The next round was billed as one of the most extravagant fashion shows in Top Model history. Whitney and Anya joined other models, including cycle 9 winner Saleisha, in a Versace runway show. The two wore gowns handpicked for them by Donatella herself. It felt as if it had been forever since we saw them walk, didn't it? I don't know if Anya was rusty, or scared, or simply unable to ''stomp it to death'' wearing the sartorial equivalent of Saran Wrap — probably all three — but she was a major disappointment. Her first look was a long chocolate gown with a train that I thought for sure she'd trip on when she turned. But she didn't. Her second gown was an even tighter, silver-sequined number inexplicably paired with white shoes. I'll second Miss J.'s performance review: ''You didn't bring it as strong as you could have. You didn't bring it as strong as you should have.'' But unlike him, I do believe he should have twisted his ''little black ass'' off and showed us how you walk elegantly in a narrow-bottom dress. In fact, I think that's something Anya should've been taught before she ever walked out onto a runway in one. Then maybe she wouldn't have moved like a windup toy.
Whitney's walk also seemed a bit worse for no wear. She was a mediocre 6.5 on my hip-shake Richter scale — and that's too high for a fashion show but not high enough to be compared to an early Tyra, who made her mark by swaying a little too much. (That clip they showed of her from 1992 was a perfect 10.) In Whitney's first look, the ''first-ever juicy booty'' to make it onto the finale runway wore a form-fitting nude (or pink or peach, you tell me) gown. One of her straps fell off her shoulder, which in my mind, equals shoddy production values. Her second look was a sweet pink dress, short in front and long and flowy in back. Kinda the sartorial equivalent of a mullet, only supercute. The gown kept getting caught in her shoes, which produced a sassy, albeit unsuccessful, kick following a turn. You could tell Whitney felt good in the gown because she was flashing some serious ''f--- me'' eyes. Miss J. said she delivered, but Tyra noted that Whitney didn't pose at the end of the catwalk to give the photographers their money shot.
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