America's Next Top Model- The Girl Who Gets Thrown in the Pool

Previously: Renee hated on the plus sized girls, Sarah's challenge win gave her an advantage at the shoot, and Diana's lack of focus and pigmentation did her in. This week: the girls party with 50 Cent and Tyra makes them cry. Who wants to be on top (na na na na na na)?

Tyra Mail! Dionne reads: "Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?", as Natasha repeats the words a second behind her. It's so adorable, how she wants to be literate. Somewhere in the crowd, Renee rolls her eyes. She is being driven so insane by her housemates that she has decided to wear a t-shirt as a hood at all times. The specific girls on her nerves? Jael and Sarah. No time to confront them with her shrouded visage now, though, as our models are off to an Indian restaurant.

At the restaurant the girls learn that Twiggy was once known as Leslie Hornby. While they're being appropriately shocked and awed by this revelation, the ground opens and up from hell rises last year's runner-up, Mel(lissa)rose. Since things are going so well (insert Renee eye-roll here) for her, she's there with Twiggy to advise the girls on how to choose their modelling supername. The results are as follows: Whitney becomes Whitell, Sarah- Moe, Jaslene and Jael keep their names, Natasha chooses Nata, Dionne (through some crazy story) becomes Wholahey, Brittany- Brit and Renee- Nayien. Armed with these new names, the girls are going to a party. They are told to be eloquent and funny without monopolizing the conversation. We'll see how that goes.

Tyra Mail: "It's going to be a hot time tonight to try out your new name and shine real bright. but beware of the Funky Cold Medina". Knowing the Tone Loc song, Renee suspects they're headed to a party for trannies. Though Jaslene will be attending, that is not the case. And to hear it come from the same girl who smugly told her housemates that the party might finally provide her with stimulating conversation is laughable.

At the (apparently Smart Water sponsored) party, the girls meet Bill Maher, Sister Sister, Paris and Nicole and 50 Cent. They also quickly figure out that the "Medina" that Tyra's mail referred to was Benny, her manager. He's in a white room with various Hollywood big shots including the agent known as NanJo, and will be bringing the girls in one by one to chat.

With her mind completely off the competition, Jael decides to harass 50 Cent. He tells her to leave, but she keeps coming back. He throws her in the pool, which, in 50 Cent terms, is getting off pretty easy, in my opinion. Jael gets out, more determined than ever to...I don't really know what her goal is here, but she's determined. He pushes her in again, and "Nata", being the confused soul she is, gleefully jumps in after. Yay! Pools are filled with rain water in communist Russia!

As expected, Benny is not terribly impressed by the fully clothed and soaking wet Jael and Nata. He does seem taken by Wholahey (Dionne) though, when she tells him about being away from her baby. Seriously? Does that make 3 babies now? WTF is Renee complainging about? So many contestants are mothers it's not even worth them telling us, apparently.

Speaking of Renee, when she meets Nicole Richie she takes the opportunity to talk shit about Jael. Nicole, being the kind and thoughtful girl she is, passes this info onto Jael, setting up major drama in the house. When confronted Renee slips into her patented, "I'm not mean" lie. Jael keeps pushing it, telling Renee her beauty is a waste with that brain. This makes Whitney jump around in glee. Perhaps these "skinny bitches", as Diana put it, will tear each other down and pave the way for a Whitell win?

Tyra mail: "Finding your roommates to be two faced? Well you're going to be four-faced." The mail alludes to this week's photo shoot, taken from Tyra's beauty book. In it, the girls will show 4 different sides of their personality. They have 15 minutes to choose what they hope to convey. While they ponder synonyms for "sexy" and "pretty", Jay pops in a tape from Benny Medina. Wholahey won the day with him, which means she and 2 friends (Whitney and Jaslene) will be shooting a Keds ad for Seventeen. Wooo-hooo.

This is a pretty enjoyable shoot to watch, as the girls pick some very silly "sides" of themselves to portray. For example, did you know that Natasha has a "surprised" side? Jaslene a "drag queen" side? Renee a "dark" side? I guess you did. Still, they're hilarious. We see a lot of girls struggle with their same problems at today's shoot. Sarah and Whitney overthink while Renee and Dionne seem to not be able to take it to that next elusive level.

After they wrap their 4-faced shoot, Dionne, Jaslene and Whitney leave for their Keds campaign. Dionne uses her Benny Ninja skills, which I love. Other things I love? Those green Eleanor skimmers, and no, Keds is not paying me to say that. They could if they'd like. I'll accept shoes as renumeration.

Tyra comes to the house, which means it's this season's crying day. She very easily discovers the issues between Renee and the rest of the housemates and decides the best way to handle it is to have the girls tell Renee just how much she sucks. Renee tries to pass her behavior off as a defense mechanism but Tyra explains to her that no excuse makes it all right to disrespect others. What a lovely lesson. Also in this heart to heart, Brittany reveals how jacked up the weave they gave her is, and Tyra promises to take care of it.

Tyra Mail: Tomorrow you will meet with the judges and only 7 of you...will continue on...in the hopes of becoming...americasnexttopmodel. As their numbers dwindle, all the girls are more nervous going into panel. With guest judge Benny Medina, Jael and Natasha certainly should be.

Going through the girls 4-faced shots, the judges seem to think Brittany, Jael, Natasha and Dionne are the week's strongest. Renee and Jaslene's shots aren't great, but they've been good in the past. It looks like it's judgement time for Sarah and Whitney. Sure enough, Tyra calls out Jael, Natasha, Dionne, Brittany, Renee, and Jaslene. This is bad news for Sarah because Tyra clearly loves Whitney despite the other judges' opinions, and she sent home a plus-sized girl last week. Unsurprisingly, Whitney gets one more chance, and Sarah gets sent home. I'm bummed. Improbably, I liked Sarah. I certainly think she's better than Whitney.

No scenes for next week. Maybe it's the mid-season recap episode?