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We left off last week with the shocking elimination of not one, but two girls — Leiden & Jamie. While I was sad to see Jamie go (I thought she was greatly improving), I was quite delighted to finally be done hearing Leiden’s whining.

Questions for this week:
- Will Caris continue her rise to the top?
- Will Alyce and Rebecca be able to lose those pounds they packed on?
- Will Samantha finally start showing her real potential?
- When will we finally be rid of Rebecca?

Episode 7
Alyce makes the brilliant comment that there are six girls left, “which is almost like five; which is almost like four; which is almost like three!” You can count backwards! Your kindergarten teacher must be so proud.

And, in case you were wondering, here’s the girls’ current status in regards to the fat cupcakes… oooh… sides are being drawn!
Alex – saboteur
Alyce – fat
Rebecca – fat
Demelza – thinks the girls brought it upon themselves
Caris – glad she’s not the one being told to work on her diet anymore
Samantha – no comment

So, they’re going to Fiji.
First sign that your Top Models are a bit immature: they all bring stuffed animals to the airport with them.
Second sign that your Top Models are a bit immature: Rebecca’s “I told you so” speech about her prediction that they were going to have to do runway on the plane.

Runway highlights:
- Samantha had a “Muppet mouth,” as Jonathan called it. Hilarious.
- Alyce & Demelza looked silly, was goofing off, and looked ridiculous
- Caris, Alex & Rebecca did very well

As they’re driving through Fiji, one of the most exciting things that they saw was…. a cow. Seriously, here we have half a dozen teenage girls jumping up and down with excitement over… a cow. Maybe someone can clue me in on this — are cows extinct in Australia? The fact that a cow excited such a reaction absolutely boggles my mind.

Their resort villa was absolutely gorgeous… that I will admit. Not saying that I would have been shrieking as much as them, but… still.

Jodhi Mail!
So, there’s a challenge tomorrow. Big surprise.

They are doing their first photo shoot, for City clothing. Third sign that your Top Models are a bit immature: they had to specifically point out to them that they were not to act like giggly girls for this shoot. Yikes.

Challenge highlights:
- Alex had trouble with her mouth, but otherwise did alright
- Alyce had trouble being too posey, but the photographer was impressed with her
- Demelza did fairly well
- Rebecca had trouble with a lack of confidence, and kept doing the same poses over and over
- Samantha had trouble relaxing, but the photographer was fairly impressed with her
- Caris starts bawling about her health and fitness again… goodness gracious this girl is emotional. She had a lovely photo shoot, though and went on to win the challenge. She got a camcorder and chose Alex to join her for a day at the spa, while the others had to clean.

Then, there’s a really awkward scene with a mostly-naked Rebecca getting a massage from Demelza.
Fourth sign that your Top Models are a bit immature: They think it’s funny to throw frogs at one another… and the ones at whom the frogs are directed screech and yell about it. I’m not really sure which is worse.

Jodhi Mail!
So, the “losers” have to get ready to clean, while Caris & Alex head to the spa.

So, the girls were whiny brats about doing the dishes, laundry, cleaning the pool, raking seaweed, etc… as expected. While Caris & Alex enjoyed their day of pampering… which really made me want to go get a massage as well.

Jodhi Mail!
It was “really exciting” because it was in a bottle in their pool. Wow, these girls are easily amused.

They head to a tiny island and shoot with Russell James (as a side note, I’m not really a fan of his… meh.) They were briefed on their product — Tiger Lily bikinis — and started shooting.

Photo shoot highlights:
- Rebecca needed directed a lot
- Samantha really adapted well; Jodhi was very impressed
- Caris totally worked the camera and impressed Russell and Jonathan
- Demelza nailed it; Jodhi thought she was unbelievable
- Alex showed creativity, which won her points with Jonathan
- Alyce again had trouble relaxing and was way too posey… Jodhi and Russell seemed really frustrated

Jodhi Mail!
Judging panel… yay.

Judging panel highlights:
- Well, I thought Alex’s Tiger Lily photo looked possessed… but the judges thought it was gorgeous. Oh well.

Call-out order:
1. Demelza
2. Samantha
3. Caris
4. Alex
5. Alyce
6. Rebecca – bout time