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[BocaChic]

I loved Wendy Pepper!

[ritalinsmoothie]

Oh Pepper la Pew. To me she's such a joyless character from S1. She wanted to win real bad...yadda yadda yadda...I would've empathesized with her more if she showed a real passion for design and fashion. All I saw was a caricature of a reality show contestant with skills that are barely above Vincent's level. Such a fraud...

[FourGOM]

I find her metamorphosis post-PR to be both intriguing and offputting. Wendy Pepper - she's like a shape-shifter!

[TooTall16]

Please, my internet connection just won't stick tonight. Screw Earthlink! ARE THOSE MACHINE GUN EARRINGS WENDY WEARS IN S1 DVD? I can't make them out, but what a hint....

[Twigs]

I never found her to be particularly offensive or abrasive, just quite delusional. Some of her designs worked, but some were just completely...fugly, if I may.

[JenTG]

I agree Twigs. For me, the worst thing she did was outlast more talented designers and that wasn't her fault, that was the judges/producers. So she talked crap about other designers on the runway...ooo, big deal. She didn't hold a gun to Michael Kors's head and tell him to keep her on the show past Austin. At least she didn't make anyone else's mother cry :cough:Jeffrey:cough:.

Edited by JenTG, Nov 24, 2006 @ 9:18 PM.

[puarrai]

She didn't hold a gun to Michael Kors's head and tell him to keep her on the show past Austin.

I don't think Michael Kors can be blamed for that, as Nancy O'Dell seemed to have made the decision. The regular judges looked horrified that Wendy was going to OFW.

So she talked crap about other designers on the runway...ooo, big deal.

She did this because she knew that she couldn't stay based on talent alone. She admitted this. I found that annoying, but I think the real reason that she is hated relates to the fact that she knew what she was doing was "evil" and labeled it as such. It's kind of hard to ignore the way people identify their own actions.

[Kameko]

I was watching a few S1 reruns yesterday and boy howdy, Wendy's annoying. Of course, I also found Kara Saun annoying, so whatever.

Was there every ANY kind of resolution as to who drew on that picture of her daughter?

[Grasonville]

I was watching a few S1 reruns yesterday and boy howdy, Wendy's annoying

I was "Iced In" with season one yesterday - I found her less annoying than Kara and her insistance that custom made shoes for free (but invoiced at $10.00 a pair) was the same same as Payless.

But the idea that Middleburg Virginia is a small country town (and not a rich rich rich exurb of Washington DC) WAS rather ridiculous.

[Kameko]

I was "Iced In" with season one yesterday

Same here!

I found her less annoying than Kara and her insistance that custom made shoes for free (but invoiced at $10.00 a pair) was the same same as Payless

Oh, I was totally on Wendy's (and Jay's) side in that one. I actually liked Kara Saun's collection the best, but I'm glad she didn't win. That whole shoe thing left a nasty taste in my mouth.

But the idea that Middleburg Virginia is a small country town (and not a rich rich rich exurb of Washington DC) WAS rather ridiculous.

I know! Every time she talked about how she was from "the country," I wanted to smack her. Jay is from the country, you twit. You're from the suburbs.

[Gladiator]

Missed Season 1 the first time around, so just couldn't pull myself away yesterday.

After seeing Wendy in action, no less than Marcel of Top Chef infamy came to mind. They both perfected the art of backstabbing while claiming to be incredulous that others might take offense. It's a competition!

Loved, loved, loved Jay's distinction between a competition and a game. Too bad Wendy didn't get it, any more than Marcel did.

And so they both walk alone.

[eavj]

After seeing Wendy in action, no less than Marcel of Top Chef infamy came to mind. They both perfected the art of backstabbing while claiming to be incredulous that others might take offense. It's a competition!

I don't see the comparison at all. I actually never saw Marcel engage in backstabbing. The worse thing he ever did, in my opinion, was staring at Betty during the TGIF challenge, and that was after she went ballistic on him for no apparent reason.

I think there are many backstabbing comparisons to be made between Wendy and TC chefs--most notably to Elia, who pretended to be friends with Marcel but turned on him at the end. And she, like Wendy, would say anything at judges' table to stay in the game. I'm surprised she didn't accuse Marcel of drawing mustaches on her 23 culinary certificates.

I haven't read many interviews with Wendy, but I'm guessing she was more self-aware than Elia. I think she knew that she was a bitch and didn't care what the viewers thought. Elia, in all her post-show interviews, whines and moans about how mean people are in the blogs, etc., and even accused Marcel of hacking polls to make himself appear more popular. She seems to have no clue that her actions were out of line. Wendy is a realist, if a wacky one; Elia is just delusional.

[Kameko]

I agree. I don't see the Wendy/Marcel thing.

To borrow a metaphor from Top Chef, Wendy routinely threw her competitors under the bus right in front of the judges, completely blindsiding them. Marcel, on the other hand, was almost always professional and fair when critiquing the work of his competitors. That fairness was not shown to him, however. Both Betty and Ilan flat-out lied about him or his food, trying to get him eliminated, just because they didn't like him, personally.

[JediDVguy]

To borrow a metaphor from Top Chef, Wendy routinely threw her competitors under the bus right in front of the judges, completely blindsiding them. Marcel, on the other hand, was almost always professional and fair when critiquing the work of his competitors.

Exactly. Wendy would have fit in perfectly with the Sam/Elia/Ilan/Betty cabal, since she loved to cheat in order to win challenges and lie about people to get them eliminated.

Loved, loved, loved Jay's distinction between a competition and a game.

Bleh. Jay may have had a few good one-liners in the finale, but I really couldn't stand him after seeing the complete season. I thought it was rather hypocritical of him to blast Wendy and Vanessa for being mean considering the fact that he was probably the cruelest person that season.

[07tvwatcher]

www.chocolatecomestolife.com/sweepstakes


Wendy's designing a dress as part of a Quaker Oats sweepstakes.

[Imbaack]

I agree Twigs. For me, the worst thing she did was outlast more talented designers and that wasn't her fault, that was the judges/producers. So she talked crap about other designers on the runway...ooo, big deal. She didn't hold a gun to Michael Kors's head and tell him to keep her on the show past Austin.

Yep. Just having finished watching S1 I was surprised to find that Wendy Pepper didn't outrage me as much as she seemed to have outraged others. Her machinations didn't rise to the level of a Amaroso (Apprentice troublemaker). All she did was try to throw Kevin under the bus and purse her lips in that smirky way. I didn't love her but I didn't hate her either.

Jay referred to women as "bitches" a little too often for my taste. Funny how someone's career can be based on dressing women and the first word out of their mouth is "bitch".

Edited by Imbaack, May 6, 2007 @ 6:01 PM.

[BorkBork]

One could argue that by not using her idea in that challenge, he endangered himself and the team with not wanting to use her contribution and have to admit it. Those cocoon things were what brought the outfits together. In addition, if she saw the situation in a different light after hearing live comments from others, perhaps that is why she replied bitterly to the questions asked.

[JediDVguy]

To me, Wendy's most dubious deed was during the Nancy O'Dell/Grammy challenge. She made an exact replica of the top that Nancy was wearing when they met. Then -- surprise -- Nancy chose Wendy's design based solely on the fact that she liked the top (but hated the rest of the outfit). I don't know if she should have been disqualified, but I think the producers should have intervened.

I also thought it was unfair that Tim pulled Wendy aside towards the end of the season and gave her advice on how she could advance further and appeal to the judges. He didn't offer any advice to the other competitors.

Edited by JediDVguy, May 14, 2007 @ 3:09 PM.

[drivethroo]

To me, Wendy's most dubious deed was during the Nancy O'Dell/Grammy challenge. She made an exact replica of the top that Nancy was wearing when they met. Then -- surprise -- Nancy chose Wendy's design based solely on the fact that she liked the top (but hated the rest of the outfit). I don't know if she should have been disqualified, but I think the producers should have intervened.

Especially when Marla got blasted for copying Nicky Hilton's previous red carpet dress for the red carpet challenge.

[PureGlam]

Yeah I hate how the important shi* gets over looked. It's just not fair.

[BorkBork]

I can't knock her for using that top because several of her previous dresses have that top. The color looked great on her, and while the bottom was too busy, the shape of the bottom worked well for her. She also made use of the fact that Ms O'Dell preferred the natural waistline versus a higher one that's been so common in dresses the last few years.
I think Tim advised everyone in some way, including Austin, who unfortunately didn't take his advice.

[JediDVguy]

I can't knock her for using that top because several of her previous dresses have that top. The color looked great on her, and while the bottom was too busy, the shape of the bottom worked well for her. She also made use of the fact that Ms O'Dell preferred the natural waistline versus a higher one that's been so common in dresses the last few years.

I don't think it was a coincidence that Nancy was wearing an orange-yellow tunic when she met Wendy, and then, voila, Wendy designed an orange-yellow tunic for Nancy. As for the bottom part of the outfit working for her... I believe that Nancy only used a modified version of the top for the Grammys. The bottom and shoes were completely different.

I think Tim advised everyone in some way, including Austin, who unfortunately didn't take his advice.

If he did, they definitely didn't show it on TV. He generally goes around to each designer, checks out their work, then subtly tries to guide them in the right direction. For Wendy, however, he pulled her away from everyone else and told her exactly what the judges think of her designs and exactly how she could change her outfit, which was MUCH different than the way the other designers were treated.

Edited by JediDVguy, Jun 7, 2007 @ 1:01 PM.

[tversky]

I didn't find Wendy hateworthy as much as undeserving and annoying. She was just a bitchy, bitter, deluded, jealous, marginally talented seamstress shrew. I guess one reason I never mustered much hate for her is because I don't think her machinations had anything to do with her success (e.g. what did she plan to achieve with her phoney mothering strategy? It never made much sense to me). The reason she got to the finale was just dumb luck and Austin's stubborn inability to break out from his costumey style. As far as throwing Kevin under the bus? Eh. I don't think Wendy's runway attack was much of a factor in his ouster.

I found Jeff from S3 FAR more hateworthy than Wendy. A talented, self-pitying woman hating asshole, but a self-pitying woman hating asshole nontheless. Like I said, Wendy was a just a harmless annoyance. Plus her delusions and dumb machinations were kind of funny. I LOL at her "Kara Saun! Kara Saun! Kara Saun! [/Jan Brady voice]" outbursts. She was more of a love to hate contestant (like Santino from S2). Jeff was a hate to hate contestant for me.

[kellykapowski]

Have to jump in here. Wendy Pepper in final 3- can I trust ANYTHING the judges do now??? I don't get it- do you think producers keep high-conflict characters around for entertainment value?? Her clothes were Dress Barn-esque!!

[monef]

I never did catch the entire first season of PR1 till now. How the fuck did this two bit, not talent having miserable excuse for a tailor end up in the final 3? I don't care if Austin's stuff was too costumey, at least he had actual inspiration!

Edited by TWoP Nikita, Sep 1, 2007 @ 10:16 AM.
accidental double post

[Misty Rose]

Because Nancy O'Dell has no taste.