America's Next Top Model: Maui Wowie, It's a Twofer!
Some heinous hip hop hula
For the challenge this week the girls have to learn a hip hop hula routine. The scariest part -- they have four eight counts to tell their personal story with hula moves. Each girl must perform with the hula dancers and then bust out her solo in the middle of it. Erin used to be a cheerleader so she's pretty confident but there are others who are...well, awkward.
The prize this time around is that the girl who wins gets to return to the island with a friend for a five night all-expense-paid trip at the Four Seasons. Heck, we'll get up and hip hop the heck out of the hula for that prize! Miss J shows up to judge the competition and Nicole is so hard to watch that he feels compelled to get up after her performance and imitate it. While Jennifer and Erin were pretty good, Laura brought the booty. She could crunk with the best of 'em. And she chooses Jen to join her on her return trip to Maui.
The Goddess of Fire? Not so much
This week's photo shoot is inspired by Pele the goddess of the volcanoes. The models will have to incorporate her fiery fierceness. The girls must pose H to T on top of lava rocks (very pokey and not so good on the feet) with waves crashing up and around them. Timing is everything for this shoot. And there's more on the line this time than ever before as two of the four girls will be sent home this week. Now we're not so good at the math but even we can figure out that half of the contestants will be going home.
The idea that two girls were going to be sent home is too much for most of them. It gets into their heads and ends up showing during their photo shoot. Jennifer refused to get off her toes, even after Jay told her to so she was really awkward. Nicole did great because she refused to think about the elimination. It wasn't Laura’s best shoot. In fact, Jay asked her if she had been drinking. And to get out of her funk Erin sang a happy song in her head and ended up doing pretty well.
How to choose?
Let's recap a bit here. Nicole, Jennifer and Laura have never been in the bottom two. Erin -- well, she started off strong but she's been a disaster lately. Though, clearly the judges love her.
So how were the photos? Erin's photo was pretty but Miss J said that she didn't smize. Jennifer's photo looked good but it wasn't her best and she came off looking like a mouth breather. Laura may have struggled during the shoot but her photo turned out amazing. Miss J even coins a new term -- she’s smozing (posing and smizing). The judges really think that she has many looks. And after Laura's great shoot we were surprised at the photo that they chose. It was okay but she didn't seem to be modeling H to T.
The double chop
Knowing that this is the biggest elimination in ANTM history, the judges had a very difficult time deliberating. Tyra starts her announcements to the girls by telling who is staying. Nicole is in -- of course. So who else is staying? It's Laura! Erin and Jennifer are both eliminated, but at least Jennifer gets to come back to Maui at a later date. Maybe that made it a little less painful.
So who will take the top prize? Laura and Nicole must compete in a Cover Girl Challenge and face the elements of the islands on a runway. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. Who do you think will become America's Next Top Model? Tell us here!
Great Top Model quotes
"Not too long ago I was castratin' bulls and cuttin' hay." Laura
"I’m obsessed with your leg muscles right now." Nicole to Jennifer
"Jay just peed in his pants." The photographer, Steve Shaw, while listening to Jay praise Nicole’s photo shoot.
News from behind the judges' table—Miss J's a dad!
We read the most unusual news today and just had to share. MSN is reporting that Miss J is a daddy, and has been for the past seven or so years. While Miss J was a guest on Tyra's show this week he spilled that he has a seven-year-old son named Boris.
Comments
How can no one else she that Laura looks like a deer in the headlights in her photo? Her close up was scary to me.
Posted by: Jessica | November 14, 2009 9:19 AM
I think Nicole will win. She's never been in the bottom two, the judjes like her. She's likeable and awkward.
Posted by: n.s. | November 12, 2009 12:56 PM
I think Nicole will win. She did well on all her photo shoots, the last one wasn't great but over all her photos are good. She's never been in the bottom two. She's likeable and awkward. Laura's got that funny accent and doesn't know much. She doesn't look like a model but produces in photos.
Posted by: n.s. | November 12, 2009 12:53 PM