Yeah, well, if Tyra told you to jump off a cliff, would you do THAT too?!Apparently, the answer is yes — at least for this particular group of petite models.
I was a little surprised by the fact that we’re already down to final 5 — not having the customary waste-of-time recap episode with “lost” or “behind-the-scenes” footage threw me off. While it hasn’t been the most successful season/cyle in terms of the quality of the contestants, I’ll be damned if these girls aren’t killing themselves (almost literally) to win this thing and entertain us.
I found last night’s episode to be pretty entertaining. A big reason for that was the presence of guest judge/mentor Marisa Miller (pictured, right).
After being paddled ashore (how much you wanna bet the girls were told who she was beforehand — I just don’t buy that everyone automatically knew her), the 5’8” supermodel basically gave the girls lessons on how to elongate themselves, show off their curves and generally pose sexily. (For the record, “sexily” is my favorite adverb.)
Miller also delivered an immeasurable amount of unintentional humor. After telling the girls to get in the water, roll in the sand and take a sexy shower, she proceeded to shout suggestive-sounding things that weren’t really suggestive like, “lemme see your butt!”, “down on your knees!”, “close your mouth!” By the way, this all happened BEFORE she called Jennifer’s photo “too erect” during panel. (Yes, I giggled when she said “too erect” — I’m officially 13 years old.)
Unfortunately what Miller also did is the same thing Tyra does whenever she gives these contestants a lesson: she showed us what a damn good model she is, and how relatively inadequate these girls are when compared to a real model.
Still, Marisa “Barbie Toe” Miller was so helpful that I wish Tyra would have brought her on earlier in the season, because it’s obvious most of these girls just have no idea what they’re doing. (And why would they?) Then again, Marisa probably only agreed to come on during the Hawaii episodes. I would suggest that Tyra make Marisa Miller a permanent part of this show, but we all remember what happened the last time the panel had a strong voice that dared to disagree with Tyra on a regular basis. (Hi, Paulina!)
The weekly challenge had the girls throwing themselves off a rocky cliff and posing for a photo in mid-air. I realize that even Tyra’s not crazy enough to put these girls in real danger, but this was still some scary-looking s---. (That water looked WAY too shallow for my taste.) Nicole triumphed during the challenge mostly because she was the only contestant to actually incorporate Marisa’s feedback (side pose/show off the curves). Can we just give the girl the trophy already? I was amused to see that even the rest of the contestants (especially Jennifer) are aware of Nicole’s dominance, though it worries me that she’s peaking too early.
Nicole earned some nice jewelry and extra frames for the week’s photo shoot. She shared them with Sundai, who shared them with Laura, who shared them with Jennifer, leaving Erin out. To the surprise of no one, Erin whined about how unfair it was that she’d have less frames to work with than everyone else. I guess no one told her that this is what happens when you’re a whiny, immature brat that nobody likes. (I still remember her pushing people out of the way during the Walmart race.)
That being said, this group of girls apparently gets along so well that there was absolutely no drama at the house. I can just picture the editors throwing their hands up in exasperation before settling on going with footage that showed the contestants throwing Laura a birthday party, and making her breakfast. I actually don’t mind, since this is preferable to the usual trumped up racial drama, though I probably could’ve done without the shot of Nicole going to sleep.
The next day brought the photo shoot which had the girls posing underwater. The girls with the extra frames (meaning, NOT Erin) would come to the surface and receive feedback from Mr. Jay before doing back underwater.
Jennifer won the best photo of the week. It was very strong, but I agreed with Marissa in that it was too erect (tee-hee) and that it didn’t have enough going on for me. At first, I thought Nicole deserved the win, but her feet were mildly terrifying. I would’ve split the difference and given Laura (who is afraid of suffocating — um, just like the rest of us) the win.
The bottom two was comprised of Sundai and Erin (welcome back!). The judges liked Sundai’s body in the picture, but not her ill-lit face. Meanwhile, Erin’s picture was mostly a disaster and she was making her third straight visit to the bottom 2. So, of course, they kept her around once again. (Are we going to have a Christopher from “Project Runway” situation here?)
I know Sundai made too many excuses and, to be blunt, had no chance in hell of actually winning this thing. Still, her picture was (marginally) better than Erin’s and she deserved to stay. Erin, on the other hand, is getting worse each week. Also, no one likes her. (Nice job, Tyra.)
Goodbye Sundai. I’ll miss your creatively-spelled first name, your over-enunciation, and your tales of growing up in an orphanage. (I won’t miss your hideous outfits at panel.)
So what’d you think of this episode? Given how many second chances she’s had, is Erin a lock for the final 3? What was the point of having Nigel at the challenge if he wasn’t taking the photos? Finally, would you watch a show hosted by Marisa Miller?
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