Heather really seems to be coming out of her shell this episode and Bianca says something about having to stop her before she gets there. Oh, hey, remember when I said RCN was the devil last week? I take that back, it's gotta be Bianca's mother, because that girl is the spawn of Satan if I've ever seen it. Cakes says all the attitude is totally from her momma, who is probably sitting on her bed of fire cheering, "That's right baby; you poison that girl's food!"
Panel time! Due to the phenomenal prize Saleisha won, Tyra introduces the judges in a fake French accent. T-Bo, I thought we talked about this. You're fake accents are really really bad. Stick to what you know. Namely, making models cry.
Heather is up first and her best shot is KICK. ASS. The judges all love it and Tyra channels her inner Oprah by asking some super deep questions about Asperger's regarding a lack of eye contact and Heather's ability to connect. What she should have asked is how to pronounce it, because Merriam-Webster and I are pretty sure that it's a hard G.
Janet's up next. Her wide shot is good but I really don't like her face. Her mouth looks super tense to me, like she was pressured into eating something really nasty and is doing her best to be polite while desperately trying not to swallow.
As Ebony walks up for her turn Tyra tells her she looks like she's going home. What happened to all her confidence from the season premiere? Did Bianca suck it out of her with demon powers? I bet that's it. Not that it matters though, because her picture is H.O.T. The other girls' outfits are nothing exciting and don't really stand out too much, and then Saucy McVixen over here comes and steals the show. Yowza!
And it doubles as a role-playing costume!
Speaking of doubles, Kimberly's best shot doubles as her worst. It's just not that good. Plus, it wasn't even a picture of her growling! All that nonsense for nothing.
Chantal is up and I've got to say, this girl is doing a damn good job of flying under the radar because I keep forgetting she's even on the show! Her wide shot is interesting because of the falling position she's taken on, but her face scares me. Maybe it's just the makeup but I don't really like the majority of this shoot's best pictures.
Sarah's picture is alright and Tyra really likes the face. It really looks like she's been climbing the wall, all in her evening wear, and took a quick break when someone snapped a shot of her.
Quit staring and get me some fucking water.
Lisa comes walking up and just as the shoot predicted, her best shot is mucho scandaloso. Nigel asks her who she was thinking about when she took this picture, eliciting one tad-too-hearty cackle from the Twiggy. Did anyone hear that? Not only was it delayed, but it sounded maniacal.
I do really like the picture, it's a very strong pose but the judges think her face looks self conscious. Judges, I don't know if you heard, but she disrobes on stage for a living. I don't think confidence is an issue here...
Making strippas proud.
Saleisha is up and they discuss her winning the competition. Of course, they can't just say congrats and move on, they have to discuss Tyra's early modeling days. Cough, living in the past, cough cough. Her best shot is upside-down and I like it! The judges say because she took risks, she'll catch people's eye.
I think our gal T-Bo is feeling a little threatened by Saleisha's greatness because she tells her that she looks like the pretty girl next door and will have to fight to get through the door. Bad T-Bo! Don't try and talk our sweet Saleisha into using physical violence to ruin her modeling career! We talked about sabotage, remember? Right after we discussed the bad accents.
Bianca is up next and when her best shot comes up there is... silence. Well, not from my couch there's not, Cakes and I are cheering our tops off. The panel no likey this picture, because it's bad. The judges think she looks really angry and Bianca tries to explain that Jay told her to focus on one emotion. That does sound like the kind of advice Jay would give, but I'm also pretty sure he would have advised against using rage as the aforementioned emotion.
See how she fashioned the rope into a noose? Yeah, not the best idea...
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Comments (11)
You Rock, Pachita!!! Who knew you were just a young, missing angel child . . . LOVED THIS--so great!!!! There was one shot of Heather, I'm not sure when, but all the girls were cheering her on and she was so happy I, I . . . welled!!! I'm so happy the mood has changed and they're being kind!
As to your theory, I always think that too, and I really thought, and prayed and wasted a clean needle in my Bianca voodoo doll, that she-bitch was toast with all her scathing diarys: Bad advice, Pity pull . . . ugly, ugly, ugly-- I so hope they cut her before makeovers and doom her to purple bangs faevah!!!
Not to defend Mizz J, but I think she imitates Heather so she can see her errors--he normally shows how it should be too, but they may not always show everything . . . I agree, seemed pointless . . .
Never got Kimberly, personality aside, she was another "her!? Who's she again?!" for me, nice to see her go . . . seems T-Bo likes close together eyes or something, or maybe she's got those nymph statues around her mirror and has let them get to her head! I've got a sweet spot for Ebony, and even if she doesn't make it here, I'd like to see her make a great effort!
Cool to see what Heather's been sketching, tells a lot about how she's pulliing this off . . . I thought Lisa's pose was way too "Look at my Brittney" but I still love huh. Gotta give props to Jennah--one of the best pix I've seen on the show . . .
1 of 11 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on October 5, 2007 3:15 PM
Is it just me, or do Jenah's teeth look really screwed up in her picture? It looks like she's trying to close her lips to hide buckteeth or something.
Go Heather and Victoria! Awesome recap Pachita!
2 of 11 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on October 5, 2007 10:33 PM
Since I've decided that Yale girl isn't going home next week I learned her name. So, Victoria's picture totally channeled some of Twiggy's really early pictures for me. The big eyes and weird twisted limbs. Totally Twiggy. And they can hardly say this one doesn't have personality... she doesn't just roll over and Twiggy's idiotic panel comments.
Heather is just... wow. There are a lot of girls this time around that I think actually look like models. Love you Caridee and the Trans-woman known as Jaslene, but you do NOT look like models.
3 of 11 | Posted by HereKittyKitty | Posted on October 6, 2007 9:11 AM
If Tyra is really trying to become the next Tyr-oprah, maybe she should not try to illuminate the difficulties of Heather's psychological disorder in the same episode that she reinforces all kinds of psychological disorder sterotypes--Psychiatric hospitals are like haunted houses with crazies attacking? Really?
On the other hand, I liked the straitjacketed runway, because it gave me hope that Bianca would trip, and, without use of her hands to break the fall, break all of her teeth and experience a Joanie-ish dentist visit.
Wow. This show really brings out my own violent psychological disorders!
4 of 11 | Posted by lagitha | Posted on October 6, 2007 9:34 AM
You're right Pachita, they do focus a lot on the girl who is going hom in the beginning, I noticed that like 2 cycles ago and i got really upset when they showed a lot of Brooke in the beginning because i knew she was going to be going home, and i liked her
5 of 11 | Posted by preppyboy | Posted on October 6, 2007 4:30 PM
HereKittyKitty - You are totally right! I thought the same thing while watching and even had it down in my notes! Maybe that's why Twigs likes her so much...
I agree, the asylum bit was very unnecessary. I hope Tyra reads our discussions and takes notes.
Juddfan - love!
6 of 11 | Posted by pachita | Posted on October 6, 2007 5:37 PM
What channel and time?
7 of 11 | Posted by sillage3 | Posted on October 8, 2007 11:38 AM
Maybe Tyra purposely mispronounced Asperger's because it's awkward to say...I mean seriously who names a disorder something that sounds like AssBurger?
8 of 11 | Posted by spreadhead | Posted on October 8, 2007 1:10 PM
Pachita,
Excellent recap...AS USUAL!! I was screaming when you talked about dancing around in your underwear drinking Carlo Rossi. Who did not do that at some point in their life?? Bianca is over the top, like Rosemary's baby, let's get rid of her, I think they think she spices up the show but she is so trailer park trashy that it is scary. The show is almost predictable...but keeps me coming back for more, mostly so I can read the recap! Otherwise there is really no point. Thanks!!
9 of 11 | Posted by jedaqueen | Posted on October 8, 2007 6:36 PM
sillage3 - it is on Wednesday nights at 8pm Eastern time on the CW!
10 of 11 | Posted by pachita | Posted on October 9, 2007 9:02 AM
thanks!!
11 of 11 | Posted by sillage3 | Posted on October 9, 2007 10:48 AM