J-unit -- HILARIOUS photo sequence w/Twiggy & Melrose. Just one thing:

"I still think the twins are the ugliest, but at least they are unique."

...except that they are identical to one another. Oops.

I wonder if it's going to destroy their relationship for the rest of their lives that Amanda is the one who wanted to be on ANTM, yet Michelle is so clearly dominating the competition b/w the two of them (she gets called first every time). Sad. Amanda's gonna need serious therapy after this.

Stacie McKensie IS a man, right? S/he confuses/disturbs me enormously.

Melrose needs to buy a pair of earplugs & shut the hell up. Some day I hope she discovers that there are other topics of conversation besides herself.

I'm rooting for Caridee, which is unusual for me, 'cuz I'm not usually about the blonds -- but I think she's turning out to be a good model. I'm also on board for Anchal, and somewhat for AJ or Michelle or Jaeda. I don't see it w/Melrose or Eugena or Brooke. I don't remember anyone else, so they're obviously out of the running for me...

How fun to be the first post!

Great Recap!
Am I alone in thinking the old Melrose looks just like Janice Dickinson?

Ah, Stacie McKenzie...so testicular.

Being Canadian, she was the reason to watch CNTM every week...to see how low her voice could go.

Hilarious! Thanks for the recap.


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Stacie McKenzie is not a man, although I can see why many would think so. Here's her bio at IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571613/bio I remember her from "The Fifth Element". She's defenitely unusal. As for Megg going home, I say HALLELUJAH! I can't take one more minute of her promoting how "rock-n-roll" she is. Blech. Now f we can just see Melrose get the boot.

Wow J-Unit, Atoosa DOES resemble the Saw doll. I'm disturbed by that!

Anyways, I didn't have Megg in my list of favorites but she did not bug me and she was kind of cute and sweet.

I thought this photo shoot was a good one, an awesome one compared to the weave one from 2 weeks ago. I'm glad to see Caridee stepping up, I can see her in final 3, if not win the whole thing because of her fun personality and her confidence.

I thot the photo shoot was pretty cool, not one of their best, but getting there. Poor Megg, how can any girl work a beard? Her poor pose ddn't help things either. But alas, i was fed up w/ her Rock n'Roll bit and her awful perm. Bye bye Blossom, rock on!

J-Unit, i thnk Jaeda is a hottie, but I totally sympathize w/her questioning of the new 'do, i HATE it! I thot she looked so much bttr in the TV intro w/her long hair. It shouldn't hold her back tho, she really needs to forget abt it & focus and move on, she can grow it to butt length whn ths thing is over.

Melrose reminds me a li'l of Lisa, from Cycle? 4, maybe? Older than the rest of the girls, knew her poses very well, took great pix, but eliminated twds the end. Can see Mel going in the same direction.

I do like the twins, they remind me of Shandi (cycle 2? or 3?) in that gangly, not immediately attractive kinda way, with an ability to take good photos. Brooke is cute in real life, but her photos don't capture that at all. Anchal, her beauty dsn't translate on film as much either. She's stunning but her photos seem so flat.

Tati, I disagree about Jaeda's hair. She has such an incredible face, I think all that hair was merely a distraction. I also prefer Halle Berry with short hair for the same reason. Jaeda probably hates her new 'do because she identifies her femeninity with that curtain of hair. She does have a rather masculine jaw, but her face is so lovely, no one would ever mistake her for a tranny- especially with that tremendous rack she's got.

Poor Meg . . . the rock and roll was so tired, but she was obviously loved among the girls, and she wept so profusely . . . waaaaa . . . Didn't think she'd last too long though.

I agree with all, Brooke is sweet and cute, but no good pics yet . . . and she's a bit petite for runway . . . should do well as a spokespersonality though (is that a word?)

Miss Caridee and AJ seem to be the best modely girls to me . . . I'm with you zoo keeper, I don't ususally go for the blondes, but she's so fun, and AJ has gusto in her shoots, she seems to still be frontrunning. would love to see her get extensions or a dye job and change her look around entirely.

It was subtly funny how they kept showing Anchal eating . . . you go girl, but I agree with J-unit, she can't win without showing some motivation to work that body.

As to them being a covergirl, I think Brooke would be best for that, but I guess we'll see . . .

Blah I HATE ATOOSA! God so annoying. Ive read in many reports/sources that she wants to be famous and has a huge ego. I've met her before. Can totally agree.

As for the recap/episode. Hilairous [espcially the convo between Twiggy/Melrose]

I have to admit that I'm a little annoyed with everyone talking about how big Anchal is. Yes, she could stand to work out and get toned, but she's not fat. She's not even plus sized! Some of those skinny girls could use a workout or two as well-- for example the twins-- they're twigs but have no muscle tone whatsoever. Kinda gross.

Meg really did deserve to be eliminated. I think she hung on as long as she did because of her personality. I loved how Nigel had to remind the judges that taking good photos was still somthing of a requirement for modeling.

Atoosa is unbearable. Did anyone catch her in the covergirl ad with Danielle? You know the one where they send Danielle on a fake go-see with Seventeen, and she pretends there's some doubt about whether or not she'll get the job?

Oh, and Caridee is becoming one my favorites as well.

I was kind of hoping Tyra would pull a Trump-style two-fer and fire both Megg and Jaeda. They're both average looking girls who have overstayed their welcome. Megg had a pretty smile but not a lot else to offer. Jaeda has a body I would kill to have but the face, eh. She's not beautiful enough to pull off the Halle Berry haircut and it's a shame the producers didn't realize that before they chopped off her hair in the makeover.

My feelings about Anchal's weight are mixed. While she's certainly not fat, she has to know that curves are not the hot thing right now. And fixing herself a breakfast of four eggs (!) isn't going to help matters. And her crying about Melrose's, aka Grandma Moses, comments got on my nerves. I would have seen the bitchiness for what it was, a 23 yr old on her last legs, modelwise, trying to bring down a younger and prettier competitor. Anchal is going to have to develop a much thicker skin if she wants to get through the ANTM competition and pursue a modeling career.

What's to love about Megg's personality? She seemed nice enough, but that ROCK 'N' ROLL!!! bit was incredibly annoying and obviously fake.

At least Anchal's got something on Gina from last season. Both exotic-looking, but talk about a thin skin! Remember when she narc'd to Janice about Jade?

The twins are gross. They photograph pretty well, but I had really hoped we were getting over the emaciated trend. I'll laugh when one gets eliminated. Or, since they keep putting them together all the time, when both get eliminated!

Motown, hope you didn't think I was saying she was fat . . . I think she's just right, and I think curves are more in than the twins thin. It was more the eggs etc, no one needs that many in one sitting, and wasn't it five!?

I hope she grows in confidence and we finally get that bitch slapdown with Grandma Melrose--she just seems to have that stir things up personality, and she definitely stepped right into the brief bitch void--but it's better divahood than weird Monique. Looking back I do think she just sat there listening to the dial tone . . . hm.

Melrose has got to be older than 23. She looks at least 30 - - 30 miles of bad road that is!

And who decided to put that annoying AsucksSa on this show? Did anyone see her reality show on MTV? Girls try to get an internship at Seventeen magazine. She's another fame whore, with no obvious talent, except for having a weird stupid name. I think her real name is Mindy Lipshitz from Ronconcoma.

Meg sucked. She was this season's Furonda. A junkyard dog that could stop a truck with all that ugly.

Twiggy is an absolute bore and has done zero for fashion in the past 40 years. There wasn't some other old washed up model that could do that job? Calling Lauren Hutton, or Cheryl Tiegs!

KH

Oh hated that Atoosa. Not surprised to hear she's a bitch, her whole tone was off, and don't even get me started on her narcing at the panel. I wouldn't be surprised if the person who designed that doll actually knows her, the resemblance is uncanny.

Megg was not model-pretty, not even fugly model-pretty, took bad shots, and unfortunately never seemed to be aware that she got about the worst "makeover" of the lot. Her time was up.

Not feeling any pity for Anchal. That breakfast was insane, and this is definitely the time to show that you are willing to do what is necessary.

She invited pretty much all of Melrose's comments, which I'll agree were not entirely innocent, but were not actually that bad. Not to mention, she said the same things herself. Unlike Jaeda, I do think she's sincerely insecure, but she should also be aware that tends to magnify her response. The whole conversation in the hottub was, in effect, Melrose saying how beautiful she was, BUT that she hasn't been progressing, which she hasn't. Sure it was catty, but it was hardly horrible.

I'm sure Melrose is the type of person that doesn't like not being the best, but I really thought they were going overboard giving her the villain treatment. ffs, I'd be pissed if they were screaming when I was trying to sleep.

Atoosa reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West. Scary!

As for the girls: I'm rooting for AJ (since they cut Megan WAY too early) and Caridee.

Oh, and Stacey rocks.

First of all I do not feel sorry for Anachal at all. She was eavesdropping when the girls were in the hot tub, and if you eavesdrop you are likely to hear something you don't want to hear. Now don't get me wrong, I think Melrose could have kept her mouth shut but in a house full of women the gossip level is gonna be an 11 on the 10 scale. Gossiping and listening to someone else's coversation are equal evils in my book. She is NOT fat, but does she honestly think that the toning fairy is just going to appear out of nowhere and fix her? She lost weight as a kid so she knows what it requires 5-6 small meals a day with exercise, NOT 1 meal that lasts all day with no exercise. Whew, apparently I needed to get that out.
LOVE Stacey, her pictures are amazing, if you have never seen go here http://stacey-mckenzie.com/walkthisway/bio.html

pbd

Yay, you got Michelle and Amanda right this time!! :)

I LOVE A.J.!! I wasn't too fond of her at first, but she has the beauty, personality, attitude AND the pictures to go far. I hope that she or Caridee (my other fave) win. I like Michelle and Amanda too, but I don't think that either can win it. Same goes for Anchal, she's gorgeous, but she's having the same problem that Keenya (cycle 4) is having - not being as toned as the other girls. I also agree that her beauty doesn't quite translate to the pictures.

I'm not sad that Megg's gone. The only reason that they kept her around was for her "personality", but I think that it was horrible and fake. I think that Tyra should have ousted both Jaeda and Megg, since they've both had pretty awful pictures.

Stacey McKenzie is totally awesome. Sure, she looks like a bird and she sounds like a man, but she actually knows what she's doing. She was the reason that I watched Canada's Next Top Model, because I find that Tricia Helfer is so blah and the girls not as interesting as on ANTM. And also, Jay Manuel made a couple of guest appearances, so that was great too.

But enough about CNTM..let's hope that Jaeda gets the boot next episode!

~Georgia~

I like Anchal, but I don't understand how someone who doesn't think they are pretty would voluntarily sign up for a modeling contest. That would be like someone signing up for the Apprentice who thinks they are a terrible business person. I don't doubt that she has some self-esteem issues (who doesn't?!) but she has to think she's got something good going on if she's in the competition at all.

AJ and Caridee are by far the best, I think they will continue to deliver amazing shots and, who knows maybe they'll share the title of ANTM. We'll have to wait and see!

Oh, and also:

"When it came time for Megg, she mentioned that she had never seen herself with a beard before, which should be a relief to all of us."

Hilarious!!

"As for her actual picture, it might go down as one of the worst two or three EVER in the history of top model." -- totally agree. I laugh every time I see it because it just looks so ridiculous.

But, I did like Megg as a person, she was clearly a very likeable cast member.

I think that Anchal might have grown more self-conscious after being on the show. Her look is definitely not mainstream, and I'm sure being described as "exotic" becomes meaningless after hearing it so often. But homegirl needs to kick back on the eggs. 5? At once? Calm down.

And I really didn't see a big difference in Eugenia's pose from her previous work. Megg was a sweet girl, but her lack of posture and her stoner smile + an occasional "rock'n'roll!!!" outburst bugged the hell out of me. Jaeda's next.. why doesn't someone check her and tell her to shut up about her short hair already? We're over it..

Funniest thing I've heard all day:
"I mean, I don't sit at restaurant and announce to the waitress "My name is J-Unit, and I am well know for my lavish tips". Who the hell does that?"

Are you trying to say that I should stop doing this?

Anchal is a bit out of control, she has not made me really care about her, and she is too whiny for someone I don't care about.
Melrose is annoying and I thought her "advise" to Anchal was priceless. Cardio burns calories? OMG! -groundbreaking

Caridee is my hands down favorite, although I do like the twins when they don't look like they have recessed chins.