The BIG Winner!!!
I can’t believe another thrilling cycle is over!!! What a dramatic and exciting season full of cat fights, crazy challenges and gorgeous photos. It is down to the creepy cool Allison, ghetto fabulous Angelea and wild and wonderful Lisa.
Lisa reflects on her journey to the finale and she can’t believe how far she has come. She talks about performing her whole life and coming from a traumatic background of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. She also wants to help out a charity that supports kids who come from abusive homes.
Angelea talks about how she doesn’t have to be a product of her environment and even though she grew up in a rough neighbourhood, she knows she can fight hard and win.
Allison shares her story about the struggle she has had over the past year with her father passing away from cancer and is really trying to stay focused and positive. She thinks winning would be great for her exposure level and thinks it would be awesome to be the All Star.
Lisa says that Angelea is her toughest competition, but she doesn’t know if she can make it because she feels she is still too emotionally weak to survive in the industry. Allison talks about how she definitely feels threatened by Lisa because she has amazing talent and takes stunning pictures.
The girls arrive the next day to a restaurant called the Blue Door and meet Paige Cali, the communications director from Cover Girl, who explains that they will be promoting Cover Girl Intense Shadow Blast – a shadow that gives big, bold and beautiful colour that lasts. Nikos Papodopoulos is back to shoot the girls again. Mr. Jay talks about how the ad they shoot will become a national campaign for the winner. The girls are given scripts to memorize as much as possible for the commercial shoot. Lisa is up first. Angelea talks about Lisa being really talented with great skills. Paige likes Lisa's personality and thinks she takes beautiful photos. Her first commercial does not go as well as well as she would like. She has to go through several takes before she nails it.
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| Lisa |
Allison is next and she looks beautiful. Paige loves her and her expressions. Allison is concerned about her sensitivity to the sun again, but she tries hard to work through it. Mr. Jay says it is very difficult because she cannot open her eyes again. She starts to doubt if she can do it at all. She ends up keeping her eyes closed for the shot and finally gets it. She says it is really important for her to try and be enthusiastic because she thinks she is ‘louder’ in her head than she actually is on the outside.
Angelea is up next and her shoot goes well. She looks gorgeous and confident. Angelea’s commercial fun and punchy, but she has ‘too much’ personality in the first take. The rest of the takes go smoothly and it will be a really tough choice for the judges as all the girls make it work in the end.
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| Angelea |
The next day the girls arrive at the beach for their Vogue Italia photo shoot and meet Valentina Serra from Vogue Italia and photographer Dusan Reljin. They will be shooting the cover and fashion spread for Beauty In Vogue. Allison gets her eyesbrows bleached and it really changes her look. She does well and looks so captivating. Lisa also does really well. She talks about how only her feet are big enough to fit into the shoes of the all star winner. Angelea arrives on set very determined and does everything she can to come out on top.
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| Allison |
For the final runway challenge Mr. Jay greets the girls and explains that they will be lowered down into a pool of water, fly in the air over the runway, then hear the song they wrote and strut on the runway.
Shannon, Dominique and Laura come back to walk in the runway show with the finalists.
The girls finally able to see the dresses that Michael Cinco designed for them and they are all really stunning and gorgeous.
Each dress fits each girl’s personality.
Laura is rooting for Allison.
Shannon is behind Lisa and Dominique says it is anyone’s game.
Miss Jay arrives in a fantastical Roman soldier get-up and no one can rock crazy like he can!
Angelea starts crying because she is scared of the water and can’t swim.
Lisa gets her claws out and says she really can’t understand how Angelea can be crying already before the show starts.
Tyra opens the runway show and we see that even Mr. Jay is decked out in a gorgeous toga and blinged out. The girls have to start off by swimming, emerge from the water and turn into a goddess while being flown over the runway and then do their runway walk.
Lisa starts and has a bit of a hard time and ends up at the side of the pool by the wall. She walks up out of the water, a curtain gets raised around her, then she runs out the back of the curtain and Laura takes her place as the ‘goddess’ and gets hoisted over top of the runway. Lisa then goes through a quick change and runs back to get harnassed and fly over the runway and then does her runway walk to her song. She is fantastic!
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| Lisa |
Allison is up next and does a phenomenal job. She is concerned about the intense wind and does her best to impress the judges. She is a little unsteady on her feet during her runway walk.
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| Allison |
Angelea is nervous about swimming but she ends up making it work and does well. Angelea comes back and tries to fly over the runway and works the runway as much as possible during her song.
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| Angelea |
The girls complete the show and all did an unbelievable job. They all want to win more than anything and feel that they have given everything they had to the competition. Angelea starts not feeling very well after the show. She is having a hard time and Lisa thinks that Angelea is not at ease and her heart is not settled even though the final challenge is over.
After the runway show, the producers receive information from Angelea that disqualifies her from the competition. We don’t know what happened and are never told, but all the judges agree that they wish Angelea the best. It is hard to believe Angelea is not eligible to be in the final three, I really thought she had a good chance of winning and it is sad to know that we will never be sure whether she could have had a chance to be the All Star.
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| Final Elimination |
Lisa and Allison arrive to elimination and the panel does a comparison between the two girls for each challenge.
RUNWAY: The judges talk about Allison’s performance and say she looked amazing swimming, but had a terrible runway walk. The judges compare Lisa’s swim and runway walk and say that her swim was a mess but her runway walk was incredible.
COMMERCIAL: Allison’s commercial turns out beautifully. The judges talk about the toughness of her eye issue again and that although it worked for this shoot that her eyes were closed, it may not work for future jobs. Lisa’s commercial is really confident, fun and flirtatious. The judges love it, but Mr. Jay says it could have been better. Tyra didn’t think Lisa’s commercial was very good. She says it was too safe.
COVER GIRL SHOOT: Allison’s Cover Girl picture is okay, but her expression is vacant and blank.
Lisa’s Cover Girl ad is very captivating and alluring. The judges love it.
The judges deliberate and consider each girl’s entire body of work. The panel loves Lisa and think she is fun, wild and terrific. They also love Allison and reflect that she has a huge fan base and really draws attention with her captivating look. They think that Lisa is the full package and has the personality and allure to really be successful in modelling. The judges think people will really buy into her brand. Tyra talks about how Lisa is a survivor and her story can send a positive message to girls. The judges then talk about how unique Allison is and how much she is able to really do well but they question some of the difficulties she has had along the way.
The judges reach a decision and Tyra introduces the second part of the motion editorial which shows that LISA is the winner!! What a well fought and well deserved win. Lisa really is a true ALL STAR and will do really well. CONGRATS to Lisa!!! She is beyond thrilled! Allison is grateful for all the support she received and is happy for Allison. Tyra tells Lisa she is an original and a star. Lisa talks about the fact that her confidence actually comes from a very vulnerable place and she feels she has to constantly lift herself up as much as possible. I think she will be fantastic and my only disappointment is we now have to wait till next year for another earth shattering cycle of Top Model!
Until Next Time My Glamazons!
Cecilia J
