Filed under: Rich, TV Shows
Author: Rich
Date: Oct 29, 2009
Previously on America’s Next Top Midget, the girls learned how NOT to give an interview and bungled their way through their first CoverGirl commercial. Tyrant sent Rae home because she didn’t suck as bad as Erin or Sundai and they’re Tyrant’s faves so they can’t go home anyways. Make sense? No? That’s because Tyrant is ridiculous. Only six wannabe short little oompa loompas remain. Who will be eliminated tonight?
We start off this week with Erin bemoaning her performance in the commercial. She really was terrible and she probably should’ve gone home for it. In fact, she should go home simply because her bleached eyebrows are starting to look like a slug that’s been covered in salt. Brittany’s now telling us that she’s confident and well-rounded because she’s older and more mature than the rest of the girls. Bitch, you are 21. You don’t know who you are. That’s just some vague concept Europe uses to entice us North Americans to stay in filthy hostels and check out a bunch of churches.
The girls get back to the house to find danger tape all over the place and dudes in hazmat suits cleaning up. Tyrant is there to tell the girls that the house has been condemned because it is “the most disgusting top model house” she has ever seen. Eww. It is pretty heinous. Ants?! Oooo Jesus! Tyra tells the girls they can no longer live in the house. And guess what? They’re going on a trip! SCREAM!
Wait. What? Hawaii? Shut the fuck up.
First of all, when did Hawaii become a fashion capital? This better not be the only trip the midgets go on. BUDGET! What’s up with that? They’re short, so they get a lame trip? I wonder what the girls were thinking when the cameras weren’t rolling. “OMG, Tyra’s such a cheap bitch”. “I know right! She’s so busy doing her damn talk show she can’t be bothered to send us somewhere that actually has an international fashion industry”. “This fucking sucks. All those other bitches got to go to Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Cape Town, London, Bangkok, Barcelona, Sydney, Shanghai, Rome, Amsterdam or Sao Paulo… and we got FUCKING HAWAII”.
Once we get to Hawaii, after an exhausting flight on “Fierce Airlines” (barf), the girls check out their gorgeous pad right on the beach. Too bad about all the Teyona pictures. Tyra Mail then sends the girls to the beach for some surfing lessons with models/surfers Sofia Beschen and Buzzy Kerbox.

Jay shows up to let the girls know that they’re doing a photo shoot challenge. They have to surf tandem with some cute-ish guys and pose at the same time. Too bad about the awful 1950s granny pant swimsuits. Jay named Erin the winner and claimed a helicopter tour for her prize.
When we finally get to the real photo shoot, we learn Tyrant once again is behind the camera as the photographer. And to be extra special controversial and groundbreaking, even though it’s all been done before, Tyra’s gonna switch up their races! Unlike Cycle 4 when the girls all got different “ethnicities” like East Indian and Korean, these wannabes are all gonna be biracial. Tyrant, you are so deep sometimes. Off the deep end that is! And PS… isn’t black face makeup taboo in celebrity land?
As for the pictures, monstrous clichés and stereotyping aside, they’re actually good shots of the girls. I like the lighting, styling and even the wardrobes. I don’t think the “ethnic” makeup was necessary. The art direction was strong enough.
Nicole
Nicole, like myself, had to ask what Malagasy was. Madagascar! Her other half was Japanese. I LOVE the pose and I love the Geisha inspired outfit, but I gotta say, I’m missing Nicole’s ginger goddessness. This photo is still gorgeous, but it strips her of what has made her stand out so far.

Jennifer
Our Asian princess had to portray Botswanan and Polynesian. I am in LOVE with this photo. She’s not doing much at all, but that’s ok. It’s peaceful, she’s hiding her gimpy eye and she looks beautiful.

Erin
Her task was to channel Tibetan and Egyptian. Meh. Her face is pretty, but she looks like she’s getting ready to drop a deuce in the grass. Not the most flattering pose… although I am glad to see her without those heinously dyed blonde eye brows.

Laura
She was given Mexican/Greek. I think this is a great shot of Laura when it comes to giving us something different. We have not seen this kind of emotion from her before, but she looks old. Is it the makeup? The lighting? The pose? It’s not her best.

Brittany
She was given Native American and East Indian. This is such a strong photo. Strong pose, strong face, strong everything. She looks like a real model. AGAIN.

Sundai
She had to rock Moroccan and Russian. Once again, I am not at all in love with Sundai. Her photos have not been very strong at all… someone else has always sucked harder though. That’s why she’s still here. The stick was a bad choice with that outfit and that hair. She looks so short. I think it’s time for her to go.

At panel, the judges were joined by “supermodel” Kirsty Hume. Tyrant called Nicole first, followed by Jennifer, Laura and Sundai. That left Brittany and Erin in the bottom two. How is Sundai still here! Even Tyrant said she looked like a short Gap Kids 12 year old. Barf. Tyrant then sent Brittany home. What!?! Tyrant, we are SO fighting right now.
Robyn
October 29th, 2009 at 11:28 am
I have SO many issues with this episode… where to start…
1. After the BIG deal about the disgusting mess, didn’t have to clean it up?
2. Erin, you are an ungrateful little bitch, I can’t believe you are still there. Better linens? Doesn’t deserve to go to a fashion capital.
3. On the screen, during the shoot, they spelled Botswana “Batswana” – Don’t even know what to say about that (although last night I was yelling some stuff at the tv.)
4. Sundai, I know you are an orphan and have never been anywhere… that doesn’t make you a model… it makes you a cute orphan.
5. Brittany was FANTASTIC, she was strong and gorgeous… Erin was shite and vacant.
Adonis
October 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
1) They probably got an army of housekeepers to storm the place after their ‘Fierce Airlines’ flight. Can’t waste precious film on girls scrubbing when they have serious modelling to do…in Maui.
2) I was kinda giving her the benefit of the edit, and that she really wasn’t such a whiny airhead. That benefit is long gone.
3) You expect ANTM to care about such trivial details like names of countries? They looked up Malagasy but can’t spell Botswana.
4) A cute orphan that should have been gone this episode, or last episode, or instead of pretty much any previously eliminated girl (not Bianca or Ashley though). I’m still calling shenanigans on Courtney’s elimination.
5) I had Brittany in my top 3 or 4, but apparently ‘real model catalogue’ is worse than ’12 year old amateur catalogue’. Brittany was robbed even worse than Rae or Courtney.
Side notes: I feel for Laura – I can apply as much sunscreen as I can get my hands on and I still fry like an egg. And Tyra is really screwing up the eliminations – I think she’s keeping Sundai around just for the illusion that a black girl might win. It isn’t going to happen; just get rid of her so we can see more of the ones that can actually take a nice picture.
Alex Sarmiento
October 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
And now, a little vocabulary lesson pertaining to Botswana:
Tswana – the predominant ethnic group in Botswana
Motswana – an individual Tswana
Batswana – the whole population of Botswana, irrespective of their ethnic group
Setswana – the language of the Tswana people
Botswana – the country of Botswana (duh)
Robyn
October 29th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Thanks for the clarification on the “wanas”… I learned something new and I yelled for nothing… although I could transfer the emotion to any of the other issues I have.
Adonis
November 1st, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I’m a little surprised that for all the barfing about smizing, there hasn’t been a mention of Tyra shoving “modelling H2T” down our throats. Every chance she gets she’s all “Was she modelling H2T, head-to-toe? Or was it F2C, forehead-to-chin?”
During the headscarf photoshoot Laura asked Tyra how big the frame was going to be, so Tyra rattled off “Always model H2T, head-to-toe…so now I’m going to shoot you up close.” When one of the Babin twins in cycle 7 asked how big the ‘scary’ beauty shot was going to be Tyra made a big deal about how Amanda was asking ‘good questions’.
It’s bull.
Her Pussys Tired
May 28th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
That’s so racisit!