Let's Drink For Amis! One For The Homies!

**Includes ANTM spoilers**

Last night's episode was all about posing, and it FINALLY delivered some awesome headshots for the girls.

Benny Ninja, who has been the ANTM posing expert for the past few cycles, returned again to teach the girl the 3 c's - commercial, couture, and catalogue posing. The girls had a pose-off where Claire won a trip to Bora Bora! The four girls on her team, plus Claire herself, won a bunch of free stuff - bags and guitars...

The photo shoot challenged the girls' posing skills, but in only a small area around their heads. To add some interest they dripped paint all over the girls.

In the end, Stacy Ann, my wild card pick for bottom three, was called first...


It's a great photo, I agree. I just want to see Stacy Ann give a photo where her head isn't cocked to the side like it always seems to be.

Dominique was a surprise this week. She was cocky as ever, but she pulled off a great shot and was called second.

The judges were wowed by her soft look in this photo. They didn't think she could pull it off, but she did!

One of my favorites of the week was Lauren's photo - who was called 5th, after Claire and Anya.

Another favorite was Aimee's shot, who was 6th in line.

I LOVE her eyes in this photo, I think they're wonderful, and I love how it looks like the earring is weighing her head down. The colors aren't my favorite mix though. The judges gave some critique of Aimee - saying that she was a chameleon in her shots. They said it was a good thing, but to a point - my thought is that if you can mold yourself to almost anything and make it look good, and your portfolio shows that, then who's to worry that you'll suck if they hire you? *shrugs*

The bottom four boiled down to Katarzyna, Fatima, Whitney, and Marvita. I personally thought Fatima should go home. I did NOT like her picture, although it did strike up some pretty comedic talk from the judges about shaving your armpits...
However, after Katarzyna, Fatima was called - leaving Whitney and Marvita in the bottom two. Both of the girls' passion in being in the competition was challenged this week - they weren't sure if either of them really wanted this... In the end, they could see passion in Whitney's photo, and none in Marvita's.
I did not like whitney's photo... and there was almost no paint compared to some of the other girls shots... but it was better than this one...

As Paulina said during panel - it looks like an orphan modeling. She just doesn't look like she's putting any effort into this. She looks bored, she looks defeated, she doesn't look like she's trying. I did NOT expect Marvita to go home up until today's episode, but this just shows how, at this point in the competition, it's anyone's game.

One theory that has been proven with this show - watch for the girl who tells her backstory in the episode. The girl who you get to know the most in an episode, who is usually one of the first girls to have a clip in the show, is almost always the one who goes home. Marvita talked so much about her life in this show - from the very beginning I could tell she was gone... I wonder who it will be next episode?