ANTM: Hong Kong Dollars!

Recaps

By SexyPanda | Saturday, May 19, 2012 | 3:08 pm | 19 Comments
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Kelly explains today’s challenge in her characteristic snooty tone. They’re doing go-sees with the top four designers in Hong Kong. And not only will they book, they’ll also bank during this challenge–as in, make $1000 Hong Kong dollars for each booking they get. So they could each potentially get $4000 Hong Kong dollars. And I keep typing “Hong Long,” which makes me laugh more than it usually would because I’m trying that Pinnacle Key Lime Whipped vodka tonight. (It’s not worth trying–it tastes exactly like regular whipped. I was looking for the cucumber-watermelon one, but they didn’t have it yet.)

Hong Long!

Annaliese is actually excited about the go-sees, because she’s got personality and knows that gets her far. Even though she’s short. Sophie’s never had a problem, either. Laura’s the only one who’s feeling the heat, since she thinks she can’t walk. Does this mean she has a break-through today and walks awesome? Or do they just pick her because she’s the tall American and that’s “exotic” in Asia?

Ooh, additional challenge for the go-sees today–getting around Hong Long. (I give up.) Kelly brings in three hunky male models who do well in Hong Long. I wish they’d caption their names, cuz I totally missed the first two. The third guy is Davis. The second one was… Alex? And the first one was….I have no idea. He’s the tallest, though. I think Laura picks Alex because she liked his name the best. Davis was last picked, stuck with Annaliese. Just kidding–if I were walking around a strange city with someone, I think I’d prefer it to be with Annaliese.

I guess the guys are mostly going to help the girls speak to taxi drivers? Or are they actually going to go on go-sees themselves? Either way, it’s fun to watch them all interact in the cabs. Annaliese gets coached on how to say “Nice to meet you” in Cantonese. Sophie teaches her guy how to fist-bump with an explosion at the end. When they get to their first job, Sophie gets out without paying the cabbie. I guess the cameraman will do it!

First up is Sophie with William Tang. He puts her in a soft mauve dress that matches her skin and hair, and we can totally see her panties through the dress. She talks about his poker-face, and I wonder if he wants to poke her face. Wokka wokka.

Laura meets with Willam Tang next. He seems a little warmer with Laura, which surprises me. I think it’s because she’s awkward–he responds to that. To Sophie’s cool-ness, he was cool. Know what I mean?

Anyway, Laura’s put in a gold ball gown that ALSO matches her hair and skin. Will Annaliese’s turn feature a brown dress?  Mr. Tang says that Laura’s walk is unstable.

Annaliese is put in a stunning red gown with a mandarin collar. And her walk is just awesome. She really works it well, and William Tang smiles and gushes over her. Not such a pokerface, huh, Soph? Annaliese is thrilled to be the only dark-skinned girl left–the blondes can go elsewhere, please! “I love her!” William Tang explains. Wow, Annaliese definitely got that one. Yay! I’m going to root for her to win the whole thing, I think. Next best thing to Alisha.

Kelly’s twin brother, Gregory Derham, is up next. Just kidding, I don’t think they’re related! Anyway, he’s got a bit of a Steve Van Zant/Ian Astbury/Russel Brand vibe going on, except he’s slightly toothy and effeminate-ish. Is that an Aussie accent?

Anyway, he loves Sophie. Thinks she’s got a good look to wear an enormous Marie Antionette dress. But Gregory, don’t we all?  I think Sophie booked that one.

Annaliese is feeling good, heads to her next appointment, which is with Henry Lau. She fluffs up her hair before walking in. She’s very confident–almost too confident, if you ask me. Like, she’s really strutting now and it’s affecting her walk. Henry tells her that her posing is shaky. Uh oh! Reel it in, Annaliese! Then Henry asked her to walk again, in a different style. She did. Then he asked for a third walk. She knew right then that she wasn’t booking that one, because she knew she wasn’t giving him what he wanted. Poop.

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19 Comments

  1. 1
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted May 19, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Congratulations!

    I was sad to see Annaliese go, but I wasn’t surprised. I don’t really like anyone left. I do like Sophie better than Laura, so I guess Sophie for FTW.

  2. 2
    LadyStardust
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 12:37 am

    As stupid as it seems to have a British person win AMERICA’S Next Top Model, I can’t stand Laura so I hope Sophie wins. Laura’s so whiny…she’s too hardcore to be “pretty” all of a sudden?

    And I have to agree with SexyPanda about Kelly. Girl looks ROUGH. She reminds of the semi-goth girl with questionable hygiene that sits in the back corner of the classroom in high school. How on earth do these people become such high rollers in the fashion industry? I didn’t get Andre Leon Talley either with his stupid choir robe he used to wear. How is that fashion?? He wore the same damn thing every day!

  3. 3
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 6:04 am

    First of all, SexyP, WHOA MOMMA! Quite the rock, my dear. Yay you.

    Now on to reading.

  4. 4
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 6:19 am

    How awesome for you SexyPanda! Congrats!

  5. 5
    zbird
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 8:37 am

    Congratulations, Panda! Have fun with the wedding, and have even more fun being married :) You’re man sounds awesome, especially the self-laugh part. Too cute!

  6. 6
    zbird
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 8:38 am

    That’s *your* not you’re. Ugh.

  7. 7
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 10:48 am

    Cograts, Ms. Panda…soon to be Mrs. Panda!

    I absolutely fell inlove with Annaliese during this episode. She was really shining, and I’m sad she got the boot.

    I think Annaliese got a bum deal. Her gorgeous mahogany skin looked oddly contrasting with that pale pink sleeveless dress. They should have had her in a gown with long, tight sleeves and a deeper color. the pale pink looked pretty on the uber pale girls with the white-blonde hair, but dammit it’s just not right (IMHO) that Annaliese got saddled with the same color even though it was not complimentary. Grrr.

    Sophie was just a touch cocky for my taste this episode, but she’s okay. Laura is just out there but takes great photos. Sigh. I guess I’ll be okay with whomever wins.

  8. 8
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 11:11 am

    I’m assuming that next week will be the requisite recap/unseen footage episode and the finale will be on the 30th. Usually the last episode consists of the top 3 girls, with one getting kicked off in the middle, followed by the fashion show and crowning of the “winner.”

    Sophie better win. I can’t stand Laura. I’m ever so sick of her playing the “I had to grow up fast because my parents were alcoholics” card. I don’t think she’s pretty, I don’t think she’s commercial, I think her personality is completely boring and grating, she’s not relatable and comes across as fake (remember that anti-bullying PSA? God, she sucks).

    Annaliese did indeed get the raw deal. Having one Brit and one Yankee in the top 2 was probably the plan from the very beginning. And she booked three of her go-sees while lame Laura only booked two, but whatever. Sophie better win, because she deserves it.

  9. 9
    Jo
    Posted May 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    Congrats! I’m meh about both finalists. Sophie was a mean girl in BNTM but has hidden bitcherella quite well this season. Shame Annelise had to go.

  10. 10
    Another World
    Posted May 21, 2012 at 6:13 am

    Congratulations SP! Beautiful ring! And the kitties look thrilled with their gifts.

    I can’t stand Laura. Sophie for the win.

    Thanks for the recap!

  11. 11
    BelowSeaLevel BelowSeaLevel
    Posted May 21, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Congratulations! Your ring is beautiful.

  12. 12
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted May 21, 2012 at 8:42 am

    BSL, you and the others had much classier comments about the ring. Ah well. I’ll take lessons *giggle*

    Most of us were on Team Annaliese, and did anybody like Laura? From the start? Grrrrr.

    Didn’t see BNTM, so didn’t see Sophie’s being mean. Hope she wins.

  13. 13
    Luscious Luscious
    Posted May 21, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    Yay, Sexy Panda! Congratulations to you & soon to be Mr. Panda!
    Annaliese was robbed!

  14. 14
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted May 21, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    I hope we’ll see more of Annaliese. We probably will, actually, since the losers always seem to do better than the winners. When was the last time you saw McKey in anything? And yet Analeigh has had a couple high-profile roles in “The Green Hornet” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” I always thought that Analeigh should have won, but she seems to have done better by not winning . . . which is usually the case. So even though I want Sophie to win over the should-have-been-sent-home-7-episodes-ago Laura, maybe Laura should win so that Sophie will have more opportunities.

    Nah, that would just piss me off.

  15. 15
    S-Natch S-Natch
    Posted May 22, 2012 at 4:32 am

    Congrats, Panda!!! So excited for you! :)

  16. 16
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted May 22, 2012 at 4:45 am

    Hypno, ever think of joining the Survivor crew? With strategic thinking like that you should go far.

    But I would be really bummed, too, if Laura were to win. Ugh.

  17. 17
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted May 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    Also, Teyona. I mean, Teyona? Really? I forget that she was an ANTM winner all the time. Allison’s gotten a lot more recognition and work than Teyona. So, yeah. Runners-up usually fare better than winners, especially since the winners have, for the most part, considerably underperformed compared to those who do not win (Whitney, anyone? Girl was in the bottom two FOUR g.d. times). And freaking Katarzyna has done TONS of crap, way more than Whitney. God, I take this way too seriously . . .

    I apologize. I have a weird and fascinating relationship with this show that borders on obsessiveness and daily checking of Amazon.com to see if they’ve added more cycles to their on demand section. (So far I haven’t broken down and bought that all-star crap. I’m proud of myself.)

  18. 18
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted May 22, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Congrats SexyPanda!!
    @snowshoecat, we can be low class together because I was thinking the same thing about the rock LOL.

    It’s sad to see Annelise go, but she’ll be okay. Even if modeling doesn’t pan out the way she wants it to, she’ll have a great career as a television personality. Maybe she’ll even be able to host stuff in the U.S. now that she’s a recognizable face here. She should call up MTV and see if they need VJs or correspondents.

    If there’s any justice in the world, Sophie will win. Her photos haven’t been as strong as Laura’s, but Sophie is much more versatile, she presents herself better, and she will be the first ANTM winner to actually do something in the modeling world because she has proven that she will be able to book modeling jobs.
    It’s interesting to hear that she’s a bitch though. Seeing as how she was so ugly and gawky as a kid, I wouldn’t expect that from her.

  19. 19
    CynTV CynTV
    Posted May 28, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    You know – if you had to judge a company by it’s owner, how the hell would Kelly Cutrone get any business? She has not one iota of fashion sense. Between her ratty hair and the military tent clothes, she looks like a homeless person!

    Doesn’t Laura realize she’s a shoe-in? Will they let a Brit win AMERICA’S Next Top Model?

    And can somebody PLEASE tell me why the hell a model would want a recording contract? Do they award a modeling contract on American Idol?

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