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Week 8: Cosmetic Beauty Shoot

10. Naomi (10)

Chloe always reminded me of Leila from C19. It’s so odd but in some shots and angles, she looks like a young Leila. I’m just weird but ignoring the long rant I went on, I think Chloe was the only one in this cycle who could get on Gemma’s level. My only issue with Chloe was with how inconsistent she was. She started off eeh on her first shot, which undeservedly got a FCO before making 3 killer shots, with her spider shot being one of my favorites of the cycle and of all time really. However, after her scare in the bottom 2 for her spider shot, she would make some of her worst shots, making 2 really odd to look at yet creepy shots with the Geoff and pole dancing shoot. At that point, I was kinda losing my love for her since she was sliding down and down. However, she was able to improve in the most important time possible, with her stellar nude with gold foils and finally, her beauty shot, which utilizes her best aspect, her face. I think Chloe looks like an elfish fairy and with her vibrant red hair, I was instantly in love with her (plus she reminds me of Cherish, our drunk icon who deserved better). Her look and body were just right on the money and her vibrant elegant look translated so well on film, it was amazing seeing her move in motion. The major problem with Chloe though was her overall personality. Now, I didn’t hate her, she was shy yet very funny and that was great to watch her judge everyone on screen. However, when it came to commercials and runway, she was one of the worst of the group. Her walk was fine but it was one of the least memorable of the bunch and when it came to things like acting and commercial, she was too shy and reserved in them and often fell in the back of the pack, as shown in their Venus commercial. I wish she had more confidence in herself because she was easily one of the best in photo but everywhere else, she either gave up on or flopped horribly on. I could see why Chloe quickly became a fan favorite, for me and many other people, being shy along with great photo skills and a unique look that looks like a delicate fairytale creature. However, unlike another fan favorite who has the same look as her, Nicole Fox from C13 of ANTM, she was just not able to do well anywhere else really, thus why she’s my runner up for this cycle. To be fair to her, she was a great runner up and one of my favorite looks of the cycle for sure.

Shannon is an odd case where I believed that she was way too overrated by the judges during the show, yet very underrated by the fandom. She had such a unique look in the cast that even after her frankly cap makeover, I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her. Her indigenous look also added to her look since it was nice to see some diversity in the cast alongside Atong (something that will be sorely lacking in the next 2 cycles). As for her performance on the show, she was very rocky. I personally believed she peaked at around the second week, where she made her very underrated horseback shot, where she balanced her very unique face with good posing and a great theme. However, the rest of her shots were either decent or really damn bad. First, her crap shots because there’s a lot more of them. Her swimwear had a good body but bad face, her paired shot with Allana had to be sabotaged by the production since she made it clear that she hated Allana (most of them did to be fair), the pole dancing week in general was just trash as fuck and she didn’t help with it either and her final 2 weeks made her look like the weakest link of the bunch. The only shots from her I actually enjoyed was her nice calm spider shot and the more out there Geoff shot, all which divided the judges. Shannon just wasn’t sure whenever she was on camera and often overthought whatever she did. The main reason why she was carried so high was her personality. She was hilarious, very likable, and great with acting and commercials, plus she was improving greatly with her walk after a bad start. It’s odd, she’s just the reverse of Chloe for me where she was weak in photos but fairly strong everywhere else, shit makeover aside. She was too inconsistent at that point and by pole dancing onwards, was an easy elimination at that point, even if the judges could try to drag her to the finales.

Sam was the girl who had the most modeling experience of the group along with the most confidence. She was insanely cocky throughout the competition, often coaching the girls to make them “get on her level” and putting the girls she thought was worse than her down. Her most enraging moment of the entire cycle was her asking production why she was forced to be a therapist for Gemma after she was breaking down and getting worse, which was hard to watch. As Sam was getting worse in terms of personality in the competition, I believe her photo quality in the show was actually getting better. Her cockiness in the beginning of the show was pretty justified considering that she was great to watch while doing photos, though the chosen shot would often disappoint me. I still absolutely love her horseback shot and the other 3 shots she made the first 4 weeks were ok to nice. However, she bursted into the scene finally with her sexy Geoff shot which would be sadly her peak for me (and when her personality just got worse and worse). Her pole dancing shot is fine but in a week full of trash, it’s just a ok shot to me and her elimination shot, her nude with gold foils, was just plain bad. I think Sam’s cockiness throughout the competition finally got to her as she started to get behind the pack. It was somewhat good to see but Sam was still a strong model throughout, though she still would not be in my choice for the top 3. She was a fine model, only really making 2 shots I really like but her confidence was kinda true since she was strong in commercials and her walk was one of the best of the bunch as well. Overall, somewhat overrated by people, shit personality, but a decent model.

Simmone was the best definition of someone who should’ve came into the competition when she was older. She was the only 18 year old in the show and although her age didn’t show in terms of looks, she didn’t really have the same skills and knowledge as the other girls. She only really made one shot I loved from her and that was her paired shot with Zoe. Every other shot she made though was a huge mess though. She often had clumsy or unstable posing and along with her, a crap face to mix along with it. She often looked confused, dead in the eyes, and just both in general. Her walk wasn’t the best either (then again, it wasn’t shown a lot in the show) and her commercial skills were just forgettable at best. It was clear that her lack of experience was getting to her and as the weak were getting weeded out, it was becoming clear that she was one of the worst, even if the judges seem to overrate her to the seven suns. Seriously, her high callouts throughout the entire competitions were getting hard to watch since she would always be one of the weakest in my opinion. Simmone was a sweet gal and I loved her cheerful upbeat personality, I especially loved when she came out in the finale since even after all the fighting, everyone loved her but as a model, she really was the weakest of the bunch and I would have her out by the spider shot instead of dragging her to final 5.

Zoe was an absolute beast in the first 3 weeks of the competition. Her 6’1 stance was a marble to watch in movement and I loved her bone structure in motion and in photos. She had a tendency to photograph soft that the judges never liked but it always worked for me. Her swimwear and horseback shot were one of the best of the cycle plus her paired shot with Simmone was able to channel Simmone’s best shot of the cycle as well. However, after Allana’s quitting, she seemed to take a big BIG tumble down to the bottom. Her spider shot was a drunk mess and despite me calling sabotage for her Geoff shot, it was still one of the worst shot of the week. Zoe was also struggling with improving her walk as she had a big hunchback issue whenever she walked and her commercial skills were very questionable. She wasn’t bad at any of them but she was by far one of the weakest of the bunch at that point. However, I would love to see her go to the finals at least since her look was one of my favorite of the bunch but her downward spiral was getting hard to watch at that point. I still loved her tomboy and chilled out persona and her reaction to Allana getting in trouble was just iconic.