That backs up my previous post about Lauren. I didn’t include all photoshoots because I couldn’t find big enough pictures of her face.

Anyway, She has the SAME face, SAME miserable attitude, SAME pouty eyes/mouth, and she just looks dead in EVERY SINGLE SHOOT. She’s lifeless and the judges didn’t realize it till she does a terrible commercial. The ONLY reason they elimated Lauren was because they would have looked extremely bad to NOT eliminate her with the energy she had. Even if she HAD energy and did a terrible shoot, they would have said its the best thing in the world because they are just trying to root for the ‘different kind of covergirl’. She was a disgusting, attitudey, “Lurch walking”, not wanting, not deserving contestant.

Yes, she looks like a nice person.

Why is Whitney getting meaner?

She’s not getting meaner, she is who she is. She’s always been like this with her bitchy attitude. I don’t see a difference between the beginning and now.

Is Anya peaking too soon?

No, she’s doing well. Claire peaked too soon.

Did Lauren really try during the commercials? Or did she know she was doomed to fail?

Lauren tried as best as she could, but it’s really HARD to overcome your awkwardness, especially when you’re put under pressure. She may or may not overcome her confidence issue, but she needs time to build it up. It doesn’t happen overnight. Still, I think she’s learned a lot from her experience and is leaving with a positive attitude. I’ll miss seeing her!

How do you feel about the foreign commercial challenges? How could they be improved?

They have all been like that, so I don’t see the problem with them. I think they just want to see how well the girls perform under pressure.

Whose commercial was the best?
Katarzyna if it weren’t for her “flat” performance.

The worst?
Duh, Lauren’s!

Who will be the final three?
Anya, Katarzyna and Fatima.

I think the pressure of the whinnowing gene pool is getting to Whitney. She sees Anya as her competition and makes an unnecessary blonde remark (”Oh, Anya, so blonde!”) when she, herself, is a peroxide blonde. She’s constantly reminding us of the challenges of being a plus size model, so you know the producers keep asking her plus size questions and little else. Still, she needs to lighten up and let go of her fears and focus only on herself and not the skinny girls around her.

Is Anya peaking too soon? Hell no, she’s going to win this thing. The edit they are giving her is the role model edit, which no one else is getting right now. She’s never been my favorite model, but her niceness is important to Tyra.

Did Lauren try during the commercial? Lauren tried as much as Lauren could. Yes, she jinxed herself, but she also made reference to the fact that she knew it was coming and that she also didn’t think she would have gotten as far as she did, so perhaps she just needed more lead time for mental prepping and she didn’t do it.

The first fake CoverGirl commercials – in Spain they gave the girls the Catalan script the night before, and I believe it was phonetic, but can’t recall if it was. In China, they didn’t have to learn Mandarin, Cantonese, whatever, but in Japan they were forced to read from phonetic cue cards. I just wish they would standardize the procedure and be fair all around to the models. Either make then do the commercial in the native tongue of the country you’re in (Thailand, China, South Africa) or don’t, but don’t yank them around from Cycle to Cycle. I prefered Katarzyna’s because it was the most natural of all versions, had the smoothest transitions and she looked great on camera.

Final three? Well, now that Lauren’s gone, I don’t really care.

Thanks for the forum, Erin. Keep up the good work

Even though the majority of readers above are saying Lauren’s commercial was the worse, watching Fatima’s commercial made my skin crawl. You’re selling lipstick, not sex. I still think she’s too painfully thin for the job.

Why is Whitney getting meaner? “I don’t think she’s getting meaner; she’s just being shown more and there are less girls”

Is Anya peaking too soon? “We’ll see.”

Did Lauren really try during the commercials? Or did she know she was doomed to fail? ” She doomed herself with her fear of looking silly”

How do you feel about the foreign commercial challenges? How could they be improved? “Give them the script over night and let them study it for longer. I didn’t know or not if they were told what the words they were saying meant, so that would help with the inflection.”

Whose commercial was the best? The worst? “Fatima or Katarzyna, best. Lauren and Dominque worst”

Who will be the final three? “Anya definitely. The remaining spaces are a little iffy, but I think Dominque and Fatima might take those places. I really would rather Katarzyna over Dominque, but I fear a personality-based elimination in her future. I like her, but Tyra and Co don’t see any personality.”

Is Anya genuinely that nice:::: she is, she talks genuinely in her interviews and she brought fatima food.
Why is Whitney getting meaner::::Whitney is not mean
Is Anya peaking too soon:::now that you mention it, probably. I think Kart should have won that one, 2nd, fatima
Did Lauren really try during the commercials? Or did she know she was doomed to fail::: she didnt even try because she thot she would suck, therefore she did suck because she gave up. how stupid. they wasted so much time on her, where is claire, the judges made such a stupid decision to make the show interesting. When its like, the 5th elimination and she still can’t walk after already getting 2 walking lessons and 2 runways, then its FAILURE.
How do you feel about the foreign commercial challenges? How could they be improved?
Whose commercial was the best? The worst?
fatima was best, 2nd best was whitney, 2nd worse was anya, worst was Lauren, OF COURSE
Who will be the final three? I dont know. I hope whitney is there, the only thing that is annoying me lately about her is she talks about how hard it is to be a plus-sized model all the time!