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October 6, 2008

SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV

marjcars.jpgPreviously on "America's Next Top Model" Marjorie posed as the Headless Horseman.

So it should come as no surprise that she was all doom and gloom at the beginning of this week's episode, lamenting the fact that she has no "positive mantra," unlike her chipper housemates, including Analeigh. Marjorie acknowledged that she is a bundle of nerves, and it isn't helping in the competition.

Challenge! Paulina taught the girls that during catalog shoots, it is likely they will have to wear ill-fitting clothes, and the solution to that is shoulder pads, a water bottle, and duct tape. Paulina is the MacGyver of modeling! Marjorie continued her kvetching, realizing she doesn't see the judges as human beings she can relate to. Plus, the pants she had to wear were horrible, which led to some ass-grabbing by Paulina. Perhaps her ass-grabbing was a little too forceful, for soon Marjorie was in tears and trying to explain, in her jumbled-word, awkward-girl way, that she was out of her comfort zone. Paulina seemed to totally get it, proclaiming that Marjorie's behavior was "socially acceptable" in Europe. It's a European thing, y'all.

Tyra mail! The girls surmised that the photo shoot would involve natural disasters. This depressed Marjorie because she couldn't figure out what that might look like. She continued to moan about how awful she was doing. Some of her housemates took her negativity to mean she was just going to mope around until they kicked her off. Marjorie maintained that Paulina totally got her, and none of the others could understand her mindset. She's French! All she wants to do is sit in cafes and discuss existentialism while smoking Gauloises!

At the photo shoot, the models were greeted by a horrible monster that turned out to be Jay Manuel, apparently without make-up or something. The girls did not look quite as monstrous in their 60s mod make-up as they each took on a "natural disaster" for their photos. Marjorie was a traffic jam, Analeigh was the Santa Ana winds, and Clark was Sarah Palin. Jay had to direct Marjorie a lot, which was no help to her negativity Frenchness.

Judging! Marjorie was first up, and the judges liked her photo, called her out on her shyness, but ultimately thought she did fine. Nigel, however, did not like that Paulina keeps coming to Marjorie's defense week after week. Guess it's a European girl thing, Nigel. And our little mopey French San Franciscan is still in the running towards becoming America's next top model.

Next week: Elina fake cries!

Previously on "Survivor: Gabon," Sugar was a retro pin-up model.

katu.jpgSugar and her Kota tribe were sitting pretty, but team members were already plotting. Sugar decided to stick to Ace, for whatever reason, and believed he would "take care of her."

Reward challenge! A game of pull-the-tribesman-from-the-post-and-drag-him-across-some-dirt. Sugar didn't have to do a damn thing, so their loss can't be blamed on her, but she was chosen by the Fang tribe to go to Exile Island. By the way, "Fang" is pronounced "Fong." Like "Carl LaFong."

On Exile Island, which might not technically be an "island," Sugar battled fire ants and elephants to look for clues. She also broke down talking about the death of her father seven months ago, but insisted he was with her in spirit, and perhaps he was, because she did an excellent job with the clue-finding, acting like a girl the whole time, and actually FOUND THE IMMUNITY IDOL. Way to go Sugar. Don't blow it!

Immunity challenge! Sliding, diving, retrieving, puzzles, and flags. Tribe Carl LaFong, despite being behind through most of the challenge, figured out the puzzle first, and won immunity. Kota would have to go to Tribal Council.

Which meant the scheming would being. Sugar told Ace she found the idol, and Ace, who is unbearably cocky, was pretty sure they had the thing in the bag. They set their sights on Paloma. Alliances were formed. Other tribe members wanted Ace out and pondered the authenticity of his accent.

Tribal Council! Sugar cried a little more about her dad, but didn't lead on that she had the idol, although her poker face needs a little work. In the end, Ace was safe, and Paloma was sent into the wilds of Africa to fend for herself. Or to a production trailer. Can't be sure.


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