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[TWoP Pembleton]

Another Friday where I forgot the show was on. Discuss away!

[Canada]

This show just gets more bizarre each week. Licking the floor.... that must have been lovely, especially when the cockroach appeared. And Victoria? She's gone from entertaining to just bizarre. Didn't enjoy this episode at all.

ETA: I don't know why you girls are freaking out that Victoria is too thin. She's the size of a model. If you all want to be models, you might want to start mimicking her or else it just isn't going to happen for you.

Edited by Canada, Oct 5, 2012 @ 9:10 PM.

[ZoloftBlob]

I'm sorry, how was girls licking a cockroach floor or photographed vomiting in a toilet while made up to look beat up, or guzzling milk and soaked down like in a girl's gone wild video in any way a modeling shoot?

I usually think the hamsters deserve what they get... but not this time.

[JDavitt]

That photo shoot was degrading, Victoria's arms are like sticks, and her mental state, if genuine, not another of her increasingly wild and wacky stories, verging on disturbing.

You could tell that the other girls were, for once, not gloating over the possibility of booting off some competition but a little embarrassed for her and worried.

There is no way she could ever cope with the rigors of this career without melting down.

[QueenBee59]

Yes, Victoria IS the size of a high fashion model, BUT I have no doubt that she has an eating disorder. I think it's as plain as the nose on her face, and I recognized it immediately. She claimed that she had no appetite, as she hungrily eyed everyone's food in multiple scenes. And the compulsive exercise. It's very sad, but not uncommon.

[Ryn The Tyn]

I'm sorry, how was girls licking a cockroach floor or photographed vomiting in a toilet while made up to look beat up, or guzzling milk and soaked down like in a girl's gone wild video in any way a modeling shoot?

Nylon does that kind of shoot. Well, not licking soda off the floor, that was just bizarre and inexplicable, but that sort of beat up thing is very Nylon.

[Dolphincorn]

I used to work for that guy from Nylon. He was always late with my cheque, but I always got it eventually. I wish I still had that job. It was a very creative environment.

There was a time twenty years ago when every magazine layout looked like that photo shoot. Victoria even reminded me of a young Amy Wesson, too stoned to realize there was a camera on her.

Alyssa is a beautiful girl. She needs to get into acting.

On my blog, I've been making fun of the "leather shorts for men" trend that seems to be popular with the sort of guys who should never bare any body parts, and who shows up in leather shorts but Bryanboy! I'm sure that's exactly what I'd want to be wearing in the desert heat. What a moron.

[hatchetgirl]

I think for Alyssa's shoot, I would have sorta been on my side, head on my arm, kinda out of it trying to drink from the bottle on the floor rather than licking the floor. That way, she would have been able to be fully facing the camera, while still looking realistically messed up.

I definitely hate the stupid messed up photo shoots though. Blech.

And Victoria! If she has really lost this much weight, why isn't Tyra noticing and saying something at judging like "Victoria, I have noticed you've been losing weight. We are going to talk this week." But then, this is ANTM, so I don't know why I would expect that...

[Bebecat]

Oh Victoria, I so do not like you or your drama. If this is not an act, she is mentally ill and should not be on the show.
Brian Boy makes me hurl.
These girls are hard to like for me...any of them.
The photo shoot was disgusting.

Sooooooooooo predictable, of course Victoria would be last one to have her photo review, just so she could hyperventilate longer.

Alisa was set-up just by the horrible floor-licking...she did not have a chance.
Kiara shut your big mouth-you care about as much as my cat does. Tyra you are full of it too.

Can't say it enough-this scoring system is so stupid and meaningless.

I like Natasia, but long and lean? Really? She was all scrunched up again.


Laura managed to talk about the show her dad was in 2-3 decades ago...

Edited by Bebecat, Oct 6, 2012 @ 12:39 AM.

[Cuppiediva]

The more I see online, the more I m now convinced that Victoria is playing a role..she had me fooled there, for a while.

[coffeeboydoestv]

I'm just waiting for Victoria to go all "Black Swan" any episode now.

[Constant]

I don’t get this random acts of modelling thing. Why wasn’t Nastasia’s second picture considered ‘fiercely laying on a lawn chair’?

[MsTaken]

I am so clueless about modeling that I honestly don't get why Laura's picture from last week was lauded as something sublime while this week's was denounced as Worst Picture Ever. My dopey eyes and I didn't see that vast a difference...at all! Then again, I never understand why at least 80% of Tyra's handpicked hamsters are deemed attractive enough to model in the first place, so...there's that. Laura's look actually freaks me out, that fake looking tan with the unnaturally white-blond hair and matching eyebrows. Ugh.

I do agree with those who really like Alyssa, though it depresses me that she's considered "plus size". I see and appreciate that her body has (*gasp*) actual curves, but am I right in thinking she's skinnier than other plus sized models on this show have been, or is that just another example of my modeling-related obliviousness?!

I;m genuinely torn on Victoria. On one hand, I think she's deliberately playing up the teetering-on-the-edge-of-sanity thing for attention and in hopes of parlaying this into some sort of acting career, but other times she seems genuinely unstable. Either way, I agree with those who feel that this week she crossed the line from providing uneasy entertainment to becoming simply a squirm-worthy disaster.

Edited by MsTaken, Oct 6, 2012 @ 8:01 AM.

[bneeweenee]

Watching Victoria do jazzercise in a leotard during the day was fun.

Watching Victoria lift large weights in sports bra and panties in the middle of the night was scary.

She is not well-equipped for the world.

[NeenerNeener]

Is it my imagination, or did Laura try to hijack Alyssa's elimination and make it all about her?

The more cray cray Victoria brings the more convinced I become that it's all an act. And it's working for her; she gets all kinds of screen time from it which is probably much more valuable than actually winning this thing.

[soymilk]

Watching Victoria lift large weights in sports bra and panties in the middle of the night was scary.

They weren't even weights! They were pawns from the huge chess set. Between that and the elaborate/crazy backstories she's created two weeks in a row, she is my favorite (to laugh at).

[Kweed]

Even Victoria's mother is over it. On the phone, Victoria was like "Tell me your words of wisdom and encouragement oh wise one!" and her mom just says "Why don't you come home?"

[nottopbravo]

Another Friday where I forgot the show was on. Discuss away!

Wow. Just over one page of comments?

Looks like you weren't the only one who forgot. Seems like the whole viewing audience did.

Edited by nottopbravo, Oct 6, 2012 @ 1:43 PM.

[Shprintze]

Why did they wait so long to show us so much of Alysa - both her photos and her personality? Im guessing she would have been one of my favorites. She is stunning and (at least what we saw in this episode) had a great attitude. Jeez, unlike some other prima donnas, she took Cockroachgate in stride. Really, what a stunning face. Interesting that Tyra got chocked up. Not saying it was genuine, but after oh so many years of my addiction to this crapfest, I've never seen her do that. Why not with Yvonne? Oh yeah. Yvonne's an "angry black woman." Phhhhh!

Also, can't confirm (cause I really don't want to rematch) but I think I caught 2 interesting things about Kristen: 1) she was being genuinely nice to one of the girls without acting for her own game, and 2) when the camera rolled from behind the girls at the beginning of judgeing, she had one "fiercely real" ass. also noticed that Laura's butt is pretty big.

Hey, are any of these girls even planning on going back to school or has Tyra just derailed them complexity. Sorry, but would it kill her to say, Don't forget, modeling is something you can do part time to help pay for school and it's always there when you graduate. Cause ANTM has been making successful models since ...

Sorry, I've been holding it in all season.

Also, maybe if they told Victoria she won a super special model prize to get her some help at an eating disorder and anxiety clinic and they would fly her mom out, she would get help. I happen to like Victoria and no longer think she is a plant because of several of the behaviors mentioned above, particularly staring at food, holding food but "testing" herself not to eat it. Even her mother told her to leave and she ignored that! It's not entertainment to watch people suffer so I hope the producers step in and do something. I don't think the other girls are speaking out as a ways og getting rid of competition. They have never seen her as competition at any stage of this. Whether they truly care or not, who knows but it is very stressful to be around someone with this kind of illness.

[areed]

Why can't random acts of modeling take place in a chem lab (beakers, test tubes, curious looks), English class (poised with a pencil while looking quizzically somewhere, while wearing fetching clothing), working out a math problem, or, if we must be completely un-intellectual about it, eyeing dining hall food with a bit of suspicion (with another model playing the part of work-study dining hall employee). I think Tyra has confused college with what Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton did while they were at the same age, but not in college.

[noluvnoluck]

Looks like you weren't the only one who forgot. Seems like the whole viewing audience did.

And with the next show airing on the 19th, everyone will certainly forget. This show cannot afford to take breaks like the old days.

My favorites are all almost gone. Alyssa was fantastic. Stunning. Funny. Sexy. I loved her photo with Rob, it was possibly the best out of the season so far along with Leila's. Speaking of Leila, she would have ROCKED this shoot. This show sucks.

And that floor licking and milk bullshit was gross.

[Vexer]

Alyssa spoke so of course she was going home. And Laura droned on about how famous her father is and how her mother was a model so of course she was bottom 2. And didn't Tyra say something about how Laura should be good at this because her mother was a model? Wait, huh? Since when are children ALWAYS talented in ALL the same things as their parents? That was just lame.

I love Victoria but this episode was a bit much from her for me. I am sure it was a lot of editing to bring the cray cray, but they can't show anything that wasn't there. And I do think the other girls have a legitimate concern for her. Her "back story" during the photo shoot was both brilliant and yet creepy all at the same time.

The photo shoot was disgusting. The licking soda off the floor was easily the stupidest one but the milk was a very, very, very, very close second. I truly did not understand either one.

[kelly28rn]

I find Kristen to be a nasty piece of work. She should have been tossed for goading another model to hit her. I wish she had been hit. On some reality shows both contestants get tossed for a fight. Also, Kristen is a complete bully. She's targeting the weakest (Victoria) and next week she's threatening her. I don't know what alarms me most - ANTM for allowing this bully or the "social media" who think she's great. Maybe she can move to a town near you and terrorize you or your children. In any other season she would have been dismissed as too commercial, but all her pathetic social media fans are keeping her going.

I dislike Laura, not only for her association with Kristen, but for her cry-baby rich girl act. Give me a break. Her eyeliner is atrocious, she's got limp/lifeless hair, and I've never seen a nose like that on a model. Cruel to criticize her looks but this show is about modeling. She's probably already tried to be an actor like her father and is now attemping to model like her mother. My advice - go back to school and work on your brain - you're going to need it.

This season is odd but it seems like Tyra is at least trying to breathe some fresh air into this aging franchise. She's been phoning it in for years but seems to be more invested this season. I'm still not sold on adding the social media angle - specially when bitches like Kristen thrive on it. I don't threaten to stop watching shows if someone I dislike wins, but if Kristen does I'm going to have a hard time watching next season. And I've watched every season no matter how lame.

[tommie]

So Tyra going away watching season one means she'll try to repeat Elyse's non-anorexia storyline? Too bad Elyse was actually a funny smart bitch and not a tragic mess like Victoria.

And what was with Tyra's crying when Alyssa was eliminated? Did she think people would eliminate Thintoria due to being too thin?

[babysmith]

Another Friday where I forgot the show was on. Discuss away!

Oh man, me too.

This show is going down the drain and if I remember correctly on past seasons by this time at the fade out of girls a Tyra voiceover said something like ''Do you think you got what it takes to be ANTM? Sign up on the cw site now!!!!! Which meant there was gonna be another season. I'm not seeing that this time so my guess is that this is the last season but who knows.

[Courtneygirl]

Did I miss something--why were the teams being timed for their Random Acts of Modeling, every stop marked off with a yellow "X" on the screen? Was there a prize for the team that finished first, rather than what we saw, which is the team that did "best"? If no prize for speed, why the rush across California like it was 1849?

Also, why did they go to Palm Springs at all? To find a trashy motel to do their trashy shoot? Yeah, those are tough to find in LA...

Agree that Victoria is simply rocking the model body prototype, especially when contrasted with someone like Allyssa. Agree also that, protruding chest bones aside, Laura isn't that thin, and I think that's why she wears nothing but black leggings and loose-fitting black tank tops around the house. And the heinous two-headed blonde monster that is Laura and Kristin can't get eliminated quickly enough. Also, I won't miss Mama Kiara, the girl who sounds like a newscaster, looks like she's 32, and has an athletic body, not a model's body. I too would love to see Leila return to take it all, if only to send Laura into breakdown mode (I'm not sure at this point that Kristin is human, so I'm not sure she is capable of having a breakdown).

I really hope this isn't the last cycle, as it is so bad, and I think the show still has potential to be so good!

[Bebecat]

Kristin is a nightmare of a person, a total bully mean-girl, and this show is celebrating it. I thought Tyra was all anti-bullying, oh yeah, that so was so last year...what a phony she is.

I was ashamed of myself even watching the show last night. The photo shoot was just disgusting. That is what happens when you can't get a real fashion mag as a prize. I mean, "Seventeen" was better than this crap.

Laura does not have a model's body; in fact, Victoria, sick or not, is the only one who does. No matter what the industry says, they still want the thin curve-less girl.

Just ugh to the rest of the cycle for me. My greatest hope is that Leila is asked back and laughs in their face and refuses.

[Libster]

Just a few comments on the episode.

1. I thought Alyssa had one of the worst modeling challenges on the shoot, Lick up soda off the floor?! Really, Dumpster trash was also a difficult one.

2. Kristen complaining about milk, sure it wasn't ideal but would she rather have licked on a cockroach laden floor or been in a dumpster?

3. I did not agree with the number 1 photo. I thought Britney, Victoria, Kristen should have won.

4. I liked the shoot though, it was creative and I always look forward to interesting shoots over boring catalog, or "cover girl" type shoots.

5. I like Kiara, I see where she is coming from. Her motives are good, she's really just tough love, and she doesn't candy coat a situation.

6. It was apparent the Tyra was trying to save Alyssa , she gave her a high school when the other judges gave her a low score. Why she cried, I don't know. Maybe she is trying to bring the "real girl, I got curves, Marilyn Monroe" type back to Modeling. Tyra isn't skinny so maybe she is truly upset, or maybe it was just Tyra drama. Hard to tell.

7. Random Acts of Modeling. They really need to nail down and be specific about this because some they liked, didn't seem like RAOM and some they didn't did seem like RAOM.

8. I like Laura despite her having to mention every episode about her dad being on some show, or her mom being a model. She has 1st world problems. But I see that she feels a lot of pressure over them. I hope she can learn some humility along the way.

9. Victoria - Oh how I love thee, but this episode is scary and I hope it was editing. Sure she's dramatic and it may be a schtick but if she can model that doesn't disqualify her from the contest. What could is an eating or mental health disorder.

10. The girls response to Victoria's behavior was mature and in no way mean or spiteful. They seem to genuinely worry about her. This wasn't an attempt to get someone kicked of the show. And in many aspects Kiara treated her like a little sister (Kiara tough love style).

11. Did I miss the photo of Tyra and Rob doing the challenge? They have been doing that all season but I missed this one, or did they just not do one this time?

[Saintz]

Allyssa's pic was all kinds of awful and yeah, she had a lot of screentime so it was obvious she was getting the boot.

Aside from her picture and Laura's, I liked the rest with Kristin's being my favorite.

The challenge was meh but it was miles better than last week's boring mess.

I find hard to believe that Tyra wouldn't know if Victoria had an eating disorder. She's a producer and the cameras are recording 24/7, so I think they are milking this just for drama's sake.

I can't believe Nastasia got best photo. She looked like Isis and still short IMO.

[noluvnoluck]

This show is going down the drain

Going? Like a poster here said many moons ago, the show was already in the toilet and they just now flushed. I wish I could remember who said this; it was hilarious and true!!