Cycle 5, Episode 6: "The Girl Who Loves Bubbles And Talks To Plants"
Diane “Lady D” went home last episode, and Nik is sad because that was her good boo.
She cries in front of some bras and panties about how she’s not going to be vulnerable anymore in the competition. This makes it sound like Nik was in a romantic relationship with Diane and Diane dumped her? After the show, it was reported that Nik is queer, so maybe there was more than just friendship with Lady D…
Inside the model house, they load up the dangerous indoor hot tub with Dawn to make it overflow with bubbles. I bet none of the models cleaned that up.
Everyone’s getting tired of Lisa trying so hard to be the center of attention.
Supermodel Iman stops by to teach the models how to make different face masks from food.
Kim’s avocado face mask turns her into Shrek.
The models apply the skills they learned from Iman’s face mask line as spokespeople on a fake talk show.
Kyle wins the challenge and chooses to share the prize with Nicole. For their prize, they get to host a segment on VH1.
They are wooden AF.
Lisa and Coryn get in another spat and Coryn calls Lisa an “alcoholic bitch”.
Coryn, please stop calling Lisa a “bitch”.
Lisa’s drinking continues to be a problem. At first, it seems like everyone judges her and no one jumps in to intervene. I probably would have done the same thing in my early 20s. But now being sober and addressing unhealthy habits is more common.
Lisa drunkenly talks to a bush about her problems. She names him Cousin Itt.
The OG Addams Family character had two “t”s in his name, thank you.
Bre and (what looks like) Nik eventually bring Lisa back inside. Good job, ladies.
Bre then talks very compassionately about Lisa and says her drinking is to cope with the stress of the competition. She even calms Lisa down when she has a panic attack on the phone.
This week’s main challenge is for Secret deodorant.
They do a commercial, a still photoshoot and then an interview with Entertainment Tonight’s Ryan Devlin. During the commercial, they have a script but can add their own personal line after they say “What’s my secret?”. Here are their lines:
Lisa - “I tell myself I’m beautiful every single day.”
Nicole - “I eat ice cream in bed.”
Coryn - “I’m afraid of heights.”
Kyle - “I love to sing and dance in front of the mirror.”
Bre - “I love men’s underwear.”
Kim - “I walk and talk tough, but I scream like a girl.”
Jayla - “I’m afraid of the dark.”
Nik - “I’m afraid of the dark and I sleep with a nightlight.”
Nik and Jayla realize their lines are going to be similar. When they’re on set, Jayla STEALS NIK’S LINE and also says SHE sleeps with a nightlight. This is really the most minuscule problem. Think of a new secret! I have plenty.
However, this “drama” frazzles Nik during her commercial, her photoshoot and her interview. She also lets her frustration show externally, telling everyone on set how she’s doing a bad job. She doesn’t confront Jayla but has this quiet peace that karma will get her.
Jayla finds out Nik is mad at her and goes on this all bark, no bite reality TV rant about how shit is going to go down!
All of the photos are pretty interchangeable.
Coryn gets told when she speaks, she sounds “melancholy”, which is such a shame. I can’t get over how beautiful she is.
I’ve had people come up to me at a gay bar to tell me how sad my face looks, so I’m a Coryn!
Lisa looks a mess at panel.
She gets called out first, which you would assume means she has the best photo this week. But not so fast!
Nicole’s photo is the one that will be used as a real ad in People magazine.
Flustered Nik and sad Coryn end up in the bottom.
Coryn goes home. She gets a group hug, even from “alcoholic bitch” Lisa.
After the show, Coryn has modeled a bit, even doing a photoshoot with ANTM Cycle 24’s Jeana Turner.
And she got married.
Still so beautiful! Hopefully less melancholy.
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Fierce and love,
P