ANTM: Hong Kong Dollars!

Recaps

By SexyPanda | Saturday, May 19, 2012 | 3:08 pm | 19 Comments
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Posted in: America's Next Top Model, Recaps

And now it’s Laura’s turn. She’s pretty wrecked about not being a princess Barbie creature. But she seems to start out well enough. But then it, of course, devolves into sexy posing. Jay stops her to let her know where she’s going. Annaliese comments on the constant sex appeal situation–that Top Model appeals to a young audience, so the sex thing might be too much ALL THE TIME. Laura keeps posing, trying to look happy and light and young, but she’s mostly doing that shuddering posing thing.

That’s a wrap!

Coffee and Mean Tyra Mail! Elimination is coming, and I don’t mean poops!

Panel!

Tyra greets the girls with some sniffy, weird allusion to the fragrance. Very dramatic. Giggles all around. Laura’s wearing a US flag headband and looks crazy. Judges this week are Kelly, Nigel, and Jez Smith, the photographer for the fragrance shoot.

Critique time! Laura? Booked two out of four go-sees. That’s fine. And then her perfume shot actually wasn’t bad at all! The photographer was very complimentary about it, called her a goddess. But he noted that the client wasn’t so sure about her, which is important. But he should know by now that what we see during the shoots isn’t anywhere near what the final shots end up looking like! I’m the worst at seeing these shoots and thinking, “THIS IS HORRIBLE!” Kelly’s hard on Laura for this one, saying she looks like a plastic surgeon office ad. That she looks like what 50 year old women who want to look young aspire to look like. Ouch. Her cheeks are a little hollowed out in an aging sort of way.

Annaliese? She got three out of four go-sees. Kelly’s impressed, which is WHOA. Her photo is pretty nice, actually, but Nigel’s right when he says it’s not a fashion or model-y photo. It’s more like a tennis star who got a fragrance. Aww. The photographer credits her tenacity, though, for not giving up even when her chips were down. That’s sweet. I hope that’s to her credit at judging. That, and the fact that she charmed the pants off of three designers during go-sees.

Sophie. She booked four go-sees, and her photo is nice. It’s not that special, really, to me. They don’t think she looks so youthful, really. And then there’s not much more to say. That must mean she’s safe.

So who’s going home?

When the judges deliberate, Tyra argues that young girls actually want to look OLDER, so maybe Laura’s look ain’t so bad. Nigel thinks Annaliese’s is best for the challenge–her smile saves it. Sophie’s is fine. It’s pretty. Whatever.

Finally, let’s hand out photos! (The two finalists will walk in a fashion show for Forever 21. Fun! Cheap clothes! And I think questionable business practices!) Winning photo? Sophie. Of course. And who’s going home? Annaliese. BUMMER. I knew they wouldn’t have two Brits in the finale.

But she’s such a good loser, that Annaliese–she smiles wide for Laura, who looks very sad. They hug, and Laura heads up to accept her photo and some dramatic advice from Tyra. Basically, the judges are worried about Laura’s walk and the fact that she may be a one-trick pony. She’s gotta work on that walk.

Tyra tells Annaliese to go after her dreams, because she’s got that spark. “Go after it like crazy!” Annaliese heads over to hug Kelly Cutrone, of all people, her very short dress riding way up in the back. Ha! And Annaliese struts on out, huge smile on her face. She’s gonna go places, that girl. I’m sad to see her go.

So next week isn’t the finale, kids. It’s the penultimate episode, and it looks to be all about that Forever 21 show. It all comes down to the walk, and we know Sophie rules with that. Then there’s some medical drama with Laura having a panic attack or something. The finale is on the 30th, though, so we still have some time together, friends! Come back! (After I went to the CW site to look at things and get pictures, I saw that you guys were right, there IS some sort of bullshit “extra scenes” show next week, THEN all the finale fashion show shit. Ugh, why can’t they wrap it up BEFORE Memorial Day??)

Read on if you want vacation shots and/or kitty shots. (I got them souvenirs from AZ.)
My first photo of the Grand Canyon…there are two people in there, very tiny people, for scale.

No one I know, but this woman wasn’t dressed correctly for standing on the very edge of a staggering precipice. Ballet flats, a long skirt, pearls…we were seriously waiting for her to be blown off.

Meteor Crater, AZ. Pretty cool.

A mountain-top wildfire as seen from the plane.

Poor cats.

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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.

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    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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