Elina tries to let loose on the before and after photo shoot. Photo courtesy of The CW.

SPOILER ALERT

The only thing on the girls’ minds this week was go and see. After all, being a model is all about being bankable so that’s exactly what the models had to prove as they navigated their way through Amsterdam’s winding canals on this season’s go-sees.

Challenge

The models arrive at Amsterdam’s Touché Model Management to meet managing director Frederick Koster who sends them on go-sees where they try to meet with five designers under a strict time constraint. If you don’t make it back in time you’re automatically disqualified. The designers they meet will be judging on four criteria: portfolio, runway walk, general appearance, and personality, which will determine the likelihood of being booked for a show. Oh yeah and did I mention they will be looking for these designers by boat? So not only do they have to do their best to impress, but they must travel by canal to each new destination.

This challenge was an absolute race to the finish line, but not everyone made it to the end. Samantha tried to make a good first impression but some of the designers thought that she was more commercial and not edgy enough to be editorial. Out of the four designers McKey met, all of them loved her. She had great energy and they all agreed she had a unique look. Marjorie had the most trouble with directions, and letting her nerves get in the way prevented her from impressing the two designers she managed meet. The designers enjoyed Analeigh’s presentation and said that she was fresh, while Elina faced some harsh criticism from designers and two said they wouldn’t hire her because of her tattoos.

As time winded down four of the girls made it back to Touché but McKey was nowhere to be found. Unfortunately, her tardiness got her disqualified. Which is a bummer because the prize was sweet. For the first time in ANTM history, the winner would receive $18,000 worth of items from each designer. Better get a watch McKey because Analeigh was the prize winner and she didn’t have to share with anyone else.

Photo Shoot

What two things could inspire so much fear it’d make you want to crawl back inside your mother’s womb? Tyra and a camera.

That’s right. This week it was just Tyra and the girls, and it would take a lot more than just a pretty picture to impress this model veteran.

The theme was before and after. She photographed them without makeup in a casual setting, and then with makeup, hair and the works in a high fashion glambitious blowout.

Samantha was first to go. Her before shoot was very relaxed with plain jeans and a t-shirt, and in the after Tyra and Jay Manuel thought that she came alive with the theatrics and makeup to deliver an over-the-top performance.

In the before portion of the photo shoot Marjorie couldn’t relax because she let Tyra’s presence rattle her nerves. They only managed to get one decent shot because she kept jumping up and down like a wild kangaroo. In the glamour shot, she did much better and she let down her guard a little bit.

Analeigh came into the before shoot with her game face on, and did a great job in her glamour shoot as well. In a close second to Analeigh’s impressive photo shoot was McKey who impressed both Tyra and Jay with her signature poses and her in-it-to-win-it attitude.

Elina failed to impress Tyra and Jay Manuel. They complained she became stiff whenever Tyra was just about to snap a photo, and in the glamour shot she failed to let go of her control and model outside the box.

Panel

With only five girls left the stakes are higher than ever, and the prize is getting closer and closer. The judges raved over Samantha’s before photo, saying that it looked like a Calvin Klein campaign ad. Analeigh’s before was amateur for the judges, but her glamour more than made up for it.
For Marjorie, the judges thought that the before was weak and timid but the after showed a strong and vivacious girl. For Elina’s, her before pose came off a bit stiff and carried into her glamour shot. Mckey learned at panel that during the go-see challenge she booked all four designers she met with and would have been the challenge winner had she not been disqualified. The judges really liked her before and after photos, and from her “glammed” out shot, the judges see that Mckey is showing great strides and is improving immensely.

After deliberation Samantha was called first and Mckey was runner-up for best photo. Marjorie was in the bottom two for the first time and Elina was facing elimination for her third time. The judges thought that Elina has a beautiful confidence and that she photographs exquisitely, but is still holding on and not letting herself loosen up. For Marjorie, the judges believe that she stands in her own way because of her nerves.

But only one can stay…

Sorry Elina, the road ends here. The only go and see you’ll be doing is out of the plane window back to America. I think she had her fair share of chances, so it was time for her to peace out.

Stay tuned for more top model. There are only two more episodes left and you don’t to miss out!