ANTM: Hunchbacks Get Pretty

With two girls lopped off of America’s Next Top Model last week, and seven more to go, the competition has gotten particularly fierce. The girls quietly snipe at each other, with one of them telling Analeigh she’s pretty but not model pretty. In one of their first challenges, Tyra, wearing black heels and a black leotard, coaches the girls in the art of developing a signature look or pose. Analeigh is up first and of course she tries to take advantage of her training as an ice skater, but her effort falls flat. Tyra says her poses are pretty but empty then encourages her to go for rebel ice skater, whatever that means. When Lauren Brie of the perpetual pretty picture steps up, Sheena says, “Lauren Brie is like her hair—translucent and bland.” LB feels her signature is her awkwardness, but no one can do awkward quite like Marjorie, who based her pose off of the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Whoever said hunchbacks aren’t pretty? Instead, Tyra anoints LB as a surfer chick. The result is awkward, but not in a good way.

Meanwhile, McKey, of course, captures her inner boxer with a pose that emphasizes the length of her neck by making it look as though she’s been hit by someone, albeit in a pretty way. Joslyn put some emphasis on her profile. Tyra calls Elina’s wide-legs-far-apart stance “top model of the world.” Tyra takes her love of fierceness to a whole new level with her “Fiercie Awards” theme for the photo shoot. All the girls are dressed as different kinds of actresses at an award show. Elina’s role is as an over-emotional actress. But as usual she has a hard time letting go. Mr. Jay practically walks her through her inspiration, asking her to go to her most vulnerable place, and think about what makes her feel the least confident about herself. Elina finally sheds a few tears and as she’s talking to Mr. Jay about her feelings of inadequacy as the photographer takes photos. The judges later say she still looks too controlled and that if they took her tears away she wouldn’t even look like she was crying. Tyra tells her she should have been channeling Halle Berry at the Oscars.

Lauren Brie plays an actress who falls up the stairs, but she just ends up looking like a mannequin that’s fallen over. The judges basically tell her that her photos have not improved. McKey plays the actress who thinks she’s going to win but doesn’t. Nigel loves her photos. Samantha can’t read the cue cards because she’s blinded by the lights. The judges say that her photo is great but, mostly because of the photographer and not because of her. Marjorie plays an actress who can’t get out of her dress to use the bathroom. She somehow manages to climb onto the walls of the stall and use her Hunchback of Notre Dame pose. It’s awesome and the judges think so also. Analeigh finally gets a personality with her role as an interviewer with an attitude and is commended for it. Joslyn is an actress who is wearing the same dress as another actress. The judges love her photo, which showcases her profile. She starts to cry in front of the panel after they tell her how great it is, saying she was insecure about her big nose. Tyra tells her she needs to learn how to work it. In Sheena’s photo shoot her dress is being stepped on. The judges aren’t impressed, but they don’t hate it either. In the end, Marjorie gets the first photo, and Sheena and Lauren Brie are the last to be called up. Sheena squeaks past LB on the strength of her personality.

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