hooray season premier! sorry for the delay, but as you all know i live in germany and american television can be a little hard to come by.
the "casting week" twist was interesting, but left the horribly awful hanging question: what the HELL did they tell the girls who THOUGHT they got on the show?? "yeeeeeah.... uh, small change here. you're actually not on the show... yeah, we were just kidding. haha!" maybe they were actresses? tyra DID say that while the girls were mingling, she and jay were "selecting"... but maybe that's just a crock of reality television bull. we may never know...
so since it's the first episode and i can never keep anyone straight until at least 3 episodes in, let's see if i can drudge up some bitchery for each of the girls as we attempt to remember all their names.
brittani: i can see how she could be an instant fan fave, although with top model you never know. she might be a total bitch next week! but cmon, she lives in a trailer park. who doesn't love a rags to riches story? her pic was good and her walk was fierce, but she comes off almost too young looking for me. and it looks like she's in for a pretty unfortunate makeover... yowza...
this pic is vaguely reminiscent of cindy crawford, so at least she's got that going for her. it certianly ain't her brains.
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no. effing. way. the girl majored in EUPHONIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so behind her 1000 percent. her shot was miles ahead of everyone else and she deserved best photo. enjoy that totally awesome cross necklace, courtesy of erin wasson.
see? ashely olsen. and yes, i can tell them apart.
angelea: was not my pick to be ousted this episode. who knows why they make the decisions they do; she didn't seem any more or less interesting than the others, except for the obvious bitches and the obvious fan faves. what drives me nuts about this show is how the producers can make any decision they want simply by pulling the very worst picture out of a girl's roll of film to get her eliminated. look at this still shot and tell me you don't think she had a better one than the one they chose.
nicole: also didn't hear from her at all. casting was annoying and i think caused me to loose brain cells, but at least you got to know the girls a little bit. anyway, it looked like mr. fancy photographer let her down on this one! if the judges say it's a bad photo, i'd say it's not her fault.
you be the judge!
ondrei: i like her face, but she seems a little lost and out of her element. it was nice of the judges not to mention her runway spill.
kasia: the fiercely real plus size girl! not like all those fake plus size girls. THIS girl is ACTUALLY a size 10!!! gaaaaaaaasp!!!!! meh. she seems cocky, and when she walked on the runway (not in the bubble, but in the opening scene at the airport) she was completely bow legged.
in this photo, she looks like audrina patridge from the hills. and that's not a compliment.
poor ondrei actually seemed kinda nice.
to add insult to injury were the awful clothes they put them in. i have no idea who the designer was, but dear god. when did oversized pastel baggy golden girls sweaters come back into fashion? just because you paired it with one of erin wasson's cross necklaces (yea that took a lot of talent to design, btw) doesn't make it high fashion. and the winner gets... a piece of erin's shitty jewelry!!! worst. prize. ever.
see what i mean about the animae thing? i think i'll call her hannimae.
some thoughts about the judges/ judging:
andre leon talley has abandoned the silk snuggie! noooo! but i am diggin that vaguely bavarian looking hat...
nigel barker has renamed what was already universally known as "duck face" to "cat's bottom." i've heard that in person he's actually a very attractive man, but this will make you think twice about that.