#auscycle5

Tahnee may have won the season, and deservedly so, but she produced one awful photo early on. This shot is just absolutely comical, I still can’t believe this was selected for the magazine, and yet they still somehow found a photo that was kind of worse to actually include in it. The face is dazed, the body is awkward. What else is there to say but that Tahnee failed miserably. You could blame the set-up, but Laura managed to produce one of the most complex poses with so much composure, so Tahnee has nothing to blame here but herself for this shot.

What an awkward photograph. There is something…almost good in the way her bone structure has photographed, but the tension in the lips does nothing to help that. The pose is horrible, both in terms of making Franky look good, and in terms of selling the product. Also, I don’t really know why but the hand on the lipstick just feels so disjointed, it really feels like someone else’s hand. Not a fan of this photograph, and honestly would have been a contender to eliminate this week for me if not for her immunity.

With Mikarla’s figure, she was not suited for swimwear, so I think regardless she was going to produce a troubling photograph this week. However, this is especially harrowing. Her expression feels pained, her body is skeletal, there is nothing good to look at. I should never think of torture as one of the first things when I look at a photograph…well unless it was Jaslene’s first shot in Cycle 8. I just feel bad knowing how freezing cold she must have been shooting this, and it fully shows on her face.

Clare was a dominant and consistent force for most of the competition, but this shot saw her stumble hard for me. This shot is all about that horrific facial expression, the more I considered the shots this week, the more I realised her body actually wasn’t bad…but the face really ruins any potential the shot had. It takes something angelic and makes it creepy. She had everything working for her in this shot, but even though I want to like it, I really can’t.

Georgie had a rough few weeks, and I find a lot of her shots were and still are over-hated, especially by the panel. This is not one of them though. A deserved elimination. There is nothing really too this photo, it feels like a still from a video, and not an attractive one at this. Georgie looks far too young, and the styling isn’t helping her either.

I always found myself wanting to like Laura’s shots more than I did, she seemed like such a nice person. Unfortunately, she peaked early and her later shots ranged from mediocre to openly bad. Here we have her looking significantly older, trying too hard to be sexy, and with absolutely no connection to the male model. Really should’ve been her going home this week based on these shots.

I blame the concept, execution and modelling all equally for the failure of this shot. Cassi seems like she took a cliché and rather basic interpretation of Posh, which complements the cheap and cliché styling. Celeb shoots always produce some weak shots, and this just gives terrible paparazzi shot vibes, so firmly earns its spot on this list.

Franky’s portfolio has some weak moments, but this was the one time I feel she has nothing to blame but her modelling skills. This slightly hunched, broken-down pose just feels out of place for such a luxurious and expensive brand. The successful shots had such a simple strength to them, and this has none of that. Even ignoring the pose, this is one of the weakest beauty shots for her too. It was a low point that easily could’ve resulted in her elimination had Laura not been on consistent downward streak.