America's Next Top Model - Season 10, Episode 9
Previously on America's Next Top Model: Fatima suddenly remembered that travel often involves travel documents. Lauren sliced her thumb. Fatima got an appointment to score a passport, but going to it made her miss the photo shoot. Luckily for her, Stacy-Ann was far too normal to go any further in the competition, so Fatima lived to grouse another day. Six girls remain. Who will be eliminated tonight?
Rome, Italy. All the girls are super-excited to be here. Anya's so excited, she falls flat on her face at the Coliseum. Whitney's still plus-sized, in case you've forgotten. After a tour of the city, the girls arrive at their swank new model pad, which is beautiful. As soon as the girls get there, Fatima feels ill. She takes to her bed, which gives the other girls time to backstab her at the dinner table. Dominique seems to think that sickness is just a state of mind. No wonder Tyra likes her so much. Anya doesn't indulge in the catty gossip, taking Fatima a plate of food, instead. Aw. Fatima cries that being sick is the last thing she needs right now. I don't doubt that she's sick, but there comes a time when you're just like, "OK, what will Fatima's next excuse be? Killer tree shrews?"
The next day, Lauren bangs around the pad loudly, and the other girls interpret this as her being over the entire competition. What'ere. The girls head out to gawk at Italian women while riding Segways. It's as exciting as it sounds. Then, it's off to meet an Italian designer to prove that they've learned something. They get dressed in various Italian fashions and walk for the designer. Fatima tries to overcome her cough, while Whitney tries to overcome her weight. The designer thinks Dominqiue looks old, which is awesome. Lauren's walk is still atrocious. Anya bags yet another challenge, and wins a dress to wear at a red-carpet event.
The seasonal CoverGirl commercial looms, which fills Lauren with dread. Indeed, the girls learn that they'll be filming a thirty-second spot, and that they'll be delivering their lines in Italian. Standouts include Katarzyna, whose language aptitude is understandable, and Fatima, who does an excellent job of balancing language and delivery. Everyone else mostly sucks, though for different reasons. Anya's Italian is poor. Dominique's is just as bad, and she looks like a Sabado Gigante hostess to boot. She's so bad, the director hides his face in embarrassment. Whitney comes across as phony. And Lauren? Lauren is absolutely wretched. Never has a girl been this bad at the CoverGirl spot. Not even when they had to do it in Japanese.
At Panel, Whitney is saved by the fact that she at least managed to deliver a commercial, no matter how fake it seemed. Fatima is given top marks, and Katarzyna makes another futile attempt to teach Tyra how to pronounce her name. Tyra doesn't take kindly to being corrected, and tries to take it out on Katarzyna's perfectly acceptable commercial by calling it "boring sexy". Thankfully, Paulina smacks her down. The bottom two come down to Whitney, who's too phony, and Lauren, who's not phony enough. Although you know the judges would dearly love to eliminate Whitney, Lauren's commercial is simply too horrible to overlook, and she's tossed. Back to the Future fadeout.
Next week on America's Next Top Model: Tyra photographs the girls in feathery hats. Then they dress up as hooker cavewomen.
Overall Grade: B-
2 comments:
Since you recap two of the only three shows I watch (what, no "Lost"?), I think that you'd be the best person to answer this: Am I crazy, or does Fatima look like a younger, darker Padma?
mariemg
I've never seen a single episode of Lost, and while several friends constantly berate me for that, it just doesn't appeal to me.
I've also got to say, I don't see the Fatima/Padma connection. I actually agree with Tyra for once (I know!), and think she's very reminiscent of Iman.
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