Americas Next Top Model :: Season 3 :: Episode 3
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JULIE'S STOCK TAKES A DIVE
Julie , the 19-year-old Indian beauty from Kent, Washington, makes the fatal mistake of admitting she is in the competition to get ahead in manufacturing and not to be America's Next Top Model. For this transgression she gets the boot, and the field is reduced from twelve to eleven.
THE GIRLS SETTLE IN
We see the girls getting their bearings at the majestic Waldorf in New York City. Cassie , the 19-year-old student from Norman, Oklahoma, admits to being "obsessed" when it comes to her weight. At one point she says, "I was so hungry I thought I would pass out." She says she will diet until she likes how she looks.
Amanda , the 25-year-old mother from Hendersonville, North Carolina, spends a few minutes on the phone singing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" to her son Elijah, and we learn that she considers her little Eli "the most magical child," partially because "he was conceived to the hour on September 11th."
When the ladies have breakfast, the girls notice that Cassie barely eats.
MAJOR MAKEOVER MADNESS
Tyra Mail arrives in short order and it reads, "Long, short, dark, light; It doesn't matter, we'll make it right."
The girls go to the Peter Coppola Salon where Jay Manuel meets them. Mr. Jay informs them it's time to learn how to get a clean, fresh, natural look using CoverGirl cosmetics. He then also introduces them to Anthony Palermo and Leonard Zagami, who are going to give the girls major hair makeovers.
Tyra walks in and explains to each girl what she can expect from her redesign. She tells Kelle , the 20-year-old gallery owner from New York City, that she is going to get "long wavy big hair extensions", and Julie finds out that they are going to cut six to eight inches of her hair to give her a little more movement. To the 21 year-old Yaya from Harlem, New York, Tyra says she appreciates her pride in being a black woman but that they are going to take the braids out so that she can be more "versatile." She then asks Yaya what her greatest insecurity is, and when Yaya replies that it is her skin, Tyra tells her that she also has an appointment with one of the best dermatologists in New York City.
Ann , the 21-year-old jock from Pennsylvania discovers that she is going to go blonde, while Nicole , the 21-year-old former punk rocker from Minot, North Dakota, is told that she is going to have her hair colored "I Love Lucy" red. Kristi, the 20-year-old student from St. Louis, Missouri who went to her prom in a red, white and blue dress, is going to get long bangs that will make her look more chic.
Tyra asks Jennipher , the 22-year-old bartender from Idaho, to show her hair off, and we see it tumble below her waist. Tyra then asks, "You have no problem with us chopping it all off?" As Jennipher lets out a whimper, Tyra adds that Jennipher is also going "very, very blonde." Upon hearing that her hair is going to Locks of Love, despite choking up, Jennipher says, "I'm happy it's going to kids who have cancer."
Amanda is in for a radical makeover as Tyra tells her that she is going to get some "icy blonde hair" to match her "icy blue eyes". At that moment Amanda lets loose her inner diva and shouts, "Work it!" Then Norelle , the 19-year-old sales associate from Newport Beach, California, finds out from Tyra she is getting her braces off…today!
Some of the girls respond positively, while others have a more difficult time. Eva has already cut her hair short and thinks going shorter and blonder will make her look like a little white boy, and when Tyra sees her crying she explains that the "big time is about making big changes." Jennipher definitely feels as if her locks are her persona and the idea of losing them is painful. Ann and Julie look on as Leonard prepares to make the cut, telling Jennipher he is going to do it in one fell swoop. He does and moments later, we see what must be nearly a foot of hair tied up and lying on the hairdresser's table.
But for every girl that is unsure, there is one that feels as if she is embracing her inner model. Amanda is very excited for her new look and Toccara is brimming with confidence and says that even if her head were shaved off bald she would still walk around like a goddess.
Yaya and Norelle head off to go see the dermatologist and orthodontist respectively. While treating her blackheads, Debra Jaliman, M.D. tells Yaya that she will be given a product that she needs to use every other night to help with her skin. Norelle has her braces removed by Dr. Zarabi, who then gives her a retainer that she needs to wear for six months to a year. Both girls come out of their transformations feeling sexier and more confident.
Ann was open-minded about going blonde, but when she sees the results she is reduced to tears. Cassie is surprised that anybody would cry over hair.
With their makeovers complete the other girls hash out what they think of the results. Kelle loves her weave and Amanda feels like the transformation outwardly has started a transformation on the inside. Yaya picks up on it quickly saying, "She's a diva now." Amanda is feeling it, and thinks that she now intimidates the other girls.
Meanwhile, Jay teaches the girls valuable makeup tips using CoverGirl cosmetics and when he's done, Yaya's skin, for one, looks flawless.
After the girls praise their makeover gurus Leonard and Anthony, they go out for a quick dinner and ever more attention is focused on Cassie and her eating habits. Julie notices she is a "Diet Coke freak" and Amanda picks up that she doesn't really eat a thing. When Cassie jokingly tells Eva that she is starving herself, Eva's stunned face shows that she doesn't really think it's much of a joke.
AN INDIAN EXTRAVAGANZA
Wash Up
Eat Up
No make up hurry up
And oh, pack up
Models never know when they have to turn the heat up…
The girls pile into their luxury SUV and head to an Indian restaurant where they are met by Jay and CoverGirl Kiara Kabukuru. Jay tells the girls, "Yesterday I taught you how to use CoverGirl and now I'm going to test you." He then lets the girls know that whoever demonstrates what they learned best from his lessons at the Peter Coppola salon would join him and Kiara at a very fabulous industry party.
The test is very much a slice of model life. The girls have to get ready in less than 10 minutes while rolling around in the back of a limo driving through the streets of New York City. After the girls jump in the limo, Jay counts down dramatically, "Three, two, one…" and the madness ensues. One girl takes a flying leap across the length of the SUV and it's all legs and eye makeup and compacts for the next 10 minutes. Norelle has to resort to using her fingers as she is without a brush.
They arrive at the Anand Jon Salon and Jay lets them know that there is a party going on behind them. Jay says the winner has been chosen for her ability to be "concealing" and at the same time look natural. He turns it over to Kiara who says, "Congratulations Norelle." Jay then informs her that she gets to choose three people to join her and without missing a beat she calls her roomies, "Eva, Ann and Kristi." Norelle and her trio of girlfriends get to wear Anand Jon original creations, while the rest of the girls have to put on tuxedos and be servers.
Norelle is ecstatic, "My first industry party is one I am never going to forget." Cassie does not enjoy herself, but some of the other girls find a way to have fun, like Julie who busts into an Indian dance. Yaya salutes her saying, "It's nice to see somebody proud about where they come from."
THE BEAUTY SHOT
The girls find out their next assignment is to be ready bright and early at 7:30 in the morning. When they arrive at the studio they are met by Jay who tells them, "Beauty really does come from the inside out." For the day's shoot they are going to take all the make-up off. "No lip gloss. No blush. No bronzer. No nothing." Yaya feels like it is a personal attack on her, as self-conscious as she is of her skin. They meet their photographer, Troy Word, and Jay lets the girls know that hands are what really show age, and as such Nivea has given them hand cream to model today.
Ann is first, and shows more fire than her previous shoot in Jamaica, followed by Toccara, who radiates confidence. Nicole says she's thinking about sex and Kristi seems hesitant, which leads Troy to say that she was probably the most "limited" of the girls. Yaya is next, who at first thought she couldn't handle it, but she comes out with a great attitude and as Jay puts it, "Yaya is a trouper."
Julie can't quite grasp what the photographer is asking of her and simply twirls her hair absent-mindedly while Kelle is lifeless before the lens. Amanda however is pumped up from her makeover, and it shows.
At the shoot Cassie confides in Amanda that she doesn't want to be disqualified from the competition because she has an eating disorder. In fact, she's bulimic, but asks that Amanda not spread it around. Amanda tells one person, and the news of Cassie's eating issues spread like wildfire.
Norelle says to the other girls, "It's going to eat her alive. Anyone that does that must feel horrible inside." At the shoot there is a moment where it appears that Cassie may have been sick in the bathroom and all the girls comment on how purging is simply not healthy. Ann feels that somebody needs to talk with her.
Cassie realizes the secret is out and becomes defensive, "I should have never trusted these girls. I think they're trying to play it up that Cassie is this mentally unstable bulimic girl who does bad things to lose weight and she can never be a model." Despite the drama, Cassie shines in her photo session after Jay tells her that he can't tell that she's insecure. Eva reveals that maybe Amanda shouldn't have spilled the beans and she might not be the "sweet, nurturing" person she portrays herself as.
Back at the house Cassie confronts the girls and tells them that her bulimia is not really a problem. She says, "I don't consider myself bulimic because I don't throw up after everything I eat." She wants the girls to come to her and talk with her, not to talk behind her back. But Cassie's little secret isn't just harmful to her, the other girls think that it was wrong for Amanda to share what Cassie told her in confidence. Amanda is seen distraught and talking to her mother, asking if she is a "good person." When Amanda realizes it might not have been her place to do what she did, she regrets her actions and feels like the other girls think she is an evil person and a "backstabber."
Tyra Mail arrives, letting the girls know that the next day there will be an elimination. Nicole is psyched and says, "Let's get some of these bitches out of here."
JUDGING TIME
Tyra welcomes the ladies, saying they had some "gorgeous makeovers." In addition to the regular judges, Janice, Nigel and Nolé, there is hairstylist Danilo. After introductions are made, Jay tells the girls they are going to be tested on how well they have learned their make-up lessons. On their beds they will find a bag of CoverGirl cosmetics and they will have ten minutes to apply to half of their face a clean "day" look and to the other half of their face a night "diva" look.
Kristi goes first and Janice doesn't hold back by saying she looks like "Cousin It." But Nolé is very impressed with her make-up and thinks she looks great. Before they get to the photos Tyra explains what the criteria is for judging the shoot. "There were two things you were being judged on: one was your posing and how well you take a photograph and the other was retouching." She elaborates that "retouching" is expensive and a client doesn't want to pay tons of money to get the model he wants and then have to retouch the photographs.
Kristi's best shot is seen. Tyra likes the mouth but thinks the eyes are "dead." When they go to the unretouched version Janice shouts out, "Dead," and Nolé adds, "That is so not good."
Next up is Eva or as Janice calls her, "Eva Diva." Tyra thinks the photo is "absolutely gorgeous," and Danilo thinks she has "captured the essence of the ad." Then the unretouched photo is shown and Janice throws up a hand and hollers, "Stop, in the name of love."
Cassie, despite all her anxiety and personal turmoil, gets mostly compliments save for being told her hand looks like an old lady's. Perhaps best of all there is so little difference between the unretouched photo and the retouched one that Janice shouts out that the unretouched one is even better.
Jennipher is up next and Tyra checks in on what she thinks of her new look. Jennipher says, "I feel better now." Of her picture Nigel says that it's "not doing much" for him and that the only difference between the retouched and the unretouched is that the retouched doesn't have "bags." Janice sees beauty in Jennipher and tells her, "What's killing us that you have what it takes and you're not bringing it!"
When Amanda waltzes out Nolé asks, "Where did you come from baby?" Amanda flirts, "Your dreams." Tyra is loving the look and calls it Annie Lennox meets Darryl Hannah from "Splash." The judges aren't as thrilled with her make-up but when they see her photos there is nothing but applause. "Cover of Danish Vogue ", says Janice, and Tyra adds in a "gorgeous." Nolé tells Amanda, "Last week you were a broken-down ragdoll and this week you're a queen."
The judges love Nicole's color change to red and feel that it makes her whole face come alive. Toccara has some minor differences in the two photos but the judges still think she can pose like nobody's business. When Norelle appears without her braces Janice says, "You feel like working it. Your teeth are gorgeous." Tyra also likes Norelle's make-up saying, "The heavy side looks like Winona Ryder on the red carpet." The photos don't go over as well, specifically the unretouched one. Janice throws a hand like a vampire trying to block out the light and cries out, "Help, I need blinders."
Then it's Julie's turn and the judges just do not get her outfit, and both Nolé and Nigel are very disappointed with her make-up. They have her roll down her jeans, take off her necklace and take down her hair. Janice is so put off she asks, "Why do you want to be a model?" Julie answers, with perhaps too much honesty, "Actually it's for me to break into this industry and learn about it so I can start my own apparel manufacturing company." This bit of news goes over like the proverbial ton of bricks.
Following Julie is Yaya and Tyra applauds her for being able to appear soft. However, when the unretouched photo is seen it is clear that Yaya still needs to work on her skin. Nigel's counsel: "Water. Water. Water."
Last but not least is Kelle whose makeover gets high marks but whose make-up does not. Tyra urges, "You have to put on more make-up as a woman of color. Our skin absorbs the light, it doesn't reflect the light." Nolé says her best shot is bland, Nigel calls her a "deer in the headlights" and Janice says that while Kelle has "perfect almond shaped eyes" there is nothing coming behind them. She then takes it a step further and says that the contrast between the retouched and the unretouched is so dramatic it seems like a Hitchcock film, and makes horror-movie sound effects as the pictures are flipped back and forth, back and forth. Tyra asks Kelle what she thinks, and when Kelle goes on the defensive, Tyra is even more flustered. Tyra tells her she must learn to take criticism and benefit from it, not place the blame on others.
DELIBERATION AND ELIMINATION
The judges deliberate behind closed doors, first looking at Eva. Janice digs Eva and Danilo agrees. Jennipher is "blah" says Nigel, and while Danilo says she is "out" in the photo her beauty is definitely "in". When it's Ann's turn Nigel has little good to say, and neither does Nolé, but Yaya gets a "Yes, yes," from Danilo. Janice calls Norelle a parakeet and Nigel just doesn't get her, though Tyra thinks she is "modern." Kristi flummoxes Janice and Danilo thinks she's out. Julie is thought to be beautiful but her attitude about modeling really turned Tyra off, while Janice has nothing but raves for the plus-sized Toccara. Danilo thinks Nicole really needs to "pump up the volume," and Janice thinks she definitely has a shot. Then it is time to look at Kelle and there are few kind words. Tyra thinks it wrong that she blamed her lack of intensity on somebody else and Janice is "feeling Toccara over Kelle."
The girls walk back in and Tyra stands before the twelve of them with only eleven pictures. The first girl that she calls is Amanda, then Nicole, followed by Eva, Yaya, Toccara, Jennipher, Cassie, Norelle, Ann and Kristi. Tyra then asks Julie and Kelle to please step forward, telling them they had some of the worst photos in the bunch.
To Kelle she says, "You played the 'blame game,'" admonishing her that it's important to take the criticism and grow from it. To Julie she reminds her that she wanted to use the competition to forward her career in merchandising, and not once did she say she wanted to be a model. Tyra says, "You both lacked passion and I am so disappointed in both of you." With that she draws out Kelle's picture, leaving Julie out in the cold. Kelle is nothing if not gracious and says, "I can do better." Julie turns and walks away, disappointed that because she was "completely honest" for the first time in her life, she was eliminated.
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