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If you ever wondered if it's easy to win a $100,000 and a spot in People Magazine's Most Beautiful People issue, it is. All you have to do is be the least offensive hot person in America-- and go on a reality show to prove it. Tonight, we crown a winner on True Beauty.
These spoilers miss Beauty and the Geek.
It's down to the final three contestants: Billy, Julia, and Joel. It's not really surprising that Billy and Julia are still in the competition. After all, they seemed like the nicest people along the way. Joel, though? He's kind of a dick. Let's see if the final episode shines any light on his inner beauty.
Their final challenge is the People Magazine photo shoot and interview. Naturally, the editor conducting the interview is also a "secret judge." How secret can he be if he's sitting there asking them questions? After the interview, they'll be doing a super-sticky nude photo shoot. Julia's apprehensive about it because she wants to be Miss America one day, but she decides to do it anyway. Boobies!
Joel's interview is typical. He can't seem to answer a simple question like "where are you from" and yet is perfectly comfortable explaining how he doesn't like hanging out with ugly people. In his defense, ugly people are icky. Billy whines more about being the ugly kid. Julia actually shares an interesting tidbit. It turns out she was once Miss Teen Texas but was de-crowned when she was arrested for public intoxication. So she's not Little Miss Perfect? Awesome.
On to the photo shoot! Someone must have bought a vat of hot oil on sale the night before, because they were definitely slicked up. Joel is very proud of his physique. I'd use the word "cocky" but it seems ironic with all the nakedness. Billy looks terrifying. Seriously, the scowl is not sexy. Julia looks bangin'. I mean this in the nicest way possible, but she turned from girl-next-door beauty queen to pin-up model once she stripped her clothes and thick makeup. I'll take one of those, please.
Vanessa, Nolé, and Cheryl gather 'round to announce the winner. But guess what? They're all winners! They've got mail, they've got mail! Yay!
Once they get back to the mansion, shiz starts to go down. They get a clue to go downstairs, and after a few minutes of deciphering they finally find the hidden bat cave. It's the judges' secret spy room and they're finally let in on the secret of the show. They don't seem that surprised. Maybe because it was, like, the worst-kept secret ever.
It's finally decision time. The contestants are all brought back to the Hall of Beauty for the verdict. We've seen both Billy and Joel act like tools, but Julia's mostly flown under the radar until her crying fit tonight. Still, it was a little surprising that Billy ended up in 3rd place. Joel was a much bigger jerk. I guess they found him to be more attractive. Either that, or Vanessa wanted to jump his bones. And now for the winner... it's Julia. Duh. Is anyone shocked?
Overall, it was a semi-entertaining show. Chelsea and Billy gave us a lot to gossip about, at least. Vanessa still can't get the hang of the whole "me" and "I" thing. But, hey, little victories.
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I'm still surprised that Billy didn't win, not only that but he was 3rd behind douche Joel??? I agree, it must have been Vanesda's lust that got in the way.
Julia's win was better than Joel's win it must have been hard for him to swallow his pride and I didn't buy Julia's tears for a second.
Yea! The least offensive person won! Have to say that Joel is an egomaniacal jerk, and the 2nd/3rd place finishes are meaningless (3rd place? You get nothing. And 2nd place? The same.)
You have to wonder about the spy room that allegedly had hidden cameras everywhere, yet it seemed there was a handheld camera that followed people everywhere, so what exactly was the point of the spy room exactly.
Initially an interesting show, but the execution of it got increasingly poorer with each episode. It got to the point that I turned the show on for the final 3 minutes to see who got bounced and did not need to see the initial 57 minutes that preceeded it.
Joel came in second because Vanessa voted for him, while the other two picked Julia. I wouldn't be surprised if Vanessa was waiting in the parking lot for Joel after the wrap party!
Yeah - it's a definite head scratcher how Joel ended up 2nd and Billy 3rd. After wasting too much time thinking about it, the only thing I could come up with was maybe Joel came in 2nd because he won so many beauty challenges (even if the competition was about inner beauty.) That's all I got...
I'm sorry, but if I looked like Joel, I would be an egomaniac too! He had drive and p***ion for what he wanted, and showed he had heart at times too. So what if he had a short temper once in awhile, we all do.
So we watch contestants in a reality series built around physical beauty and then feign disgust at Joel's ego and bravado? Gimme an effin' break. It's not as if these totally superficial people were participating in a show called Finding The Next Mother Teresa. Joel was simply too honest.
Joel is cringe-worthy. He is not that hot. Something about that guy irks me.
They screwed the premise of this show when they sent CJ home. None of the others came close to having the inner beauty he had.
Joel probably leaves snail trails wherever he walks, he is SO slimy.
And if I had to hear Vanessa say "Bee-yooo-tee-ful" one more time I might have cracked.
i agree with getreal. the only person on that show that was anywhere near "real" was cj. (the reason given for him being kicked off was a little lame; if what he did was really that offensive to them, he would have been kicked off that very episode.)
the rest of them were ***es or just fake (like julia).
I honestly was hoping the vitamin salesman to win, but i admit Julia is "truly beautiful" too