So...the plus sized models dominate the previews for tonight’s episode which, thanks to this show’s love of making the outcomes really obvious, means one of them is going home.

Oooh, thanks for the setup, duchess. I’m going to predict Diana, if it has to be one of the plus sized girls. I also predict Renee will be a bitch.

Am I alone in thinking that last week’s photo shoot was 1) derivative and 2) dumb?

No, not at all. And I totally agree on the Diana pick. I think she should have been gone a while ago.

I also predict Renee will be a bitch.

I also predict that Tyra will questions someone’s ability to translate her beauty into a pho-to (while she herself looks like a sausage bursting out of its casing), Twiggy will look like a dear in the headlights every time one of the scary Americans makes direct eye contact, Miss Jay will reverse decades of advancements in civil rights by acting like the stock black fool in an old film, and Niiiiigel will look perviliciously hot. 

I’m going to have to disagree with y’all about the photo shoot.  I thought it was very editorial in a W/Numero/V/The Face (RIP *sniff my favouritest magazine ever)/euromag-that-people-read-by-no-one-buys-b/c-they-cost-$20 kind of way.  Ok, some of the pictures (like Sarah, Natasha, Renee, Brittany, maybe Whitney’s if they were going for the kitsch factor) fit this category.  Others just sucked.  Diana looked like a disemboweled hooker and Dionne was like a film still from a Tarantino flick (not a compliment), and Jaslene was bringing the hardcore fug.  Seriously, doesn’t she look like she’s a cheap hooker getting fucked and wondering how much longer she has to wait for her next hit?  Jaels looks like she’s making shadow puppets of storks.

Yes, I did just compliment Renee and Natasha’s pics, and yes, it did pain me to do so.  but I think Natasha’s pic has little to do with her and a lot to do with the angle and lighting.

Oooh, thanks for the setup, duchess

No prob, I just went to last week’s thread and cut n pasted the code from your comment.

Well that dude a few years ago made himself famous, or temporarily, taking artsy photos of “dead” models, which is why i think it’s so unoriginal and lame.

That’s not a criticism of how the individuals photographed, just of the concept, which I think is stale.

Hmm, looking at the “last weeks photos”...

Brittany: Until I saw how badly posed the rest of the models were, I was going to say this has to be the worst pose: turns out, it’s not. Clearly whoever the stylist or photographer is here has never seen a dead body. Anyway: if we lay aside the questions of why was she getting into the shower while dressed and carrying her hair tongs, and that a dead body does not hold itself in position by muscle, it’s still a really bad, bad picture. I don’t blame the model much on this: there was really not a lot she could do.

Diana: same comment, pretty much. Why does her body have to fill the walkway? Why did we need that cheesy little kidney bowl prop?

Dionne: interesting use of lighting, but again, the posture is totally wrong (as is that big splatter of blood kinda behind her head). Photography wise, best so far, but still not really making much use of the model.

Felicia: “Look mommy, a dead hoer like the one we found in daddy’s bed!”

Jael: Taking the “ways a body at rest would not lie” to a new height.

Jaslene: OK, what cartoon was this scene stolen from? Ridiculous.

Natasha: a little bit intersting, style wise. That little bit of red tape near her head needs to go, it becomes the center of visual attention for no need.

Renee: Ok, for fun, find a small table, rest against it. Let your body go limp. Either 1/ table falls over, or 2/ you slide off of it. But it’s a kinda classic “tragic suicide” look, and the model does actually bring something to the scene, but that said it’s so different from the other pictures that it’s almost as if this was from a different competition.

Sarah: Just an ugly picture. The effects makeup is poor, and there’s nothing interesting to look at, at all. Very amateur hour.

Whitney: because cutting your jugular is a serene moment: it doesn’t even sting. Not a bad picture, and the model is used somewhat to down-play her worse features, but still just seems vapid somehow.

As far as the concept goes, it’s ok (but no, not an all new) - I do think they should have standardized on one type of death (it’s easier to relate to a overly romanticized suicide vs. a street whore) and got a much better designer/stylist/photog. It’s a shitty set of pictures, and it would be irrespective of who was in ‘em.

which is why i think it’s so unoriginal and lame.

Unoriginal, fo’ sure.  But it is something you could conceivably see as an editorial, unlike most of the other photoshoots on this show (candy titties, anyone?  Or how about “pro-meat” as a political stance?)

and got a much better designer/stylist/photog.

If they did that, it might become a legitimate modeling competition.  And who wants that?

candy titties, anyone?

Yes please! I didn’t know you had some.

Wow. You called it. Glad Jael didn’t get the boot though.

Well, that was a big surprise.

Tsk tsk Diana, you were such a disappointment.  To quote the inimitable Rich at FourFour, “Team Chunk is counting on you!” Sigh. 

Glad to see Dionne redeem herself.  And who wants to bet that Jael’s ass goes home next week?

I hope not. She’s my favorite of those left. I know, I know. Natasha’s got such personality...grr.

If you’ve got the same curse I do—favorites always get axed (see Samantha, Felicia)—then you’ve just basically guaranteed she’s a goner.

Besides, do you really want your favorite to win the Cover Girl charade?

I don’t care if she wins, but I wouldn’t mind her sticking it out till further into the season.

I hate Jaslene.

What in the hell is Diana wearing in that picture up top anyway? She’s got like cropped rolled up denim shorts on and heels? And that ugly top? Good god.

She’s got like cropped rolled up denim shorts on and heels? And that ugly top? Good god.

Yeah, they never even gave her a chance.  Notice how the fugliest outfits are on the plus sized gals.