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Originally posted by DeeGeePrincess
Hi.
I missed it. I really wanted to see it. Can anybody recap what happend on the episode??? Why did tyra get all crazy???
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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".
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
