ANTM: Would you like a message with that model?

September 28th, 2007

We start the ep with our 13 finalists making the figurative leap from the high seas to the comfort of their hybrid transport and then to their environmentally-friendly home on dry land (I’m sensing a theme…and it’s green)…and all without even breaking a nail! I think some of them lost track of their brains and dignity somewhere along the way…but that means more interesting shenannigans for us down the line, so I’m not complaining!

So apparently this show has jumped on the celebrity message bandwagon and this week the message they want to teach us is that…wait for it…smoking is bad! Stay tuned next week when we learn that we need to “Just Say No” to drugs and that recycling is good. Are their seriously people out there who don’t know this? Wow. The girls’ shoot shows us the two sides of smoking…the glamourous facade and the medical side-effects. So smoking is both fierce and gross…interesting perspective. Mila, my least favourite so far, thinks her chemotherapy hair is hysterical…so she wins my “Prized Idiot” award for the week. I still cannot believe they picked this ditz over that girl from Alaska! After the shoot, Bianca lays the smack down with Lisa making it clear that a lap-dancer won’t ever be chosen as the Top Model. Clearly Bianca has never watched the show before. Bianca apologises but cops to the fact she only did it so that her nasty side won’t become an issue with the judges. Again, she has clearly never watched this show…the bitchier you are, the longer you remain around to keep things interesting! It’s Top Model 101.

The Challenge for the week involves each of the girls showing off their personal style using clothes from Old Navy. Hmmm…I don’t know about you, but I shop there occasionally and they only have one style to begin with. Saleisha manages to stand out somehow and wins the chance to appear in an ad and a $1000 shopping spree in the store, which means she should be able to get about 999 pieces of clothing all of which will fall apart after she’s worn them once. I joke, I joke…sort of.

You knew Heather’s Asberger’s Syndrome would come into play sooner rather than later and it does. The girls constantly talk about how weird she is and she’s starting to feel them push her onto the sidelines as the resident “freak”. This girl is not prepared to stay there, however, and seriously takes the girls to task in front of Tyra and the judges…I liked her before but know I’m kind of rooting for her. Also growing on me? Ebony. She’s reined in the bitchy behaviour but apparently that’s what gave her that model glow because she lands in the bottom two with Mila (rock on!). I was really hoping they’d give Ebony another chance…and thankfully, they do. Mila “Cancer is Funny” is going home – so why was she even here in the first place? Whatever.

Tyra takes the opportunity to build on the fact this season is all about sending, like, positive messages and stuff to all those impressionable girls out there. Didn’t they already do a model with causes shoot last season? They really should’ve saved that. But her big announcement? No smoking for the rest of the competition…they are putting their money where their finely stenciled mouths are (in a manner of speaking) and following up on the message they want to send. One small, teetering stilettoed step for females everywhere…

Tune in next week when the DTs hit the girls and the bitches come out to play!

Posted on Friday, September 28th, 2007 at 12:25 pm by Sabrina Jalees and is filed under We <3 TV.