I'm sorry I've been not here.
I did post a recap somewhere else, but I will repost it here.
Just know, I was quite sad when Lauren left. My next favorite after Lauren was Kat, most especially since we had JUST been given such a handy nickname for her. Adios, Katarznya....
5/7/08
Things didn't bode well for me when they needed to fill some time by recapping the last two episodes....
Dominque gets as many headaches as she's given us. Apparently, it's also amazig she can speak at all as she's continuously jamming food into her mouth. She even dares to take food from Whitney, so girl gotta be bold.
Fatima practices her walk and Dominque yammers on and on about how Fatima is doing things wrong and Dominque's postive thinking is what will make her win this competition. You could hear eyes rolling all over the country.
Girls are driven to a place outside. They were instructed on how to use light and frame a picture when being the photographer. They are each given cameras and must use what they've learned to take 5 minutes worth of photos of Paulina Poriskova. Winner gets an extra 50 frames during the next photo shoot.
Fatima goes first. A little quiet, but nice direction. Dominique goes next and is loud, brash...and useless. Whitney takes her turn and gives firm direction and explains each shot. Anya sprinkles rainbows and kitten poop over her shoot. Just unfocused, high energy and all over the place, talking a million miles a minute.
Fatima and Whitney are complimented, both on photos and style. Dominique and Anya are criticized, Anya for not having clarity of vision and focus and Dominique for framing Paulina with "cactus hats". Fatima is declared the winner on the basis of her variety of poses and photos to choose from.
Photo shoot, girls are doing a Hollywood throwback actress look, with a male model being "caught by paparazzi" with Nigel himself phtotgraphing.
Anya goes first. She benefits from having worked with Nigel previously. Jay is still bothered by how stiff and pose-y she is. He distracts her into taking a decent pic.
Fatima takes her turn. She looks stunning, but is stiff with the male model. She admits to never having a boyfriend. Nigel does the best he can with the pretty mannequin in front of him.
Whitney takes her turn. She also feels awkward and unsure of the concept.
Finally Dominque's turn. Nigel directs her to be a strong diva to make this work.
Judging panel. Whoooooooooooooooo. Photos this week aren't good. The judges fawn all over Anya's pic but I thought it was crappy. Better than some of the others for the week, but not a good photo. (Her legs looked wrong to me) No one could make the concept work. Even with those extra frames, Fatima's photo had a big beautiful smile. Whitney was criticized for not being "va-va-voom" enough (when just last week Tyra herself was telling Whitney to tone that down....way to set that girl up to fail there ). Dominique. Oof. Not a pretty picture. Again told how to dress for panel, cuz she showed up looking like a cocktail waitress at a drag bar.
Anya's called first. Whiteny is called next and is safely in the top three.
Fatima and Dominique are the bottom two. Fatima is told she need to listen. Stop nodding, stop talking over judges when they are trying to help you. Listen. Dominique is told how to soften her look because this photo makes her look like a man.
Fatima is safe, and Dominique is sent home. She needs to master her face. Be stronger than your face, Dominique.
Our top three is; Anya, Whitney and Fatima.
I still choose Fatima as my favorite because she annoys me less than the other two, followed by Whitney. Which, according to my previous record of choosing the winners, means Anya will win it all.
I wonder if she will be the new Host/Main Judge??
I really liked her.
