#bntm11week8

Jennifer destroyed her competitors this week! She’s unbelievably gorgeous and her skin is flawless and glowing. Her smile is so natural and effervescent, and the twinkle in her eyes is instantly engaging. The pose is adorable as well, and she somehow made the no-neck thing work really well. It’s a stellar commercial beauty shot and one my favorite entries in Jennifer’s portfolio!

No one else really wowed me in this shoot, but Alannah was the best of the rest. The shape of her jawline is lovely and her eyes are quite piercing and have a bit of a mysterious quality behind them. I think that parting her lips in that way is bringing some unnecessary tension to her mouth area though. It’s a solid showing from Alannah overall.

Simone’s photo looks like a still from a face wash commercial, but in a forced and corny way. The hands are just too much, her eyes are tired and unfocused, and her smile seems somewhat fake. The good thing is that she still looks absolutely stunning, but it’s not quite enough to fully save the shot (though she had other pictures that seemed better from what I saw on the monitor). I know that Simone had been slipping in recent weeks, but I fully disagreed with her elimination (especially over Tallulah). She definitely deserved at least one more chance. 

Olivia’s eyes are amazing here and she connected very strongly with the camera, but I don’t really like anything else about this picture. The angle makes her features appear very rounded and her normally marvelous bone structure is nowhere to be found. She also has a similar issue to Alannah in that her mouth looks too tense/uncomfortable. It’s the second miss in a row for Olivia.

Tallulah was totally screwed over by the photo selection this week since she performed really well on set and better choices were literally shown on the monitor. That being said, this is a weak picture. The intensity in her eyes comes across as confusion and irritation, neither of which work for a beauty ad. Her lips are pursed in a weird unflattering way, as if she was beginning to say something right as the shot was taken.  Even with a better photo Tallulah would’ve been my pick to go; she had the weakest remaining portfolio and I just didn’t think she had much more to give compared to the rest of the girls. I don’t get why she was spared again.