ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 12(Top 2)

Following panel, the girls all reflected on their chances at winning the competition, and identified Molly as the frontrunner. Jay arrived at the house, and showed the girls a video message from Lara Spencer of “The Insider,” who informed them of this weeks challenge – each girl would have to research one of three fashion and beauty methods common in Marrakesh, and then shoot an informative video about their selected topic. Brittani struggled with her video, and provided little information about Henna, but Hannah and Molly both created strong videos about Black Kohl and Aragon Oil respectively, with Molly being named as the challenge winner for the first time.

Next, Tyra visited the girls to check how they were coping in the competition. Molly became emotional while talking about her adoptive parents, and how poorly she had treated them in the past, and resolved to make them proud, while Hannah reflected on how she had grown as a person in the competition. Brittani revealed that she had been bullied as a child because of her Mum’s agoraphobia, but Tyra encouraged them to keep trying to prove their doubters wrong. After the chat, Tyra held an impromptu photo-shoot with the girls, and helped them learn how to use certain part of their bodies without moving other parts.

The girls then arrived for the week’s main photo-shoot, where they would be posing on the beach with male models in traditional Moroccan wedding gowns. Molly was concerned about posing with a male model for the first time, and struggled as a result, but Hannah impressed Nigel with the conflicted narrative she came up with for her shoot. Brittani again felt uncomfortable with the idea of acting sexy, and began to cry mid-shoot after being accused of being overconfident by Jay.

At panel, Tyra informed the girls that she was so impressed with their performances at the wedding gown shoot, that she had selected two pictures from each girl’s film instead of one. Contrary to her expectations, Brittani produced two elegant and beautiful shots, though Nigel admitted he didn’t enjoy shooting her, while Hannah produced some of her best pictures in the competition so far. Molly excelled once again, and was commended for making excellent decisions in her posing.

Ultimately, Molly gained her third consecutive first call out, and progressed to the final two. Brittani and Hannah were called forward as the bottom two, and Tyra informed them that the judges had struggled to decide which of them to eliminate. Hannah was told that the judges were concerned about her fragility and inner strength, while Brittani was told that the judges felt her performance had declined as the competition had gone on. Eventually, Brittani was chosen to join Molly in the final two, and an emotional Hannah was sent home.

• First call-out: Molly O'Connell
• Bottom two: Brittani Kline & Hannah Jones
• Eliminated: Hannah Jones
• Featured photographer: Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker
• Special Guest: Lara Spencer, Ivan Bart

ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 11

The day after returning from panel, Miss J. arrived at the top model apartment, and escorted the girls to an informal meeting with Franca Sozzani, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, giving them the chance to ask her questions, and show her their portfolios. After Franca left, J. next introduced the girls to Noor Talbi, a professional tea-tray dancer, who after teaching the girls the art of balancing trays on their heads, informed them that they would have to demonstrate what they had learned in front of a live audience later that night.

At the challenge, J. informed the girls of a further twist – they would have to balance lit candles on their trays, as well as dance with a professional group of tea-tray dancers. Molly struggled, tripping on her skirt almost immediately, and making little effort to recover, but Brittani excelled and managed to keep her tray balanced for her whole routine. Alexandria initially performed well, but dropped her tray completely in her final move, and struggled to regain her composure. Eventually, Brittani was named as the challenge winner, giving her the opportunity to have a personal runway lesson from J, along with Hannah, who she chose to share the reward. Later, the girls were wandering through Marrakesh, and discovered a restaurant with unusual delicacies, including eyeballs, and goat’s brain, which each of the girls sampled. Later, Brittani regretted her decision at the restaurant, having fallen ill since eating there.

At the photoshoot, Jay told the girls that their shoot would be a continuation of the story behind their last shoot, and introduced them to their photographer for the week, Friedemann Hauss. Hannah struggled to successfully portray her story, and struggled as a result, but Molly and Brittani once again excelled. Alexandria was excited for the shoot, but became frustrated when Jay warned her not to be controlling at the shoot again, and consequently her performance suffered.

At panel, Alexandria received a mixed responded for her shot, and the judges all agreed her shot was not high fashion, something which they also said of Brittani, though they still liked her picture. Hannah also had a decent picture, but the judges again worried that she was not a standout. Molly impressed the most with her high fashion shot, and ultimately she earned the first call out for the second week in a row. Hannah and Alexandria were named as the bottom two, both for control issues – Alexandria for being to controlling at her shoots, and Hannah for lacking the control to be consistent, but in the end, Hannah was given a reprieve, and Alexandria was eliminated from the competition.

• First call-out: Molly O'Connell
• Bottom two: Alexandria Everett & Hannah Jones
• Eliminated: Alexandria Everett
• Featured photographer: Friedemann Hauss
• Special Guest: Daniella Issa Helayel, Franca Sozzani

ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 10

The final five girls arrived in Marrakech, Morocco, the location for the rest of the cycle, and met the Jay’s who informed them that they would be given the day off to see Morocco, and each of the girls reflected on their position in the competition. Alexandria was pleased that her fortunes appeared to be changing, while Molly worried that the judges wanted her to become someone she wasn’t comfortable in being.

Later, the girls met Andre, who asked the girls to show him their walks in elaborate couture outfits designed by Noureddine Amir, and while most of the girls did well, Kasia was upset to find that none of the dresses at the studio fitted her plus sized frame, but did a good job of hiding her hurt feelings from Andre. The girls were then taken to a rooftop, where they again met Andre for a chat, before being surprised to learn that they were actually on the roof of their new luxury Marrakesh apartment. Molly however was infuriated when she learned that she would have to share a bed with Brittani and Kasia.

The girl’s first overseas photoshoot took them to the Marrakesh desert, where they had to pose on the back of camels for photographer Michael Woolley. Molly attempted to improve her image around set, and impressed Jay with a strong performance, but Kasia struggled at the shoot, and admitted that she was feeling uncomfortable with her body. Alexandria was initially excited for the shoot, but her continuing control issues annoyed Michael, and she struggled to perform well.

At panel, the girls were introduced to Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, who was the guest judge for the week. Molly, Brittani and Hannah were all praised for strong shots, with Hannah finally being told that she stood out, with her shoot being completely different from the other girls. Alexandria received mixed comments on her shot, and was warned of the dangers of upsetting the photographer, while Kasia was criticized for lacking energy in her shot, and for letting her body issues get in the way of her performance.

Eventually, Molly received the first call out for her excellent shot, followed by Brittani and Hannah. Alexandria and Kasia were called forward as the bottom two, Alexandria for not performing as well as some of the other girls, and for her demeanor at set, and Kasia for being inconsistent from week-to-week, and lacking confidence. Ultimately, Kasia was eliminated in her first bottom two appearance, as the judges felt that Alexandria had performed better than her in the competition as a whole.

• First call-out: Molly O'Connell
• Bottom two: Alexandria Everett & Kasia Pilewicz
• Eliminated: Kasia Pilewicz
• Featured photographer: Michael Wooley
• Special Guest: Franca Sozzani

ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 8

Following her near escape at the previous panel, Brittani apologized to Alexandria for her outbursts against her, and though most agreed that Alexandria’s attitude had improved, Molly theorized that nothing had changed, and that Alexandria was just acting nice. Tyra helped the girls put together portfolios for their impending go-sees, and after giving each girl their portfolio, informed them that each contained a letter of the name of this cycle’s overseas destination. After a scramble, the girls learned that they would be going to Morocco, but Tyra surprised them by revealing that this cycle, only five girls would be going overseas, and that the girls performance at go-sees would play a major part in the judge’s deliberations at panel.

At the house, the girls met Kyle Hagler from IMG Models, who gave them their brief for the go-sees. Each girl had four hours to visit four different castings, each representing a different archetype of modeling - Athletic, Bombshell, Couture and Girl Next Door, before returning to Lana Marks for one final go-see. Each girl was given a driver for the challenge, but was told that they had to direct the drivers to the go-sees. Alexandria found this to be an advantage, as she was the only girl who had a pre-existing knowledge of L.A. All of the girls made it back to Lana Marks in time, including Alexandria who arrived with 30 seconds to spare, and Kyle informed the girls that only the three who performed the best throughout the day would move onto a casting with Lana, for the chance to appear in a global campaign, as well as a gift bag from the designers. Alexandria, Kasia and Molly moved onto the top three, and after a go-see with Lana, Alexandria was named as the challenge winner. At the house, Brittani felt resigned to going home, feeling that her failure to progress past the first round at go-sees, on top of her performance at panel would eliminate her.

Next, the girls were taken to a landfill, where they would be taking part in their next photoshoot with Nigel. The girls would be wearing couture dresses designed specifically by Michael Cinco for each girl. Before their shoot, Nigel reassured Brittani that she was still in the competition because the judges felt her worth keeping, but warned her that it was pivotal she got a good shot. In spite of their surroundings, most of the girls impressed Nigel and Jay, but Molly’s complaining detracted from her strong performance.

At the panel, Alexandria swept the board, with the judges loving her stunning high fashion shot, and booking all four of her go-see appointments. Molly had a strong picture, but was warned that the designers were all put off by her personality whilst she was waiting to see the casting agents. Before receiving her picture, Brittani apologized to Tyra for her actions at the previous panel, and Tyra accepted, though her, and Jaclyn’s failure to make no more than two go-sees was strongly criticized by the judges. Hannah had a strong performance in all aspects of the week, but the judges were concerned that she was to fragile for the industry.

Alexandria’s strong performance earned her first call out for the week, while Hannah, Kasia and Brittani all joined her on the plane to Morocco, leaving Jaclyn and Molly as the bottom two – Jaclyn for only making two go-sees, and Molly for her questionable attitude and passion for modeling. In what Tyra called a tough decision, Molly was spared for her strong performance throughout the competition, and Jaclyn was surprisingly sent home.

• First call-out: Alexandria Everett
• Bottom two: Jaclyn Poole & Molly O'Connell
• Eliminated: Jaclyn Poole
• Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
• Special Guest: Lana Marks, Kyle Hagler, Daniella Clarke, Rachel Williams, Oday Shakar,Jerry Avenaim, Michael Cinco

ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 7

After returning from panel, the girls found bags underneath Brittani’s digital portrait, filled with materials related to their upcoming challenge – a photoshoot for “Warriors in Pink”, a cause against breast cancer. The concept immediately inspired many of the girls, including Brittani and Molly, who both had lost friends and loved ones to breast cancer. Mikaela admitted her confusion about how she was unable to get strong shots due to her extensive modeling experience, but vowed to improve at the next shoot. Alexandria continued to be unpopular amongst the girls, and mostly everyone agreed that she should have been the one to go home at the previous panel.
The girls met Nigel at the shoot, and learned he would be their photographer for the day. Each girl would be representing a warrior, and would have to do their own hair and makeup. Before the shoot, Mikaela broke down in tears, but resolved to do a good job regardless. During their shoot, Nigel asked Brittani what she thought about whilst posing, and reacted negatively to her response of “I don’t think, I just do,” feeling that Brittani wasn’t passionate enough about modeling. Alexandria on the other hand impressed Nigel, and ultimately won the prize – the chance to shoot a national campaign for “Warriors in Pink”, as well as a new 2012 Ford Focus. Backstage following the result, the other girls, led by Brittani, angrily bemoaned the choice of Alexandria winning, feeling that she was undeserving, and when Alexandria calmly told them she could hear what they were saying, Brittani flew off the handle, and told her that none of the girls liked her, and that they felt she should have gone home instead of Monique, shocking Nigel, who had also overheard everything. Back at the house, the models wondered how to best deal with Alexandria, and when she returned from her campaign shoot, they gave her the silent treatment, though in confessional, a confused Alexandria claimed that this only further spurred her on to do well.
Next, Miss J. crept into the model’s home in the early hours, and whisked them away for a tour of Universal Studios, where they would be shooting for this week’s photo. Each girl had to portray craziness for a particular element of fashion in their picture, shot by Miguel Starcevich. Mikaela struggled with her theme of “crazy for sales”, but most of the girls did well at the shoot.

Contestant	Crazy for
Alexandria	Faux Fur
Brittani	Shoes
Hannah	Handbags
Jaclyn	Makeup
Kasia	Hair
Mikaela	Sales
Molly	Accessories

At panel, Jaclyn received her best critique yet for her “crazy for makeup” shoot, while Molly and Kasia also received good feedback. Hannah was commended for pulling out an excellent “crazy for handbags” shot, but Tyra warned her that her overall film was generally poor. Mikaela again struggled with inconsistency in her film, and she admitted she was never totally sure about the concept of the shot. During Alexandria’s critique with the judges, Nigel called Brittani out over her outburst at the challenge result, and deemed her unprofessional for airing her personal opinions in the workplace. Although Brittani attempted to defend her actions, Tyra agreed with Nigel, leading to Brittani rushing out of panel, and breaking down backstage. Eventually, Brittani chose to return to get her critique, and attempted to apologize to the judges for her actions. Her picture was generally well received by the judges, but her personality was called into question, with Tyra feeling that her outburst had made her appear unattractive to the judges.
During deliberation, Tyra recalled the elimination of Toccarra in Cycle 3, and how she had been outnumbered by the other judges that day. Tyra revealed that Brittani was her choice to be eliminated, but again found herself in the minority, with the other judges feeling that Brittani would learn from her experience, something which Tyra was unsure of. Backstage, Alexandria confronted the other girls, and after asking them why they disliked her so much, Brittani stormed out once again.
Eventually, Jaclyn received first call out for her excellent picture, while Molly, Hannah, Kasia and Alexandria all safely progressed to the next round, with Tyra commending Alexandria for the way she handled herself through the difficult panel. Mikaela and Brittani were called forward as the bottom two, Mikaela for her continuing inconsistencies despite her high fashion look, and Brittani for being unprofessional. Ultimately, Brittani was saved by the panel, but was told by Tyra that she had a huge task in front of her to redeem herself, and that if deliberation had gone her way, Mikaela would have stayed in the competition instead of her.

• First call-out: Jaclyn Poole
• Bottom two: Brittani Kline & Mikaela Schipani
• Eliminated: Mikaela Schipani
• Featured photographer: Miguel Starcevich
• Special guest: Eric Daman

ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 6

The girls returned from panel to be greeted by Tyra who wanted to teach the girls about model archetypes, and how to handle the fame that might come to the girls if they make it as successful models. During the lesson, Molly again became emotional about her weave, but Tyra told her that she needed to tough it out and stop complaining, and later, it was finally taken out for good, much to Molly’s delight.
The girls were next taken to their weekly challenge, where J. Alexander told them that they would spend the afternoon meeting fans of the show. Monique quickly became fed up of talking to the fans, and when one asked her for a kiss, she instead directed him to Alexandria, who reluctantly kissed him on the cheek. Kasia won the challenge for being engaging with her fans, while still keeping the conversation mostly about modeling, and she choose Brittani and Jaclyn to join her in having lunch with Miss. J. The other girls were left to clean up the mess left by the fans, much to Monique’s disdain, causing some of the other girls to label her as high maintenance.
Next, the girls met Jonathan Mannion, their photographer for the week, and learned that they would be posing covered in mud. The girls were being shot in groups of four – the four blond girls in one group, and the four brunettes in the other. Jonathan was delighted with Brittani’s work on set, and even took a shot of her alone, ignoring the other three girls in her group. In between frames in the blond shoot, Alexandria moved Kasia’s arm after Jay specifically told her how to position it, and she worried that Jay would relay this back to Tyra, after he took it as her trying to once again to dictate the shoot.
At panel, the both shots received mixed responses from the judges, with Brittani and Kasia being told they were the standouts in their respective groups. Mikaela was criticized for showing inconsistency in her eyes in the film, resulting in her having dead eyes in the best group shot, while Alexandria produced her first poor film, and her choice of outfit was harshly criticised by Andre. The judges ultimately decided that they preferred the brunette’s high fashion shot than the blond's, though they agreed that the blond’s picture could work well as a billboard. After being called second on three occasions in the past, Brittani finally received a first call out for her great film. Conversely, her team-mates Mikaela and Monique were called forward as the bottom two, Mikaela for being inconsistent at the shoot, and Monique because the judges felt that she was constantly in the middle of the pack despite being called earlier than Mikaela in the past four judging panels. Ultimately, the judges decided that despite her inconsistencies, Mikaela’s personality and performance were enough to keep her around, despite a stellar portfolio, a surprised Monique was sent home.

• First call-out: Brittani Kline
• Bottom two: Mikaela Schipani & Monique Weingart
• Eliminated: Monique Weingart
• Featured photographer: Jonathan Mannion
• Special Guest: Sonia Dara

ANTM Cycle 16 Ep 5

Following her appearance in the bottom two at the previous panel, Alexandria rued how she was being perceived by the judges, but the other girls all felt that the judges had her personality down correctly, and joked that they should let her fall on her own sword, and talk her way out of the competition. Despite having it redone, Molly was still unhappy with her hair weave, and revealed how it had made her scalp swell.
The girls were taken to a Cover Girl challenge, where the girls were put into teams to shoot promotional videos for Cover Girl foundation. The girls were sorted in teams of three, with each being assigned a specific role in the team – one as the director, one as the script writer, and one as the star of the commercial. Molly and Monique both struggled to perform in their roles, as their teammate, Alexandria tried to take over their roles once again, but Monique was praised for managing to do well in spite of Alexandria. In the end, the group of Brittani, Kasia and Mikaela won the challenge, and the opportunity for their video to be shown on the Cover girl website. Back at the house, Alexandria tearfully called her boyfriend, feeling misunderstood in the house, but while she did so, the other girls gossiped about her, and Monique decided to read her diary, to find out how she really felt about the other girls.

Teams	Theme
Alexandria, Molly & Monique	Day time, Casual
Dalya, Jaclyn & Hannah	Bold, Colorful Eyes
Brittani, Kasia & Mikaela	Night, Red Carpet

For their next photo shoot, the girls were taken to the old L.A Zoo, where they were to pose for Rachel Zoe's faux fur collection, and learned that they would be shooting with Murato, a baby jaguar. Kasia experienced the most difficulty posing with the jaguar due to her being allergic to animals, whilst Dalya was accused of only doing basic poses. Molly was unhappy about being the penultimate girl to shoot, as she felt that the jaguar had grown increasingly frustrated as the day has gone on, and the girls who shot first had it easier.
At panel, Brittani, Jaclyn and Monique all received positive feedback, but Hannah received top praise for her stellar photograph, and received first call-out for the second time. Dalya received the worst feedback, as the judges felt that she was doubting herself, and it was getting in the way of her performance, and she landed in the bottom two alongside Molly, for letting hair trouble distract her. Eventually Molly was saved, and was told that her weave would now be removed altogether, and Dalya was sent home.

• First call-out: Hannah Jones
• Bottom two: Dalya Morrow & Molly O'Connell
• Eliminated: Dalya Morrow
• Featured photographer: Baldomero Fernandez
• Special Guest: Rachael Zoe, Vincent Oquendo