Chelsey is next, and looks cross-eyed and bucktoothed. Naturally, the judges love it. ALT says it's gorgeous, and that he sees strength and confidence. Tyra tells Chelsey that her eyes look possessed, in a good way. Like some kind of Casper revenge fantasy. In any case: raves. Rhianna is next and ALT can't understand her "undefinable" photo. However, he does think that she has potential. Diane loves the word undefinable. She encourages Rhianna to lengthen her neck, and continue to be undefinable. I sure hope I can rock a style caftan and real tan like Diane von Furstenberg when I'm 110.
Anamaria is next. Nigel tells her that she's very slim and needs to learn how to work her angles. For example, she should turn her bony pelvis away from the camera. Tyra takes this moment to get serious and message-y, and tells Anamaria that this picture was chosen because her body is covered. In her other film, her body doesn't look healthy, and it made Tyra very uncomfortable. We get a small montage of disturbing poses from Anamaria, and Anamaria says that the others might see it, but she doesn't. She likes her body, and says she likes looking in the mirror and seeing her abs. ALT looks horrified, while Diane von Furstenberg looks vaguely amused. She probably sees this shit day in and day out. Tyra says that there's a point where a designer or magazine editor would even say that it's too much. Diane pipes in and says that, as the President of the CFDA, beauty is health, and if you lose your health you lose your beauty. All the poor, ugly invalids and chronically ill people in the world shake their heads in dismay. Anamaria looks like she can't even believe this shit. Not so much the eating disorder part, but the fact that they've obviously cast her to make an example of her.
Finally, there's Ann. Despite the fact that she's proportionately just as skinny as Anamaria, the judges go apeshit for her photo. Tyra shouts out, "J'adore!" and there are cries of "amazing!" ALT sees an aristocratic, European vibe of elegance, and Diane tells Ann that she could be a big model. Ann says that it's overwhelming to hear so many elite people telling her she's beautiful because she's tall. Tyra reminds her that it's more difficult for a 6'2" model to get signed, but once she's in she could be huge. Metaphorically.













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