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I’m sorry for the tardiness of this, I’ve been rather busy with school and work. And it’s my first post too, what an impressive “employee” I am, no?

Anyway, the episode starts off with the girls going into their home after their previous elimination, where they encounter Marjorie’s first-call out picture from the previous week, which was on display as digital art for the week. Nikeysha rambles on even more on an interview saying that she’s going to shut up and stop making excuses. Yeah, okay.

TYRA MAIL! Why so early nowadays?

“Don’t get it twisted, will you bend over backwards to be on top? Love, Tyra” Ayy, Tyra, why must you try to sound like you’re a wise old man with these wannabe aphorisms? All you’ll do is make the girls guess, which is NEVER a good thing! After a little interview of Isis saying that she was to work on her facial expressions, the “green” bus comes to pick up the girls and take them to the destination of their lesson (or more commonly known as a “teach” in the show). And of course, Joslyn’s ever-so-lovely voice shrieking, “Bend over backwards to be top model!” It’s like hearing birds singing.

The girls go up to what looks like a parking lot in what looks like a hotel to encounter Benny Ninja (in some amazingly obnoxious green clothing, by the way, now watching ANTM is a visionary hazard), and I haven’t seen girls shrieking and screaming when going on top of a really industrial elevator since I heard some being stuck in them. Benny is sitting on top of a narrow box, which he turns around after telling the models that their challenge will have to do with posing, and a woman named Bree Robertson who is an Australian model and contortionist is contorted inside of the very narrow opening.

When asked who is the most flexible, the unanimous answer is (to no surprise), Sheena. After a little demonstration, all the girls are made to get inside of these tube-like curtains and pose inside of it (which in my view, restricts how amazing they would look instead of doing it naturally).

Hannah cannot contort, Nikeysha takes it as a joke although she has the perfect body for contortion, Elina looks wonderful, as always, Isis has problems with her face (and although I like Isis, am I the only one who notices that she dresses a little…classless)? They’re all they show for that. The girls get back home, and it’s TYRA MAIL!

“Did you learn your lesson? If so, you’ve got this one in the bag. Love, Tyra.” Read none other by of course, the lovely Joslyn with her lovely voice. “Did you learn your leahson (sounded like a Russian saying it, which was almost cute)? If soooooo, you’ve got this one in the baaag. Love Tyyyyraaa!” And all cheer. Seriously, why must they always get excited over it? You’ve seen it in every cycle, more than once per episode, and I don’t know if I’m the only one that’s a little weary of it. Lauren Brie amazes me with her intelligence with keeping track of the relevance to the day’s lesson. “First thing to come to mind to me is some…kind of posing, so we’ll have to see.” I actually quite like her look, but seriously? Anyway, the girls go to the pool where they’re just having fun, and decide to go to the smaller pool to play Truth or Dare. Sheena dances exotically, and after an interview, I noticed her tongue ring in her interview, and although I love this girl, I wish she were a bit less…they’re going to condemn you because you’re not the typical woman “young girls want to look up to,” as Tyra would put it. Elina and Clark kiss (it’s still not as provocative as Kim/Sarah’s C5 kiss), Hannah gets disgusted and says that the girls getting too extreme for her taste, and claims that she wouldn’t be friends with people like Sheena, Elina, and Isis (because she’s a trans-gendered, she says). Isis seems to back up or dance woards Hannah, and Hannah very rudely pushes her, which Isis is passive about. Then the girls go in, and the real drama starts.

Sheena and Brittany speak to Hannah, talking about how she just didn’t coincide with what was going on, and she said she was “The stereotypical white girl.” She says she “doesn’t really like rap music, she isn’t really loud, and she’s not going to walk in the room just like, ‘HOUSE!’” Umm…so somehow it went from her not being comfortable around being with different people to typecasting people who are lively and like rap. Naturally, Brittany very nicely says that she needs to watch how she says things, and shows quite a bit of intelligence. Same with Sheena. Hannah starts crying, and she felt like she was being attacked, although she genuinely seemed like she wasn’t trying to offend anyone.

So, after a commercial break, Brittany tells all the non-white girls what is going on, and they’re just discussing Hannah and her demeanor. Then, it shows a very candid part of the show, where Isis is injecting herself with some sort of estrogen, and she asks Analeigh (who is turning to one of my favorites) to help her out, and she happily agrees. After the heartfelt moment, the girls go to their challenge destination:

Yet again, Benny Ninja posed on top of something in a really contortionist-oriented pose. The girls are supposed to pose wildly while displaying Tarina Tarantino’s jewelry and handbag. So, challenge highlights:

Girls who did okay/well: Lauren Brie, Isis, and Analeigh. Samantha and Brittany have small clips where they are struggling.  Joslyn uses her toes to model the bag, which apparently is a problem since all the other girls are doing it as well. Nikeysha announces that if she peed herself, it would have been for Tarina, because she needed to use the bathroom. Classy and professional! Not only did she turn off the judges, but she did a horrible job. She’s quite the contender in the competition, no? Well, Elina does wonderfully with her intense face, and Sheena puts the bag in front of her crotch and poses behind it, which I thought was great, but apparently Tarina did not think so. Elina wins the challenge, and it’s like she won a beauty pageant. She really is quite amazing.

So the girls get back home, and it’s TYRA MAIL! I don’t know about you guys, but I actually quite like the pictures that are displayed before the message and next to it. Well, it says: “You wanna be on top? Then you better start climbing that ladder. Love, Tyra.” Oh, these are just full with thought, aren’t they? The girls get together and talk about Hannah, Hannah gets ambushed and asked if she is prejudice/a racist, and she simply scoffs and says no. She cries about it, as Analeigh comforts her wonderfully, then Hannah interviews that she can’t believe she’s being called a racist and that it’s not very nice. She’s then out talking to McKey about it, comparing it to gang violence (this girl really IS from Alaska!), and then they’re taken to their photo shoot destination. It’s outside on what looks like a local park with a hot air balloon and a Ferris wheel, and they’re to shoot on a ladder that’ll be digitally placed in the air. Photoshoot highlights:

-Mike Ruiz is the photographer.

-Samantha says “I wonder if you fall, if you’re allowed to go back on.” No. No, you’re not. They say, “Well, you got one picture, it’s horrible, but because we can’t take a minute to wait for you go get atop again, we’re going to end the photo shoot.”  Some pretty ivy-league material this cycle.

-Lauren Brie does wonderfully and sets the bar real high.

-Elina does greatly and is really intense, and compared to Angelina Jolie. Finally.

-Analeigh does fairly, but is told her facial expressions aren’t enough, as well as her poses.

-Sheena holds herself on the ladder with only her butt-crack. This girl is talented, seriously. Well, it’s only a little hoochie, but she fares well enough.

-Isis disappoints and does not push enough.

-Nikeysha tries too hard and doesn’t get great photographs in.

-Brittany looks too normal and isn’t trying hard enough.

-Joslyn does greatly, and I don’t know how she does it. I wish she were the first one out, personally.

-Clark fares well enough, but hasn’t gotten much screen time this episode. I guess less people will “hate” her.

-Hannah struggles a bit and doesn’t give it enough shape.

-McKey does wonderfully, and looks great.

-Marjorie does real well, and I saw some gorgeous photographs in the making.

Back at home, just a little Hannah talk, and the standard Tyra mail claiming they’ll meet with the judges, blah, blah, blah. You all know what it is by now.

At judging, Nikeysha is confronted of her extremely thin stature, Isis is condemned for how she looks at panel, as well as her picture, Marjorie (my love!) gets nervous and cute, but brief, and Sheena is bluntly and rudely asked if her breasts are fake (due to the picture’s image) by none other than Paulina, of course. She denies it, which will come to her benefit in a couple of sentences. Does anyone realize that Joslyn is really well-liked by Tyra? Like, there are the girls during the show that get that favoritism and enthusiasm (and they usually win)? I feel like that’s Joslyn, and it kind of pisses me off. Someone please tell me I’m not the only one who sees it. Well, at the end, Sheena comes up and tells the truth, that her breasts are fake and that she did it when she was younger, and that it was a dumb mistake. Of course, Miss Tyra-nt knows everything, and claimed to already know, had the upper hand, was a proud mama, blah, blah, blah.  Also, Lauren Brie’s picture was HIGHLY praised and told it was one of the judges’ Top 5 pictures in ANTM history.  That’s strong.

Call-out order:

1. Lauren Brie – good for her! She deserved it!

2. Elina – good for her as well.

3. Joslyn – Ugh, there were much better pictures.

4. Marjorie

5. McKey

6. Samantha – What? He picture was totally unflattering.

7. Sheena

8. Hannah

9. Clark

10. Brittany

11. Analeigh – Again, what?! She should’ve changed numbers with Joslyn, I believe.

12. Isis

Eliminated – Nikeysha. Is it me…or is ANTM actually making right decisions?! Here are the pictures listed from my favorite to least favorite (as if though this wasn’t long enough, right?):

1. Lauren Brie.  I don’ t think I could personally go so far as to say it’s amongst the Top 5 in ANTM history, but I could absolutely see this as any ad in any magazine.

2. McKey.  I don’t care if it’s “cartoon-y” because I actually happen to love how she looks in this photograph.  And Poison Ivy.  And Joker.

3. Sheena.  I don’t care if her boobs are fake, she looks like a great Asian here.

4. Elina. Personally, I don’t like how she looks more muscular/leaning-toward-plus-size in here, but she looks wonderful. Truly wonderful.

5. Analeigh. HOW IS THIS BOTTOM THREE-WORTHY?! Oh, I know! Tyra-nt wants the girl she wants to win to not have a threat, so she’s making her look like a filler girl!

6. Marjorie. Although she was my favorite girl from the very start, this picture isn’t very great to me, facially, and that’s why it’s in the middle. From a long point, she looks amazing, though. The scarf is awesome.

7. Brittany. A little plain, but it works, and is better than the upcoming ones to me.

8. Joslyn. I absolutely cannot stand this woman, but I have to admit that this photo is nice (at least from a wide point).

9. Clark. She was unbelievably non-distinctive this episode, right? The face is very European, but the body is just bad.

10. Hannah. Very mediocre photographs so far. Where is that ethereal individual pre-show Alaskan beauty that I saw?! Please don’t tell me that was a lucky shot and/or great Photoshop.

11. Nikeysha. Not much to say, really. The face isn’t pretty, but I like the position.

12. Isis. She terribly disappointed me this episode. The face is horrid and masculine, but from a long point, she looks demanding, all thanks to the make-up.

13. Samantha. Something really bothers me about this photo.  Whether it’s the fact that her hand looks horrible and like it doesn’t belong in there, the dress was unflattering, her facial expression was weak, or that she looked plus-size, it’s not selling to me.  Last.

-Post by Dorian. My first one finally completed! Sorry it was a bit later than wanted/expected. Hopefully I did well, and tell me if it was too long or if you want me to change anything about my writing style. Thanks for reading!