Episode: 11.04 You’re Beautiful, Now Change
Original Air Date: September 17, 2008

Below the cut is who stays, who goes, full recap and discussion questions!

Challenge: Covergirl 30-second spot
Challenge Winner: Hannah
Photo Shoot: Swimsuit
Guest Judge: Susan Holmes
Called First: Elina
Eliminated: Brittany

Questions
Whose makeover was the best? The worst?
How do you feel about Elina’s makeover?
Did Hannah deserve to win the Covergirl challenge?
Should Elina support her “I hate my mother” claims? Or are they nobody’s business?
Whose photo was the best? The worst?
Did Elina deserve to be called first?

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You can check out clips from tonight’s episode here, here and here.

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Do you agree with Henry? Disagree? I know he’s being a bit polarizing to get viewers, but he raises a few important points.

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She’s clearly still crazy. But delightfully so! And she’s so graceful about her other contestants. Not a lot of other eliminees have been that gracious about their former competitors.

She talks fast, eh?

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I think Katarzyna is so cute. She’s got a great personality and she’s smart and sweet. I think the ANTM crew really missed the boat on this one. Kat would make a fabulous top model and her My Life as a Covergirl commercials would be great.

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Who goes home, who stays and full recap below the jump!

Challenge: 5-frame warrior photo shoot
Challenge Winner: Whitney
Photo Shoot: Modern Renaissance
Guest Judge: N/A
Called First:Fatima
Eliminated: Katarzyna

We enter with Whitney chalking up her fakeness to nerves and Fatima thinking she’s got the competition in the bag and bashing Katarzyna before getting confusing Tyra Mail. The girls get to go to ancient ruins where they will BATTLE. For real. I want to believe it, but the gladiator costumes are really bad.

The girls are getting fight lessons, and Dominique reveals she wants to whoop Whitney’s ass. But she’s just kidding. The fighter instructor wants them to think of battling like posing. If they did that, would the hits not have any power? I’m confused. But this is why I’m not an ultimate fighter. Not like these girls.

After their lesson, the girls get real gladiator costumes. Wait, didn’t they do the whole warrior theme last season? The Jays show up and they want the girls to practice posing. ‘Cause their next photo shoot is RIGHT NOW.

The photo shoot challenge consists of shooting five frames while fighting a real warrior. But model-fighting, not real fighting. Most of the photos were pretty weak, but they only had five frames. The winner of the photo shoot gets 100 euro to go shopping and she has the option of sharing it, if she wants. I’d so not share it! Whitney wins and does the moral thing by sharing it with Anya. They have a fun time on the shopping spree and soon it’s time for the real photo shoot!

The photo shoot’s theme is a modern interpretation of the Renaissance, which just ends up with most of the girls looking like Cruella De Vil, but in an interesting sort of way. I actually say this very hair on the cover of a magazine (Chic Today, I think), so it’s very in. As we already know, Tyra is the photographer this shoot. This probably means the photos will be in black and white, which, I think, will take away from the girls’ elaborate costumes and hairstyles. But what do I know?

Tyra totally takes over the photo shoots when she’s the photographer. Isn’t Jay the creative director? The tension between the two of them seems really thick, but I could just be imagining that because of all the rumors. Dominique rocks the photo shoot, but this doesn’t faze Fatima at all. Where did this girls confidence–sorry, warped sense of self–come from? But then, she does really well on the photo shoot too. But she should, it is top five.

Katarzyna was alright, Whitney struggles, and Anya rocks it. I’m on the Anya train. If she and Katarzyna aren’t the top two, I’ll throw something at my television. But then, you never know until you see the final photos.

During panel, the photos are in color! What?! Anya’s photo was fantastic, Fatima’s photo is great too–Paulina says she’s jealous of it–as is Dominique’s. I loved Paulina’s plug to be the next host. I’d be all for that, I love Paulina.

Then it’s Katarzyna, whose photo is only okay. Paulina says she looks “sleepy or bored.” Finally, it’s Whitney, whose photo was also only okay.

They show a lot of the judges deliberation, but I can’t help but wonder if that’s to confuse us. Fatima gets called first, followed by Dominique, then Anya. This leaves Whitney and Katarzyna in the bottom two and they send Katarzyna home! Seriously? Dominique is still around and Katarzyna is gone? One fantastic photo does not a model make. But then, Kat’s photo was pretty weak, she is coasting. Oh, I don’t know.

Go Anya!

Questions
Would you have shared the shopping spree?
Whose warrior photo was the best?
Do you enjoy it when Tyra plays photographer? Are her photos comparable to other photographers on ANTM?
Is Tyra right to take as much creative control on the photo shoots?
Is Fatima’s extreme confidence validated?
Whose photo was your fave? Least fave?
Why was Kat sent home?
Who would you have sent home?

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Did you catch the recap episode? I always find them to be disappointing!

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