ANTM Episode 8 – Welcome to New Zealand

The girls pack their bags to fly to New Zealand, and Krista gets to take Angelea with her in first class. Oh, those poor people who paid all that money to be in first class… Oh, and on a side note, Jessica thought New Zealand was somewhere above Canada. Yeah. When the girls arrive they go out to the countryside where they are met by a group of men in skirts who do a creepy screaming tribal dance. Then out comes Miss J with one of the judges from NZNTM. They announce to the girls that there are cabs waiting for them with their portfolios inside, and they will be going directly to their go-sees. Straight off the plane. Yikes. There are 6 designers to choose from, and of course the girls have to be back to the modelling agency by 5:30.

Raina has a face for an ad campaign, but a boring walk. And it didn’t help that she had to follow Krista at the swimwear designer, which made her look tubby compared to the stick woman. Alasia has the perfect curves for swimsuits. Angelea has a strong walk and seemed to be the favourite at all the designers. Jessica is too commercial. Krista was teenaged Bambie. Hm. I think that’s good? Alexandra was wearing Uggs, and the designers hated that she was so casual. At the end of the day Alasia, Krista and Raina are late, so they are out of the challenge. But since Krista won best picture last week, she still gets to share the challenge prize, free stuff from the go-see designers she met. Jessica booked only 1 of 4 go-sees. Alexandra booked zero. Angelea booked all 6 go-sees and won the challenge. That’s a lot of designer shwag! The girls go to their new penthouse suite, collect their winnings, and hit the hay. These broads do not deserve the gorgeous view they have!

Tyra Mail – “All we need is one. The rest is just fluff.” Bring on the sheep! The girls head to the farmland where Mr Jay is there to tell them about their next photoshoot with Mr Nigel Barker. Yum. All six girls will wear the same dress and model with sheep. Wo. And Krista is afraid of animals. Good luck girlfriend! Well, I gotta say, the dress is really quite boring. Lets see who can make it look good! Alexandra is ready to step it up and start over in New Zealand, and she has a good photoshoot. Jessica…not so much. Nigel’s not impressed. Alasia was overthinking it and doing the same pose over and over. Uh oh. Raina was amazing as usual. This girl is boring me to death. Angelea was feeling so confident, and then she just tried too hard. Krista had an amazing shoot, and practically climbed all over Prince the sheep. I guess she’s over her fear of critters!

The girls meet the judges at panel. Looks like Tyra took a different plane to New Zealand. I think it stopped in the 80’s and she went shopping. In her old closet. Cuz her pants are about 6 inches too short. Blech. Raina has a great shot and, omg, the judges love it! What else is new. Boring. Next! Alasia’s picture isn’t great. Alexandra marches out with attitude, probably because she knows she killed the photoshoot. It’s looking a little too sexy for a picture with a sheep, but at least she did her job this week! Jessica looks like she’s riding the sheep. Yikes. The judges tell her that even though she has a very commercial look, she can still look high fashion, she just has to try. The judges love Krista this week, and how she made the dress stand out. Looks like she could do it again! Angelea walks up, and Andre hates her dreck dress…um, she won it in the go-see challenge. Apparently it belongs in the club (I disagree, it’s hideous no matter where you are!), so Angelea decides to show the judges how she would walk the room at the club. Disaster. And now that everyone is uncomfortable…lets look at her photo. The judges don’t love her picture at all, but I don’t think it’s that bad. Not the best, but not as terrible as they’re making it out to be. So, best picture this week goes to…Krista. Again. Followed by Alexandra, Raina and Angelea. Tyra tells Angelea to suck it up and stop pouting. That leaves Alasia and Jessica in the bottom two. Alasia is lacking focus and not living up to her potential. Jessica is pretty and can be very commercial. And this week’s loser is…Alasia. Finally.

Um, did I just get booted from the pool? Oh damn!