America’s Next Top Model 7, Episode 7: Up, Up, And Away!

Looks like the girls are at an airport for this photo shoot and Jay Manuel is there to greet them. He says they’ll be taking part in an action photo shoot. Also, this is the girls’ first Cover Girl assignment for a new whipped foundation! Whoo hoo! The girls will portray a sexy space siren, while airborne in a skydiving simulator. This actually sounds pretty damn cool!

The each go through hair and makeup and begin the shoot. Michelle is up first and admits that it’s too hard to stay balanced. Jay feels that she had a true lack of grace and that she might not have connected. Jaeda has the Cover Girl face and attitude according to her and although she is not graceful during her shoot, Jay thinks that the posing and this shoot might have actually saved her.

Amanda does her thing and we don’t see much, except for her saying that it was fun. Anchal and her boobs step up next. She catches the girls watching her during her shoot and admits that she hates when they look at her. Honey… you’re a model. Jay says, when Anchal is finished: “Anchal wasn’t graceful at all, as if that’s anything new.” Jay is such a bitch.

Eugena works her face and knows that she has to nail it there. Melrose jumps right into the whole thing and although Jay was expecting her to knock it out of the park the way she always does, he finds her look to be blank, and her body is a bit too flat for him. Finally, we see MY CariDee just go in there and go balls to the wall. You can tell she is having fun and she is all over the place. Jay didn’t like that she didn’t follow directions, but he did enjoy her posing and commitment to the shoot.

The girls get home and find some Tyra Mail waiting for them. Tomorrow they’ll meet with the judges and someone is going home. Melrose knows it’s going to be a hard panel but feels that she had a good photo. Anchal tells the camera that Melrose should go home because she’s a bitch. That’s not a good enough reason on this show, Anchal. Usually, the bitches hang around longer! Eugena just prays that her face isn’t jacked up. I’m actually starting to like Eugena.

It’s time for panel! The girls file in and greet the judges as usual, including Gabrielle Reece, the volleyball modeling lady. Of course, they are reminded of the prizes. Now, it’s time for individual evaluations. Eugena is first, and her test this week will be to take a verb and an adverb, then act them out. She gets “shake flirtatiously.” Here is what the other girls got:

• Michelle – swim frighteningly
• Amanda – ski sadly
• Jaeda – skip sensually
• MY CariDee – hide dizzily
• Anchal – dance aggressively
• Melrose – box joyfully

As you can imagine, this was designed to embarrass the girls and make the judges laugh – and it works. The girls are all over the place. I will say that MY CariDee does a great job and although Jaeda is a mess, she works it out. It’s clear that Michelle and Anchal aren’t really trying, and we see Anchal actually bolt out of the room when she’s finished. The funniest has to be Melrose though, who thought the “box” in “box joyfully” meant to put yourself in a box, like doing a vogue, instead of the sport of boxing. MY CariDee has the judges laughing their butts off though, so that’s always good!

The first girl to face the judges is Eugena. Twiggy says that her actions came off as half hearted, and when they look at her photo, Tyra compares her to Naomi Campbell. Nigel likes her shot though, but feels she could have had more magic.

Amanda is up next and Tyra says that although her actions weren’t great, she committed – and that’s all they ask. Her picture is viewed as “pretty” but the judges feel her body is too thin for what they were doing.

Jaeda steps forward next and she’s another girl who is praised for not giving up. However, she wasn’t too sensual. Her photo is compared to an “old Michael Jackson” face according to Tyra.

Anchal is the next victim – I mean – model. Tyra tells her that they know she wants to be a model, but when she is tested and feels uncomfortable, she just gives up and gets embarrassed. Tyra says it was the strangest exit on the show besides Jade’s departure last season. They continue to lecture her, then tell her that her photo was great in the face, but they don’t feel she is graceful in person. At least, that’s what Jay Manuel said.

Of course, when it’s Melrose’s turn, they make fun of her for not knowing what “box” meant. Even she admits that she realized it while walking out. They love her photo this week and it reaffirmed Tyra’s thought that a good shot really could be taken.

MY CariDee steps forward and the judges applaud her actions during the test. They also feel her photo was great but she was out of control according to Jay and needs to listen.