America's Next Top Model Episode 3

I was sad to see Sheena go because I love her personality and I think she would've done well with the prizes, but perhaps not the modeling ones. So she had to go.

In episode 3, Kristin Cavallari from The Hills stops by the house to talk to the girls about how things were going so far. Side note, she's also on Dancing With The Stars this season!

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So she's talking to the girls. Alexandria was taking notes because Kristin was seen as a bitch when she was on reality tv, so Alex wants to learn how to channel that towards overall positive opinions from fans. She told them about the things she's been doing outside of being in front of the camera, and gave them tips on how to make the success last.

Their challenge was to get interviewed by... Mario Lopez! They were split into two teams and interviewed as a team. The winning team was exempt from elimination after the photo shoot.

Team 1 Captain: Lisa D'Amato
Laura Kirkpatrick
Alexandria Everett
Isis King
Dominique Reighard
Angelea Preston

Team 2 Captain: Bianac Golden
Allison Harvard
Bre Scullark
Shannon Stewart
Camille McDonald
Kayla Ferrel

The interviews were fine. Lisa was irritating, as usual. It went well, nothing too amazing to report.

For their photo shoot, Sarah Silver was the photographer. They took photos on stilts in pairs. Each photo had one girls who was safe from the challenge and one who wasn't.

Image via Verenetta Warner

The pairs were: Dominique and Kayla (safe), Bianca (safe) and Lisa, Camille (safe) and Isis, Angelea and Allison (safe), Bre (safe) and Laura, Alexandria and Shannon (safe).

Side note: Camille is an asshole. She said that she needed to definitely do better than Isis. She said that she wasn't going to let "a transgender" do better than "a real woman". Bitch. Ignorant bitch.

At panel, the judges assessed the photos. Angelea asked Nigel a follow-up question about his comment to her about her interview with Mario Lopez. He clarified for her. Her ghetto self only associated "interview" with "professional". They were trying to get her to understand that there's more types of interviews than just job interviews. I think she got it.

There was also an introduction of a new ANTM phrase: Booty Tooch.



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 The top photos were: Allison (safe), Bianca Golden (safe), Shannon Stewart (safe), Bre Scullark (safe), Kayla Ferrel (safe), Camille McDonald (safe). Camille would've been going home had she not been safe. I just know it. After the safe girls came the unsafe girls. Alexandria (unsafe), Lisa (unsafe), Laura (unsafe), Dominique (unsafe).

The bottom two were: Angelea and Isis. Tyra pointed out that they didn't have the two worst photos. Then the camera showed Kayla and Camille. Maybe Kayle would've actually gone home since she was in the bottom two last week as well. Isis went home because her photo wasn't as strong as Angelea's.

Isis went home. I'm sad to see her go. If only to give her a chance to put Camille's ass in her place. I'll admit it, I don't like Camille's personality as portrayed on this show. Maybe she's not such a fake ignorant bitch in person. Maybe.

And hopefully next week, Angelea can do a more balanced personality and a better photo. Or at least get on the safe team.

America's Next Top Model Episode 2

First, does anyone miss Brittany? No? I didn't think so.

The thing that stood out to me was their lesson that started 3 min into the episode. They discussed branding, led by Martin Lindstrom. Each girl had an idea of who she was and each was confronted with what people actually thought about them. I found it quite fascinating, and so I'll share it here.

I was worried for poor Alexandria, just like she was worried for herself. She's very polarizing, and though I love her, everyone doesn't. I just hoped her word wasn't Bitchy. Keep reading to find out.

Name: Lisa D'Amato
Thinks of Herself: trustworthy, rule breaker
Memorable Title: Daring (not trustworthy though)

Name: Sheena Sakai
Thinks of Herself: annoying, sexy, smart
Memorable Title: Unexpected (not smart though)

Name: Kayla Ferrel
Thinks of Herself: lesbian
Memorable Title: Free (lesbian is 5 years ago)


Name: Shannon Stewart
Thinks of Herself: virgin (was before marriage), don't drink, don't smoke, NOT boring
Memorable Title: Trustworthy (could be boring)

Name: Dominique Reighard
Thinks of Herself: *
Memorable Title: Survivor

Name: Allison Harvard
Thinks of Herself: annoying
Memorable Title: Unique

Name: Angelea Preston
Thinks of Herself:  *
Memorable Title: Persistence (also cheap shoes)

Name: Bre Scullark
Thinks of Herself: *
Memorable Title: Girlfriend

Name: Camille McDonald
Thinks of Herself: *
Memorable Title: Proud

Name: Isis King
Thinks of Herself: *
Memorable Title: Inspiration

Name: Laura Kirkpatrick
Thinks of Herself: *
Memorable Title: Loveable

Name: Alexandria Everett
Thinks of Herself: possibly bitchy, annoying
Memorable Title: Tough (and also annoying)

Name: Bianca Golden
Thinks of Herself: *
Memorable Title: Candid

After their lesson, (and some Bianca-Camille drama) it was time for the makeovers. I'm glad they're doing it this early. I must admit I was hoping for at least one breakdown with hair. Sheena had a pre-meltdown at the though of repeating her previous hair drama. I was really surprised when Bre lost it because she got her hair cut.

If Bianca is her girl like they say they are "sisters", you'd think Bianca would've shared with her how to get through having your crowning glory chopped off. I was really surprised that she let a haircut take her confidence. She started off explaining a previous haircut as being required. Silly girl.

They moved on to the photo shoot. The photographer was Ricky Middlesworth. They had to embody their new brands, along with making an advertisement for Pink's hotdog. Sounds intricate, but not too complicated. These girls are working models after all.

Laura was adorable. Camille looked like she was performing the most uncomfortable blowjob ever. Mr. Jay called Laura back to show her how to eat a hot dog like you are eating food and not some bust down snob. Well, he didn't say that, but that's certainly how it looked to me.

Then Angelea came out and O.M.G.! She looked amazing. She still ghetto as ever underneath, but that outer shell is looking glamorous and refined. I think she's so beautiful and I'm glad to see how she's become a chameleon because that means she'll always be able to get work.

Allison, Kayla, and Bre didn't do so well. You never know what the judges will think of the best picture. The top pictures were:
1) Lisa D'Amato; 2) Bianca Golden; 3) Alexandria Everett; 4) Laura Kirkpatrick; 5) Angelea Preston; 6) Dominique Reighard; 7) Shannon Stewart; 8) Allison Harvard; 9) Isis King; 10) Bre Scullark; 11) Camille McDonald.

The bottom two were Sheena Sakai and Kayla Ferrel. I looked at these two and thought Kayla looked the most lost in terms of her brand in person and on photos. Sheena is very unexpected and Andre really likes her. I think he'll push for her to get another chance.

But I was wrong! They kept Kayla. Tyra really believes in Kayla, so she gave her another chance to get it together. Sheena is leaving and she will be missed. That girl had flava!

* They didn't actually show on camera this information.

America's Next Top Model Premiere

With my work schedule, I hardly ever get to watch a television show right when it first airs. That's why God made DVR. I constantly have the television at my parents' house filled with recorded episodes of everything under the sun.

I don't even have time to keep up with premieres, so I have the settings already done from last season. Imagine my surprise when I was at the house washing clothes only to see the premiere for the new cycle of ANTM. I had no idea it was happening so soon. I didn't know it was going to be an All-Star cycle either. I was so excited.

In case you missed it, I'm here to tell you how lovely the episode was! I'm aware that this is a week late, I'm sorry. All I can say is that perhaps next week's episode won't be as late, ha ha.

This is Cycle #17. These girls are all working models who were fan favorites from previous cycles. They were popular (for whatever reason) personalities and Tyra is looking to make one of them a star and a celebrity, not just a model. The prizes, which I'll go into later, are the best ever prizes.

The 14 girls arrived to their new top model mansion in this order:

Name: Angelea Preston

Cycle: 14

Remembered for: Girl From The Hood

Name: Laura Kirkpatrick

Cycle: 13 (the petite cycle)
Remembered for: Country Cutie

Name: Bianca Golden

Cycle: 9

Remembered for: Loud and sassy

Name: Lisa D'Amato

Cycle: 5

Remembered for: Wild Child; peeing in her diaper

Name: Bre Scullark

Cycle: 5

Remembered for: Ghetto Fabulous

Name: Brittany Brower

Cycle: 4

Remembered for: Party Girl

Name: Dominique Reighard

Cycle: 10

Remembered for: Masculine/Feminine

Name: Sheena Sakai

Cycle: 11

Remembered for: Harlem But Not Hoochie

Name: Isi King

Cycle: 11

Remembered for: Confidence

Name: Kayla Ferrel

Cycle: 15

Remembered for: Proud Lesbian

Name: Allison Harvard

Cycle: 12

Remembered for: Quirky Doll

Name: Camille McDonald

Cycle: 2

Remembered for: Diva

Name: Shannon Stewart

Cycle: 1

Remembered for: Angelic; Not posing nude

Name: Alexandria Everett

Cycle: 16

Remembered for: Tough California Girl

Some of these girls already knew each other from working as models and from being on the show. There are already some interesting personality clashes. Bre and Bianca lived together in Chicago, but they have a love/hate thing going on. And the girl Lisa seems to have grossed a lot of people out when she peed in the diaper waaay back when.

They started off with the basic photo shoot. The photographer was Celeste Canino. They had to do amplified versions of the personality they had on their cycle which made them memorable. The shoot went well and only a couple of the girls got negative critiques from the photographer or Mr. Jay. Angelic girl, ?, is really confused. I just don't get the idea of wearing tiny ass bikini bottoms, but not wearing lacy boy short underwear. Whatever.

The judging was live with guest judge Nicki Minaj. That girl is a trip. And I can only imagine what Andre Leon Talley was thinking about what she was wearing. And if you got a chance to actually watch the episode, did you like Nigel's hair? What was up with that mess?

The live judging was great for some girls to get to feel the love for the audience, but it was way harsh for poor Alexandria. I really loved her last cycle, but I felt like I was the only one sometimes.

The prizes are: a spread in Italian Vogue, a cover of Beauty in Vogue, a spread in Beauty in Vogue, a special blog on Italian Vogue's website, a celebrity guest correspondent gig for Extra, a national campaign with Express, and a $100,000 contract with Cover Girl cosmetics. Goodness that's a lot o' prizes

After the live judging, they debated in private. The top photos were: 1) Isis; 2) Allison; 3) Camille; 4) Lisa; 5) Angelique; 6) Laura; 7) Bre; 8) Bianca; 9) Shannon; 10) Dominique; 11) Sheena; 12) Kayla

The bottom two were: Brittany and Alexandria. Brittany's problem was that her photo wasn't super strong. Plus, the crowd didn't have anything negative or positive to say about her. Alexandria was booed by the crowd and it made the judges wonder if they made a mistake bringing her back.

They said because of her polarity, having people love her and hate her was okay. She just had to get more love than hate. Brittany had indifference, the true opposite of love.

I was glad to see her go because I never watched her cycle, so I wasn't invested in her. Plus, they were right, she wasn't memorable.

Introducing... A Variety of Blog Topics!

The exclamation mark indicates some sort of fanfare. Yay!!!

I'm pretending that people will actually care enough about my blog to want to know what they're reading about before they read it. In my last post, I came up with the idea to separate out the different things I want to talk about into different memes in the (counter-intuitive) idea that it will make this blog feel more seamless.

These are not in order of importance, they're just in the order that I figured out the jpeg. So, without further ado, my blog topics.

Up first is one that I pretty self-explanatory.

A Love Life Review

This one will be for when I discuss my friends' love lives. Pink means love right? And the word love is pretty damn obvious. Mostly, it's just pretty...

Next is the one of the ones I designed for talking about my life.



All Growed Up

 That's not my hair, but everything else about the clip art just...works. With this meme, I'll be talking about career, finance, grad school, and all the general grown-up stuff that's coming at me full force. It's coming almost as fast as my 30th birthday feels like it's approaching. Okay, I"m being dramatic as 30 is still over 3 years away.

Up next is one I had a lot of fun making.

Living My Life

I may or may not be completely self-centered. Well, 80% self-centered. But I love this one and I'm looking forward to having this jpeg identify when I'm waxing poetic (except I hate poetry) about my life with Easy or my hobbies or my family or whatever else goes on in my personal life.

After I did this one, I figured that could cover all I had to talk about my friends and myself. That left politics and television.



Let's Talk About Politics



On The Small Screen

 So perhaps the phrasing isn't so clever. But I love these and I'm looking forward to having a more clearly defined topic list from which to choose. Coming up with the jpegs helped me further refine what I'm going to talk about. I love movies, but I don't have much to say about them besides whether or not I liked them.

So you can pretty much be guaranteed that if you read my post you'll read about: 1) my personal life, 2) my career and other grown-up topics, 3) my friends' love lives, 4) politics, 5) television. It feels good to have some focus!