America's Next Top Model: Sundai Bloody Sundai
Laura turns 20 and gets some Spam
It's Laura’s birthday and she gets a birthday breakfast on the lanai. Good thing she's in a pretty place because her meal consists of scrambled eggs and Spam -- which is a very big deal on the Islands...and with rednecks. So it's like fusion...but different.
Cliff diving is fun...not!
The models get dropped off at a remote beach where supermodel Marisa Miller (who is only 5'8") shows up to give the rest of the shorties a lesson in how to be hot but not over the top. They strip down to their bikinis and go for it. Apparently, the key is push out the booty and don’t rub the boobs. We totally get that.
New modeling phrase, courtesy of Marisa Miller: Barbie toe.
Definition: A subtle twist of the pointed toe that visually extends the length of the leg -- like the way Barbie’s toes are all of the time, but they're plastic.
The girls get to put their Barbie toes to work at the photo shoot challenge. They get to jump from what appears to be about a 30-foot cliff into the raging sea below looking sexy and not at all scared. The idea is to try not to die and take a good photo at the same time. And they get one shot. The winner gets a $5,000 pearl necklace and twice as many frames at the next photo shoot. She then gets to pick a friend who also gets twice as many frames until they are down to one who gets only the regular amount of frames. Nicole wins the challenge and picks Sundai who picks Laura who picks Jennifer and because she is 18 and a kind of annoying, Erin is left without as many frames as the rest.
Diving deep for the big photo shoot
In what is clearly the toughest photo shoot we've seen in the history of ANTM, the girls are to dive deep into the ocean with SCUBA buddies who will give them their breathing apparatus, or regulators, and when the models are ready to shoot their frames the SCUBA dudes will pull the regulators away and the girls will hold their breath and pose. It was not easy and it looked scary and somewhat life-threatening.
Sundai was not a trooper at all. She came up with every excuse in the book. Well, she does have asthma. Erin didn’t get deep enough and could have taken the photos in a swimming pool, which is very, very bad for her because she only got one shot in the water, unlike the others who got critiqued after their first round and then got to get back in the water and try again with their extra frames.
Don't forget to breathe
All of the girls survive the shoot but one will certainly not survive the panel. Sundai tells the panel that that she had fun during the shoot -- which is a complete lie. She rocked her bod even though she hid her face in her best shot. Laura took a beautiful photo but admitted that she was scared during the shoot. Jennifer's photo was incredible but she admitted that she rarely bothers to breathe when she is getting critiqued at panel. So Tyra leads everyone in some deep breathing exercises. Nicole's photo looked kind of weird to us but the judges loved it even though she forgot her Barbie toes. Erin looked lovely but she was so close to the surface that the light blew out her face.
When it comes down to the judges, they give Jennifer the best picture and Sundai and Erin end up underwater at the bottom two. Then somehow, even though Erin has been in the bottom two for the past three weeks, they decide to keep her in the competition. In one of the saddest eliminations we've seen this Cycle, Sundai packs her things and leaves the island. Guess we won't ever get her life story now. Aloha Miss Sundai, we wish you well.
Great quotes -- hilarity ensues
"I don’t know if I can do this. I could fall into the coral, break my head open and die in front of Nigel and Marisa Miller. That’s NOT how I want to go." Jennifer
"How are you supposed to look sexy when you’re fearing for your life?" Sundai
"I'm deeply scared of drowning or suffocating." Laura
Do the judges have island fever?
We were a little surprised to see Erin hang in there again and remain in the competition week after week when she's been doing so poorly. Do you think she deserves to be in the top four now? Do you think another model should have stuck around in Erin's place? Tell us here!