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America's Next Top Model 8
America's Next Top Model 8America's Next Top Model 8 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 is the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the second season of the series to be aired on The CW network, which aired from February 28, 2007 to May 16, 2007. The international destination during this cycle was Sydney, Australia. The winner, similar to Cycle 7, received representation by Elite Model Management, a cover & six-page spread within Seventeen magazine, and a US $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics. The winner was 20-year old Jaslene Gonzalez from Chicago, Illinois, becoming the first full Latina to win the title. The cycle's promotional tagline is "Welcome To The Jungle, Ladies". The cycle's finale episode attracted more than 6.6 million viewers, a record for both the franchise and the CW for an episode rating. Episode summariesThe Girl Who Won't Stop TalkingOriginal airdate: February 28, 2007The 33 girls selected were sent to Los Angeles, and are immediately thrown into model boot camp. They meet Jay Manuel and J. Alexander who test them with a quick photo shoot and a quiz on fashion-related knowledge. Later that day, they meet Tyra. After the boot camp, the pool of girls is pared down to twenty contestants in the casting process. At a party hosted by Marc Ecko, the contestants each have their pictures taken, and the final thirteen girls are chosen based on these photos. The next day, the contestants again meet Jay Manuel, and had to do a photo shoot in the following controversial political issues:
At panel, the judges feel that Jael and Kathleen both failed to commit during their photo shoots, and they end up in the bottom two. The judges criticize Jael for her apparent fear of success, but decide that she has more potential than Kathleen and with that, Kathleen is eliminated.
The Girls Go To PromOriginal airdate: March 7, 2007The girls are greeted by J. Alexander and a marching band at a high school, before they are divided into teams and taught a runway walking routine based on timing and precision. After the rehearsal, they meet fashion show producer Roy Campbell, who introduced them to their challenge - a prom fashion show consisting of three categories, namely modern contemporary, the 80s prom and ghetto fabulous.Sarah's breasts fall out of her ghetto fabulous dress,but is praised for not letting it affect her walk. Brittany wins the runway challenge and receives her own personalized runway trophy. The next day, the girls return to high school, where Jay Manuel assigned each of them a different high school cliché, which were the following:
The Girl Who Cries All The TimeOriginal airdate: March 14, 2007The 11 remaining girls travel to a Beverly Hills salon to receive their makeovers. While most of them are overjoyed with their new looks, a lot of pain comes with Brittany's new weave, and the long weave originally planned for Jael is taken out after 8 hours in the salon. Later, Jael receives a devastating phone call, discovering that one of her close friends had died of a drug overdose. Afterwards, the girls meet Carissa Rosenberg where they were tested how well they know how to use make-up. Cassandra, although she did her make-up the best, was disqualified for being late and Brittany wins her second challenge. Later, the girls arrive at their photo shoot where they will be posing nude and decorated as a certain type of candy which were the following:
The Girl Who Changes Her AttitudeOriginal airdate: March 21, 2007To help take her mind off her friend"s death, Felicia teaches Jael a dance, while Renee reflects on her apparent isolation from the other girls and decides to change her attitude for the better, although this change is not received well by all the girls. Later, they meet posing instructor Benny Ninja, who teaches them the art of "voguing", which is the exaggeration of posing while in movement. The next day, they are put to the test when they have to maneuver their way through a laser maze within 2 minutes, all the while being judged on their posing. Renee is the only girl who fails the task. Whitney wins her first challenge and her reward is a $40,000 bracelet from Angara. For the week"s photo shoot, the girls are posing as crime scene victims, which are the following:
The Girl Who Takes CreditOriginal airdate: March 28, 2007This week, the girls learn all about fashion appeal. They meet up with Elite Model Management director Cathy Gould, who teaches them what not to wear and what outfits were considered "top model" standard. After this, the girls are split into groups of three and put to the test. Their challenge, judged by two fashion mavens, is to assemble their own clothing line and be their own mannequins. At the end, when they are called to pose, Whitney, ignoring Natasha"s reminder, sits on the floor, outside the designated posing platform, and disqualifies herself and her group. They are then told that their group would have won, and Whitney individually, but due to the circumstances, they select Sarah as the next best and she wins her first reward " double the frames for the week"s photo shoot. When Sarah claims all the credit, this angers her group mates Dionne and Renee, who had picked her outfit for her. She talks about how she saw the top she wanted to wear and knew she had to wear it when in fact we saw that she did not choose any part of her outfit at all. For the week"s photo shoot, the girls are excited when they see male models on set, but are surprised when they hear that they are drag queens and would be posing as women, and the girls as men. The couples each contestant had to portray are as follows:
The Girl Who Gets Thrown In The PoolOriginal airdate: April 42007The girls meet Twiggy and Cycle 7"s Melrose Bickerstaff, where they are told to assign themselves a nickname which they will be using to introduce themselves at a party attended by many influential people in the industry. Jael overly irritates rapper 50 Cent and he pushes her in the pool, with Natasha being pushed after her (mentioned in an interview). Later, the two are embarrassed when they meet Tyra"s manager Benny Medina for an interview and they are soaking wet. The week"s photo shoot required the girls to direct their own hair and makeup, and to showcase four sides of their personalities as follows:
The next day, Tyra visits the girls for a chat, where Renee is criticized by all the girls, but Tyra manages to mediate the problem and allows Renee to air her grievances. Renee confesses that due to a troublesome abusive childhood, she has a tendency to lash out at people. At panel, the judges feel that Sarah has yet to step out of her comfort zone, while Whitney once again does not produce a stellar photo, landing both of them in the bottom two. Whitney is given another chance as Sarah"s overly posed photos sends her home.
The Girl Who Impresses PedroOriginal airdate: April 112007The contestants get a crash course in character acting from actress Tia Mowry, and are immediately thrown into an acting challenge with Efren Ramirez, who portrayed Pedro in the film Napoleon Dynamite. Renee is chosen as the best actress and wins her first challenge. She chooses Dionne to share in her prize of a custom-made t-shirt. However, the real prize was a surprised visit from their families. Natasha begins to have an emotional breakdown from missing her daughter. Despite being down, Natasha is able to push the thought out of her head and model (as Mr. Jay puts it) "like a professional". Excitement rises when participants of past cycles show up for a photo shoot that highlights some of the most scandalous and memorable moments of the series as follows:
The Girls Go Down UnderOriginal airdate: April 18, 2007The girls get a crash course in interviewing from Cycle 2 contestant April Wilkner and comedian Gary Riotto, before their international destination is revealed as Sydney, Australia. Upon landing, the girls are immediately tasked to interview the locals on American fashion faux pas, using as much Australian slang as possible. Natasha wins the challenge, winning an opportunity to be a correspondent for The Tyra Banks Show. This week, instead of a regular photo shoot, the girls do a CoverGirl commercial with an Australian accent. Tyra is surprised that Natasha is able to cover her thick Russian accent with a commendable Australian accent, and Renee is able to pull off "Steve Irwin" in her take. Brittany struggles to remember her lines, but later defends herself in front of the panel stating she was hit by a car when she was younger. She nevertheless lands in the bottom two together with Jael, who also had a lackluster take. In the end, the judges valued Brittany"s previous strong photographs and eliminate Jael.
The Girl Who Picks A FightOriginal airdate: April 25, 2007This was the season's recap episode. Never-before seen footage included the girls making a mock runway show, Jael following Renee around with a pair of pom-poms, Dionne and Renee getting into a heated argument, Natasha and Renee bonding while cleaning the house, Cassandra going to the hospital for frostbite following the nude "candy-coated" shoot and Natasha getting a tooth removed. The Girl Who Blames The Taxi DriverOriginal air date: May 2, 2007The remaining five contestants are sent to see top Australian designers and must use their personalities, portfolios, and runway walks to impress them. They are given a time limit of 4 hours. Natasha and Brittany arrive back at the modeling agency late, and they are disqualified. Natasha accepts it gracefully while Brittany has a tantrum, and blames the taxi driver for not meeting her at the designated area (Though she had claimed to have told the driver to meet her at that area, she had either never done so or it wasn't aired. In an interview, she had expressed that she did, it was just never shown.). Everyone inside the agency, including challenge administrator Priscilla Leighton Clark, hears Brittany expressing her displeasure with her disqualification. Jaslene impresses the clients the most and wins the challenge. She chooses Dionne to accompany her to share a photo shoot on top of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge shot by Nigel Barker. At the photo shoot, the girls must work a swimsuit in two ways. First, Tyra shoots them in sensual poses for a women's magazine, and then they must strike sexy poses for a men's magazine. Jaslene impresses Tyra with her variety of poses, but Dionne disappoints after having to be coached through the entire photo shoot. At judging, Brittany's lackluster personality and poor challenge feedback lands her in the bottom two together with Dionne. The judges are stunned that absolutely none of the designers would hire Brittany. And while Brittany's photos were clearly stronger than Dionne's throughout the competition, Brittany's lack of persona sends her home.
The Girl Who Does Not Want To DanceOriginal airdate: May 9, 2007The final four contestants visit aboriginal teachers for a lesson on self-expression and storytelling through dance. They decorate themselves and their costumes with traditional body paint, before relating their life story to a crowd. While the cold irritates Dionne, Renee embraces the dance and subsequently wins the challenge. She picks Jaslene to share in her prize of pearl jewelery. That night, Renee, Dionne and Jaslene hit the town, while Natasha stays home, sick. They take the opportunity to talk behind her back, questioning her husband and child. At the photo shoot, each girl has to express herself through aboriginal dance as follows:
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top ModelOriginal airdate: May 16, 2007The final three are put to the test when they have to shoot a CoverGirl commercial and print ad. For the commercial, the girls are told to adlib. Natasha initially writes a script, but later drops it to sound more natural, while Jaslene impresses by using Spanish in her commercial. All the girls are praised, but the judges note differing weaknesses in them - Natasha only gives a natural smile when she's laughing, Jaslene's picture looks like a yearbook photo, and Renee's photographs look old. Despite having the best commercial, Renee is eliminated as she continued to look old in her photographs. The next day, the final two shoot their covers for Seventeen magazine. Tyra visits both contestants for one-on-one sessions before they prepare for the final runway challenge. Cycle 7 winner CariDee English joins Jaslene and Natasha in the runway show, themed "evolution" for Australian fashion label sass & bide. Jaslene starts off with a weak walk but ends off strong and natural. While Natasha has a wardrobe malfunction backstage, the production goes on smoothly. The judges are also impressed by her professional handling of the situation when her skirt fell while on the runway. At the final judging, the panel see both finalists as winners and are divided over their preference of the girls' walks. Natasha's striking look gets the thumbs up, but her ability to learn is both lauded and questioned. Jaslene's photographs receive universal praise, though there is concern for her commercial ability. The judges are torn between Natasha's astounding progress and Jaslene's overall consistency. After a long deliberation, the girls are called in and Jaslene is revealed to be America's Next Top Model. This also makes her the first full Latina to win the show.
ContestantsIn order of elimination(ages stated are at time of contest)
SummariesCall-out order
Makeovers
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