When we return, it's panel time. There are prizes, there are judges. Jez Smith is the guest judge. Laura is first up for evaluation, looking crazier than ever and a bit like she's had an unfortunate run-in with a light socket. Nigel is a big fan of her photo, saying that it's gorgeous, ethereal, and feminine. He sees expression in her eyes, even though she's not looking at the camera. Jez thinks that the photo is beautiful and Laura looks like a goddess, but doesn't think the client was convinced. Kelly asks what demo they were trying to hit, and Tyra simply says, "Younger." Jez goes on to say that they wanted elation and a youthful look. Cutrone admits that youthful is hard to do, then says that Laura's photo looks more like an ad for a plastic surgeon's office. Instead of looking like something that an 18-year-old would aspire to, Cutrone thinks that Laura is embodying what every 50-year-old woman who wants to look 25 is going to buy. Ouch. Laura talks about how this photo was difficult for her, and that she tended to slip back into her sexy comfort zone. Tyra says that the photo is beautiful and that she'd want to buy the fragrance. However, she's not the target demo -- she's the target demo's mama.
Annaliese is up next. Before her photo comes up, she actually gets props from Cutrone, who says that she was proud of her go-see performance. She acknowledges that Annaliese has come a long way, and Annaliese says that such compliments mean a lot coming from her, especially. Upon Annaliese's photo, Nigel says that its beautiful, but she doesn't look like a model. Rather, due to the fact that she actually has a little muscle tone in her arms, she looks like a tennis star. He notes that Annaliese's ability to book so many go-sees shows the power of presence, which she has in spades. Jez says that Annaliese was vivacious and gorgeous and bubbly right before she came on set, and he expected her to be amazing. And theeeeeen... she was just fine. She froze up, and they wound up taking more shots of her than anyone else. However, Jez does give her commendation for not giving up. Cutrone agrees with Nigel that Annaliese looks a little muscular. She thinks that the photo is more youthful than Laura's, but still not particularly youthful. Tyra sums up the whole thing as "Michelle Obama meets Venus Williams meets an ad, captured in a bottle with a little Aladdin twist." You know, that. Her smile, however, saved the photo from being disastrous.













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