America's Next Top Model: Cycle 16 heats up--literally
It’s time for some lessons learned on America's Next Top Model. After languishing in the bottom two last week Sara needs to gather her self-confidence and see herself for the handsome young woman that she is. And she says that she’s ready for that. And if anyone took Alexandria’s attitude “wrongly” then she’s ready to work on that too. Too bad neither of them can remember any of their past lessons as they head into a difficult day in Hellay.
A real hot mess
It’s runway time again, folks, and this time the ladies will be wearing goods from the Geoffrey Mac collection. The dude designs for the likes of Lady Gaga (is he responsible for that hideous Egg thing?) but we see nothing garish like Gaga in the gorgeous designs he brings to set. As usual, this ain’t gonna be your typical just walk down the runway kind of show. The girls will walk on a runway that is lapping with flames. And flames will also shoot out of the sides of the stage. Then, to top it all off, the girls will have their hands set on fire as they walk down the runway.
And they’d better do a darn good job. The winner gets two dresses from the Geoffrey Mac 2011 collection. A stunt coordinator is brought in to make sure everyone flames up without incident. Most of the girls do really well with the exception of Sara who had some issues with setting herself on fire. Who wouldn’t? Alexandria, Brittani and Dalya all do really well but—the winner is Dalya. Then to add insult to injury, Miss J makes the three bottom girls walk home…really. He’s mean. No wonder he doesn’t get to sit at panel anymore.
Hot, sexy coffee
The next day the girls are off to shoot their first commercial of the Cycle. They’re instructed to do a little ad for Fierce Roast Coffee. Cute as a button Francesco Carrozzini is the photographer and director and frankly, we’d do anything he told us to. The set is vintage-great and the models look adorable with their Mad Men get-ups. They are paired off to film and some of them found it easier to sex it up than others. Then there are a choice few who just don’t have any acting skills. But heck—it’s hard to make coffee sexy.
Who prevailed and who failed?
At the dreaded panel Francesco Carrozzini is in the guest hot seat. Between Francesco, Nigel, and Sara (aka all the hot men in the room), we find it hard to concentrate on the proceedings at all. They play each commercial and most are simply cringe-worthy. It’s clear that several of the models even have a difficult time watching themselves. Hannah and Monique came off pretty well but could have pushed it more. Jaclyn and Kasia took every little moment and made it work. Alexandria and Brittani did not act as a team. Brittani was drab and Alexandria was over-the-top. Francesco also pointed out that Alexandria attempted to take over, and if she were at a real commercial shoot the director would have told her to get out. Hmm…what was that we mentioned earlier about learning lessons?
In the end, the best commercial goes to Kasia who the judges declare may have given the best performance of any ANTM commercial ever. Hannah gets runner up. Brittani narrowly escapes the bottom two and is the third to the last to be called. She breaks into tears as per usual. Get it together, sister!
Alexandria and Sara end up at the bottom two, and much to everyone’s chagrin, Alexandria gets to stay. Tyra tells her that this is her last warning with regard to her attitude. Next time she’ll just go home. We think that she’s already received enough wagging of the finger and they should have given her a proper boot out the door. This is how Naomi Campbells are born. Sara departs and considers auditioning for some Old Spice and Irish Spring commercials when she gets home.
With only nine contestants left in Cycle 16 it’s becoming clear who is the real competition and who is just hanging on by a thread. At this point, who do you think has the best chance of winning it all? Tell us in the comments.