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[AmandaSparks730]

Petite Ninja Warriors
First aired October 14, 2009

The girls are driven to Wilhelmina and are told they will go on go-sees in pairs (Nicole & Laura, Brittany & Kara, Erin & Jennifer and Rae & Sundai). They are given a car by each pair, but must navigate themselves with the aid of a map. The go-sees include an audition for a commercial, which most of the girls fail at, except for Nicole, who is eager to make-up for her previous bad week. Sundai and Rae try to squeeze in one last go-see, and end up being disqualified for being late in Los Angeles traffic. Nicole is declared the winner and rewarded a piece from each designer's collection and is told she will star in the commercial she auditioned for. Back at the house, Kara and Sundai are ticked off by Nicole's supposed "set-up" win.

The photo shoot have the girls pose as martial artists with the weapon of their choice. Most of the girls struggle with the harness they have to wear.

At panel, Nicole, Laura, Brittany, Erin and Jennifer are praised, while Sundai is once again castigated for over-accessorizing her outfit and lacking versatility. However, the panel is worried about Brittany's and Rae's lack of presence in person and Erin's slight attitude. Ultimately Kara is eliminated within her second consecutive appearance in the bottom two for appearing to give up, while Sundai is spared and told to pull it together.

First Call-Out: Nicole Fox
Bottom Two: Kara Vincent & Sundai Love
Eliminated: Kara Vincent
Featured Photographer: Patricia Von Ah
Special Guests: Neil Lane, Skyler Mattson, Rozae Nichols, Sean Patterson, Gerard Seifert, Lauren Shiohama, Jonathan Skow, Trina Turk, Jessica White, Tracy Wong, Deborah Chen
Top Model in Action: Fo Porter (Cycle 12)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Interview 101
First aired October 21, 2009

The girls meet Ant and Lara Spencer from The Insider to learn interview skills. With the aim of teaching them to think on their feet, Ant makes life difficult for the models by acting out celebrity interview stereotypes. Ann Shoket arrives and informs them that they will be interviewing Jessica Lowndes as their challenge. To make things harder, their autocues are deliberately cut mid-interview. Jennifer and Erin shine with their improv, while Laura's dyslexia causes her to clam up, and Nicole struggles to ask appropriate questions. Erin wins the challenge and chooses Rae and Jennifer to share in her win - an editorial spread for Seventeen.

This week's photo shoot is replaced with a commercial for CoverGirl. The girls write their own scripts and Erin finishes quickly, while Laura and Nicole have a hard time and spend hours practicing. Again Jennifer shines, but Erin has to continually fight back tears, while Laura pushes through despite struggling with her learning difficulty.

At panel, Jennifer and Nicole are praised, while Brittany delivers all of her lines flawlessly but fails to show her personality. Sundai and Laura are told they have written good scripts but castigated for their poor delivery. Ultimately Rae and Erin land in the bottom two; Erin for her incessant crying on-set, and Rae for being forgettable. Erin is told she has more potential, and with that Rae is eliminated.

First Call-Out: Jennifer An
Bottom Two: Erin Wagner & Rae Weisz
Eliminated: Rae Weisz
Featured Commercial Director: Nigel Barker
Special Guests: Teyona Anderson, Ant, Jessica Lowndes, Kim Kardashian, Ann Shoket, Lara Spencer
Top Model in Action: Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Let's Go Surfing
First aired October 28, 2009

The girls find their house condemned, with Tyra telling them it is too filthy to live in. However, she soon reveals that the girls are going to Hawaii for the remainder of the competition by throwing a luau in the yard. Upon arrival, the girls are stunned by their house and Jennifer is freaked out by the fact that her commercial is being played in at least five different rooms.

The girls are then taught how to surf by Buzzy Kerbox. After, they are given a challenge where they have to pose on a moving surfboard with a male model. Erin, Brittany and Nicole excel, while Sundai and Laura stumble. Erin is crowned the winner and, despite the rising tension between her and Brittany, picks the latter and Nicole to share a helicopter ride above Maui. While Nicole and Brittany enjoy it, Erin is upset with not winning a tangible prize yet again.

At their photo shoot, the girls are photographed by Tyra while portraying women of mixed heritage, like Hawaiian hapas.

Contestant Ethnicities
Brittany East Indian & Native American
Erin Tibetan & Egyptian
Jennifer Batswana & Polynesian
Laura Mexican & Greek
Nicole Japanese & Malagasy
Sundai Russian & Moroccan

Most of the girls struggle with the shoot, especially Laura, who is worried about her sunburns. At panel, all the girls but Nicole get mixed reviews, with Sundai being told she photographs very short, Erin that she posed in a commercial way, and Brittany that she didn't step outside of the box. Despite Erin's second bottom two appearance in a row and her tendency to self sabotage, it was Brittany who is sent home for being too analytical.

First Call-Out: Nicole Fox
Bottom Two: Brittany Markert & Erin Wagner
Eliminated: Brittany Markert
Featured Photographers: Erik Aeder (challenge), Tyra Banks (photoshoot)
Special Guests: Sofia Beschan, Buzzy Kerbox, Kirsty Hume
Top Model in Action: Natalie Pack (Cycle 12)

 

[marypops!]

More people are killed by cows every year than sharks do.

 

[LondonUnderground]

Oh gawd, not an all girls school!

But yeah. Psych(o) Jake is fine, thanks for asking.

yes, sadly. I have like, 10 boys on my facebook friends list and about 300 girls xD
oh, no problem (;

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Dive Deeper
First aired November 4, 2009

The girls come back from panel and Nicole is upset that she can't celebrate her first call-out because of Brittany's shocking departure. When Nicole reveals that she is impressed by Sundai's inner strength, the latter promises to tell the girls her story if she makes it to the final four.

The girls are taught about swimsuit shoots by Marisa Miller. They are then taken to a cliff for their challenge - to jump off and look graceful on film with only one shot. Most of the girls perform well and Nicole wins and her prize is a $5,000 chocolate pearl necklace. She also gets to pick which girls would get extra frames, and Erin is left out. Later, they celebrate Laura's 20th birthday.

At the photo shoot, the girls pose underwater and all but Erin get a second round after being critiqued by Jay. At panel, Nicole and Jennifer are praised, despite the former's lack of "Barbie toes" and the latter's lack of angles while Erin makes Top Model history by surviving three consecutive bottom two appearances, as Sundai is eliminated but comforted by Tyra who calls her a role model for orphans.

First Call-Out: Jennifer An
Bottom Two: Erin Wagner & Sundai Love
Eliminated: Sundai Love
Featured Photographers: Jono Knight (challenge), Russell James (photoshoot)
Special Guest: Marisa Miller
Top Model in Action: Fatima Siad (Cycle 10)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

yes, sadly. I have like, 10 boys on my facebook friends list and about 300 girls xD
oh, no problem (;

Seriously, the kid should be kissing my butt for saving his (my) team while playing Jeopardy in class on Wednesday. If he had his way/answer, we would've lost 500 points!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Hawaiian Hip Hop
Aired November 11, 2009

The girls are taken to a teach about Hawaiian hula and how it can be integrated with hip-hop. The girls learn several moves and are assigned to use them to tell a story. During rehearsal, Erin uses her cheerleading experience to help the girls get their routine down. While most of the girls perform well, Nicole messes up her entire routine. Laura ends up winning a 5-day trip back to Hawaii after the competition is over, which she shared with Jennifer, much to Erin's frustration.

At the photo shoot, the girls are told that two of them will be eliminated at the next panel, shocking them. While Erin and Nicole perform rather well, Laura and Jennifer stumble. At panel, Laura and Nicole are praised for their pictures but Erin and Jennifer are castigated for their poor film. In the end, Laura, Jennifer and Erin land in the bottom three, Laura for not looking like a model in person and the other two for their dwindling performances.

Ultimately, an overjoyed Laura joins Nicole in a Julia Clancey fashion show, while Jennifer and Erin are sent home, both of them being upset to have come so close to the win, yet so far.

First Call-Out: Nicole Fox
Bottom Three: Erin Wagner, Jennifer An & Laura Kirkpatrick
Eliminated: Erin Wagner & Jennifer An
Featured Photographer: Steve Shaw
Special Guests: Ann Shoket, Anna Rita Sloss
Top Model in Action: Katarzyna Dolinska (Cycle 10)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

America's Next Top Model Is...
Aired November 18, 2009

The final two girls meet Cycle 12 winner Teyona before filming their CoverGirl LashBlast commercials and shooting their ads. Nicole was lauded for a good photo shoot, but was lambasted for a "snotty" performance in her commercial; Laura was praised for overcoming dyslexia in her commercial, but was criticized for lack of commitment in her photo shoot. The next day, Ann Shoket watched them as they shoot their potential Seventeen Magazine covers.

Next, Tyra visited the girls for one-on-one conversations. It was revealed that they would be walking in a Julia Clancey fashion show together with eliminated girls Brittany, Erin, Jennifer and Sundai.

At the final judging, both girls impressed the judges by their final performances, though Nicole's walk is criticized as "different" while Laura's somewhat poor commercial delivery got the thumbs down. Portfolios aside, the judges are torn between Nicole's high fashion ability and knowledge of her angles and Laura's commercial appeal and conventional beauty.

The girls are called back, and Nicole is proclaimed the thirteenth winner of America's Next Top Model.

Final Two: Laura Kirkpatrick & Nicole Fox
America's Next Top Model: Nicole Fox
Featured Photographers: Nigel Barker, Gilles Bensimon
Featured Commercial Director: Jonathan Mannion
Special Guests: Julia Clancey, Eddie Murphy, Bria Murphy, Teyona Anderson, Ann Shoket
Top Model in Action: Teyona Anderson (Cycle 12)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Cycle 13: REVEALED
Aired November 18, 2009

This was the recap episode. It aired right after the finale, and featured never-before-seen footage, including Tyra doing the "queen walk" with Bianca during casting, Nicole making up nicknames for the girls in order to remember their names, a candy-eating contest between Erin, Kara and Lisa, an insight into Erin and Rae's friendship, a confrontation between Jennifer and Bianca, Jennifer cleaning the house, an insight into Nicole's passion for art, Brittany stepping on a toothpick, Kara's trivia game, Rae's tooth-brushing habit, a montage of Erin's constant crying, the final six learning the basics of scuba diving, Sundai bonding with a cat named Roger, and Nicole's naïve life-lesson from Erin and Laura including sex talk.

Top Model in Action: Danielle Evans (Cycle 6)

 

[nerdylightbulb]

Aaron's the cutest ever.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Post Top Model Careers

Jennifer An has modeled for Knitscene Magazine and taken a few test shots. She was also a model for a skit on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Lulu Braithwaite has modeled for D.A.M. Magazine, Issue 12.
Courtney Davies signed with Wilhelmina Models in Miami and LA. She has appeared in Glamour, Atlantic Ave Magazine, Short Hair Guide, Fashion Market Magazine, and Venue Magazine.
Rachel Echelberger has been offered a contract with BMG models in New York at the Tyra Banks Show.
Nicole Fox is signed with Wilhelmina Models as part of her prize package and made an appearance in episode 6 of cycle 14 of ANTM.
Ashley Howard has taken several test shots.
Laura Kirkpatrick won the Fan Favorite poll after the conclusion of the series. Therefore, she was given a six-month-long, rent-free New York City apartment to pursue her career in New York.[15] She's also been on the cover and a 4 page spread of Lexscene Magazine and taken several test shots.
Sundai Love is taking a few more shots, as she did some modeling work previously. She's also been on the cover of Petite Magazine. She can be seen in the Dirty Picture by Taio Cruz.
Brittany Markert is signed with Passport Model Management in San Francisco, Paragon Model Management in Mexico and has modeled for Kalina and an editorial in Harper's Bazaar.
Lisa Ramos is signed with Basic Model Management in New York, has done some test shots and print work for a summer magazine. She's also been in Seventeen Magazine and modeled for Ideeli.com, Anjel's Hair Salon, Capture and Create Magazine, Peony Red, Me & Thee, Spring/Summer 2010, W25 Magazine (June 2010) and Supermodels Unlimited.
Bianca Richardson is signed with Wilhelmina Models and Pink Models and has modeled for Betsey Johnson and Mallard Magazine.
Kara Vincent has taken a few test shots.
Erin Wagner signed with Wilhelmina Models,[16] and has done some test shots. She can be seen in an ad for Editor's Closet for sunglasses, as well,
Rae Weisz has modeled for Rochester Magazine.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

LOLJames.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

CARLOS!

 

[nerdylightbulb]

JARLOS <3

 

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[marypops!]

Anachronism - A chronological error.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7 started airing on September 20, 2006 as the first to be aired on The CW network. The season's catch-phrase is "The Competition Won't Be Pretty." The season's promotional theme song is "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)" by Pussycat Dolls.

To date, this cycle is the most watched season in The CW, averaging 5.13 million viewers per episode.[citation needed] In addition, a new opening was made, different to the last three cycles. Jay Manuel also was added to the final judging panel, for a total of five judges deciding on the winner. Elite Model Management and Seventeen replaced previous season's regular sponsors, Ford Models and Elle. The winner received management and representation by Elite Model Management, a photo shoot for the cover and a six-page spread within Seventeen magazine, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

The international destination during this cycle was Barcelona, Spain.

The winner was 21 year old CariDee English from Fargo, North Dakota.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

XD James' face.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The Girl Who Marks Her Territory
First aired September 20, 2006

This season premiere was a special two-hour episode. The 33 semi-finalists started at Los Angeles International Airport and they met with J. Alexander and Jay Manuel. Their task was to shoot a photo above the runway. Later, the girls met Tyra and the Aswirl twins (runway challenge–Cycle 6) and they started off with the auditions. A girl named Cyndel, who referred to herself as an entertainer and told the judges that she worked at a strip club said she considered that stripping "was another part of modeling." Anchal also stood out, principally because of her blue contacts. When asked why she had them in, she said that in India, they found girls with lighter eyes more beautiful. The 33 "semi-finalists" were reduced to 21 girls who would go onto the next round. The 21 girls participated in a nude photo shoot, of which the more conservative girls struggled between their ambition and upbringing. This episode also introduced Jaslene Gonzalez, who failed to make the final cut down to 13 but re-auditioned for the next season and which later became successfully a contestant. Also, these pictures were used and shown (heads only) in this opening.