America’s Next Top Model: Last Week? Paint. This week? PAIN!

America's Next Top Model

By Hoolia | Sunday, March 30, 2008 | 3:02 pm | 26 Comments

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This week on ANTM we learn the true meaning of pain. Some days, your palms just ache from playing pattycake and other days, you just ache for your favorites to take the high road. Viewer discretion is advised due to albino nudity and possible dirty thoughts courtesy of hunky dreamboat Nigel Barker. Male viewer discretion is advised because it seems like we need to talk about pregnancy and other lady troubles more this cycle than any other. So pop an Aleve, cozy on up, and let’s jump right in!

Menstrual pain or Broken Down Marionette Doll Legs? You decide!

The girls are chilling in the fabcab, presumably heading back to the apartment. Everyone gushes over how pretty Aimee looked in her last photo. “I know!” she squeals. “I’ve never ever before this gotten that many compliments!” On the other end of the modesty spectrum, Lauren worries that she doesn’t have enough confidence and that she’s going to have to go through a huge struggle in addition to the competition. It’s been six weeks and I don’t think it bodes very well for Lauren that she seems to have made zero improvements in the confidence department – this will definitely be her Achilles heal.

Back at the apartment, Claire hops on the phone and calls her husband where he fills her in on what her daughter’s been up to. Cut to a montage of Claire, husband, and baby and oh my goodness, I’m going to steal this baby. Seriously.

Look at you, saying hi to your new mommy! Mama loves you too!

If you wouldn’t commit a felony kidnapping for this baby, I regret to inform you that your heart is made of stone.

Claire then explains how it’s very tough to be away from her daughter, but she wants to show her how important it is to follow her dreams. She then also gets into more breastfeeding details then I ever needed to know. If you haven’t seen the episode and are just reading this recap, I’ll spare you – but suffice to say, the term “drying up” is used. Blecccch. You know how everyone says being around a bratty little kid is the best birth control motivator around? I’m pretty sure that for me, it’s hearing the dirty details about what pregnancy does to you. I have a pregnant neighbor who is bilingual in both baby and pregnancy. She constantly shares experiences about being preggers that she thinks are “absolute joys” while meanwhile I’m busy trying to calculate how many different birth control methods I can use at once to ensure that I’m never up the duff. To any and all of my future husbands – if you want children, we’ll just steal Claire’s babies mmmkay?

Blurry nightvision cameras and labels of shadowy figures can only mean one thing… some major drama’s about to go down! In the DARK!

It appears that Dominique sets her alarm clock way early and let it go off for a solid hour, which (rightly) pissed Claire off. I feel her pain because I had a college roommate who would do the exact same thing and I generally had to be the one to wake her up by shouting her name because the incessant beeping by her ears didn’t seem to do the trick. Dominique, of course, blames the alarm clock, because she’s “confused with it at times.” Gotta love how she manages to make this situation not her fault. God I hate people like this.

The ensuing fight wakes up all of the other girls in the room, and we get a shot of a sleepy Stacy-Ann and the funniest picture in the history of photography taped to her bed.

Save the drama for your mama!

Anya peeps her little head out of the bathroom to tell Dominique to take responsibility and whoa, I kind of forgot how annoying her voice was. Has she spoken at all in the past few episodes? Since we apparently have to survey every girl to get her opinion on the situation, Aimee pops in that she’s neutral on the situation because she’s one of the most mature girls in the house. While I agree with this statement, I’m pretty sure she doesn’t have opinion because she’s one of those lucky biatches who can sleep through anything and the alarm didn’t wake her.

Let’s move this party into the kitchen, shall we? The absurdity of the situation is almost too much to handle. Dominique’s defense is that she didn’t break anyone’s limbs, so everything’s cool. What I’d really like to know is if there’s a situation in the world that this girl couldn’t attempt to rationalize herself out of. Dominique’s all up in a tizzy because Claire called her a bitch. Dominique challenges Clare, “Do you call your husband a bitch when you’re in an argument?” I’m thinking no, mostly because boys generally aren’t called bitches, but I can see how that might be confusing to you, Tranny Dommy.

Claire gets a randomly southern accent and retorts with “Well, at least I have a husband, okay?” Ohhhh Claire. You dropped to her level and just dropped a level in my book, too. Lauren decides to pipe up and mention that the girls are having a communication problem and Dominique tells her that she should stay in her place. Whoa. Lauren’s apparently been hiding a pretty fiery Hyde to the unruffled Jekyll we’ve come to know and love. I mean “fiery” literally, because damn, this girl can get red in the face. Whitney defends Lauren and tells Dominique that her place is in the trash. Come on Whit, you can be a little wittier (ha!) than that, can’t you? When Lauren screams “You’re fucking crazy!” at Dominique, I’m thinking she might have gone too far. Cut to a confessional of Dominique complaining that she’s targeted because she’s strong and I’m sprinting right back over to Lauren’s corner.

After a Tyra Ticker Tape about the girls being sick (huh?) they hop into the fabcab when – surprise! – Tyra reveals herself as the cab’s driver. The girls yet again react like Tyra’s the second coming of Christ and I miss the old days of ANTM where after Tyra’s first appearance, everyone just treated her like an earthly being. She tells the girls to go upstairs and get dressed (more screaming) and they change into red dance outfits. Tyra joins them in the dance studio (still. more. screaming.) and lectures them about the three-second rule. Apparently some of the girls hadn’t been posing for the requisite three seconds once they reached the end of the runway. This is key so that the photographers can get a shot of the goods – you know, the clothes, Whit’s errant boobie, whatever – but also so the model can work her fierceness!

Everyone lines up and they all practice their fierceness together but on round two of runway practice, Tyra collapses onto the floor. I initially give one of the biggest OMFGs in ANTM history, but alas, it was too good to be true. When she peels herself off the floor she’s making more fake orgasm noises like she did to Katarzyna at panel a few weeks ago.

Not quite as painful as rocking a tube sock on your arm a la 2001 Britney.

But there’s a lesson to be learned here girls! According to Tyra, when all else fails, resort to hypochondria because beauty is pain. Tyra overdramatically plays out many types of common ailments like headache, heartache, and menstrual cramps. With that last one, most of the girls just look like they’ve really gotta pee and can’t hold it any longer. Then Tyra does a little “I’ve sprained my ankle” dance that I’m not gonna even touch. I hope for your sake that y’all caught it live.

But that’s not all! The girls are going to have a pose-off, which is kind of like Simon Says: Model Style. She yells out an absolutely outlandish body part and the girls have to act like that’s what’s in pain. Anya starts us off with aching shoulder blades. The other girls get gems like sore inner thighs, wind-burned lips, door-slammed fingers, painful weave tracks (this one was Fatima, by the way, and she made the same lame brooding face she makes at every shoot), strangulation, and… sore palms from playing patty cake all day? Of course, the most awkward girl gets the most awkward pose.

Raise the roooooooooof!!!

Tyra blasts Lauren, telling her she looks like an addict looking for money. Come on Tyra, show us what real sore palms look like! Or maybe you could call on Dominique? I could think of one or two ways that a street corner tranny could develop sore palms and I’m sure she’d LOVE to help you out since she thinks she’s the second coming of YOU.

When the girls get home that night, Tyra mail announces that the pose-off was really a secret challenge and that Anya rocked it. She wins a private shoot with Nigel. OH SNAP. I’m officially green with envy. I turn even more emerald when Nigel tells Anya she’ll be spending the day in bed… nude, under his watchful eye.

This is what dreams are made of

He promises her that it will be tasteful and nothing will show… but of course nearly every shot has extensive blurred-out naughty bits. I’m sure we’ll get to see an episode of The Hills this season where Audrina watches this very episode of ANTM and cries into Justin Bobby’s dirty tee shirt, sobbing, “This is just how it started!”

Anya scurries home to fill in the girls on her amazing day. Whitney’s also envious proving once and for all that she is my soul sista while Aimee squirms because her Mormon background taught her that her body is a temple.

More bedroom drama boils to the surface when Whitney, Lauren, and Claire (and also possibly Aimee) are sitting in the bedroom and bring up the kitchen catfight from that morning. Apparently, Dominique’s mastered the art of posing with pain, because she’s lying in bed trying to get some rest while the girls are talking. There’s a lot of back and forth, but the “monkeys” (as Dominique inexplicably dubs Claire, Lauren, and Whit) refuse to leave. Claire doesn’t exactly handle this with a lot of class, but I can see how they wouldn’t be jumping at the chance to make Dominique’s life any easier when she failed to show anyone else any respect both that morning and um, ever. It seems sort of petty, but I guess these girls are college age and I would have been equally heinous during my freshman or sophomore year (or, today) if I had to deal with someone like Dominique.

For this week’s shoot, the girls head over to Williamsburg, Brooklyn where they are greeted by a lovely British chap who’s mad for plaid.

‘Allo, Guv’nah!

Apparently Williamsburg has a pretty happening music scene, so this week the girls will be assigned a genre of music to represent in their shoots. Oooo, Hoolia likey!! Jay introduces yet another world-renowned photographer. Just once I’d like to see them announce someone totally average. “Okay girls, this is Billy. He covers high school sports for the local paper. He will probably butcher your shots, but we’re gonna blame you in panel for it anyway.”

Fatima’s up first and she embraces her inner Axl Rose to portray metal. She gets pretty amped about it and looks more excited and comfortable with this shoot than she has with any other one. Kat plays the emo-kid and the hair stylists have got her all done up in a short, punky wig. It really compliments her eyes and she looks awesome. She feels pretty comfortable with it too and rocks her shoot. Lauren’s decked out in a Britneyesque vinyl monstrosity to represent pop while Claire gets a girly blonde wig to embrace her inner country star. I’m fairly certain that costuming must have found her outfit by digging through my dress-up chest that hasn’t seen the light of day since 1991.

Yee-haw!

Dominique is Pocahontas so she must be representing Native American tribal music? Oops, my bad, she’s supposed to be a folk singer. She looks extra manly, too. Anya’s punk and Jay thinks that the makeup and clothes did the work for her. I’d have to agree, because she just seems to be making scrunched up angry faces and smashing guitars but still looks pretty fierce. Did I say fierce? I meant scary.

This is NOT what dreams are made of

Stacy-Ann does house music and continues to make the same faces she’s made on every shoot and run through the same five poses that Tyra’s already called her out on. Aimee’s embracing her inner diva to represent R&B and I’m totally agreeing with Nigel’s chameleon comment from last week. You can’t see a single trace of the wide-eyed innocent girl in her interviews. Both the photographer and Jay have problems with her shoot. Whitney’s channeling Frances Bean Cobain to embody grunge and Jay christens the shoot genius. Looks like my girl will be sticking around for another week!

Panel time! (I hope you say that in your head to the tune of “Hammer time!” just like I do.) Whitney’s up first:

Nigel says, well done! He loves the dynamic shot and thinks Whitney’s showing a lot of feeling. Paulina says bravo, and Tyra relays Mr. Jay’s comments that Whitney took lots of risks this week and ended up with a risk that worked.

The photographer thinks Fatima could have taken it to a higher level. Tyra was shocked by the film in a good way and Mizz Jay loves the “broken down marionette doll” legs in the pic.

The photographer wants Anya to favor the light a little more and Tyra thinks that this would be a good lesson for all the girls to learn.

Nigel thinks it’s a beautiful picture. The photographer thinks Lauren did a great job of not overacting or making the picture looks easy. Mizz Jay wants her to be more awake and present at panel. Agreed.

Wow, the photographer gives Aimee quite a mouthful about how he did everything he could at the shoot by moving her around and guiding her but she still fell flat. Paulina agrees and says that every other aspect of the picture is gorgeous but that Aimee doesn’t work in it.

Nigel thinks it works but is too obvious. Tyra tells Stacy-Ann to be more fluid when she’s posing.

Mizz Jay thinks it looks grunge and not emo. “So this is white music?” he asks Paulina. “Welcome to our world,” she replies. Right, because Paulina is the poster child for everything emo. The girl couldn’t get more Glamazon Barbie if she tried. Back to Kat – Tyra thinks it’s her best shoot to date and said that the shot made her think that perhaps they had made a mistake by letting Kat keep her long hair after makeovers. Mizz Jay concurs.

Nigel thinks the shot is too tough for a country singer. Tyra thinks Claire was lost and that this is her worst shoot to date. Notes from Mr. Jay say that she needs to adapt more to the creative aspects of the shoot. Paulina thinks Claire could have done more. A side note question from Hoolia: Does anyone have any idea if all of the judges see the film from the shoot or do they just see the final shot? Is Tyra the only one that gets to review the film? Because Claire was definitely being more silly and smiley at the shoot, so she was taking more risks even though the shot didn’t get picked. She very well could have been all over the place, but it’s not like she was posing so seriously for shot after shot.

Tyra thinks it’s a pretty picture. Nigel’s surprised to see something so soft and thinks that Dominique looks very believable for the genre. The photographer thinks it’s a lucky shot because the head-body-set were not communicating well together.

After the judges deliberate, the girls get called: Whitney, Katarzyna (who’s going to get a haircut for the next shoot, yay!), Fatima, Lauren, Anya, Dominique, and Stacy-Ann. Aimee and Claire are quire predictably in the final two. Tyra says that Aimee had one of the easiest shoots but she fell flat while Claire’s shoot came across as too comical and stoic. Hey Tyra? I’d put those two adjectives pretty far apart on the synonym scale. Especially when no one said one word about Claire’s best shot being anything close to comical. Tyra calls Claire’s name and she yells YES while she skips her way to the panel. Yikes, way to say IN YOUR FACE, Aimee! Claire even gets half way over to the other girls before her “Wait, shit” alarm goes off in her head and she turns back to hug Aimee. Aimee leaves drowning in her own tears. She took good pictures, but she probably is too inexperienced and sweet and not tough enough for the modeling world in my opinion.

Well Gasmii, what’d we think this week? Do you think Aimee was right in her assessment that the judges stereotyped her as too naÃ¯ve and immature? Was Claire justified in her immature actions towards Dominique this week? Are you ready to see Lauren get over her insecure persona yet? And seriously, who wants to help me babynap Claire’s daughter?

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jazz hands

Posted March 30, 2008 at 4:59 pm

Good recap overall, but I thought you were way too easy on Claire and Whitney. Claire is such a child, and was soooo mean and petty-Dominique practically begged her to just take their shit-talking elsewhere, and Claire was relentless when she didn’t need to be. It’s kinda scary that someone so immature is raising a child herself.To say she needs to grow up is an understatement. Whitney was out of line so many times with Dominique-the “get in the trash, that’s your place” comment was despicable- Dominique wasn’t even talking to that heifer! Fatima was totally right-Whitney starts all the shit in the house-as can be seen in the second bitch fest with whitney,Lauren and Claire blatantly harassing and bullying Dominique. They don’t realize how cowardly they truly are by ganging up on someone-sorry for being so longwinded- this episode pissed me off big time-I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Dominique proved this episode that she might actually be too good for these people-Team Dominique!!
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xqzmoi

Posted March 30, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Funny stuff! I don’t blame Claire & Co. a bit for talking while Dom was trying to sleep. Let her get a good taste of what it feels like not to get the rest you need. Maybe now she’ll figure out that alarm clock. If not, Claire should keep up the nightly meetings until Dom gets it. As they say, turn about’s fair play. Afterall, we MUST have our beauty sleep.

Actually, I wish everyone on these reality shows would show a little class and a lot of respect for one another. But then again, what would we talk about?

BTW, I do believe only Tyra goes through all the film. The rest of the judges see only the final selection.
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Hoolia

Posted March 30, 2008 at 5:43 pm

jazz hands – I hear ya, and respect the point of view. I feel like a lot of people may have crossed over this week. Personally though, I have no respect for people who can’t take any responsibility for their own actions and always try to shove blame off onto other people, which is why Dominique still (and will probably always be) in the doghouse with me.

I don’t think that Claire and Whitney in particular handled it as well as they could have. Don’t forget it was a few short weeks ago when Dominique and Marvita were jumping down Aimee’s throat for something way more petty than the alarm clock issue. Dominique just strikes me as the quintessential example of the person who can dish it out but can’t take it.
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georgiababe

Posted March 30, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Oh please, Dominique deserved what she got. She’s been bitchy the entire season.

I’ve never seen Claire do anything immature until last episode. Do I think she went a little too far? Yes. But I don’t really think it was totally unjust. Whitney probably shouldn’t have butted in, but I hate Dominique so who cares? Same for Lauren.

As for the whole not moving thing. Dominique’s stupid alarm had been disturbing people’s sleep – and someone (Claire, I think) said it wasn’t the first time. So, if she disrupts other people’s sleep, it’s hypocritical of her to bitch them out for doing the same. Could they have moved? Yeah. Would it have been the nice thing to do? Yeah. But whatever. An eye for an eye, bitch.

Go Claire, Whitney and Lauren! Down with Dominique and Fatima. Stacy-Ann and Anya are forgettable and I’m neutral about Kat. I liked Aimee, but she definitely wasn’t cut out for modelling. The good girl never lasts.
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jazz hands

Posted March 30, 2008 at 6:21 pm

Hoolia, I completely agree that Dominique should have taken responsibility for the alarm clock thing, Lord knows I would be angry too if someone carelessly left their alarm clock buzzing to wake up other people. But Claire called her a bitch, without Dominique’s provocation-if someone called me a bitch, first thing in the morning, I would feel punked off, and wouldn’t take too kindly to that person.

Also, in the example you cited about how it was Dominique and Marvita who were jumping down Aimee’s throat over, I believe it was, bathroom time and whether Aimee could take a shower- if you take a look back at that episode, it was actually Claire who was leading the charge against Aimee, she (rudely) stated to Aimee that she couldn’t take a shower in privacy due to the fact that the others might need to use that bathroom as well(never mind the fact that there are apparently two other bathrooms)-
that incident coupled with her “in your face Aimee” victory cheer during elimination this week, I think it’s obvious that little miss “earth-peace-loving nurturing mother” Claire is a real asshole- just because she hasn’t been getting the obvious “bitch edit” so far,(except this episode) doesn’t mean she’s not a nasty person-I thought Dominique was heads and tails above these girls this week-
I’m just waiting for someone to finally give Whitney the verbal bitchslap she so richly deserves- and she’s not “plus-sized” she’s just fat and out of shape-there IS a difference- I call bullshit if Whitney makes it further in the comp than Toccara-the only plus-sized model who deserved to win…I really need to take a breather-lol
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doriangz

Posted March 30, 2008 at 11:53 pm

Talking about Toccara … Anyone watching her on Celebrity Fit Club. Granted she is still full of drama but GAWD she looks super super super hot.
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Anonymous

Posted March 31, 2008 at 2:27 am

I’m disgusted by Toccara being on “Celebrity Fit Club”.

1) Not a celebrity. As Piers Morgan (Celebrity Apprentice, America’s Got Talent, etc.) made clear regarding Omarossa, being on an American reality show doesn’t make you a celebrity, it makes you a joke.

2) If your claim to “fame” is that you were a plus-sized model and you made it clear over and over (and over) that you were proud of your size and all the crap she spewed out about loving her body and who she was, you can’t go and be on a weight-loss show! Unless of course you’re a total hypocrite…
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MrsBojangles

Posted March 31, 2008 at 6:34 am

To Anonymous: Tocarra has done more since being on Top Model. She hosts a game show on BET, and has appeared in a lot of magazines. As far as her body and all that…I don’t know.

So as far as this week. I agree with most of you. I don’t care what happens, and who was right or wrong. I can’t stand Dominique, and her third person speeches. Regardless, I highly doubt she’ll win either way. I still like Claire. We have to remeber that we are only seeing snippets of what’s really going on. She probably was at her wits end, with being around Dominique and missing her baby and husband. Oh well.

I’m ready for Stacy-Ann to go. She does the same pose every week!

And to whoever said that Whitney is not plus-sized and that she is just fat…Wow.
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VegasDarling

Posted March 31, 2008 at 8:55 am

Dominique is a man. There is no way someone that manly didn’t start life out with an Adam’s Apple.

I totally agree with you Hoolia – I would have treat Dominique the same way – bitchy interrupts my sleep, and she expects to get her beauty rest? Hell no! That tranny is the epitome of can dish it out, but can’t take it in. There is no way she is going to get very far – she is the one with the least CoverGirl potential.

I looooved Whitney’s picture, and was so pissed about the previews for next episode. I honestly think she could win it all, and she should at least make final three.

Ugh, looks like Fatima is back to her bitchy self next episode.
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yankeesfan

Posted March 31, 2008 at 9:40 am

Dominique is awful, but the way Claire (and Whitney) handled the situation was so inappropriate. I’m sure in the situation they were in I might have acted the same way, but being an outsider looking in, it seemed like Claire was being completely immature.

As far as Whitney winning, I don’t think this will happen (this round or ever). They would really need to change the format of the show, or do one with only plus sized models. Designers make sample sizes and Whitney doesn’t fit in those. Also, normal runway shows do not have plus sized models in them. They would need to find a designer who does both plus sized collections as well as regular collections.

I honestly don’t even have a favorite at this point. They are all slightly annoying and petty.
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pixi-stix

Posted March 31, 2008 at 11:09 am

Claire said at one point that she had asked Dominique 7 times to fix it. OMG in my opinion Claire has restraint if it took her that long to bitch that bitch out. She would have been dead the 3rd time if it was me. And what kind of dumbass can’t figure out an alarm clock??

I have no respect for Dominique. She should take responsibility for her own actions. That fact that SHE is raising a child is scary to me. The kid will probably have an ego as big as hers….

I’m rooting for Kat, Whitney, and Claire to take this thing.
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leslie_pcc

Posted March 31, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Anyone calling Whitney “not plus size, just fat” is absolutely ridiculous. She’s a size 10, as was mentioned in a previous show. Also, she’s got to be at least 5’7″ which is a requirement for ANTM. Maybe I’m crazy, but calling someone that tall and that normal sized fat just seems crazy. She also had a bra top on in one episode and didn’t even look big then. I would take her over tranny manny dominique any day.
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jesusloveswinners

Posted March 31, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Put Dominique in a blond wig for her shoot, and she would have been a dead ringer for Donatella Versace.
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cocomomo

Posted March 31, 2008 at 2:05 pm

I love Claire, but agree that she was a little out of line this episode. I think the part when she told Dominique “I never said I was that big of a person” was pretty immature. Even if you’re not always the bigger person in a situation, should you really admit it….?
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juddfan

Posted March 31, 2008 at 2:17 pm

Wow, lot’s of discourse here!!! I don’t like Dom, and find her to be an unlistener, and, long ago and far away, I think I did a hurricane juddfan, like Lauren did–it’s gets extremely frustrating to try and reason with someone unreasonable–not that it’s an excuse. They are all young, and I forgive them on the grounds that I was no better at their age-glad I’m better now tho.

Dom can do some good pics sometimes, her spontaneous poses look more polished too–hate to admit. I’m a Whit fan, and she’s sexy and carries herself well–more confident than the other’s I”ve seen, also didn’t see Toccura.

Tivo cut the end, so I missed panel, but I was shocked to see Aimee leave so soon–just gorgeous in the pics, and what’s wrong with a sweet Cover Girl.

Was it me, or was the Nigel shoot pervy–seemed like a set up for them to get down, yes, I know he’s married, and he is hot, but still, AWKWARD!

Anya photographs well for someone so odd looking, same as Dom, only she’s manly. Claire was TMI to me, get a pump girl!
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teri00

Posted March 31, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Great recap, thanks Hoolia! You definitely capture the show…

This season’s ANTM has so much petty drama, it’s actually fast-forward worthy…. I get tired of listening to them yell at each other without making any sense.

Oh, and does anyone think Claire looks a bit like Gwen Stefani in her ‘country’ photo?
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teri00

Posted March 31, 2008 at 2:37 pm

Great recap, thanks Hoolia! You definitely capture the show…

This season’s ANTM has so much petty drama, it’s actually fast-forward worthy…. I get tired of listening to them yell at each other without making any sense.

Oh, and does anyone think Claire looks a bit like Gwen Stefani in her ‘country’ photo?
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kdiva97

Posted March 31, 2008 at 2:39 pm

Sometimes with people like Dominique you have to sink to their level, no matter how deep into the mire you have to go. However, there is no need to resort to shouting matches. Personally, I would have given her 3 very specific warnings before ripping her silly little alarm clock out of the wall & tossing it into the street. The alarm clock thing is just a way for her to get under the skin of the other girls & put them off their “game”. Happens every season. The smart girls don’t let it work.

Still a big fan of Claire, Whitney, & Kat, even though none of those fools can say her name (say it with me folks “Kat – r – Zay – nyah”). However, I seriously doubt any of these girls has what it takes to be a “Top” model.
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lexxi1129

Posted March 31, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Great recap, Hoolia! Your recap is getting a lot of comments!

I also think Claire took it a bit too far with the bitch comment, and talking trash on the couch with her henchmen. She doesn’t seem all that smart to me, especially by what I’ve seen in the previews for this week. Who the hell falls face first on a piece of plexiglass? Did she think she would float because water was on it?!?!?

Cute baby though!
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juddfan

Posted March 31, 2008 at 4:01 pm

I forgot to thank you Hoolia, esp for having to watch those screaming matches and then report on them . . . haven’t seen the scenes, but I guess I can’t wait . . .
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marie2309

Posted March 31, 2008 at 6:53 pm

So I read in a past recap that Mr. Jay hosted Canada’s Next Top Model. Oh, wow! He is SO good with the girls and a great host. I think Mr. Jay is hard not to love, but if you watch Canada’s Next Top Model, Cycle 2, Episode 5… you will just fall in love with him. I’d suggest checking youtube for it right now!
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TinkerbellAPixie

Posted April 1, 2008 at 8:45 am

Hoolia – I wanted to add my kudos to the pile. I think you are a great recap writer. You manage to be funny and snarky without going for the easy laughs. Plus, it’s evident in your writing that you enjoy the show you are recapping and that makes it so much more fun to read your stuff.

I agree with marie – Mr. Jay is adorable. I have a few inappropriate crushes in my life (the kind of crushes that are ridiculous for one reason or another). Mr. Jay falls under that list (as does Tim Gunn and Bob the trainer from Biggest Loser).

I liked the theme for this week’s photo shoot – it didn’t seem as contrived as many of them have been lately. I could tell by the edit that the bottom two would be Claire and Aimee with Aimee going. I didn’t think it was fair though. I think Stacy Ann put up a much worse photo than Aimee and Aimee’s other photos to this point were flawless.

Loved the photographer – and am surprised they didn’t mention his reality show since it has the same production team.
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tv6.0

Posted April 1, 2008 at 8:11 pm

I can understand why no one is really sympathizing with Dominique, but what a lot of people are completely missing was that she said she had a migraine. I personally have had migraines for years, and the only way to get rid of them is to sleep it off, in the dark and quiet. Any light or sound causes immediate pain.
So if she was in that state, I think its a little cruel for the other girls to sit there and cackle unnecessarily (and clearly out of spite).
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ayerishgrl

Posted April 2, 2008 at 11:05 am

hoolia-great recap! I loved this episode as i think it really showed the character (or lack thereof) of many of the girls. I am completely off the Claire team, talk about a “shady bitch”! Not just a bitch but a shady bitch -whatever that is…And this girl is a mom? Between her completely childish behavior on the couch with Whitney and Lauren, and her gleeful “YES” when she beat out Aimee only to recall that “oops, i’m on tv and how mean did that look? Better go give the loser a hug” moment, her true colors have finally come out. I get the fact that Dominique is a pain in the ass and wierd and yes, she is a bitch, and i get the whole thing about the alarm clock, day after day, but it was ridiculous and totally immature to continue the fight into that night. The ganging up on her from the couch later that night was so unnecessary and i think shows these girls true colors. Its like lord of the flies but i guess that’s how it is supposed to be on this show. And Whitney just reminds me of one of those mean girls, who likes to lead the pack and attack others. What i want to know is how come Fatima wasn’t involved in this since she is always stirring up something!

I also thought the whole Nigel photo shoot was a little odd and wondered about him, but then again, if you have to get naked for photos, i guess he would be the one to get naked for! And how dumb are all these girls that they actually believe Tyra when she collapses in a heap in front of them. Haven’t they watched this show before?

And finally, is it just me or is Paulina really annoying? She seldom has anything nice to say, i mean at least Tyra tries to add “constructive” criticism. I’m going to refer to her from now on as Janicelite.

Thanks to tinkerbell-i knew i recognized that cute photographer from some other show… (i obviously don’t get out much and watch way too much tv!)

Keep up the good work hoolia!
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Cielo_81309

Posted April 7, 2008 at 6:44 pm

After watching the first few episodes, I really disliked Dominique too. She was totally wrong about the alarm clock situation. But I felt that Whitney and Lauren should have stayed out of it. And Claire! Just when she was starting to grow on me she goes psycho!? She didn’t have to call Dominique a be-yotch even if she acts like one and has an insanely delusional complex. But when I really started disliking Claire was when she said “I never claimed to be that big of a person.” Umm way to set a great example for your daughter…
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Cielo_81309

Posted April 7, 2008 at 6:45 pm

After watching the first few episodes, I really disliked Dominique too. She was totally wrong about the alarm clock situation. But I felt that Whitney and Lauren should have stayed out of it. And Claire! Just when she was starting to grow on me she goes psycho!? She didn’t have to call Dominique a be-yotch even if she acts like one and has an insanely delusional complex. But when I really started disliking Claire was when she said “I never claimed to be that big of a person.” Umm way to set a great example for your daughter…