America's Next Top Model – 13-3 Review

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Bianca knows she is on thin ice- Ashley is nervous- others say Ashley + LuLu are gossips, and their gab group grows. So, only 3 weeks in and the bitch-fest is on- my stars ladies- here is another thing I recall about my petite models- they are super competitive, as in, “I’m little but I’m loud” (although some are very soft-spoken)!

Miss J and a Mini Miss J., 9 year old Diva Divanna show them all a thing or two about walking. In general, the girls are very happy to have Miss J. working with them. Nothing makes me laugh like Miss J. imitating the individual models- he is never unkind, and when I stopped my recording to review this section, every time I caught his face looking at the girls, it was with intense love in his eyes; I am a fan. LuLu is static – he sees something special in Brittany– has them learn to walk in tandem- good. The other three black models have turned VERBALLY on Bianca– not good, but someone always gets picked on and poor Bianca, who is a handful, gets elected.

At the Mansion in Malibu the mission to walk runway w/5’10+ models in Kevin Hall clothes- he is very gracious- don’t you just love to see the people who still have nice MANNERS- like you want to run up to them and say, “Your Mama raised you right?”. Ann Shoket from Seventeen is there- the winner gets a prom advertorial. Ashley is really good- ditto BritLuLu has no energy, says she has a signature walk and is not going to change it- hmmmm- do I smell more trouble? Laura, Erin good. Brittany wins- picks Laura and Kara to go with her to Seventeen shoot- Laura is a po’ Southern girl who worked at Walmart and is adorable and starting to stand out.

Nicole tries to help Bianca with B’s softness issue. Ashley criticises Nicole because she is nice to Bianca– very 6th grade! So far, less Tyra, more Models and Miss J. Now a shoot to show how they can ‘cheat’ to look taller! Again, if petite is so fab, why, do they have to look taller? Tyra later answers that question by saying sometimes you have to work with taller models. I am 5’6″ and did hundreds of shots with a 5’9″ model to whit we had some blind knowledge of each other and always looked about the same height- one Birthday, she gave me a framed picture where I looked much taller, and we both roared at our ‘tricks’ overdone! Brit fools with her dress too much, Kara does very well, Laura OK- LuLu flat in great dress- Jen great, working past eye problem, Ashley great, Nicole, Sundai, Rai, Erin good; Bianca better, but still hard face. Lulu has organized a sort of racial split- she compares the top 3 white models, whom she thinks shot poorly to “the three of us”, whom she thinks shot well. Not usual to ANTM, where is this painful stuff coming from? I suspect a reaction to the Bianca / Courtney decision? Maybe, yet no one seems to be a Bianca‘s fan except Nicole. Oh Dear- the threesome think Brittany will lose- I doubt it, but Jay seems excited only over Ashley, Kara and Jen. No one seems a sure bet to go home, as Bianca has done well, thank goodness, although she had a tiny slip on not liking the way she looked- maybe the judges will miss it as he did nice pics.

Judges are Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and 5’6″model Jaime Rishar. Photos: Erin a winner, Bianca good, Brittany not good, Sundai good, Laura OK, Jen Good, Nicole and Kara terrific, LuLu not good, Rai and Ashley OK. Judges…the envelope please.

THE WINNER IS KARA- to me a surprise, as so far, she has been a sleeper, but Tyra notes she has fabulous bone structure, yes, gorgeous, but maybe, methinks, too strong for a petite model where the market is often commercial. Going Home is, Oh No! LuLu! Maybe the gossip fest and ‘We vs. Them’ did her in with Tyra, who knows models have to be mature and not get embroiled in the school-girl scuffles, as I think her picture was certaily not the worst and her horse pic from last week was beautiful!. Too bad-she is so pretty and I had high hopes for her. Oh well, you’re in, then you’re out… oops, wrong show!

– Mary

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model