got to go first, and while she didn’t exactly give up, you could tell that she was bothered enough by her condition that she became worried about her performance. You all know I love Danielle and there is something about the way she can pull off her poses so effortlessly that you know she was made to do this. She’s not a drama queen and didn’t try to use her hospitalization as en excuse. Instead, she just pulled off a great photograph.
When Jade is lacking confidence, it really shows up in her photos and in her face. During the Thai dance, the instructor mentioned how you can see the look of worry and despair on her face as she was going through the motions. In this picture, you can see that Jade is not at ease, and if you were to look at the wide angle shot, her body position just looks uncomfortable. Also, we have to give her the “Did you just say that?” award for when she said that elephants are in the same family as ancient dinosaurs. I guess you could say that if you ignored the whole warm-blooded, don’t lay eggs, weren’t around during the Paleolithic thing.
I have to give Furonda credit for taking another good picture. There is something about her that is very phtoo-GEE-nic, as Twiggy would say, and she is another one who doesn’t have trouble pulling off a natural pose. In the wide shot, I thought her arm looked unnatural and her right leg didn’t look like it was attached to her body.
Joanie has been a superstar, and this week she really impressed Jay by asking if she could do a few things that the photographer hadn’t thought of, including a shot being suspended in the air by the elephant’s leg. Every pose she did screamed model, but I have to say, I would have thought the judges could have picked a better shot. I still love her, but I think the jaw looks a little strange. The best part about her shoot was when Jade, for the second time, said Joanie was “not on her level”, which is true, but only because Joanie is at such a higher level than Jade, and not the other way around.
As this shoot got started, Sara commented on how she was going to watch the other girls and see what they are doing in order to get some ideas for her poses. For such an intelligent girl, you would have thought that she would have picked up on that concept a little earlier in the competition. Sara basically tried the poses that she saw Joanie perform, although she was nowhere near as graceful in execution. That being said, when she wasn’t trying to copy Joanie, she looked like a model, maybe more than any other time in this competition. It’s amazing that I have never talked about her eyes before, but they really popped for me today[wow, that was quite the freudian slip, thanks doodle].
Although none of the girls really cried when Nnenna left, her departure really demonstrated that this competition is beginning to get really serious. It was no longer good enough to take a good picture; these girls really had to work it, and it seemed like they all had good frames from this week. Sara was still bugging out about the backlash she received after coping Joanie, saying that her imitation is, well, the sincerest form of flattery after all.
The judging challenge this week asked all of the girls to demonstrate an emotion using only their bodies, and they were given masks to obscure their faces. The three emotions were sensuality, despair, and compassion, and although the girls weren’t told to use the tricks they learned from their Thai dance instruction, most of them chose to do exactly that. I thought this challenge was only OK and it looked like it was nothing more than an excuse to make to laugh at Furonda, who was not expressing emotions so much as she was just being spastic.
When it came time for eliminations, it was no surprise that Joanie went first. She is really dialed in right now, and just seems to be living and breathing modeling. The only big complaint from the judges was that she is not bringing that model look or that model attitude with her when she is in front of them.
The big surprise came when Sara’s name was called next. Jay Manuel narc’d on Sara for stealing Joanie’s poses. I hate it when Jay narcs on the models. It’s not like Sara was anywhere close to what Joanie was doing, so to tell on her for stealing makes him a little bitch. A little bitch that never leaves the house without looking tres couture, but a little bitch nonetheless. The judges actually said that it isn’t a problem if she takes another person’s look, but if she is going to try and pull that off, she is going to need to make that imitation her own style. Yes, for a minute there, I thought Paula Abdul was on the panel, and when you think about it, she would be hilarious as a guest judge.
This imitation is no flattery
Since Sara was second, I was starting to get a little worried about what might happen next, but Danielle’s name was called, so that was a big relief. The judges praised her for being one of the few girls who actually gave them a model-esque look when demonstrating her emotions. Again, it just seems like whatever Danielle does is effortless. When Danielle mentioned that she felt woozy during the shoot, Tyra said that it didn’t show up on her face. Tyra even mentioned that she had a stomach condition (IBS??) that she also had to work through. Like Joanie, the judges had a big complaint, and that is her accent. I love accents myself, so it didn’t bother me, although I was having some trouble understanding her today. I think it would be easier to be a Cover Girl with an accent than it would be with a gap in your teeth, but the judges said she would need to work on it.
That left Jade and Furonda in the bottom two. Each of them had their own unique way of doing things. Jade’s problem was that it was sometimes difficult for her to take directions and Furonda’s problem is that she was sometimes so out there that there wasn’t anybody who knew what to do with her. This is a difficult elimination, because I really do not find Furonda that attractive, but she has been taking just as good pictures as Jade and she is less of a bitch as well.
The judges decided that Jade was going to get another chance to prove herself. It doesn’t really bother me that much because I don’t think that she has a chance to win, and it is going to be tough for either Sara or Jade to break into the Joanie vs. Danielle match up that it seems like we are destined for.
What did you think of this episode? Did Furonda deserve to go home? Was it OK for Sara to steal Joanie’s poses?
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Here’s my prediction:
They’re keeping Jade in for the controversy. I recall last season was rather boring for the last three episodes because all the contentious candidates had been eliminated.
Sara goes next. I like the idea that she was discovered in a mall, but if, as the judges said, she can’t steal from the best and make it her own, she’ll get the boot. Sara will go on to be a model, as we’ll see in the post-game wrap-up episode. Or at least she’ll date some indie rock star.
Jade will somehow ace one of next week’s competitions (it will likely involve aswirling) and really crank up the mind games on Joanie and Danielle. Assuming neither of them poisons Jade or smothers her with a pillow in her sleep (or sends her negative energy that misaligns her chakras), then Danielle will be eliminated. She will go on to be a runway model, though I never would have predicted it at the start of the show.
The final competition will be between Joanie and Jade. Joanie continues to improve and has gotten to the point where Jade’s mind games have no effect. Jade will continue to exude her reality distortion field that tells her she’s the best.
In the final judging, Tyra will point out that Jade is pigheaded, dumb as a post and, probably worst of all, looks old. Jade will say they didn’t choose her best photo and the judges don’t see her for the sister soldier she is. She will also misuse the word “anarcho-syndicalism” in a sentence.
Joanie will win graciously and go on to be a decent runway model. In the post-game recap we’ll learn that Molly Sue stuck with modeling, has been picked up by an agency and will do well for herself.
I’m willing to put money on this.
Jimbo the Greek
I never noticed how weird Joanie’s jaw was until last night. I am hoping for a Joanie Danielle final two, but I am afraid they are trying to make Jade the next Eva (the mean girl whom Tyty breaks down and now is ostensibly really nice).
I used to think Nicole was pretty but she always looks horrid in those MLAACG spots. Why does she always have that weird smirk?
The final 2 HAVE TO BE Danielle and Joanie! I really don’t think Jade is that great of a model. Sure she can “turn it on”, but it always looks the same!
I have no idea why they’re keeping Jade in when it’s obvious she has no chance of winning. B/c seriously, what company would want this bitch representing them?
They gotta realize that people don’t love to hate her like other reality tv villains…. People just straight up hate her.
There is NOTHING about her that’s redeeming b/c the bitch doesn’t realize how much of a bitch she is.
Just so frustrating seeing her keep getting by.
Anyways… Definetly gonna be a Joanie/Danielle finale. I’d be happy with either one of them winning b/c they seem like totally cool chicks.
“I used to think Nicole was pretty but she always looks horrid in those MLAACG spots. Why does she always have that weird smirk?”
I’ve noticed that too. She always has this weird crooked smile that’s totally not attractive at all.
She was a judge during the Miss America (or USA.. whatever) pageant and she had that same crooked ugly smile of hers.
I’m surprised no one has said anything to her about it b/c it’s really an ugly look.
“America’s Next Top Anorexic Gumby”…has resulted in soggy Cheez Doodle crumbs spattered Dali-like at my monitor. This will be a tough clean-up!
NICOLE has that twisted smirk because she’s spent all of her life trying to hide her teeth whenever she talked or smiled. Although the teeth have been fixed, the muscle memory in her mouth remains. She will have to diligently practice smiling normally. It’s going to take a long time to un-learn that defense mechanism.
If everyone called me “snaggle-tooth” as a child, I’d do what I had to do to try and prevent that from ever happening. Poor thing. I hope that she can turn it around.
Joanie to Jade: “You’re defensive.”
Jade to Joanie: “No, I’m not!”
Me: ????
Jade is a walking contradiction. Amazing.
I officially hate Sara now, just b/c she tried to steal Joanie’s poses.
I’m on Team Joanie…all the way. I don’t see Danielle dropping the ghetto talk.
This was one of the best episodes. Between Furugly’s unintentionally hilarious moves to Jade saying the “preposterous” elephant is connected to the dinosaur…laughter all around.
I’m so stoked because I think Jade is going next. Which means that no matter what, ANTM is going to have a winner that it’s never had before – a blond girl or a dark-skinned black girl. Either way, I’m SO excited for something DIFFERENT!
Jade is just straight up ignorant. I can’t remember exactly what she said when she used the word “preposterous” but I remember thinking that she must have meant enormous because it was something about the elephant’s size. And then when Jade said elephants were part of the dinosaur family, I just threw up my hands. She really needs to follow the saying “Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
I haven’t had a problem with Joanie until this episode. I didn’t like the passive aggressive number she pulled on Sara with the invite to dinner saying, “I’ll bring Sara since she hasn’t won anything.” Then Joanie acted like Danielle deserved to be sent home because she got sick. Someone’s getting a swelled head from her temp veneers.
Furonda’s ouster was waaaay overdue. I’m just scared that she really thinks that the length of her stay on the show is an accurate measure of her chances of success in modeling.
Joanie will be this season’s winner. Though I totally blew it last year when they chose “I look like I work at Walmart and play clarinet in the school band” Nicole over Nik.
yea, count me in for Team Joanie, too—-I thnk Danielle takes excellent pictures & poses well naturally, but I don’t get the impression that she’s as pretty as her photos in real-life. I like her personality, she has a nice body, she’s funny, never whines & tries 2 avoid controversy, but I do thnk her strong accent detracts from her look, makes her seem less polished thn the rest of the girls.
Sara—-for such a self-professed ‘smart’ girl, u would thnk she’d know enuf not 2 brazenly copy some1 else’s poses. Get ur own, stupid! & she knew she shouldn’t have, too. Plus, i ddn’t like whn Joanie, the challenge-winner, made the sweet gesture of inviting her along since she’d never won & Sara bitching in the solo-interviews complained ‘don’t invite me b/c u feel sorry 4 me, invite me b/c u like me’ Whtvr! Pls, Joanie wasted her time being nice 2 her!
oooh, Furonda vs Jade, that was a tuff 1, i wished they’d pulled an Apprentice & fired both thr ugly asses!! i thnk they both take nice photos, but Furonda has been bitchin & whining more of late—in ths episode she complained abt how difficult it was 2 learn the hand moves & actually said 2 the instructor, ‘i don’t learn that fast. my brain dsn’t process thngs that fast!’ OOOOOK thn. Jade is such a deluded bitch, she’s the kind that will never, ever, have any clue just how far-gone she is. No amount of evidence will ever clue her in 2 just how ugly she is as a model & as a person! (her poodlelike hair dsn’t help either!) she just alw. has 2 have the last word—evn whn Tyra was tellin her u were lucky ths time, u could tell she practically hadda bite her tongue off 2 shut up.
re) Nicole–MLAACG—i thot she was cuter last season, but now i see that i was blind.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned the best ANTM quote of this season! I almost fell over laughing when Joanie said “When I sit next to her, all I smell is bitch.”
Danielle is totally awesome and totally unique. I hope she wins. Joanie is okay but she feels like the perfect runner-up to me. She probably finishes second at everything she does. Jade is a mess (I love her though) and Sara a amazingly tall bore – I am really, very, amazingly intelligent, too.
” Joanie said “When I sit next to her, all I smell is bitch.” ”
HA! I was trying to remember what she did say b/c I remember cracking up.
Thanks for that… cause it just made me LOL again.
“nut they really popped for me today.”
Freudian slip?
OMG, Joanie is so awesome … i love her … how cute was she Thai dancing?
Jade is a q-tip headed idiot as always. STOP talking in the 3rd person, you poser!
Thank god Furonda the mega bitch is gone … but i will miss her for one reason .. click here to see if you agree
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Ooo, I loved it when Jade thanked Tyra for believing in her, and Tyra let it be know that she is NOT on Team Jade. The girls always figure that Tyra loves them all, it’s awesome when she sets them straight. Suck on THAT Jade!
The whole time Jade was posing on the elephant and Jay was saying that she looked uncomfortable, I kept saying, “That’s because that elephant is so preposterous!” She surely meant to say something like “enormous” or “gigantic,” yet even had she said one of those adjectives, she followed it with “and big.” So either she think elephants are preposterous and big or she thinks they are enormous and big. Either way, she’s a moron.
LOVED Jade’s dinosaur quotes. That had me laughing out loud for the only time this season. I don’t think she has any chance of winning, though. She’s certainly entertaining to watch, and takes some pretty good pictures, but let’s be honest.
I used to really like Sara, but her copying Joanie’s poses was obnoxious. I would be very mad if I was Joanie.
This season’s winner is a tossup. Joanie doesn’t look like a model in person and Danielle has that accent… well, who knows. Jade needs to go next.
So glad the junkyard dog is gone. Man, was she fugly or what?
KH
Jade is a disgusting, horrible, hypocritical, dumb as a box of hair fugly bitch and she NEEDS TO GO!! Honestly, every time she speaks she makes me want to punch her in the mouth. Loved it at the elimination when Tyra said to her “If you knew everything about modeling, you would be a supermodel by now.” BURN!!! Suck on that!!! I really can’t stand Sara, but I want Jade’s ugly ass out of there. I know it sounds crazy, but I think that she has a shot at winning…simply because this show seems to be absolutely corrupt and they always put ugly people in the top 13 (eg Furonda, Jade, Naima, Lluvy)…if they can put people as ugly as that in the top then Jade can win. Simple as that. Although I will punch out my tv if she does win. I really love both Danielle and Joanie, but I am on Team Joanie, simply because I cannot stand the way Danielle speaks..and also because I can’t UNDERstand it. Anyhoo, go Joanie!!
I like Joanie or Danielle.
Jade is clearly mentally ill, and I could see her jumping from this show right into Surreal Life, riding out her 15 minutes Omarosa-style.
Re: #13
“When I sit next to her, all I smell is bitch.”
Oh, that was classic. That totally elevated my opinion of her. I loved that quote and must use it.
Jade was “stiff looking” on the elephant because the elephant didn’t want that ugly old bitch on top of him! He sensed it! First she puts him in the dinosaur catagory, then gets on top of him like he’s a camel or something. He was like “I smell bitch too, so get off!”
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Ummm…what about Eva?
“Home Alone 2 called, it wants MacCaulay Culkin’s hair back”
J-Unit, you are hilarious.
This season has been a lot of fun to watch. I am really hoping for a Joanie/Danielle final 2.
I’m glad it was down to Jade & Furonda this week. Furonda, poor thing. She was ugly and sort of clueless but she was funny. Well, fun to laugh at. That “”"Thai”"” dance she performed = priceless; and that walk when she got eliminated and then extended her stiff arm out, my eyes were tearing up from laughing so hard.
J-Unit – thanks for the recap!
I hope Joanie isn’t eliminated next week. For some reason, whenever they do the “scenes from next week”, which ever girl is being the bitchiest gets eliminated.
As for me, I’ll be happy with either Danielle or Joanie. I definitely think either one of them would do fine in professional modeling after this show.
Jade needs to understand that she is not and never will be a supermodel. And Sara is just too boring.
Jade’s “elephants are in the dinosaur family” was hysterical. Poor girl. It’s gotten to the point where I just pity her being clueness, although I’m looking forward to her getting eliminated.
I don’t think Danielle is going to lose her very obvious accent because I have yet to see her practice talking differently, so she will most likely not win the competition. Sara and Jade still being on the show is a joke. The way Sara mimicked Joanie’s poses was absolutely annoying. Get some originality!! I hope Joanie doesn’t become overly confident or it might come back to nip her in the butt later on.
I wonder if Jade will totally flip out if she gets elminated or argue about it with the judges. Or she will just become silent and realize that her dream is gone forever…
#26 Eva is not a dark skinned black girl.
I don’t know why everyone is ragging on Danielle for her accent. Just think about how much makeup girls from the South wear. Cover Girl would be lucky to have her as a spokesperson.
Joanie is so plain looking! even plainer than Nicole (boo!)
I am still mad Nicole beat out Nik last season and Tyra better not give it to another joe average white girl.
gasmgrrl – good point! Danielle is speaking their target demographic’s language!
and thanks – Eva is so not dark-skinned. I just think this society places so much value on light skin that it’s hard for the average black girl to feel happy with the darker skin facing her in the mirror. Not hating on Tyra and Beyonce and Eva, just saying. Let’s have someone other than crazy ass bitch Naomi Campbell represent the non-light skinned girls!
I can’t wait to see Jade’s reaction when she gets booted off. I’m sure her delusions will continue.
Jade looks so old! its just gets creeppier and creepier! i mean she is like a mummy. joanie i dont think is plain looking its just she wears plain clothes which takes away from her beauty.
Sometimes these comments are so off…
#12 – “Sara—-for such a self-professed ‘smart’ girl, u would thnk she’d know enuf not 2 brazenly copy some1 else’s poses. Get ur own, stupid!”
Are you kidding? Well if you’re not, this definitely goes with the whole “pot calling the kettle black” theme.
#33 – “Tyra better not give it to another joe average white girl.”
Right, because a white model can’t be edgy?
And “edgy” doesn’t always mean interesting; just look at Naima. Nik deserved to lose last year because she was completely out-modeled. Having one pose is pretty “average” if you ask me.
C-wise:
of course white girls can be edgy. Here’s the thing- both Nicole and Joanie are NOT edgy. They are both super plain and they are basically the girls you see in the mall everyday.
I agree in general that this is not the most model-tastic group, so I think they should just pick the the most attractive girl, since none of them are striking in a high fashion way. Without a doubt Danielle is the most attractive. Her face is gorgeous. I admit that I can in no way see anything pretty about Joanie. BTW, I also thought Nnenna was not that great lest you think I am playing the race card,
Nik is about 10 times hotter than Nicole, period. You know its true. Just admit it.
gasmgrrl, I totally agree with you.
White chicks can be “edgy”, but anyone who thinks Nicole was “edgy” is a damn fool. They chose her because Covergirl wanted a really commercial looking girl, even though Nicole has that crazy crooked smile *shudder*. When she won and she screamed “YEAH!!!” and her mouth just…slid across her face to the right. Yuck. I wanted to punch her jaw back into place.
Anyway, Nik was hot. Except for the mole in her eyebrow; hot lips, great eyes and superb breasts. They didn’t pick her because she’s not a Covergirl-type model.
Joanie is definitely more Covergirl than Danielle, but they’ll keep Danielle until the end. Jade needs a swift kick to the balls, and you just know she’s got some hiding down there somewhere.
Glad Furonda is gone…”anorexic gumby” is a perfect way to describe the hideousness, or “Furondaness” that was forced before my poor eyes for far too long.
Sara=boring mall chick.
Jade is hilariously delusional. They should keep her until the final three just so she can take that final step into complete insanity; I think she’s tip toeing on the cusp right now. Putting her so close to the gold will be excellent television.
Team Joanie!
C-wise, Nicole sucked. She’s dumb, easy to manipulate and very easily flustered (i.e. pigeons). Nik was relaxed, calm, and level-headed. Who the hell wants that backstage at a fashion show when you can freak a girl out by screaming they need her out now when really she’ll be standing there for the next minute or so wondering why in the hell they screamed at her to come right then.
I just had to vent…I was at one of those things; backstage doing silly intern work, i.e. feeling short and fat while telling models where their wardrobe was and organizing lines. Yes, there is a person who tells the models what order they go in. Because they can’t figure it out from the racks…*sigh*. Anyway, one model did her quick change and there was a guy literally screaming at her to change more quickly, so there’s a flash of tits as she gets it together and then STANDS there for another literal 3 minutes before she had to go out. It seems like not a lot of time, but it really is when you’ve got Raul.Is.A.Fag screaming in your ear about why the model isn’t out yet when she’s standing right there waiting for you to unnecessarily push her through the curtain.
I hate fashion shows.
gasmgrrl – It’s all good, looks are subjective. As I’m sure you know though, the competition is also about how you look in photographs and on the runway, and I think those “plain” girls can really bring it out. In my opinion, Nicole was better in the photos and on the runway than Nik.
PixieGal – Do they normally put pigeons on girls backstage? And here I thought that was more of a reality TV show thing to do.
I didn’t say that Nicole was edgy. In fact, my whole point was that she didn’t need to be. Neither of the finalists from last year had very interesting personalities, so it made sense to me when they chose Nicole for her ability to do high fashion.
Would we still hate Jade if she wasn’t a friggin’ moron and a completely delusional bitch?? If she was actually as down to earth and humble as SHE thinks she is, would we all be routing for her instead of wishing for her grisly demise? Just wondering¦¦. Still hate her though.
Cut Sarah some slack. SHE was chased down in a mall and the ANTM producers asked HER to audition. She didn’t go looking for this. And unlike the other girls, she hasn’t been practicing her poses in the mirror for the past few years, just waiting to “make it big”. I understand why she still feels awkward, and doesn’t quite know what to do. I think the judges are hoping she finally gets with the program, because she does have potential. I think she’s pretty- just not top model. If she only had more confidence and a little coaching she could be fierce.
Joannie? Well she’s pretty¦. But she’s always struck me a soccer mom hot, not necessarily top model hot. She’ll make a good MILF some day.
All of that being said¦¦¦ “TEAM DANIELLE ALL THE WAY!!” (but I’m really concerned the judges won’t get over her country talk)
C-wise,
Yes, the pigeon thing is very much a reality-tv thing, but I’ve seen pictorials with Heidi Klum with a real live monkey acting as a bikini top. How do you think Nicole would react to that?
Nicole is nothing but a silly girl with a ridiculous mouth. She whined and complained throughout the show; no one is going to hire a newbie model who complains about lights in her eyes.
PS Nicole is soooo not high fashion. Her face is commercial, which is why Covergirl wanted her.
she may be high fashion in that she is whiter than white (meaning pale and quite pasty), but she can’t do a proper runway walk.
can we please have the video clip of furonda dancing??? PLEASE!! HAHAHAHAHA.
i thought that not only was the last challenge of the judges to make furando look like a spasm but to actually just let the judges laugh at the girls as they make complete idiots of their pretty selves. did anyone even look closely at those masks, i am pretty sure Tyra was just sitting backstage at the temple of judging painting away as a craft. she was just bored and fell apon some hot pink and gold paint and thaught they would look really good as Thai masks for the girls to act out with.
gasmgrrl – Danielle will most likely be eliminated b/c of her speech, based on what the judges think. I don’t necessarily agree with the judges. Personally, I think she’s very down to earth and has a great personality – someone many girls and young women could relate to in fact – but if she wants to win she has to listen to what the judges keep saying over and over and over…and over…
if they’re going to take out the hottest & most versatile girl on the show for the way she talks, then they best back the truck up and demote Naima while they’re at it.
i didn’t disagree with Naima’s win, but her speaking voice makes me want to claw at the monkey i’m wearing as a bikini top.
This was probably the most entertainment episode of this season. Jade comes out with some crazy stuff.
I’m pretty sure that they’re just keeping Jade around for amusement. She does make the show fairly amusing.
Oh, the magazine was Elle, not Vogue. And Hilary Duff got veneers, not Hailey.
Danielle = #1st choice. Very charming and down to earth. Her photos are always beautiful. Joanie = #2nd choice. Someone has to be #2. Sara = #3rd choice – only because the 4th person is Jade. Jade = #4th choice. Her photos all look the same. If the prize was titled: Americas Next Top Drag Queen Impersonator. Then Jade moves to the top of the list.