America's Next Top Model - Season 10, Episode 5
Previously on America's Next Top Model: Lauren sucked at runway, but knew how to take a good photo. The girls donned meat bikinis, after which the judges finally realized that Amis has about as much modeling potential as a banana slug, and she was sent on her way. Ten girls remain. Who will be eliminated tonight?
Fatima is shocked she was in the bottom two last week. She would be. She spends the rest of the episode figuring out which of the girls don't want to be a model as much as she, confusing dedication with talent. Dominique talks in the third person a lot, while Marvita frets over being too "hood" for the competition. She loves being here, but it's more for the free stuff than for any long-term career potential.
The girls head to a broken-down warehouse, where they're met by Benny Ninja and an "international supermodel" I've never heard of. Benny tries to impart the basic knowledge of commerical, couture, and catalog posing. The girls demonstrate, and everyone does a fairly good job, except for Marvita, who's starting to realize more and more that she doesn't fit in.
Back at the pad, Whitney interviews about the girls' sign-up sheet for phone times, which is entirely sensible. When Dominique misses her time, she tries her damndest to make it Whitney's fault, using every excuse from attitude to racism. Nice try, Dominique. Whitney shouts her down, and Lauren tells them both that their fight is totally stupid, further edging her up the ladder in my estimation. She's starting to give Claire a run for her money as my girl.
Challenge time! The girls meet Benny, Anonymous Supermodel, and some posers (no, real posers -- not poseurs) for posing battles. They're split into two groups, and jerk around in various poses before being told to strike a final commercial, couture, or catalog one. A lot of the girls have trouble with this basic English, including Fatima, whose best idea for a pose is to thrust her crotch into Whitney's face. When the dust settles, Claire wins herself another challenge, and though her team members get to take home some swag, she gets a trip to Bora Bora. Nice!
The photo shoot this week is to put some colored-plastic-wrap-a-la-'80s-movie on the girls' heads, and have vibrant paint dripped down their faces. Most of the girls do a fair to excellent job, but Marvita's shattered spirit, combined with last week's warning to stop making mean faces at the camera, dooms her to a poor shot. Stacy-Ann gets top marks at panel for finally showing her neck, and Fatima is taken to task for not bothering to shave her armpits. Narsty. Dominique is praised for showing a softer side (which is apt -- she'll never model for anything more high-fashion than Sears), and Lauren once again bags a great photo. In the end, it comes down to Whitney and Marvita, and to the surprise of nobody, Marvita's sad shot gets her booted. It was about the right time for her to go, although her overt glee at scoring free pants and such was quite endearing. Back to the Future fadeout.
Next week on America's Next Top Model: The girls all wear red clothing to show...pain? Either that or they're all getting jobs at Target. Everybody hates Dominique, which is heartening.
Overall Grade: C
1 comment:
Ok, so I'm not the only one who went, 'huh?' when Dominique called Whitney racist. I had to put down my cross stitch and make sure I heard that right.
Oh, and if it's not too much of an insult to the male gender, you should totally call Dominique, 'Dominic' from now on.
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