STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Cortney1982 · Chanel

ANTM September 20

relrel · Marc Jacobs

Here's my four cents:

I like A.J. (the taller, dark haired one) a lot so far. Not sure really why, but that's who I like.

The twins are interesting, both entertainment value (ohh! twins!) and because they do seem quite attractive in pictures but not in real life.

Monique (the bed stealer) is a total bitch. She will probably last quite a while no matter how awful her pictures are simply for catfights.

Melrose (the girl who won the first challenge and was telling everybody to clean up) is also in my top picks. I actually think that she was sorta justified in telling the other girls that because she cooked she's not doing the dishes. That's totally fair. I also think she was much more into getting the house clean because she's 23 and the other's seemed to be all 18/19/20- i.e. perhaps not living by themselves or in thier own apartment yet. Plus, I actually really like that she calls herself Melrose from Melissa Rose.

Anchal (the Indian) is stunning but I can't see her getting through very far because she is really really ethnic looking. Perhaps cutting her hair would help a little with that. Tyra was right though, she looks like a really really beautiful Miss World contestant. Which is totally wrong for me (and her, Tyra) to think/say but I just can't see her walking down a runway.

Oh! And how about when that girl (some early finalist who didn't make the 13-cut) told Tyra that she was a stripper (but she used some fancy word) which was just like modeling so she should be good at it! Holy Crap!

Hermes

relrel wrote:

The twins are interesting, both entertainment value (ohh! twins!) and because they do seem quite attractive in pictures but not in real life.

Oh! And how about when that girl (some early finalist who didn't make the 13-cut) told Tyra that she was a stripper (but she used some fancy word) which was just like modeling so she should be good at it! Holy Crap!

I was thinking, what are those two doing there -- they totally justified their presence in the shoots.

and I think the fancy word used for "stripper" was "entertainer" -- she was exceptionally skanky.

Collette · Chanel

Ok Love AJ love that she's different love that she's open about getting cervical cancer from HPV.

Monique is evil and I cannot stand her, again I agree she'll be on forever just for the controversy. But seriously what grown women claims to pee on a bed to claim it. What is she 4?

Love the twins but more for the waiting to see who gets eliminated first and freaks out when they have to live without the other twin.

Other than that I cannot wait for the rest of the season.

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

AJ is also my favorite. I think this competition could do a lot to boost her confidence.

I can't stand Monique, or the twins, or Melrose.

Other than AJ, I like Brooke and I REALLY like that girl that they said kinda looks mannish (she did the plastic surgery stereotype.)

I can't wait for next week. The "makeover" show is always one of my favorites!

member · Hermes

I think this is going to be a good season. Trya picked some really pretty girls. I didn't see why the hell the twins were picked until they photographed. They are definitely "modely" but I think the twin that had the bulimic photo shoot on the toliet will go farther than the other. Should be interesting to see what happens when one gets kicked off.

I love Brooke. I think she's adorable and has a cute personality. I also love AJ - she's different and I love that. I really like Melrose too. I agree w/relrel that it was fair that if she cooked, the other girls could clean up.

Monique, will of course last because of the drama.

Can't wait for the makeover show next week!

lynnie · Chanel

the only girls that look like models to me are the twins. ( In the past, the only girls I ever thought could be models were Shandi, Elise, Kim, and the blonde model that made it to the top 2 or 3 a couple of cycles ago.) Lanky awkward strange looking- and their photographs gave me CHILLS. they are always talking about capturing a vulnerability in a photograph and i can't even remember a past cycle where i thought a photo was truly amazing (maybe it was a cool photograph and the model looked really pretty- but that's it.) until those photographs. I know it has a lot to do w/subject matter- but i really can't see a lot of these other girls as pulling from too much inside of them to really bring depth to a photo.

i thought melrose had the worst walk ever!! puke. she's okay- they're all okay. AJ looks like a pretty Pink to me. But i don't like how she's so "i don't know why i'm here". Cry me a river. You're pretty, get over it, you're not really THAT strange looking. I thought Brooke was actually pretty cute- i think she'd be a good cover girl. I always get confused as to what they want these models to be though- its for a cover girl model- but they make them do less commercial things too and act pissed when they don't know Zac Posen, Proenza Shouler etc- but all of them are way too commercial looking. The bed stealer- argh- drove me crazy.

ok , thats enough snarkiness for now.

theotherjess · Chanel

relrel wrote:

Here's my four cents:

I like A.J. (the taller, dark haired one) a lot so far. Not sure really why, but that's who I like.

The twins are interesting, both entertainment value (ohh! twins!) and because they do seem quite attractive in pictures but not in real life.

Monique (the bed stealer) is a total bitch. She will probably last quite a while no matter how awful her pictures are simply for catfights.

Melrose (the girl who won the first challenge and was telling everybody to clean up) is also in my top picks. I actually think that she was sorta justified in telling the other girls that because she cooked she's not doing the dishes. That's totally fair. I also think she was much more into getting the house clean because she's 23 and the other's seemed to be all 18/19/20- i.e. perhaps not living by themselves or in thier own apartment yet. Plus, I actually really like that she calls herself Melrose from Melissa Rose.

Anchal (the Indian) is stunning but I can't see her getting through very far because she is really really ethnic looking. Perhaps cutting her hair would help a little with that. Tyra was right though, she looks like a really really beautiful Miss World contestant. Which is totally wrong for me (and her, Tyra) to think/say but I just can't see her walking down a runway.

Oh! And how about when that girl (some early finalist who didn't make the 13-cut) told Tyra that she was a stripper (but she used some fancy word) which was just like modeling so she should be good at it! Holy Crap!

ITA with everything you said. Monique=bitch. AJ is very pretty. The twins are fun to watch.

ETA: Also, the Brooke girls is soooooo obnoxious to me. She's very pretty but she seems really fake.

-- Edited by theotherjess at 12:02, 2006-09-21

halah · Kenneth Cole

Something about the twins reminds me of Fiona Apple. They're pictures we're wild gave me chills as well.

I think AJ looks amazing in her first shoot, she's my fave right now.

Monique is so annoying but they never seem to get onto the models about their behavior in the house as long as they don't act up on the shoot...I feel like Tyra should have called her out on the "bed wetting." Didn't she also go on and on about how she had to take a long shower beacuse "that's just Monique, that's just who I am." like everyone is saying she'll be on a while for the drama factor.