America’s Next Top Model 9, Flashback Episode: Déjà Vu

The girls pose as “fashion gargoyles” on the roof of a building. Jenah knew from the start she could do this well. Bianca does the smiling-with-her-eyes thing. I thought she just learned that last week. I’m not liking the editors much. Lisa does well but admits she didn’t know what she was thinking; mostly she was just trying not to fall. Janet and Ambreal are the two weakest links. It seems there is too much for Janet to have to think about at once. She and her white panties are the next to be sent home. “I taught Bianca how to plunge a toilet. My work here is done,” she says. Ha!

Tyra visits the girls at the house and babbles about sitting down without letting her panties show. She wants to talk to the girls about body image. She says they’ll all hear that they need to lose weight, and they’ll most likely face challenges concerning their weight.

Dr. Laurie Polis and Cycle 6 winner Danielle join Tyra. Danielle reveals that she moved to New York and was told to lose weight. She wasn’t sure what to do, so she called Tyra. Yeah, I’m sure Tyra gave Danielle her cell phone number. Tyra was angry because she knows how thin Danielle. She wanted to come up with a plan that would allow Danielle to fulfill her dream without sacrificing her spirit or health. Danielle started exercising and eating healthy, and she lost the weight. The weight she didn’t need to lose. Don’t you just love this industry?

Dr. Laurie asks the girls what they would do in Danielle’s position. Bianca says she wouldn’t want to lose a job. Jenah wouldn’t want to compromise herself. Lisa has been trying her whole life to earn money, but she wouldn’t lose the weight. Sarah shares her frustration over being both too big and too small. In an interview, she says she’s a normal-sized girl. Ambreal has things she doesn’t like about herself, but she doesn’t want to be “skinny.” She interviews that she’s going to pursue her goals in a healthy way.

A tearful Heather says she’s always struggled with her weight, but with being too thin, not too heavy. Because of her ADD medication, Adderall, she would have little appetite, and she would get dizzy because she didn’t eat. Dr. Laurie tells the girls to listen to the positive messages, and Danielle tells them to not give up. Tyra finishes up by telling the girls to stay healthy and not obsess about their weight.

Enough seriousness! Bring on the boys! Tyson Beckford drops by and the girls are all thrilled to finally have a man nearby. Ebony screams happily in a confessional. Saleisha is tasked to sell a cheese grater. Heather is all over Tyson and says in a confessional that she has a sudden fascination with men’s arms. Sarah sexily sells a banana and says in a confessional that Tyson was totally checking her out. He pretty much confirms it. “Mrs. Sarah Beckford. Nice ring,” she says in a confessional. I love Sarah.

At the recycling photo shoot, Saleisha shines and Jenah is “the epitome of a living doll in her cardboard couture.” I bet Tyra never thought she’d say that. Ambreal is boring and Jay tells her she’s going downhill. Ebony is uninspiring, and Jay says she looked a little trampish. At panel, Ambreal is originally cut, but Ebony announces that she wants to go home, so Tyra cuts her loose. Ebony tells us that she knew Ambreal wanted to win more. Her family is going to be disappointed in her for quitting, but she needs to do what’s best for her.

Tyra runs down the eight girls still left in the competition: Ambreal, Heather, Saleisha, Sarah, Chantal, Bianca, Jenah, and Lisa. Next week: music video! Someone needs an ambulance! Probably more Ebony bashing! Can we leave the girl alone already?

Jenn Brasler is an Assistant Editor of Reality News Online and an aspiring writer from Falls Church, Virginia. By day she works for a court reporting firm, and by night she’s a spy for a covert branch of the CIA. You can e-mail her your theories of what else Ebony has done wrong (sank the Titanic, started the Great Chicago Fire, etc.) at luckyjenn@hotmail.com.

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