ANTM first. I'll get to MMaS tomorrow.
Beach Scenes
1. Teyona
All the photos this week were flawed in some way (much like last season’s swimsuit photos… girls, is it really so hard to just STAND THERE and be pretty?!), but this is the least flawed of all. And it’s pretty darn good overall. She really captured a kinda sexy mood, even if her body proportions look rather off. And her face is kind of all jaw and chin. But anyway… I dunno. In a way, it reminds me of her light photo, which I still love. It’s effortless, but she still looks like a beautiful model.
2. Celia
I dunno, I go back and forth between this photo and Allison’s. I think I have to give the #2 to Celia and the #3 to Allison because Celia shows off the outfit better, plus Celia’s body looks insane, even in that INCREDIBLY tiny bikini. I love how much she stands out too. Unfortunately, the reason I don’t like it as much as I could have is from the shoulders up. That pose with her arms is so weird (and the arm on the left looks super short)… why is she choking herself? Worst of all, though, her face just looks simply awful. I don’t like that part of the photo at all. But still, I think it’s good.
3. Allison
If this photo wasn’t so damn far away, I think I would have liked it more. As is, it’s not bad, but my main flaw that’s something she could have helped is the fact that I can barely see the swimsuit. Honestly, you can basically only see her ass and her face, and I wish she wasn’t blocking so much of her body… but it’s still a good shot. She looks cute, she stands out (Nigel got a lot of flack for this photo, but I kinda like it… everything kind of points to the off-center Allison), and I love her eyes and the subtle sexiness. Random, but I also like how she shows off the shoes.
4. Aminat
Not bad, not great. She looks really beautiful, and I love her face. I know she’s done that angle like 80000 times, but what can you say, it looks good. The suit looks great against her skin, which looks marvelous. That said, I think her pose is really bad, it looks like she’s going to collapse and she’s angled herself so she looks thicker than she really is. Oh, and not for anything, but it looks like she’s pooping her hand. I think that's my biggest problem.
5. Fo
Oh dear Jesus, where to start. I love Fo, but this photo is beyond horrendous. I mean, you can tell she was trying to do something interesting with her body, but she really, as much as I adore her, never learned how not to look extremely short and, in this case, hunched over like Gollum. Her legs look about 4 inches long. Her face looks freakishly enormous and it’s a terrible angle and expression. And honestly, what the hell is wrong with her ARMS?! Fo was my ideal winner but seeing how hard she bit it in Brazil (that last picture wasn’t anything to write home about either), I think I’m gonna have to change that. Sigh.
Exotic Birds
1. Allison
UNREAL. The other three, yes, including Celia’s, are so far below this it’s not even funny. This photo is just SIIIIICK. Best of the cycle and one of the best of all time. I love how editorial and graceful this photo is, and the way her face looks. She looks so tiny in the photo, but I adore the way she still manages to stand out. She looks really primal, too. Ugh… it’s really flawless. I can’t even talk about how good it is any more. Every time I look at it, it just grows on me all the more.
2. Celia
Can’t really touch Allison’s, and it’s not as good as so many were saying… but it’s still quite good. I love from her neck to her waist, but her legs seem to weirdly disappear into stumps. And, as ever, I don’t really like her face. She looks like she wants to devour my soul. Love the intensity in her eyes, but it’s too much with that mouth. I see a fierce beast… not a bird at all. But honestly, she just looks like a model here, and it’s a good photo.
3. Aminat
Not bad, just not as good as the other two. Honestly, Allison’s just in another stratosphere and then the other three might as well have been tied. I love her pose, I think she really stands out, but unfortunately she’s missing an arm. Her face looks kind of… odd, I dunno. It looks like she’s squinting weirdly, or cock-eyed, and there’s just something weird with the angle… I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s not great. Still, this picture is honestly one of the better ones in Aminat’s portfolio. I love the longing attitude in it.
4. Teyona
First things first… how’d she end up in a NEST when she was posing in a TREE? Thanks Photoshop… but anyway, this photo honestly isn’t bad. It’s just the “worst” of the four. I almost put her above Aminat, but I see a lot more movement and energy in Aminat’s, so that gave her the slight advantage. I think Teyona looks really beautiful and there’s a lot of serenity in her pose, but I don’t see the grace of a bird there or anything, and like I said, the pose is slightly boring. Still, this isn’t bad, not at all. The last time all the shots in the F4 were this good was the all-holy Cycle 6 (Cycle 7 had Eugena with a terrible photo, Cycle 8 Natasha, Cycle 9 Bianca… well I guess that wasn’t SO terrible, Cycle 10 Dominique, Cycle 11 McKey, MCKEY'S WINDMILL PHOTO HATE).
Pre-finale call-outs:
1. Allison 6/1/8/2/5/1/3/1/3/1 = 3.1
2. Teyona 5/2/10/1/3/4/5/2/1/4 = 3.7
3. Fo 2/5/1/10/2/5/2/4/5 = 4
4. Natalie 4/3/4/4/8/6/1/3 = 4.13
5. Celia 8/4/5/9/4/2/4/6/2/2 = 4.6
6. London 1/9/3/6/7/8/6 = 5.71
7. Nijah 3/8/7 = 6
8. Aminat 10/11/6/3/6/7/7/5/4/3 = 6.2
9. Tahlia 9/12/9/5/1/3 = 6.5
10. Sandra 12/6/2/7/9 = 7.2
11. Kortnie 7/7/11/8 = 8.25
12. Jessica 11/10 = 10.5
13. Isabella 13 = 13
LOL, poor Aminat. And TEAM ALLI-TEYO!
MMaS is coming later. Os juro.
