America’s Next Top Model 10, Episode 4: Silence of the Lambs

Which is completely unlike the last model to go through, Amis. Amis doesn’t exactly walk down the runway, she skips. To channel Simon Cowell, she’s just atrocious! Why would someone think they could get away with this kind of behavior? Ms. J is less than impressed with this display as well. If I were a guessing girl, I’d say that unless she and Fatima really rock the photos this week, their attitudes and behavior in the runway class will come back to haunt them at panel.

Back at the house, a cat fight erupts. In a nutshell, Aimee isn’t comfortable being naked in front of everyone so she “calls” that she wants to take a shower. With only three bathrooms and eleven girls, someone else gets upset that they might have to use that bathroom while Aimee is in it. Dominique jumps on Aimee basically saying that she can’t hog the bathroom. Whitney comes to Aimee’s defense. Everyone else, including Fatima, starts attacking Whitney; then she leaves the room. I assume Aimee got her shower in peace and that Whitney doesn’t care what the girls think.

Next up, the girls will be walking in a Tuleh Designs fashion show. Jaslene from Cycle 8 is back to presumably give the girls a few tips. She’s looking prettier, but she’s still way too skinny to me. The challenge involves not only a stellar runway performance, but also includes a quick-change piece in which they must move fast and still look fantastic. The winner gets a shoot with Jaslene in Seventeen magazine.

The audience is waiting and the girls are frantically changing into their outfits. Stacy Ann leads the show and it’s just stunning. Too bad she has such a squeaky voice or I think I’d like her more. She’s followed closely by Whitney in what looks to be a bikini outfit and cover-up. As I just start to notice the pixels, she comes in with a voiceover that she realized she was having a Janet Jackson moment, but she worked right through it without skipping a beat or even flinching.

Lauren speeds through her walk, literally without pausing to pose at the end. A redhead whose name escapes me now does fine, as does Katarzyna. Fatima follows and I notice that her sweater’s buttons are mis-done, which throws off the whole outfit. She walks fast and continues to not enamor Ms. J. He makes the signal to cut her head off. Whoa! I don’t think I’ve seen him so disgusted with any model like this before. Dominique is beautiful, as are Marvita, Claire, and Anya. Amis looks like she has a metal rod stuck through her neck, yet she thinks she’s nailed it. She’s a dingbat.

Katarzyna impressed the judges and wins the award. She gets to pick two friends to go with her and picks Marvita and Amis. Yes, wacky Amis. It’ll be interesting to see how this photo shoot works out, won’t it? Sadly, nothing exciting stands out.

Back at the house, there’s more Tyra Mail which alludes to chops and packing. Hmm… This clue, coupled with the episode title, “Where’s the Beef,” makes me guess that this might be a meaty challenge. Hee hee!

The assumptions are correct as we find out from Jay that the girls will be wearing, you guessed it, beef. Yikes, I gag a little thinking about it, so I can’t imagine what is going through their minds.

The models line up to take on their new costumes. They literally have cuts of beef draped across parts of their bodies. Claire is sent packing first, while Fatima watches from the side. Jay gives Claire a few tips about her legs in relationship to the camera and calls out to Fatima to be sure to listen.

Well, she may have listened about the legs, but she surely isn’t listening to Jay trying to coach her about a strange snarl she has on her face. She keeps that same look through the whole shoot, never softening it. I’m thinking that, like the little temperature button that pops on our Thanksgiving turkeys tells us, Fatima is done.

A few more girls go and do very well. They seem to be fearless! They pose with sides of cattle hanging from the rafters and with more around their necks and waists. It’s incredible how some of these girls are cooking up their work this week.

The music changes from fierce to that campy, clowny tone when in walks Stacy Ann. She looks like she’s going to scream, but I think she thinks she’s trying to look fierce. I’m not sure what’s happening here, other than she’s about as interesting as a rump roast.

Whitney and Marvita broil. Lauren follows, looking afraid at first, but then she digs deep into her loins to much better photos.

Dominique’s shoot is smoking, even to the point where she sits on a large lump of meat in one pose. Gag! Aimee follows and is visibly uncomfortable. She’s going to have to take a big bite out her inhibitions in order to make it much further in this cycle. Amis follows and to be frank, she should probably have gotten Stacy’s clown music.

Enough with the meaty food puns, as the girls are finished with the shoot and head back to the loft for the rest of the night. Lauren is honestly worried that while her shoot might have been okay, that her runway may be enough to send her home.