On Tuesday of the second week, hard photos were taken. The model bus took us to a huge parking lot.
"This is your shooting site today," Jonathan told the content of today's shooting, standing in front of the models. "Fashion inspiration comes from the bits and pieces of life, from Paris fashion streets to parking lots. Today we will combine them and combine RV culture. Into high fashion. Now you'll be allowed to pick your own partners, based on last week's performance."
"Brian," Jonathan turned to look at me, "you got the best photoshoot last week, you pick first."
Choosing a partner is a tough choice, the first thing you need to consider is that your partner's modeling skills are at least not too bad, otherwise it will just waste your energy during the shoot, Mike and Jamie first ruled it out.
Secondly, your partner can't catch all the eyes of the photographer, or your own light will be obscured, because the photographer will leave the best angle for the other party. Mike, who has the most Jonathan's heart, excluded.
The opponent must have a certain gap with his own style, so that the overall diversity can be reflected in the photo, and Nina, who has the same hair color and style as me, no longer considers the scope.
Because Ashton is not strong enough, if the atmosphere of pairing with him will be weakened, I don't plan to choose Ashton.
Alice and Chris are both good options. I turned my head to look at the two of them and asked, "Do you have to choose a girl? Or both men and women."
Jonathan smiled and replied, "It's all right, there is no specific women's clothing brand or men's clothing brand in this hard photo shoot."
"Then I choose Chris." I said with a smile and hooked Chris' neck in front of me.
It seems that because of my opening, starting with Ashton, everyone is booing loudly. Chris's ears were slightly reddened, and he pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled.
The reason for not choosing Alice is very simple, because Alice is too professional, and the photographer will give the female model more main angles during the shooting process. Therefore, when both are male models, there is no bias in the photographer's lens.
The second choice Mike chose Alyssa, who had been photographed with him in the wedding photo. The third Jaina wisely chose Marvin, the strongest remaining male model.
Alyssa was the fourth, and she chose Dan in the end. It was Nina's turn to tour the boys for a while before finally choosing Jamie, at least Jamie won't stay in front of the camera like Mike, and has the best figure praised by Rob.
In the end, Ashton, Rena and Konani were left, and the three had no choice. In the end, Jonathan decided that the three of them would shoot together. With the powerful Reina, Ashton was in a bad situation, but two female models and one male model gave him a good advantage, because he would be the center of attention of the photographer.
After Tuesday's hard photo shoot, after a day of waiting, Wednesday night's elimination stage.
This photoshoot of me and Chris brings out the chemistry between the two of us. The best thing about outdoor photography for me is the dual effect of sunlight and my hair color, like a fluffy flame, and Chris's short platinum blonde hair, the gorgeous color can instantly catch the eye of the person who sees the photo.
The RV style is only used as a background theme, but the storyline is mostly controlled by the models themselves. The casual clothes required the model to show a relaxed attitude of being at home, but at the same time relaxed and stunningly fashionable.
Chris and I were both very stretched. I sat on the chair by the picnic table to the left, with my hands lightly on Chris's lap, and stared directly at the camera, as if staring at the person watching outside the hard shot. Chris sat sideways on the table behind me, his folded legs so long because he was wearing shorts, his eyes were not looking at the camera, but at the hands I put on his lap.
Norma is clearly someone who really likes seeing storylines in hard shots, and for that she gave me and Chris a 9 and 8 respectively. Rob pays more attention to the development potential of male models and model posture skills than others. The only flaw in the photo is that the light on Chris' face is weaker than mine. In the end, Rob gave me the same as Chris. 8 points.
Taylor's score has always been the most generous of the judges. She combined the opinions of the two judges. In the end, my score was 9 and Chris was 9.
On the other hand, because I clearly know that for a program like America's Next Top Model, whose audience is basically women and gays, there is nothing more in line with their preferences than taking hard photos of two handsome men, which ultimately benefits from the leading society. In media polls, we were ranked second and third respectively, although below Alice.
Alice's modeling skills on location are in place, and her social media score has never been lower than the top three because of her pretty face, and this time it has reached a peak.
But it seems to be commercialized because it is too professional. Norma commented that the story line could not be seen in the photos. But the comprehensive score still allowed her to get the best hard photo this time, ranking first.
The combination of Alice and Dan, unexpectedly, the female model's light completely suppressed the male model. I heard that the photographer's attention fell on Alice throughout the shooting. And Dan, who only served as a set board once, won the fifth place.
Nina's red hair in the sun and her slender stance are evaluated as a tree fairy, her modeling skills and expressions are impeccable, but also because of the fashion sense brought out by her unique appearance. Norma rated it as the perfect combination of character and skill, and finished fourth.
The rest of the rankings start after Dan's fifth place. The combination of Marvin and Gianna is flawless. The abnormal Reina was one place lower and got 11th.
Mike and Alyssa are a group, both of them are not satisfactory. This time, the outdoor photo of Mike's unchanging posture has been criticized. Jonathan seems to be finally disappointed with Mike's potential and loses patience in guidance.
The pose in the photo of Alyssa was judged to be too coquettish and lost her sense of fashion, but her skills did not drop, her expression was beautiful, and she won the tenth place with the lowest score in the challenge.
The combination of Nina and Jamie also followed in the footsteps of Alice and Dan. Compared with Nina, who became the protagonist, Jamie was a bit dwarfed. He couldn't open his eyes under the dazzling sunlight and reflectors, and his expressions and expressions were different. The lack of understanding of his own perfect angle made him finally have no choice but to compete with Mike to decide the last promotion spot.
In Rob's on-site evaluation, Mike was considered by him to be the second best photo shoot last week. In the end, Mike's journey to become an American supermodel came to an abrupt end, and Jamie became the one who passed the final.
After the promotion ended and returned to the supermodel house, Jamie walked around the house like a dazed puppy. Because before Mike was eliminated, Jamie had been hanging out with him, and now that Mike left, he returned to the state he was disliked by Alice at the beginning.
Alice, who got the keys to Taylor's suite, invited Nina to share it with me. Chris was still a little embarrassed to face me. Although he tried his best to be the same as before, I couldn't stop observing the micro-expressions of the people around me. The uneasy feeling I had intensified after I moved back from the Taylor Suite.
Thursday was still the challenge, hosted by social media chief Andy and his friend a well-known blogger, with models interviewing passers-by as reporters for an online column. The models were asked to do what Andy and the blogger in the headset asked for, and were even asked to ask weird questions and malicious comments.
Pedestrians passing by will stare at you because of your strange behavior, but for the challenge, you have to do exactly what the headset says. I acted unnatural, and not only did the judges see it, but Ashton and Chris also saw the anomaly.
In a personal interview, I sat in front of the camera and said, "I know I played badly this time, I already guessed the result when I heard the game. But I can't adapt to talking when a lot of people are staring at me, then It's like being stripped naked in front of everyone."
"In a mental nursing home, the psychiatrist would put us in a group, and everyone would stand up and say whatever was on your mind in front of the group. That was my nightmare, and I didn't want to go through it again."
That's the truth, I didn't mean anything to show off when I said this. But there's a deeper reason for my disgust, because I panic when everyone looks at me with an inquiring curiosity, even a monster look. I am afraid that when I can't control my actions by myself, people will see my true self under the shell.
Being asked to do things you wouldn't normally do is like being stripped of a layer of disguise. My last visit was badly done and looked tense and unnatural. Only got seven points.
Chris unexpectedly went out, and he got nine points. Jamie is even more unconfident about the hard photo shooting, he put in 120% of his efforts in the challenge, and got a perfect score of 10, which is also the highest score among all models.
On the bus back after the game, Ashton and Chris asked me about the reason for my unusual behavior. I still prevaricate with my words from my personal interview.
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On Friday, this time it wasn't a hard photo shoot.
America's Next Top Model has recruited a famous stage actor, and the remaining 12 models are exactly six pairs of men and women, and they will cross-gender each other to shoot a perfume advertisement.
After Jonathan announced the content of the shoot, there was an uproar among the models, especially the male models. Ashton looked smug, obviously he was very confident in cross-talking.
"Because the commercial will end with a kiss of yours, you will choose your partner according to the ranking of the last photo. Alice, you are the best photo of the last time, you choose first." Jonathan finally said.
Alice chose Jamie who had a crush on her, a tactful choice. Even if Jamie doesn't do well in his solo shoot, because of his fondness for Alice, the part where the two end up working together will be better than working with other models who don't like her.
The second one was my turn. According to Gianna's strong performance at the lace wedding in the first week, I finally decided to choose Gianna. Immediately after, Chris chose Nina, Marvin chose Reina, and Ashton chose Alyssa. In the end, Dan and Konani were left.
All boys are trained to walk in high heels, then skirts, makeup and wigs.
To be honest, when I put on those 13cm high heels, standing up felt like I was stepping on two thin chopsticks. I could only lean forward with my center of gravity, supported by the soles of my forefoot, like floating on water. Can't get the balance.
I couldn't stand at all at first, and if it wasn't for Ashton to take me by the hand and lead me away, I don't think I could learn to walk in high heels even if I sprained my ankle. Almost all male models, except Ashton, have fallen into this dilemma.
Because Ashton didn't have to learn how to walk in high heels, he and Alyssa were the first group to shoot, thanks to Ashton being a drag queen, and I quickly learned how to do it under his guidance. Stand firm on high heels, at least a little faster than other male models.
Gianna and I were the second group to shoot. The clothes the designer wore for me was unexpectedly rustic, a white chiffon dress, and waist-length hair of the same color as my original hair, but without any curls, just like the long straight hair in fairy legends.
It was the first time I saw Brian in the mirror with long straight hair. Although the hair color was still the same, Brian's original laziness and gentleness had been crushed and recreated, and he was expressionless in the mirror. I was a little cautious about being cold.
The grass-green eyeshadow with fluorescent powder added a touch of glamour to the original pure dress, and the inconspicuous lip gloss of pale pink made the lips look breakable.
"Wow! Brian, you're so pretty in this!" Ashton, who was wearing a strong woman-like OL outfit, ran towards me with her high heels kicking as soon as she finished filming.
Before he could see it, I raised my harmless smile and turned my head again, "Really? It's the first time I see my straight hair, it feels weird."
Ashton walked up to me and held my cheek in ecstasy. "Oh, you look like a real girl. Go and show Chris! He'll be stunned!"
I was pulled by Ashton and stood up, staggered a few steps and quickly broke free of Ashton's hand, "Wait... I don't think he's practicing walking, so don't disturb him. Besides, I also want to Discuss with Jaina the content of the kiss scene later."