ALL STAR STUNNERS!!!

Hello darling ANTM Fans!

Welcome to another fantastic cycle of America’s Next Top Model, the All Star edition!  I am so relieved to have my ANTM fix again and even more excited that we will be having girls from the show at ANTM Live Toronto http://www.antmlivetoronto.com/!  Stay tuned to find out who you can see in person at the fashion, beauty and shopping spectacle of the year!

There were a few surprises in this episode, but none more shocking than seeing the absolutely gorgeous Nigel Barker with a full head of hair!  What do you think of the newly coiffed photographer? 

Nigel Barker's new do!

On to the episode!  We open to see Tyra in bed re-enacting each all star in a dream sequence.  You’ve gotta love her acting chops!  Judging by the scene clips from the whole season, we are in for a wild ride in true ANTM style! It was nice to get a recap of each model to refresh our memories as to exactly why they chose this group of divas to compete a second time around. 

Angelea

Angelea Preston from cycle 14 is first to arrive and identifies herself as being ‘classy ghetto’.  

Laura

Next we see our favourite country bumpkin from cycle 13, Laura Kirkpatrick, who tells us that she has been modelling since leaving the show.  She is so cute I can hardly stand it and the sweetness of her personality comes out in everything she does. 

Bianca

Drama enters next with Bianca Golden from cycle 9 who tells us that she wants the world to see that she can become a mogul in the modelling industry. 

Lisa

Lisa Damato from cycle 5 arrives and tells us that she has just recorded her first album and is certain that she is going to become a star. 

Bre

Bre Scullark from cycle 5 breezes in to a chilly reception from Bianca.  We find out that Bre and Bianca became friends and moved in together and Bianca is none too thrilled that Bre didn’t tell her she was going to be on the show.  Let the catfights begin! 

Brittany

After Bre’s arrival, Brittany Brower from cycle 4, otherwise known as the party girl of her season moves into the house and talks about how this show will really help to boost a model’s career.

Dominique

Dominique Reighard from cycle 10 is next and she is looking beautiful as ever having just had a new baby. 

Sheena

Sheena Saki from cycle 11 brings some exotic flavour to the mix and states her determination to win. 

Isis

Transgendered contestant Isis King from cycle 11 enters and talks about how much better she feels now that she has had her gender re-assignment surgery.  Looking at her, you can see just how comfortable she feels now that she has made this life change. 

Kayla

Kayla Ferrel from cycle 15 shows up without her ravishing red hair and the girls have a hard time recognizing her with her new raven hairdo. 

Allison

Doe eyed Allison Harvard from cycle 12 arrives next and she is relatively unchanged from her previous season.  She still has an innocent, childlike face and a very unique look. 

Camille

Camille Mcdonald from cycle 2 shows up to the party and is not warmly greeted as most of the girls seem to be aware of her reputation as being nasty. 

Shannon

The beautiful Shannon Stewart from cycle 1 is next and she talks about how much positive response she got from fans supporting her when she refused to pose in the buff.  

Alexandria

Alexandria Everett from cycle 16 arrives and talks about how she was misunderstood during her season and hopes to correct that. 

The girls race to find their beds and are then welcomed to the mansion by Mr. Jay Manuel himself.  He tells them that all the girls were chosen because they were fan favourites and are still being talked about today.  He tells them that their first photo shoot is in the backyard and explains that they will each represent their America‘s Next Top Model persona in their shoots.  He introduces Celeste Canino, famed photographer and she tells the girls how excited she is to capture them on film. 

The girls go and get their hair and make-up done and it doesn’t take long for the drama to begin as Bianca gets some bright red hair extensions that she is clearly unhappy about.  Jay advises Bianca to embrace her loud and sassy nature but Celeste doesn’t think she did well on camera.  Allison’s character is a ‘quirky doll’ and she tries to bring out the wide eyed innocence that made her stand out in the past.  Other great pics came from Dominique, who was wearing a black sheer body suit adorned with metal from neck to thigh.  She looked like a cross between Madonna and Lady Gaga and did her best to stay ahead of the pack.  Kayla wore a gay flag to represent her life choice and talked about how proud she is of herself.  Country cutie Laura posed with her adorable charm and a fishing pole.  Isis was the stand out for me, portraying ‘confidence’ in her shoot by posing in a unique stance and looking absolutely incredible.  Angelic Shannon had a very hard time with her lace outfit and was put off when Mr. Jay tried to persuade her to wear the lace panties to go with her top.

The girls are told that they will be critiqued in a live judging panel in front of all their fans at the Nokia Plaza in LA.  At the plaza, Tyra comes out looking cute in a fedora and suspenders.  She announces guest judges Nicki Minaj, Nigel with hair and Andre Leon Talley.  Each girl gets introduced one by one and Lisa comes out with a bang by hyping up the crowd and doing the splits.  Allison is next and comes out dressed like Little Bo Peep.  The judges love her picture and seem impressed.  When Alexandria walks the runway, she actually gets booed and called names.  She is really affected by the reaction and has a hard time dealing with it but handled it well in front of the crowd.  She is truly the model many people love to hate.  Isis displays a spectacular photo and no one can deny her ability to work it.  Kayla comes out and says that she is portraying a ‘super gay’ in her photo and gets mixed reactions from the judges.  Laura saunters down the runway and makes ‘hee haw high fashion’ according to Andre and talks about how the dress she is wearing for the runway was made by her grandmother.  Tyra then tells the girls about how the crowd reaction will factor into the judging. 

Judge and audience favourites included Allison, Laura and Isis.  They didn’t love Lisa and her jumping in the pool pic and they had a hard time accepting Shannon’s excuse for not wearing the chosen outfit.  At elimination Isis gets called as ‘best photo’.  The bottom two come down to Brittany and Alexandria.  Tyra announces Alexandria as still being in the running to be America’s Next Top Model and explains that being loved and hated is a good thing because it shows Alexandria’s star power, but advised that she should try to gain more popularity. Brittany goes home because fans don’t seem to remember her as much as the other girls and she expresses how surprised she is to be leaving this early in the game.

So ends another riveting episode of our favourite reality t.v. addiction!  Make sure you tune in next week to stay in the know about who else will go!

Until Next Time My Glamazons!

Cecilia J