May 8 2008
THE FINAL FOUR!
Fatima, Whitney, Dominique, and Anya remain in the competition. Whiney is nervous, having repeatedly landed in the bottom two. Anya says she is not worried at all. She is just focused on winning. They arrive back at the house and pictures of Saleisha, last year’s winner, are all over the place. Funny thing is, Saleisha never shows up in person. Dominique interviews that she is the Saleisha of the competition, meaning she will win. Okey doke. Moving right along, as Dominique sits on the bed eating junk food, the other three young ladies wonder how Dom has stayed in the game so far. She eats constantly, steals Whitney’s food at 3:a.m. and basically gets on everyone’s nerves.
TYRA MAIL
“Take a picture, you might last longer” is the message. They arrive at a park with beautiful gardens. Paulina is there posing for a photographer. He teaches the ladies how to use the camera and give direction to the model. Ann Shoket (Seventeen Magazine) shows up and tells the ladies they will each get five minutes to shoot Paulina. The winner, based on the direction and shots, will get an extra 50 frames at the next photo shoot. Fatima goes first, and gives clear, concise direction and takes great shots. Dominique does not. Pauline says she seemed uncertain of herself and the poses. Whitney didn’t hesitate to give good direction and Paulina notice it. Anya was all over the place, very energetic, but not totally getting her point across. In the end, it’s Fatima who wins her first challenge.
DOMINIQUE DOMINATES
Back at the house, Fatima practices her runway walk. At the end of each walk, her turn is a little too fast, and Dominique is quick to point it out. Then Dominique goes on to talk about herself, 3rd person and all, telling the other ladies that she is there to win, cannot lose focus, has the most confidence, etc. Anya and Whitney just roll there eyes. I fast can only forward. Another Tyra Mail reads: “They are out for blood, will give you a taste of fame,” and the girls are just confused. For some reason, Dominique says aloud, “I’d rather Whitney go home than me”. Remember that karma I keep talking about? Hmm…
PHOTO SHOOT
The ladies meet up with J. Manuel for a nighttime shoot depicting a 50’s starlet being stalked by the paparazzi. Nigel will be the photographer. A fine, FINE, young Italian stands in as the “boyfriend”, a concept Fatima reminds us once again she hasn’t experienced. Her performance is stiff. Good thing she gets an extra 50 frames, because in a Top Model first, J. Manuel loses his patience and tells her to “get her ass up here and look at these frames!” She even sees how badly she’s doing, but doesn’t step up her game. Whitney still has the Betty Boop look on her face, but at least she isn’t scare of ‘ol dude. Anya looks good, but can’t get a good frame until J. Manuel distracts her. Then there’s poor Dominique. She looks more masculine than ever, and does nothing to try to soften her pictures.
THE JUDGING
The judges love Anya’s picture, even though Nigel had to drag it out of her. Whitney gets a pass this week on the Boop-Boopi-Doo since they got one good picture with her eyes. Fatima took a great Cover Girl shot, but it wasn’t a Cover Girl shoot. Oh shoot. But it’s Dominique the judges are most disappointed with. Miss J deepens his voice and says that the cat has been let out of the bag. Tyra tries to tell Dom that in modeling, sometimes the stylists put way to much makeup on the models, and they have to be careful not to come across as too masculine. Even Tyra admits that she has looked more like Tyrone than Tyra at times, but you have to work it in your favor. Miss J, in an evern DEEPER voice, says that Cover Girl covers up the man in you. I was LMAO on that one! In the end, it’s no surprise that it’s Fatima and Dominique in the bottom two. Fatima because she can’t seem to listen or take direction well, and Dominique because she comes across like a transvestite. Paulina even called her a Tranny to her face. Dom is sent home, and Fatima gets another week to prove she hears something, anything, the judges have said.
