Now it's time for panel and for once, we're not 100% sure who is going to be in the bottom two...unfortunately this week it feels like there could be a lot of options. The guest judge is former ANTM judge Nole Marin, who I love and miss for his zingy one liners. Hopefully he hasn't lost his touch.

First up is Fo, who's haircut is growing on me. The short 'do really shows off Fo's amazing bone structure and makes her look less like a pretty girl and more like a model. Despite crying on set, Fo's photo is gorgeous. Of course, she's not going to get off that easy and Nigel calls her out for crying on set and blaming her perceived poor performance on her haircut. This allows Tyra to give one of her classic lectures about "what it's like being a model." Secretly, Tyra loves these lectures.

Kortnie is up next and her photo is dreadful. She looks like she's waving in planes at an airport rather than lighting a high fashion photo. Nijah's photo isn't much better, Paulina says that Nijah looks "like a pretty corpse." (I thought that was the point of fashion, Paulina?) While Tyra says, "it's like Nijah never heard the words smile with your eyes"--gasp! Don't worry Tyra, I'm pretty sure even my Dad has heard the term "smile with your eyes" by now.

As expected, London's photo is a-m-a-z-i-n-g and really embodies the rock and roll spirit of the shoot. Next up is Allison who is looking more and more like a living doll than ever. Her photo is gorgeous, but she does not take lightly to being called an alien by Nole Marin. Tyra assures her it is a compliment. Sandra is up next and I am hoping her streak of bad luck continues...and it does. Her photo is all kinds of boring and Paulina says that "Sandra radiates dullness." Also as expected, Celia's photo is fabulous. It is edgy and high fashion and she is totally controlling the photo. Nigel showers Celia with praise, telling Celia: "when I was shooting other girls, I found myself focusing on you." I gotta say, I am feeling more and more confident that Celia is a dark horse for the win this cycle.

Jessica is up next for judging and ouch--one of the worst Top Model photos I've seen in a long time. Her photo is unflattering and mean looking, also in the photo she looks strangely like a Latina version of Cycle 8's Russian sex pot Natasha, but angrier. The judges tell Tahlia she is not modeling in her photo and that she's just a pretty girl in a photo. Finally they've caught on to what every Top Model fan has been saying. This could be the comment that sends Tahlia home. Natalie looks about ten feet tall in her photo and completely gorgeous, despite her makeover melt down she'll definitely make another week. Next up is Nigel's favorite, Teyona. Tyra hates Teyona's makeover and is going to have it redone, if she makes it to the next round. Based on her stunning photo, there's no way Teyona is not getting a new weave. Last up for the judge's critique is Aminat, who managed to light herself out of the photo. Despite having two large light bulbs near her, Aminat is hard to see in the photo, which may be a blessing because the face she is giving is not pretty.

Now it is time for the judging. Everyone is disappointed in Nijah, especially she who is obsessed with smiling with your eyes. Tyra calls Allison her "poster child to prove odd and different is beautiful." To which I say, I so called it -- Allison is going to be the girl who can do no wrong in Tyra's eyes this cycle.  Everyone is in love with Celia and Miss J especially appreciates that she turns every panel into a runway performance with her fashion forward look. Paulina isn't buying Tahlia as a model, and neither am I. Nole just called Jessica a monster in Spanish--not what you want to hear about your photo on a modeling show. Nigel is still gushing about Teyona. And Nole proves he hasn't lost a bit of his delightful nastiness, he says Aminat's photo is so ugly he can't even bear to look at it.

For the first time in forever, I am not 100% certain who will be in the bottom two, but my best guesses are Jessica and Tahlia. Tonight the first girl called will be the week's winner--and it goes to Nigel's favorite alien: Teyona.  My favorite Celia is called second and Tyra's poster child Allison is called third.  Then comes a stream of the so-so performances, and I am shocked that Tahlia is called and given another chance. What is that about Tyra, this girl has a sad story and is inspiring, but that does not a model make. We're down to the final three: Aminat, Jessica, and Fo. I'd bet the world that the bottom two will be Aminat and Jessica--the girls who received the harshest words from Nole--and I'd be wrong! The bottom two are Fo and Jessica. How is Fo in the bottom two? Tyra kept Jaeda around for weeks while she bitched and cried about her short hair 'do.

Tyra tells Fo that she's in the bottom two because of her reaction to her haircut, which is kind of ridiculous, I thought this was about their photos. Tyra turns to Jessica and tells her that modeling isn't about being pretty, but about being pretty in a picture and that she's failed at that so far. Please don't send Fo home Tyra, please don't send Fo home Tyra....and phew! She doesn't. Fo is given another week to grow accustomed to her short hair, while Jessica is sent packing. You could probably scoop Jessica's jaw off the floor after Tyra calls Fo's name. Jessica who claimed she'd never been called ugly before, says she is shocked by the criticism and that she's "never heard anything but you're beautiful." She leaves the house on a bitter note, saying she is "way prettier than many of the girls who are left," which isn't the point at all Jessica. The resting on pretty lecture, obviously hadn't gotten through.

And that's the end of the makeover episode folks, nothing too disastrous I must say. My favorite makeover of the episode is Celia's, while it's not drastic it dramatically upped her high fashion appeal. The worst of the night? It's a toss-up between the three shouldn't-ever-be-blondes: Sandra, Tahlia, and Allison.

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--Abbey Simmons, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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