This week on America's Next Top Model, the girls met their potential future agent Sean Patterson of Wilhelmina Models. Each girl interviewed with Nigel Barker and Patterson to see if they had what it takes it to be a Wilhelmina model. Unfortunately, one girl couldn't pass the test. In a shocking, surprise elimination Rachel was sent home on the spot. She was completely caught off guard, but she was also like that in the interview room. Nigel said she was unable to perform on the spot and didn't have charisma, two characteristics that a model truly needs.

After the immediate elimination, the girls were subjected to more torture…Tyra's poor acting abilities. Tyra, in a terrible silver and black body suit, pretended to be a "smize" super hero. What is smize? Before you regret wondering this, I'll tell you that it's the combination of the phrase, "smiling with your eyes." Tyra says that phrase so much on the show that I guess for once in her life she got tired of hearing herself talk and coined a new catchphrase. Or, she just wanted to take credit for creating a new catchphrase because she can't hear enough of herself. Either way, smize doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. They reiterated its meaning at least a dozen times in this episode alone.

After the crazy antics, Tyra had the girls compete in a smize-off challenge. Like I said, the word isn't going away. There was a winning team and a losing team. The girls that won had an opportunity to wear designer clothes to a dinner with Sean Patterson. The losing team had to do their dishes. That seems fair, right?

The photo shoot this week was at a race-track and featured horses and jockeys, because they too are short like the models this season. The girls had big weaves to match the horse manes and cover up their bare chests.

Erin had the best photo this week. The judges thought her pose was excellent the way she matched the horse mane to her wig. They also liked the angry smize on her face. Yes, again, that's what they called it.

Brittany's photo was called second. Jay Manuel told the cameras that her posing looked like something he'd see in Italian Vogue. Nigel called it his favorite shot of the night, while Tyra said she nailed fierce modeling head to toe.

Laura had the third best photo. She was very excited about this shoot and claimed that she loved being nude. Nicole, who came across awkward and uncomfortable during the photo shoot was called next; the judges said she looked like a giant in her photo. Kara was next, with a photo that the judges said looked sexy without even trying.

Jennifer, who complained about her lazy eye disorder the entire episode, was called sixth followed by Sundai. Rae was next, after the judges told her she posed too much like Madonna. Lulu fell shortly behind her, even though the judges claimed she looked sweet and natural. Last one called before the bottom two was Ashley with her test photo. The panel said everything else was over posed and the only shot they liked of hers was the test shot in which they edited out the stagehand.

That leaves the bottom two as Bianca and Courtney. It was sad to see Courtney go home, because Bianca looked terrible. Nigel commented that the transgender contestant Isis looked more feminine than Bianca. But, Courtney pulled a Top Model sin. She told Tyra that she gave up in the photo shoot when Jay made her wear her boot on her injured foot. Giving up will always give you the boot in the model world.

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Story by Beth Wickman

Starpulse contributing writer