Tyra's call for forced gratitude went even further as she demanded NO CRYING during the makeovers this year. Would the girls listen or would her cry for maturity go unheeded? I mean, the title of this week's episode is "The Girl Who Cries All the Time," so things aren't looking too bright...
We open today's episode with Diana and Whitney talking about their curves by the pool. They're both in bikinis because clearly you can only wear bikinis in a HOUSE OF TOP MODEL, but they're both covered up by towels. Fatty bonding! They can just really relate, you know? I tease, but I imagine it would be really nice to have at least one other girl in the House who's not deranged by self-induced starvation.
Also, is Diana from the ghetto? Did I miss that part of her life story? What is going on? Where am I?
Cassandra has become the house psychologist. We see her coaching Skelator through some crazy. Cassandra says she knows it's a competition, but she can still be who she is and be nice to people. What? Now that's crazy talk.
Jael is carefree and wants to focus on being the best model she can be. Oh, could anything ever possibly spoil her wonderful outlook? Ducky also apparently only goes to readings of TyraMail partially undressed. "PAY ATTENTION TO DUCKY!" her beige bra demands. TyraMail: The girls are getting makeovers tomorrow! Screaming and woo-hooing ensues.
Ducky tells Brittany that she hopes they make Brittany blonde. Brittany says they can do anything and she won't be upset, which clearly means she is going to be upset.
The girls get to the salon at 6:30am. Yowza. They are greeted by Ms. Jay and Man-Jay. Triple yowza. Jay introduces the girls to Neeko No-Last-Name. Jay says he's "actually even worked with Tyra since she was seventeen years old." What kind of sentence is that, Man-Jay?
Tyra then comes out in her pajamas and pretends she has no idea what's going on, and says that she thought they cancelled this years' makeovers because in every cycle past, there have been some big babies who don't like their new hair. It's a competition full of skinny bitches! Some of them are even pretty! Of course they're big babies! We are treated to an admittedly hilarious reel of girls crying during the makeover of every season since the show's inception. Tyra makes the girls beg before telling them of course they're getting makeovers!
As I said before, the theme of this year's makeovers is "long and flowing hair," and Tyra will say that and demonstrate those words with a wild flailing of her arms about 8 times in this next sequence. Ducky is getting looong hair and will become a brunette. Cassandra's wig is being cut off and she's getting a big-ass afro weave.
Key example of the Uggo to Uggo With Nice Hair Transformation
Renee is getting her hair chopped off Yoanna style. It's like a reverse mullet - business in the back, party in the front. Whitney's weave is coming out and being replaced with a longer weave, for to follow the long and flowing dictum. Diana is going blond with a few weave tracks to make it thicker and longer. Felicia is getting bangs (Totes to cover those beat-up eyebrows.) and - that's right - a long weave! Dionne's getting short hair a la Kelis. No more 1 B 30 for you! Sarah's hair will remain short, but go brown. Jaslene hair will be shortened just a tad (don't worry, it'll still be long and flowing). Brittany is getting long, wavy, red hair. Big. WE GET IT TYRA. Natasha is getting a Vidal Sassoon inspired cut that will be blunt and dark. Think Cleopatra.
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Comments (19)
Natasha gets more hilarous every week. We need more of her on the show!
Diane had a sudden case of "talking to a black person" and suddenly needed to throw what she believed to be some "flava" in. I realy don't see what everyone likes about her.
Whitney grew on me a lot this week- she was the only one who seemed to want to actually help Jael.
1 of 19 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on March 19, 2007 6:35 AM
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I agree. Natasha is adorably funny.
I can't stand Jael. She has a major speech impediment, and nothing about her looks 'model' at all. Its just another ANTM thing, where every season has to have some wierd chicks that would never have even half a chance in the industry outside the show.
2 of 19 | Posted by shiaobundan
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Posted on March 19, 2007 7:10 AM
Nice recap. When Bravo takes over, you will be spared.
I'm starting to suspect that Miss J. is a man ...
I liked Dionne's panel makeover, but I wonder if it hurt her in the eyes of the judges.
3 of 19 | Posted by Wade
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Posted on March 19, 2007 8:29 AM
Wade - I hope you are just kidding. Miss J is a man!
4 of 19 | Posted by YankeesFan
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Posted on March 19, 2007 9:07 AM
definitely agree with the comment on jael's speech... she sounds borderline deaf.
love natasha. love her.
krank: i almost fell out of my office chair bc i was so excited to see your frequent use of the word "totes." totes keep it up, great recap.
5 of 19 | Posted by navajo
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Posted on March 19, 2007 9:29 AM
Renee - annoying, jealous, petty. I liked how she told Brittany that she acted like she was in high school after she had been GOSSIPPING behind Brittany's back! Classy!
Jael - loud, obnoxious, can barely talk.
Jaslene - uhhhh...ooh. Pretty...nasty.
Whitney - thick, but in a good way. She'll go far (she'll probably get kicked off next week since I said that). Better than Diana, for sure, so will stay around until a skinny girl beats her.
Diana - no expression...ever!
Brittany - has like a Drew Barrymore thing going on (Drew is hot!!!), but what's with all the crying?! And please explain more about the digestive issues!
Felicia - she is HOT, HOT, HOT! Smoking HOT! Kind of boring, though, and odd eyebrows. It seems Tyra doesn't like her now that everybody said they look alike. Hmmm
Natasha - I don't think she has a clue what's going on but she's funny. They'll keep her around for that.
Dionne - I have no clue who this is. Seriously, where has she been this whole time? Oh wait, was she the bored cheerleader last week? I think I asked who she was last week? Not very good.
Sara - Anne Heche-like who likes to praise herself (she's a photographer, by the way!). Looks better after the makeover, but still not very attractive.
Who will win? Felicia's the hottest, but it comes down SOOOO much to personality that she better turn it on. But I think that Tyra mistakes annoying and obnoxious for personality, so who knows! Pulling for Brittany, too, unless she keeps crying. It looks like the next episode has Mother Renee crying, so can't wait!
6 of 19 | Posted by Darth Wader
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Posted on March 19, 2007 9:43 AM
I like Jael... sure she has one of the most annoying voices ever, but I like her.
Renee on the other hand. Good lord she is such a freaking bitch. She's one of those girls that has to dog other people to make herself feel better. Seems like Diana is also one of those and they've come together to form the ultimate Super Villain team of Bitcharoonies
7 of 19 | Posted by Shollia
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Posted on March 19, 2007 10:41 AM
What? No pictures of Natasha's make-up job? When the challenge was going on, I told my wife to keep an eye on Natasha, because she was going to go for a Bozo the Clown effect. We weren't disappointed.
Also- the smirk on Renee's face when Jaslene was called last really bugged me. For someone who is consistently in the bottom for everything, she sure has an ego.
8 of 19 | Posted by madpuppy
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Posted on March 19, 2007 12:24 PM
I will be the first to say that I can't stand crybabies. But in Brittany's defense, about the weave: I've had that type of weave before, and she didn't have a cap on her head. What is done is, they cornbraid your own hair around your head, so that it looks like the inside of a wig. Then they sew the tracks onto the cornrows. With Brittany's hair being fine because she's White, I know that the cornrow, by themselves, hurt like heck. But when they sew those tracks on, it is EXTREMELY painful. I am black, so my hair is more corse, but I only left that weave in for a week, it hurt that bad- and I paid $250! So I can understand her crying. She might also be tenderheaded.
My favorite is Jael, I love her. She probably wont win, because of the way she talks, but she makes this cycle entertaining for me.
9 of 19 | Posted by tybar68
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Posted on March 19, 2007 12:52 PM
Great recap!
Loved the caption under the picture of the two hairdressers-hilarious!!
Renee is so annoying and petty it gets on my nerves
this season is already much better than the sucky last season. i think brittany could win it if she tones down the crying a little.
10 of 19 | Posted by luvly_grrl
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Posted on March 19, 2007 1:25 PM
Oh yea and tyra is totally hatin on felicia! she showed a little personality at the elimination but got criticized-WTF?
11 of 19 | Posted by luvly_grrl
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Posted on March 19, 2007 1:28 PM
I swear this show is getting terrible...is it me or do none of those pictures look "model-like"? I don't know if it's the girls or possibly the lame ass themes...
*nonymous
12 of 19 | Posted by starnonymous
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Posted on March 19, 2007 4:17 PM
By the way, I missed the first episode of this season
...Is there a reason why Tyra becomes Pirate Tyra at elimination?
13 of 19 | Posted by shiaobundan
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Posted on March 19, 2007 5:03 PM
Aww I liked Cassandra. I can't say if she stands out too much on the show, but she goes to my school (currently, so I figured she wasn't going to win) so it was cool seeing her on TV every week. And I don't think she's Uggo at all. She might not stand out from those girls, but compared to your average girl, those girls in person REALLY stand out. That's what it takes to be in the Top 13!
14 of 19 | Posted by tito
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Posted on March 19, 2007 5:41 PM
Wade - Bravo bought Television Without Pity not TVgasm. A different corporation has owned TVgasm for like a year now.
good recap, Krank.
15 of 19 | Posted by LongHairedMan
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Posted on March 19, 2007 6:03 PM
Darth Wader--I have to disagree with your comparison between Brittany and Drew Barrymore. You know who the girl looks like? That designer on Trading Spaces with the red hair...I want to say her name is Lori, but I don't think that's it.
16 of 19 | Posted by Mgasm
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Posted on March 19, 2007 8:15 PM
Mgasm, you're right, her name is Lori and Brittany looks alot like her. Last cycle alot of the girls were not pretty, i.e. the twins, but looked great in the photos. This cycle I don't think the girls are all that and they are not taking great pics. Except maybe for Jaslene. It cracks me up that Jaslene and Natasha do not hear what the judges say to them, they always take it that they are excellent. Example: Jaslene's walking. She thinks it went great, but they told her she made the most mistakes!! Nope, she didn't hear that at all.
17 of 19 | Posted by Featherhead
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Posted on March 20, 2007 10:02 AM
Not gonna lie, Garfield, NJ is kind of ghetto. I know people from there who talk like that!
18 of 19 | Posted by KateMcV
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Posted on March 20, 2007 10:49 AM
does anyone think the jael incident was staged? i think it's becoming a trick of the trade for reality shows that someone gets a call from "the outside world" and is told something terrible happened.
just a hunch. this show is on its last legs.
19 of 19 | Posted by NYWord
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Posted on March 20, 2007 1:53 PM