Oh fun. My VCR didn't record the previews for next week (I had it so it would switch over to Alias). I can't wait for Tyra to yell at them. I loved the one where she was yelling at Brandy and Keenyah about their attitudes in the salon. He he.

My faves so far are Rebecca (although she needs to learn to change her facial expressions), Kahlen (more self confidence) and Michelle (needs to learn to be comfortable in her own skin).

I don't like Niama, I don't know why either. Maybe its the whole mohawk thing. I just don't understand how her having a mohawk makes her "america's next top model". I personally wouldn't want someone with a mohawk walking my runway. Tiffany still has to much of an attitude. Brittany, OMG her behavior last week was APPALLING!!!!!!!

Christina is kind of my can go either way. I do think she is beautiful but she also needs to get more of a self confidence.

It's really hard for me to pick who I think is getting bumped next week cause I didn't see the previews, I just hope its not one of my favorites.



Oh on another note, does anyone know when ANTM is filmed? Are they filming now and doing a quick edit or was it filmed earlier this year? I ask because of the whole Michelle skin thing. I thought it was completely stupid that the girls were going ballistic but I also thought what they were being told my family members was completely out of line because I for one do not ever recall hearing anything on the news this past year or even last, about a skin disease that would kill you.

LOL!!!!

Girl you crack me up!!!!!! And I needed the laugh since I'm in the middle of packing. Ugh.

I really hope that she's *actually* yelling at someone at judging and it's not just something she's doing to show the girls about comanding attention, etc.

True, they do that a lot with The Apprentice. A couple of weeks ago they showed Chris having a fit in the preview and commercials. Then, when the episode actually aired, it turns out he was reflecting the other guy's behaviour back to him. In other words, he wasn't really having a fit after all. It's all about tricky editing. So, yeah, I'm curious to see if Tyra's yelling at someone, or as LeslieAGD wonders, if she's not just role-playing or something.


.....Kelly :)

Wow, that was a surprise tonight. I never thought two would be gone.

It was kind of sad seeing Tyra yell. Felt so sorry for all the girls there.

Next week's episode does look interesting...

Just catching it again. By the way, who was that male model? He is hot!

Hi.

I missed it. I really wanted to see it. Can anybody recap what happend on the episode??? Why did tyra get all crazy???

Basically, the girls went around to an acting studio to get lessons. They had to learn a scene and perform it in a cockney English accent opposite of a hunky soap opera and model dude whose name I can't spell. Michelle, who took drama in high school, thought she had it in the bag. In the end, Naima was the winner of the challenge. Her prize was that she and two other would get to share $10,000 worth of diamond jewlery. She picked Michelle and Kahlen to go with her.

For their photoshoot, the contestants had to engage in a pillow fight with a handsome male model. The product they were advertising, naturally, was a bra set. Some of the girls did well; Brittany did very well. Some of the girls struggled: Kahlen, who has never had a boyfriend, had a hard time trying to interact with the male model in a sexy fashion. On the other hand, Rebecca struggled with the shoot due to the fact that she has a fiance. Finally, Tiffany just couldn't get it together - it was like she wouldn't let loose for what was meant to be a lighthearted shoot.

At the judging, the girls' surprise task was to do a cold-reading off of a teleprompter and pretend as if they were covering Fashion Week in Paris. I can't believe that everyone struggled to pronounce words like "magenta". :rolleyes: Tiffany read the first 5 words and then gave up. The judges tried to encourage her and reassured her that everyone had been royally messing up the lines and to just go for it. Tyra told her that if she didn't do it she would have to go home. So, Tiffany sucked it up and pushed her way through. As Tiffany was leaving the room, she muttered something about "This is humiliating and it just gets worse every week."

When everyone came back in, Tyra told them that they had all done poorly. The only person who had done a great photoshoot and a decent reading was Brittany. She was awarded the first photo. Then, the handing out of the rest of the photos commenced. The last two standing were Tiffany and Rebecca. For Rebecca, Tyra told her that she had hit a plateau and wasn't improving - that she was just "nice" and that's it. For Tiffany, Tyra said that she had a lot of potential, but that her negative attitude just wasn't going to get her far. She told Tiffany that she knows what it's like to struggle, but that people need to learn how to stand up and move on. With that Tyra said that this week the judges faced a tough decision. The result? Tyra revealed a blank sheet of paper. Both Tiffany *and* Rebecca had to go home.

Of course, everyone was surprised. With that, the two girls went over to the others to say goodbye. Rebecca tearfully hugged the others and wished them well. Tiffany said her goodbyes too. Just then, Tyra called Tiffany and Rebecca back to the center of the room. She then took Tiffany to task. She pointed out that Rebecca was crying about having to go home. Tyra said that it was an indication of how much Rebecca wanted this. By contrast, Tiffany was acting like it was all some kind of joke. Tiffany tried to argue that she feels bad too and that she just shows it different, etc. Tyra then flipped out on her and started hollering at her about how they all [the judges] had been rooting for her and how she wasn't living up to her own potential. Tyra was shouting at her saying that she's never yelled at a girl like this before. Tyra added that when her own mother yells at her like this it's because she loves her and wants to her better herself. I just think that Tyra saw some of herself in Tiffany and just really felt disappointed that she wasn't living up to all that she could be.

.....Kelly :)

Didn't Naima pick Michelle and Tatiana?

As much as I don't like her, I have a feeling Brittney will make it to the top three. It seems like she's the only one that the judges consider to be "improving."

I wasn't surprised to see Tiffany go and, as much as I thought Rebecca was pretty, she had gotten really whiney in the last few episodes.

I missed scenes...what's happening next week?

Yeah she picked Tatiana.


I have to agree with your assessment of Brittany, LeslieAGD. She does seem to be the only one improving.

I really liked Rebecca but your right she has been whiny lately. I may not be a model but seriously how difficult is it to "change your face". We do it all the time in society probably without even thinking about it. (shrugs shoulders).

Man, it's really hard to pick my favorites.

I do like Michelle, just something about her personality that is cute.

I do like Kahlen but she seriously needs to work on her self confidence.

Honestly after last night pretty much all but Brittany and Michelle really need to be comforatable in their own skin. These women could not work with the male model while it looked like Brittany and Michelle were having fun. Rebecca was all worried about "cheating" on her fiance. HELLO your ACTING!!!!!!!!

I have to admit I'm glad Tiffany is gone. I was getting tired of her bad attitude.

I was shocked that Tyra dumped them both out of the competition. That surprised me. Didn't see it coming a mile away. I thought they would select Rebecca and give her one more chance. But I also see the strategy in it also. By them getting rid of two girls it is telling the others "you need to step this up or we won't hesitate to dump two of you".

I too missed the previews, so I am not sure what is happening next week.

Someone want to fill LeslieAGD and I in, pretty please :D

The previews for next showed the girls looking upset from the meeting with the judges. The next shot looked like they were on a television set and Naima was using interview skills (Jann Carl from ET was in the background). Then it showed something about Kahlen and a personal tragedy and Christina said something to the effect that Kahlen is a great girl and she would hate to see her go home because of this.

thanks Kelly for the recap!

wow. im still so sad that i missed it...2 girls went home???!!! Damn. I never really like Tiffany that much so im glad she left.

as of right now i dont really have a favorite. still waiting for someone to wow me. I did like some of Keenya's pictures like the KOrean pose.

as for Naima im still kinda undecided about her. i *love* her style & hair its sooo unique but i just dont think shes very pretty or has a lot of personality so far. maybe itll change.

i hope they rerun this episode! HAHA.

p.s i cant stand michelle..ew. she just bugs me.

I reading along with the teleprompter, and it was pretty easy to do. Yes I have had years of being on stage and lots of public speaking experience, but the fact that none of these girls could get through the cold reading at the judging was pretty pathetic.