Episode 12: Ready For My Close-Up

May 8, 2008 at 2:10 pm | Posted in Anya, Dominique, episode recap, Fatima, Uncategorized, Whitney | 19 Comments

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We’re down to the final four… who will be eliminated tonight?

As we all know, Fatima, Whitney, Anya, and Dominique are our final four (Whodathunk?). And Whitney thought she was going to go home last week. And we talk about how far she’s come, etc which is definitely a bad sign.

Ew. Okay, so they say that when they get home they finally see Saliesha’s photos on the walls (although I was fairly certain I saw one on the wall either last episode or the one before… huh?) And Whitney is surprised that Scandaliesha got to pose with Tyra – I thought she said she’s watched this show before? Wouldn’t she know that ALL the former winners got to pose with Tyra?

SCARY, SCARY THOUGHT: “I guess I’m the Saleisha this competition!” –Dom

On a side note… here are some DoMANique/Scandaleisha similarities…
– They both got an awful makeover
– They both were convinced they were going to win throughout the whole season
– They both had a less-than-fantastic portfolio
– I was shocked to see them both make it as far as they did

Fatima‘s bad-talking Dom. Hey, this could be good! If you remember correctly, here’ our pattern so far:
– Episode 1: Fatima calls the Ali girl “ghetto”… Ali girl goes home
– Episode 3: Fatima calls Allison “fat”… Allison goes home
– Episode 4: Fatima calls Amis “immature”… Amis goes home
– Episode 5: Fatima says Marvita isn’t taking the competition seriously… Marvita goes home
– Episode 11: Fatima says Kat has no personality… Kat goes home
– Does anyone remember Fatima badmouthing Atalya, Aimee, Claire, Stacy, or Lauren on their last episodes? Those were the only ones I specifically remembered.

TYRA MAIL!!
Take a picture; you might last longer.

They arrive at a park and run into Paulina and photographer Francesco Licata. And… he’s going to teach them photography. Ugh. First off… are they using the flash? Secondly, this challenge is ridiculous. Obviously, it’d be helpful to know what the photographer is doing behind the camera, but none of these girls are photographers, and it takes a lot more than a fancy camera (with the settings on “automatic” and the flash on) to make them photographers.

So, they have five minutes to take great photos of Paulina to win an extra 50 frames. Dang… I would rock this challenge. Bring on the extra frames, Paulina… they’re all mine.

Highlights:
– Fatima did a good job directing Paulina, but she’s going to get some nasty shadows with that ugly plant that was behind Paulina
– Dominique couldn’t direct Paulina and kept taking the same pictures over and over again
– Whitney was trying hard… and did pretty well. She also did a lot better than the others with getting well-composed shots, from what I could tell
– Anya did a great job playing with the environment. Obviously, she had the longest to think about things she wanted to do… but she was all over the place and didn’t seem to be paying as much attention to composition as directing the model.
– The winner was Fatima. Huh. Okay.

TYRA MAIL!!
They’re out for blood, but they’ll give you a taste of fame.
Bats? Vampires? Nope… movie stars from the 50s being stalked by the paparazzi.

Nigel Barker gets to be their photographer for this shoot… screaming ensues. Anya‘s makeup looks nasty. Fatima doesn’t know how to act sexy because she’s never had a boyfriend. Because obviously a serious relationship is a prerequisite for acting sexy.

Highlights:
– I thought Anya was doing fantastic, but the best shot was when Jay distracted her… so… are they setting her up for a fall?
– Fatima‘s was a disaster… and then she looked at her photos, and then kept doing the same thing again.
– Whitney fell back into her poseyness
– Dom looks drag and, according to Jay… took a few steps back. Are they finally going to send Dom home??

The photos… in order of my favorite to least favorite…

Anya – She has some energy here, unlike the other girls, and she really looks like someone who was taken off guard by the paparazzi. Her face is strong and she looks the part.

Whitney – She actually looked to me like a classic movie star, and this particular picture I don’t see as being overly posey, either. It wasn’t super, but it was the best of the four.

Fatima – She looks ridiculous, but one could actually imagine a movie star looking somewhat like that when surprised by the paparazzi. I guess.

Dominique – Um…huh? I can’t even figure out what’s going on with this shot, what with all the arms and legs and it looks like he’s trying to strangle her! And she looks more masculine than he does!

Judging panel highlights:
– Hasn’t Whitney already worn that outfit to panel, like, three times or something?

Call-out order:
1. Anya
2. Whitney
3. Fatima

And for the first time ever this cycle, my call-out order has matched theirs! I was so glad to see Fatima & Dom in the bottom two. I don’t think I could have handled both of them in the top three. And I’m feeling better about the finale now that Dom isn’t in it. Thoughts? Comments? How glad were you to see her go?