The girls take to the runway this week under the tutelage of Miss J. He gets them all dolled up in Nantucket garb and treats them to a lesson from Miss J."s Charm School, which involves learning runway etiquette as well as how to mock another girl"s walk like a sassy drag queen. They also get some advice from previous contestants Chantal and Bianca, the latter of whom must have come straight from her Nikki Blonsky beat down. While Allison has some troubles with the walking bit, Natalie is strong on the catwalk. She has modeling experience, which she touts to the high heavens and back. This annoys the snot out of Aminat. Natalie also wins no favors with Tahlia when, in a game of Truth or Dare, she tells everyone that she thinks Tahlia"s photo was the weakest last week, aside from Jessica"s monster shot. Tahlia is having a confidence crisis anyway, and probably has even discovered her snout, but a conversation with her sister gives her a little boost. The girls take their newfound runway knowledge and apply it during a fashion show for designer Jill Stuart. It actually looks kind of legit, which is shocking. They have to hold large shopping bags and negotiate a runway that features a fire hydrant to show how well they"ve learned their etiquette. Natalie is a standout not only because she walks well but because she does a random twirl in the middle of the runway. Celia"s also strong and Allison does better than expected. In the end, Natalie wins despite the spin and gets some personally selected Jill Stuart clothing as a prize.

The week"s photo shoot has the girls posing in teams of two or three in crazy hair and makeup atop a tour bus that"s stopped around various parts of New York City. They have to tell a story and be characters such as Wall Street brokers and tourists in Times Square. Out of nowhere, Sandra manages to pull off a photo that the judges love and is called first at elimination. Natalie does worse than she thinks she would and in fact is not as good as Tahlia in their joint photo. Allison gets flak from the judges for no reason, really, because her photo is fine, and lands in the bottom two. Joining her there is Nijah, who is “just pretty.” And if you think Tyra is going to let the freaky awkward girl go home this early in the season, you don"t know her at all. Nijah is sent packing and exhibits her lovely personality until the end.

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