How is Alexandria doing this?
In practically the blink of an eye, she has gone from this cycle’s resident she-monster to front-runner, picking up cars, clothes and top photo honors along the way.
As someone who watches (and has seen) WAY too much reality TV, I understand that the power of editing can create some pretty unexpected switcheroos. Maybe Alexandria wasn’t really that bad all along.
On the other hand, it’s damn near impossible to take dozens of “I hate Alexandria” quotes from the other girls out of context. I also vaguely recall the judges chewing Alexandria out earlier this season for her bossy, unprofessional attitude on set. (It seems so long ago.)
Except that all of this seems to be forgotten by the judges. Still, the part I REALLY can’t understand is that Alexandra still comes off like a major phony…but no one seems to care. If I think some of her poses are kind of cheeseball (like the ones during her audition with Lana Marks during the bonus go-see) that’s a matter of taste. But how about when Lana Marks asked her why she wanted to do the campaign: “Why DON’T I want it?”
Huh?! I mean, BRILLIANT! (I guess.) Give that girl some more fabulous clothes and Angelina Jolie’s clutch! As you can tell, I don’t get it. My best guess is that Alexandria is just a really tall, prototypical fashion model…and that she’s placed a Confundus charm on everyone in the fashion industry.
But she’s not just bewitching the people who keep giving her fabulous prizes. Last week, Brittani had a spectacular meltdown in her attempts to vanquish Alexandria. This week, Brittani apologized to Alexandria, but it was Molly’s turn to lose her s---! Sure, Molly was frustrated with Alexandria, but the blonde terror wasn’t completely to blame for Molly’s perpetual sour-face in this episode.
Near the start of the episode, Tyra met with the girls to teach them how to put together a portfolio. I was most struck by the fact that Kasia’s portfolio only had four pictures (everyone else’s had five or six) which supports my theory that she just doesn’t take very good pictures.
The reason they were putting their portfolios together was because it was time for go-sees. The challenge would feature four stops with each visit representing a different model “archetype.” (A running theme this year.)
Alexandria was the only model from L.A. and bragged about her homefield advantage. Even as she booked 4 out of 4 jobs, it seemed like the show had set her up for failure by having her arrive late…but she actually returned with about 30 seconds left. In fact, EVERYONE arrived in time. I’m not saying this is the first time that’s happened in the show’s history, but it’s the first time I’ve personally seen it.
Alexandria, Molly and Kasia finished in the top 3 so they got to compete in a fifth go-see for a spot in what turned out to be a thoroughly silly national print ad for Lana Marks handbags.
We were led to believe that Molly would’ve won if her attitude/face hadn’t been so stank while she was waiting her turn. (Imagine if Lana knew about the dozens of F-bombs she dropped in her smart car during the go-sees.) So Alexandria picked up the win, and I was left to wonder why Kasia didn’t win since I thought she had the best poses. (I guess she was a little too “fiercely real” for that ad campaign.)
After some more hating on Alexandria from Molly back at the house, the week’s challenge was revealed: the girls would be modeling eco-friendly (or “echo-friendly,” as Mr. Jay inexplicably pronounced it) clothes at a landfill. Derelicte!
As I mentioned earlier, Alexandria won top photo honors for her strong picture. I also enjoyed Brittani’s shot, and not just because she dared to get down in the muck.
Nobody really had an atrocious picture (though Kasia slid by with another meh shot), but Molly wound up in the bottom two with Jaclyn.
Since no one’s picture was that bad, Tyra seemed to rely on their go-see performance. Molly booked 2 out of four jobs, while Jaclyn booked 2 out of 2. Tyra and the panel seemed really turned off by the fact that Jaclyn (and Brittani) only made to go-see stops, but I don’t care how many stops you make if you don’t book the job. The bottom line is Molly and Jaclyn booked the exact same number of jobs.
What I’m trying to say is that I don’t understand why Jaclyn was sent home instead of Molly. The difference in their go-see performance was negligible. Molly’s flirted with the bottom 2 before, while Jaclyn had never been there. So what gives? Were we not going to be able to send enough blonde white girls to Morocco if we eliminated Molly?
Whatever. I guess next week it’ll be Hannah’s turn to have a meltdown that almost gets her eliminated, ala Brittani last week and Molly last night.
So what’d you think of this episode? Anyone else find it hilarious that Tyra introduced Lana Marks by saying that she makes the “most expensive” handbags in the world…not “the best”? Will Jaclyn ever solve that indecipherable riddle we know as “a map”? Has anybody other than Tyra ever noticed her skinny calves? Finally, why didn’t they wait one more episode and have the girls do their go-sees in Morocco? (Go-sees are roughly 500 percent more fun when the models are trying to ask foreigners for directions.)
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