SUNDAY 24/05/09
We had a 6am start which was really very hard for some of the girls to deal with. I hate early mornings but unfortunately I’m used to them because of fulltime work so it wasn’t as difficult for me as much as I dislike it. I went into hair and makeup and the style was messy big hair and colourful feathery fake eyelashes. Our eyebrows were covered with makeup to look like we didn’t have any so the focal point was the massive and vibrant eyelashes.
I had an idea the shoot was going to involve heights but wasn’t sure if the worms challenge was a clue too, but desperately hoping it wasn’t. On the way to the shoot I was just thinking of what possible place the shoot could be at and hoping that it wouldn’t be something like hanging off the top of a building. When i arrived at the location which was like a junk yard with trucks and machinery I saw Christabel doing her shoot in an elevated cherry picker and felt relieved. I watched Christabel and she looked like a natural so I was going over the possible poses I could do with the cherry picker.
When it got to my turn I was pretty confident because i thought i’d shoot in the cherry picker but the tog and stylist asked me to step out of the caged off area and balance on the arm of the machine. Thats when i really started to get shaky and panicky but i really tried my best to keep it together. I think i did a few good poses but i was really disappointed that I didn’t push myself to the max, I was too overcome with fear to give it my all. I think i did reasonably well but know i could have done a whole lot better and regretted it straight after so i was just hoping that the judges would take into account past performance and potential in the decision making process.
I watched the rest of the girls with their shoots and they didn’t seem to have any problems or be affected by the heights and i started to worry about my chances of elimination. When we headed home for the judging panel we were all unsure of who would be going home and i don’t think there was anyone that we wanted to see go home either. Charmaine gave us all feedback on the shoot and everyone got some good and bad and Christabel was announced the winner.
Charmaine lay out all of our pictures on the coffee table and one by one turned the photos of the girls who were safe over and then it came down to the last two and it was Jenny and I. My heart sank and i was mentally preparing for my picture to be the one left but then charmaine turned mine over and it was jenny going home. I was feeling a mix of emotions, i was sad to see someone go home but also so relieved it wasn’t me. Jenny kept saying she knew it was her time but i don’t think any of us really ever know because we don’t know whats going on in the judges minds. Evelyn was devastated because she had become very close and somewhat dependant on Jenny so it really hit her hard. Since there are only 2 more eliminations till the finals its really becoming more real to me and i really need to bring my a game if i want to make it to the end. The competition is getting more demanding and i intend on stepping it up.
My final photo
