With producers angling to find out exactly how dirty and sweaty models can get before they start to complain, the girls are broken into teams and sent out on a road trip to Palm Springs. Their challenge is to practice "Random Acts of Modeling" -- a concept coined by none other than Miss Tyra Banks herself and/or one of her minions -- at various pit stops along the way, and to shoot video segments for Nylon TV, an affiliate of Nylon magazine. The models generally seem unclear on what constitutes a Random Act of Modeling, and instead of doing everyday tasks (reading a magazine, eating chicken wings, etc.) fiercely, many of them just pose alongside random landmarks. There is a bit of a kerfluffle when Victoria seems to have incorrectly filmed one of Kiara's videos for Nylon TV, by not actually filming it at all. The team comprised of Allyssa, Laura, Kristin and Brittany decides to take some photos at a windmill farm, which, it turns out, is very, very, very windy. Nobody gets blown away, sadly. Even though the team of Kiara, Nastasia and Victoria went the extra mile by smearing condiments on their faces, the other team wins the challenge and Laura is named the individual victor. Everyone is a little sick of her being so perfect, but not in an overly hostile way.

Once in Palm Springs, the girls have little time in their motel rooms (and no access to a shower, apparently) before they are whisked off to a photo shoot that capitalizes on their grunge. Basically, they are reenacting scenes from Lindsay Lohan's life in various party girl morning-after scenarios. Spoiled food, bathroom stalls, dumpsters, and milk baths are involved, along with a lot of smeared mascara. Laura has a hard time figuring out how a person should look while puking into a toilet, while Kiara makes the most out of her dumpster Barbie scene. Victoria makes up some crazy backstory in which her character has just lost her virginity and needs to take a pregnancy test. Clearly, sperm-egg specifics are not a big part of the home school curriculum. Victoria stays in character the whole time, and neither Johnny nor the photographer bother to tell her that she just seems crazy. And poor Allyssa has to pretend to lick soda off of a cockroach-laden floor.

And then there's the more general issue of Victoria and her eating habits, or lack thereof. She's a huge stress case, and wasting away to the point where she's getting sick. The other models have noticed, and the nicer ones among them are concerned and wonder if she should voluntarily leave the competition. Victoria blames her problems on the fact that she can't taste food when she's separated from her mom, which in itself seems like a pretty big problem. Nastasia and others confront her in the house, and it also becomes an issue at panel. Though Victoria makes it to another week, Tyra has an eye on her and if disordered behavior is at play Victoria will have to leave. Meanwhile, Nastasia has the highest score for the week, while Laura and Allyssa land in the bottom two. Laura obviously isn't going anywhere, so it is Brazilian beauty Allyssa who is sent home, thus disappointing Tyra and all curvy girls everywhere.