All the way through last night’s show I was convinced that it was Jael’s swan song. She was goofing around and then at the celeb party she badgered 50 Cents so much at the she ended up in the pool. I was WRONG. It was the old bait and switch.
To kick things off Lesley Hornby aka Twiggy set the girls the challenge of branding themselves with a slick new moniker. With the wave of Twiggy’s magic wand the eight girls became: Whitell, Moe, Brit, Nata, Nayien, Jaslene, Jael and Wholahay. The girls were then whisked off to a celeb party to try out their new names and to drink Smart Water, but first Twiggy gives ‘em some rules:
1. Be eloquent
2. Don’t monopolize
3. Humor
Given that Jael broke all three rules I felt for sure she would end up in the final two. I hate it when my ANTM sense fails me. The challenge at the party was to mingle, network and impress Benny Medina and his crew. (Benny is Tyra’s agent and a big deal.) I thought Wholahay (Dionne) came of classiest (she won the challenge and got a real modeling job) and Nayien’s (Renee) conversation the most painful as her new name sounds like name. Doh, got to think these things through.
The girls were given free range for the photo shoot. They got to pick hair, make-up and clothes and then do four poises that show four sides to their personality. I had my fingers crossed that it would be a wreck but it wasn’t. This cycles photo shoots are going too smoothly we need to jazz them up a bit with animals and reptiles perhaps?
There has been a lot of tension in the house so Tyra showed up for a chit chat with a side order of therapy. There were tears about misunderstandings, being away from your child, bereavements and a hair weave being too tight. I cannot stress who much I covet Britney’s red hair - it is fierce with a capital ‘F’.
Whitney and Sarah were the final two and shock horror Sarah went home!
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