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Review: Top Model - All Stars Ep 3

Review: Top Model - All Stars Ep 3
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By Faith-Ashleigh Wong

The episode starts off with a surprise visit from this week's guest judge, Kristin Cavallari, star of reality TV series Laguna Beach. Like last week's Branding 101 lesson, Kristin was there to give the girls advice on how to make their mark in the industry, specifically how to achieve real world success after being on a reality TV show.

Later at the reward challenge, the girls' ability to convey their persona through their brand is tested again as they are put on the spot and have to master the "art of the interview". Questions will be posed by the person they would be working alongside with should they win – Extra host, the very hunky Mario Lopez. (those dimples...wow)

The girls are divided into two groups and Nigel (who I must say is back to his usual dapper self now that he's bald again!), who will judge the challenge, tells them that a lot is riding on how they do because the winning group will be safe from elimination.

Lisa fared well when questioned but was so obnoxious the rest of the time! She kept high-fiving and talking over her teammates. I think she thought she was bringing some energy to the interview session but it was more self-sabotaging than anything else, in my opinion.

On the other extreme Angelea, who is usually the loud, outspoken "girl from the hood", was uncharacteristically quiet and overly poised which was very odd. Isis handled herself well; very composed and it was clear she has had experience taking questions due to obviously constantly being asked about her much publicized gender reassignment surgery.

I thought Bianca took her word (candid) way too literally – no one wants to hear about (the word and) your word vomit...seriously. Allison was eloquent and Kayla open and honest; both managed to balance being on-topic and appropriate while still showcasing who they are.

This week's photo shoot took the Top Model contestants to new heights – quite literally – as they were tasked to pose in pairs whilst on stilts. This causes great trepidation in Bianca who is terrified of heights. In her original cycle she got herself disqualified from refusing to participate in a challenge which involved being harnessed in the air. The question is will she bail for the second time?

The pairs were made up of one girl from the winning team (safe from elimination) and another from the losing team (unsafe). The photos that made the cut were probably one of the most visually exciting ones I've seen across all cycles – the elongated legs do look a bit creepy (kind of reminded me of a praying mantis!) but the overall concept made the photos look very edgy, very high fashion.

Once again Allison blew the judges away with her instinctive modelling. Her pose even triggered Tyra to teach the girls a new lingo in the Top Model vocabulary – the "booty tooch". Complete with demonstration, not only from Tyra but Kristin as well!

I have to say I was pretty surprised at who got eliminated. It's unfortunate too because Tyra does reveal that her picture was not actually the weakest of the bunch, that she was only in this position because she was in the unsafe group – a wakeup call to the remaining contestants at the importance of winning challenges. I feel certain this will not be the last we see of this contestant though!

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