The girls meet Wilhelmina Models director Sean Patterson and Nigel Barker. At their photo shoot, the girls are photographed by Tyra while portraying women of The girls come back from panel and Nicole is upset that she can't celebrate her first call-out because of Brittany's shocking departure. To dispel any other possible confusion, her GF's name is tattooed across her chest.Aka "Bloody Eyeball" (to differentiate herself from last year's runner-up, Allison "Her mom calls her "Bambi eyes" and the judges seem to love the teen's "odd," "quirky" and "interesting" look. Erin is crowned the winner and, despite the rising tension between her and Brittany, picks the latter and Nicole to share a helicopter ride above Maui. Sundai and Laura are told they have written good scripts but castigated for their poor delivery. When Nicole reveals that she is impressed by Sundai's inner strength, the latter promises to tell the girls her story if she makes it to the final four. Ashley and Bianca land in the bottom two: Ashley for failing to "smize" in her photo, and Bianca for looking hard in hers. Kara is criticized for relying on her beauty, while Bianca is chastised for not displaying enough softness in her face. At panel, Kara, Nicole and Erin receive unanimous praise, whereas Brittany, Rae and Laura are castigated for making themselves look shorter. Nicole is declared the winner and rewarded a piece from each designer's collection and is told she will star in the commercial she auditioned for. It aired right after the finale, and featured never-before-seen footage, including Tyra doing the "queen walk" with Bianca during casting, Nicole making up nicknames for the girls in order to remember their names, a candy-eating contest between Erin, Kara and Lisa, an insight into Erin and Rae's friendship, a confrontation between Jennifer and Bianca, Jennifer cleaning the house, an insight into Nicole's passion for art, Brittany stepping on a toothpick, Kara's trivia game, Rae's tooth-brushing habit, a montage of Erin's constant crying, the final six learning the basics of Casting call-out order and final two are not included. After, they are given a challenge where they have to pose on a moving surfboard with a male model. Memorable interviews include Courtney revealing she has a broken foot, modeling teacher Alison teaching Miss J her own runway tricks, Lulu stating she is gay within seconds of her entrance and Sundai talking about her abusive childhood.
Rachel goes blank when asked about her musical background. Sundai is praised for her picture but her outfit and lack of presence on the runway do not sit well with Miss J.
For the first time, contestants under 5'7" are cast. 20 girls are selected after the first cut and taken to a runway at the end of which they have to strike four poses. Kara and Sundai are told they lacked energy and Lisa is told that she looks mean. America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13 premiered on September 9, 2009 and was the seventh season to be aired on The CW network. At the final judging, both girls impressed the judges by their final performances, though Nicole's walk is criticized as "different" while Laura's somewhat poor commercial delivery got the thumbs down. The challenge later requires them to walk next to models who are 5'10" and above. This cycle featured one major change to the judging panel: judge This cycle also moved back to Los Angeles, after being filmed in New York City for cycle 12.
Later, they celebrate Laura's 20th birthday. However, the panel is worried about Brittany's and Rae's lack of presence in person and Erin's slight attitude. This week's photo shoot is replaced with a commercial for CoverGirl.
Sundai Love is an American fashion model, who came in fifth place on Cycle 13 of ANTM in 2009. During the review, Tyra notes that many girls are posing in a more sexual than fashion way. Then comes castings. After the meetings, Sean shocks the girls by eliminating Rachel in a surprise elimination for her lack of charisma.
Ultimately, an overjoyed Laura joins Nicole in a Julia Clancey fashion show, while Jennifer and Erin are sent home, both of them being upset to have come so close to the win, yet so far. We're more uncomfortable with her startling similarity to Proving her cow-castrating cred with a demo before the panel, something tells us this country darling is way ballsier than the She seems like a nice girl, if a little subdued, but no one can fill Unlike most aspiring models, this girl stays away from closets. Tyra explains that they will be doing a beauty shoot modeling scarves and that the best picture will be given immunity at panel.
While Nicole and Brittany enjoy it, Erin is upset with not winning a tangible prize yet again. The girls then meet a rude photographer asking for the perfect shot in one take, which the girls struggle with until Tyra (as Super Smize) arrives and "defeats" him. The girls are taught how to do their own make-up by Sam Fine and each girl is given individual tips. Each girl then meets them alone and Lulu loses points with Nigel by mentioning she doesn't pay attention to photographers in editorials while Courtney once again impresses by walking despite her pain. Brittany is deemed the best and is given immunity as well as the opportunity to do a shoot with two male models that Tyra discovered. 'Nuff said?If "the only Asian girl" in Le Cycle 13 was already working as a model, could this season's emphasis on offering a chance to shorter hopefuls be some kind of...Although her family is "upper-middle class," Kara is one of two(!)
The girls are driven to Wilhelmina and are told they will go on go-sees in pairs (Nicole & Laura, Brittany & Kara, Erin & Jennifer and Rae & Sundai).