'America's Next Top Model' recap: Roller Girls

By Zap2it Partner

September 30, 2010 7:53 AM ET

This week on "America's Next Top Model," Kacey decides that it would be a good idea to call Shaw, her male model companion from last week, and invite him and his male model friends to a barbeque. We learn that it's not only Ann who isn't so great with the dudes, and get to relive our awkward sixth grade dances. The girls head to Knott's Berry Farm, which is in fact an amusement park, for a photo shoot on a roller coaster. Nigel and Miss J. give each of the girls an emotion or attitude that they must convey, which in most cases means suppressing abject terror. The photographer for this shoot is the guy in the roller coaster booth who will sell you a picture for $10. Seriously. Chris has mondo fear but manages to get on the coaster and not s*** herself. Her photo is terrible, but she gets points for trying. Liz and her commercial look win the challenge. She chooses Chris and Kayla to share in her prize -- a photo shoot and tea party with Tyra. It will not surprise you to learn that Tyra eats all the carrot cake. Meanwhile, Lexie confronts Kacey and tells her that nobody likes her. Kacey goes one by one through the girls to get their opinion on her, and it turns out that Lexie was totally telling the truth. Lexie's final message of hope in this situation is, "I'm not going to hate you forever."

This week's real photo shoot has the girls posing through water in serious jewelry, with slimy sea creatures as their accessories. It's a very stylized beauty shoot, and Matthew Rolston is the photographer. This is, as they say, major. The girls are very excited to work with such a distinguished talent, though the enthusiasm may wane a little as Matthew picks apart everyone's face. As it turns out, even models have uneven eyebrows and lips. In the end, though, the girls all look really gorgeous. The makeup and hair and octopi and diamonds work, and this guy knows how to take a picture.

There are lots of great photos this week. Kayla is gorgeous as always. Kacey gets her best photo to date. Esther's photo gets raves from the panel, and ALT goes so far as to say he wants to eat her lips for breakfast. Chris is Matthew Rolston's favorite for the day, though he notes that she's got a seven-head. Even Lexie pulls out a good photo. Improbably, however, it's Ann who gets best photo of the week for the third time in a row. On the bad side, Chelsey's nose looks gigantic, and Tyra says her photo looks like she's a "RuPaul's Drag Race" reject. Liz's photo is also disappointing, and the judges and Jay are sick of her alleged constant complaining. This week she had makeup in her contacts, which probably was actually very painful but is still an annoying complaint to people who don't care at all about your comfort. Liz ends up in the bottom two with Rhianna, who was just kind of blah and has a lack of versatility. In the end, flower child Rhianna is sent home with her collection of ugly hats in tow.

Photo credit: The CW

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