Cycle 10 Episode 9 Recap

I’m going to start off this blog with a recap of the latest episode. At this point, I can’t recap the entire cycle nine episodes in. It’ll kill me.

 

Let me start out with how annoying Whitney is. She talked about her plus-sizedness althrough out this episode, and it drove me crazy. Whitney, we get it!

 

Dominique wants to go abroad so she can know what the grocery list is.

So not something I needed to see. But I love her at this moment, and only this one moment. Why? She called Fatima “Fats!” She said “Fats are you gonna tell us…”

Fatima announces that she is not a U.S. citizen (what is with all the rule breaking? First Saleisha, now “Fats!”) and that she may not be able to go abroad because the brilliant girl lost her travel documents. Cut to her crying for the billionth time this cycle.

Anya gives her a pep talk, saying she needs to keep on asking, every single day. I love the way Anya says day, or anything that ends with ‘ay’. She’s adorable.

It’s Paulina! All the girls scream in delight for the billionth time. Two things keep happening this cycle: Fatima crying and the girls screaming. I’m going to be deaf by the end of this cycle.

Katarzyna getting airtime? ZOMG. Anyway, she says how they all feel surprised and excited to have her there. I love Kat’s voice.

Paulina teaches the girls about interviewing with her “Paulina Lessons.” I think I may prefer Jay Tips, sorry.

Paulina certainly moves her hands a lot.

Anya is up first with “Miss Du Bois” and Paulina, er, Miss Du Bois, is impressed with her reactions to the whole Du Bois family being dead.

Stacy Ann thanks Miss Du Bois for her moisturizer, because it works great! Lauren just laughs, and Dominique calls her Paulina (strike one), and then asks her what her name is (strike two.) Strike three is for looking 40 years older than she is actually is. Katarzyna asks MDB (I don’t feel typing it out anymore) if she wants more champagne, and Paulina calls her waitress. Whitney smiles smugly, and then points out that “the last thing you want is for someone high in the business to think that you’re hired help at a party.” Well gee, Whitney, really?

Stacy Ann is shocked that Paulina thought she was fake. This is where Jenah’s famous “rainbow spewing” speech comes into play. Don’t spew rainbows incessently, and people won’t think you’re fake (erm, Saleisha!).

We learn that Fatima sleeps in the nude. That’s…interesting? Dominique talks way too much (no way!) and Whitney talks like Miss America.

Lauren cuts her thumb, and Whitney has no sympathy for those who “apparently don’t know how to use a knife.” Such a gem.

So the girls are invited to a 7-Up party and wear dresses by Jay Godfrey (lucky girls!). Katarzyna gets yet another confessional! This is probably the most air time in one episode she’s gotten.

Whitney moans about having a disadvantage due to her weight (which bothers me because her pre-show photos show that she was skinny before) and Anya says she doesn’t. Whitney remarks “sure it doesn’t!” Sorry Anya, sometimes your awesomeness just can’t cheer up some people. Whitney needs to learn that what Anya says is law.

Don’t worry Tyra, you don’t intidama-intim-intimidate Stacy Ann.

Anya says she deserves to be ANTM because she’s an “inspahration” and because of her positive energy. Fatima and Katarzyna (besides Kat’s hideous lipstick, who the hell put that on her?) look great, and are shown briefly on the red carpet. Dominique is wearing a different designer than all the girls. Apparently, this designer is a mix of Giorgio Armani and Jay Godfrey. Jay Giorgio’s line is coming soon! Lauren looks stunning, but since she (in a bonus clip) said that her potty mouth is natural, she uses a bad word (queue to gasps). Whitney still brings out the Miss America in her and her boobs barely manage to stay in her dress.

Lauren chats it up with the weird looking Ric Ocasek and wants to show him that the punk girl can win it all. Anya (with Katarzyna lurking next to her) says how she loves New York, even though the weather transition is hard. That’s the spirit. She later said in a confessional that being in that “rum” (yes, she said rum, not room) with all those important people made her so nervous. Nigel Bahkah does not seem delighted with Whitney and her family in Texas. It cuts to her randomly laughing a very fake laugh. I bet she’s laughing at all the family in Texas that she’s on ANTM and they aren’t. Poor family in Texas. Nigel then asks the group (excluding Whitney) “what was that about?” My words exactly, Nigel.

Some weird lady helps critique the girls on their performances at the party along with Jay Giorgio Godfrey. Anya was charming and sold the dress. Dominique is chastised for pretending Jay Godfrey and Giorgio Armani got married, and that Jay Armani sounded strange, so they both ended up as Jay Giorgio and Giorgio Giorgio. They win for cutest couple in my book! Lauren needs to lose the potty mouth. Stacy Ann did not “wow” them and she was distant. Anya wins (no way!) Whitney remarks that Anya is not the brightest star in the sky. God I hate Whitney.

Anya produces a great shot and gets a check worth ten grand. That’s how much all that 7-Up product placement is worth, I guess.

Fatima has an appointment with the counsulate! Woohoo!

 

The girls receive news that they need to “pack up,” hence this adorable screen cap of my two favorites. I am praying for them to battle it out on the final runway. Psych! They are just the props for the photoshoot. They gotcha good, girlies! Fatima, because of her appointment, missed the photoshoot.

Tyra is apparently oblivious to this. Please, Tyra, if the ANTM producer knows SO DO YOU.

So judging happens at the hangar, and here is the picture:

The judges think the following:

Katarzyna: Great photo, and Nigel remarks snidely that Katarzyna is very natural at looking snobby. How charming.

Lauren: Tyra tells her the kitchen tip she learned two weeks ago! So exciting! Anyway, they like her photo, but want her to be less awkward in person, like always.

Dominique: Nigel Bahkah thinks that she nailed it for the first time. It reminds Tyra of Joanie’s krumping shot. Um no. Joanie is way better than Dominique will ever even hope to be.

Stacy Ann: Nigel Bahkah thinks its bad that only one leg is shown in the picture. Um, maybe because Whitney was photoshopped in front of her! Seemed fake at party.

Whitney: Deproved. Struggled. Ready to get her crown. Whitney does not look happy when Nigel says she looked fake at the photoshoot. Tyra channels that Miss America (or whatever) girl who said “The Iraq” and all that stuff to help Whitney snap out of it. I bet that speech made perfect sense to Tyra!

Anya: Won the challenge, weehee! Mr. Jay loved that she was herself. Tyra makes fun of accent, like always. The judges love her shot. She stole the show.

“Fats” is not called because she does not have a photo. Judging commences and basically Kat needs more personality, Whitney is fake, Stacy is fake, Anya wasn’t that spectacular (sure TyTy), etc. Fatima’s body of work is judged and they think it is over all pretty strong.

Call out order:

1. Anya
2. Lauren
3. Dominique
4. Katarzyna
5. Whitney
6. Fatima

So poor Stacy Ann is crying and eliminated. What a mean way to tell her she’s eliminated, at an airport, right before they go overseas!

Stacy goes, and Fatima is relieved.

Tyra reveals that the location is “ROME LADIES!”

-Screams-

Coming up next:

Fatima gets sick (its always something with her) and the girls do a CoverGirl commercial, which does not go well. Oh yeah, they go to Rome.

To end, I just thought I’d show you some of the girls at their best.

 

That’s all, folks!