America's Next Top Model: Goat brains? We'll pass.
What could possibly go wrong?
You know how when you travel overseas, you're supposed to avoid raw or undercooked food and stick to bottled water? America's Next Top Model shows us the perils of ignoring this advice when Brittani is almost defeated by a bite of goat brain. Silly Brittani - brains are for zombies!
Flat head? Bonus!
But first the girls have to learn the traditional Moroccan tea tray dance. This involves balancing a tray full of teacups and pots on their heads while doing a modified belly dance. As you would expect, there were plenty of plummeting teacups (fortunately, everything was made of brass, not glass.) Brittani has the worst time of it, while Molly complains that her head is pointy. Alexandria, however, is blessed with a flat head -- she's able to booty-dance without rattling a single cup. Classy!
Then the girls discover they have to step it up a notch. Not only will they be performing the tea tray dancing in front of a live audience, they'll be partnered with professional, and they'll have lit candles on their trays. This is starting to seem like a really, really bad idea. Molly trips on her skirt and spills her tray before she even gets down the stairs. She handles it with the style and grace to which we have become accustomed, and the post-production folks earn their money with their blurring and bleeping. Brittani actually manages to pull off the entire hip-shaking dancing without a problem, while Hannah sticks to making hula-like arm movements. Alexandria starts off great, but she gets overconfident and spills her tray twice.
Miss Jay dubs Brittani the winner, and she gets a one-on-one lesson on runway walking. She brings Hannah along for the lesson. And let's face it -- Hannah needs all the help she can get.
There's more -- read on!
Meet me in the Medina
The girls decide to take some time to wander through the medina and soak in the culture. Someone gets the bright idea that they want street food. "That place looks authentic and interesting!" In this case, "authentic" and "interesting" translates into "sheep eyeballs" and "goat brains." After one bite, Brittani pukes her brains out. Great way to prep for a fashion shoot!
The photo shoot continues the theme of the fashion caravan, and Mr. Jay asks the girls to make sure their story shines through in their pictures. We're less impressed by the scenarios the girls come up with than they fact that they're wearing Issa designs -- just like Kate Middleton's engagement dress!
Hannah tries to bring romance and excitement to her story, but she just looks glazed and is too pose-y. Molly takes great shots and revels in the attention. Alexandria can't seem to let go, and that tension shows on her face (in a bad way.) Brittani is overcomes her nausea and the rain and brings out some great body language and creative posing.
The judging
Andre Leon Talley says Alexandria looks like she's lost her mind -- in an interesting way. Tyra thinks her picture looks like something that belongs in Conde Nast Traveler, not Vogue. Nigel thinks she looks like a flight attendant. Ouch!
The judges love Brittani's body language, but the shot they've picked makes it look like she's missing an arm. It's moving toward high fashion but still lacks something. She needs to be pushing the envelope more at this point in the competition.
Hannah's pose is fantastic, but her face is lost. She doesn't know how to work her angles, and there's no real there there.
Molly... look, we're not big Molly fans, but boy, can she deliver a picture. The judges love the drama she brings to the shot, and Tyra praises her for being able to show off and sell the clothes without looking like she's in a catalog. The only problem is she's showing her tough-girl face again, and Tyra wants to see something different.
Molly takes the top shot, to no one's surprised. Brittani is next. Alexandria and Hannah are in the bottom two, and this time Alexandria doesn't make the cut. Bye, Alex!
Comments
lol.. Girls had a good time! Moroccan tea tray dance is very beautiful, but very difficult! I want try to dance it too.
Posted by: Custom essay | May 6, 2011 3:05 AM