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Top Model: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
By Edie Rowland
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Okay, I’m sad. I almost cried at the end of the show last night. I don’t like Elina. She should have gone home. And now my favorite girl is gone.
The whole thing with Elina and Marjorie was childish and a bit confusing. They acted like they’ve faced all these problems because they are from Europe. Huh? And here they are whining and lamenting being European (???) in front of an Asian girl and an African-American girl. I mean, hello? Anyway, they just acted pretty immature about it. Samantha rightly asked them, “Um…didn’t you move here when you were, like eight?” And boy, did that send them over the edge. “That’s so hurtful!” Elina cries (or something to that effect). Um, okay. I used to like Marjorie, but when she jumped on the Elina whinemobile, she lost me. I think it’s funny how Elina complains that she’s told she’s too reserved on photo shoots, but somehow she can get all emotional and up in the air around the other girls. She’s not as staunch as she appears.
So the invisible model thing was weird, huh? Judging by the clothes that they wore at the fashion show, I’m guessing this episode was in memory of Mr. Blackwell. (No? Really?) The clothes were…colorful. I could actually sympathize with Elina when she couldn’t breathe in the full body green suit. It made me claustrophobic just looking at it. Something about them reminded me of the Blue Man Group.
I just about died when Marjorie came out with the top of her dress around her waist. Thank goodness for the green suit! Couldn’t believe she couldn’t even tell. Really couldn’t believe Elina won the challenge and got to do a holiday photo shoot for Seventeen. I loved Samantha saying, “Elina doesn’t celebrate holidays. She’s an atheist. I love Christmas!” Me, too, Sam. Me, too. Deck them halls.
I’m really starting to like Sheena. She didn’t pull any punches with Elina and Marjorie, that’s for sure. I like that she said she could embrace her culture, but “maintain being an American.” That’s right, Sheena! God bless America!
I felt so sorry for Joslyn being sick. She looked miserable, but she pulled through like a champ. I know Tyra said they can’t give pity points, but they should have cut her a little slack. Some girls wouldn’t have even shown up to do the commercial.
Speaking of which…the commercials were MUCH better this time. Thank heaven for teleprompters! Analeigh and Sheena were the best. My thoughts were “Analeigh is a great Cover Girl!” and “Sheena should be an actress!” Margorie and McKey made me cringe. Elina made me want to fall asleep. Samantha was pretty good. Joslyn was just pitiful because it was obvious she didn’t feel well.
I really didn’t know who the bottom two would be, but I was thinking (and hoping) it was between Elina, Marjorie and McKey. When it came down to Joslyn and Elina, I was right there with Sheena when she whispered, “Come on, Joslyn.” But, no. Silly Elina gets to go to Holland and Joslyn gets sent home. Hang in there, girl! You are beautiful inside and out!
So, next week it’s off to Amsterdam. (Which is famous for a lot of things, but I didn’t know modeling was one of them.) The girls do some modeling in the windows of the Red Light District.
See ya then!
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I felt so sorry for Joslyn being sick. She looked miserable, but she pulled through like a champ.
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