Next Top Model Review: April 2016

Senin, 25 April 2016

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 7

The Girl With The Diamond Smile

Back home, Tuti, Tawan and Patricia were all saddened by the departure of Aldilla, especially Tuti, who felt like she had lost a sister. At the challenge, the models were brought to the offices of Fox International Channel and Star World, the home network of Asia's Next Top Model. There they were greeted by Cindy, who later introduced them to Filipino actor Tom Rodriguez. After a brief workshop about different kinds of smiles, they were subjected to their challenge for the week, which involved the girls acting out scenarios emphasizing their attraction with Tom as their co-lead.

Models	Act
Angie	A visit to the dentist
Julian	Pulled over by a cop for speeding
May	Picking up a guy at a club
Patricia	Model hitting on the photographer
Sang-in	Picking up a guy on the train
Tawan	Romeo and Juliet
Tuti	Forgot her purse and can't pay for coffee

The challenge caused much entertainment between the girls, and in the end everyone but Sang-in and Tuti managed to make him smile. Tom then revealed that Patricia had been chosen as the winner of the challenge, and had earned a dinner date with him.

The week's photo shoot was for Close-up. The models were introduced to Indonesian model and actor Mike Lewis, who would be their partner for the shoot. Patricia was stiff at the beginning, but after doing salsa dancing she managed to loosen up and impress everyone. Tawan and Angie were also praised, the former for her believable connection with Tom and the latter for showing improvement in taking direction from Yu Tsai. Tuti struggled, as she wasn't confident with her smile and admitted that she wasn't used to doing smiling shoots. At the end of her session Tuti broke down in tears in front of Kelly, Mike and Yu Tsai, irritating the latter, who deemed her behavior unprofessional. The rest of the girls received mixed responses from the mentors.

At panel, Angie, Patricia and Tawan were all lauded for their photographs. Disagreement erupted between the judges when it came to Julian's photo, which was loved by Kelly and Cindy but panned by Yu Tsai. May broke down in front of the judges after receiving a lukewarm response for her photo, while Tuti was castigated by Yu Tsai for her unprofessional behavior on set. During elimination, Patricia received her first best photo and was chosen as the face of Close-up for 2016. She also received a pair diamond earrings from Close-up. May and Tuti ended wound up in the bottom two. Tuti was spared, and a very emotional May was sent home.

1. Patricia - 47.50

( First Call Out )

2. Tawan - 40.00

3. Angie - 39.50

4. Julian - 38.50

5. Sang-In - 37.00

6. Tuti - 31.00

( Bottom Two )

7. May - 30.00

( Eliminated )

Minggu, 17 April 2016

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 6

The Girl Who Fell Overboard

Back at the house, the sight of Jessica in May's best photo on the wall made Sang-in break down in tears, as she had been very close to her. Sang-in to woke up sick again the next day, and she was prominently absent the next day as they were greeted by Daniel Boey and Meghna Mistry of Zalora Singapore for their challenge. The challenge involved the girls being aware of how to dress and accessorize themselves well according to any theme they might be given. They were given 10 minutes to dress themselves with clothes and accessories from the Zalora store in accordance to a color palette they'd later choose randomly. They were also asked to pick another girl as a pair.

Models	Colour
Patricia & Tuti	Blue
May & Tawan	Green
Aldilla & Angie	Red
Julian & Sang-in	Yellow

Julian did not get a pair, and Daniel tells the contestants that Sang-in has participated in the challenge, and become a partner Julian. Daniel revealed that they will be judged against each other, and the girl came out with the clothes that better will win. After the time runs out. All of them received praise and impressive two judges to some degree, Tawan, Tuti, Julian and Aldilla be the best of each partner. The fourth winner receives a phone call 15 minutes, while the losers were given a 10 minute call. Daniel then announced that there would be an additional prize for the best player of the four winners, namely, Tuti. He was allowed to take items of clothing from the store, hoping in 15 seconds.

Contestants were then taken to their shooting location, where they will be wearing clothes from Zalora while they posed on the yacht for a trip on the Singapore River. Cindy, Meghna and Yu Tsai. Cindy tells the model that the girl with the best performance will be chosen as the face of Zalora to 2016. Tawan, Sang-in and Tuti shine, while Julian and Aldilla reprimanded by Yu Tsai for their inability to follow instructions. Angie and Patricia also received negative feedback from a mentor, because it does not execute herself posing in time and the second for overposing.

On the panel, Tawan, Tuti and Sang-in all received praise from the judges. Yu Tsai noted that Patricia stepping on others in terms of energy, but he did not know how to control it, while Aldilla criticized for having a disconnection between his facial expression and pose. Angie tried to ask Yu Tsai did not yell at them so much, touched him in the process, and then apologized in tears for not knowing her place in the competition. Sang-in named face Zalora to 2016, while Julian and Aldilla wound under two. Aldilla lowered their scores and sent home.

1. Sang-in - 36.50

( First Call Out )

2. Tuti - 34.00

3. Tawan - 31.80

4. May - 28.50

5. Angie - 27.50

6. Patricia - 25.50

7. Julian - 24.80

( Bottom Two)

8. Aldilla - 24.30

( Elliminated )

Kamis, 07 April 2016

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 5

The Girl Who Went To The Big Apple

Julian said she was lonely because Gwen and Alaiza has been eliminated. All the girls arrived at the shopping center Bugis +, where they met a fashion sensation Thai Madeaw (Apichet Atilattana) to challenge them. The girls were asked to hold a pose as a mannequin for 30 minutes while they laid out by Madeaw, and Sang-in was selected as the winner of the challenge. As a reward, she was given the ability to decide who his

colleagues will be for the next shooting.

Then the model was brought to Universal Studios Singapore as part of a group shots for Maybelline where they had to pose together as New York 'daughter. On the set, Yu Tsai joined by fashion designer Patricia Field, Maybelline makeup director Nigel Stanislaus, and photographer Jesper McIlroy. Sang-in select Aldilla and Julian as her companion to shoot. The second group consisted of Jessica, May and Patricia, while the third consists of Angie, Tawan and Tuti. May and Sang-in excel in their sessions, while Aldilla, Angie, Jessica, and Julian struggled most.

During the elimination, May received the highest total score. Jessica and Julian landed in the bottom two, but it was Jessica who received the lowest score and were eliminated from the competition.

Group 1

2. Sang-in - 46.50

7. Aldilla - 30.50

8. Julian - 30.00

( Bottom Two )

Group 2

3. Patricia - 39.50

1. May - 48.00

( First Call Out )

9. Jessica - 23.00

( Eliminated )

Group 3

4. Tuti - 37.70

6. Angie - 31.00

5. Tawan - 36.00

( Immune )

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 4

The Girl Who Crashed And Burned

Back at home, everyone admired Sang-in as best picture. Sang-in receive a special prize for being the best photos that receive 40 minutes of phone calls for her or to share with others. Tensions brewed when Jessica asked may if she could move into the old bed Mai Ngo, to May quickly rejected ideas. frustration caused Jessica to tell Sang-in that call the family really will provide extra strength for her to continue, the Sang-in agreement, sharing 10 minutes of reward her with Jessica.

Their challenge was set on the beach and engage girls paddle board yoga practice with Nicole Chung, in which they must emulate Nicole yoga pose on a surfboard while floating in the water. Determination Gwen could not stop him from being the first to fall off the board, and in the end it was between Angie and Julian to win the challenge. Angie wins and won the second consecutive challenge her. She accepts the challenge very high score of 15 as a reward.

The girls were then taken to shooting them and greeted by Daniel Boey, who last appeared in the first cycle. The photo shoot involved them posing wearing a long dress in front of speeding cars Subaru Forester. Model Subaru introduced to the CEO himself, Glenn Tan, along with two models from previous cycles, Natalie from cycle 2 and Monika from cycle 3. Everyone struggled to some degree, but Daniel was very impressed Tawan.

On the panel, the girls were introduced to Yu Tsai, creative director of America's Next Top Model, which will be the fourth judge them tonight. Despite the way he introduced himself criticized, Tawan amazed everyone in the room with the picture, while others receiving mixed comments. Alaiza reprimanded by Cindy to appear convinced hemself and her place in the competition, while Gwen once again failed to impress. Cindy then announced that there will be a double elimination on that week.

During the elimination, Tawan receive the best picture, and it was announced that she would be given immunity for shooting next week, and will also be selected as an ambassador for the 2016 Subaru Glenn Tan. Cindy became angry when Alaiza answered "we'll see" when she was asked if modeling is a passion. In the end, Aldilla, Gwen, and Sang-in, ended up as the bottom three. Gwen is eliminated first, with Aldilla following shortly after. However, Cindy announced that he could not eliminate Aldilla when he saw determination, and kept asking him if he wanted to stay Alaiza. After a tense pause, Alaiza say no and withdrew from the competition, much to the shock of the other girls, which allows Aldilla to remain in the competition.

1. Tawan - 46.00

( First Call Out )

2. Angie - 45.00

3. Alaiza - 35.00

( Quit )

4. Patricia - 34.00

5. Tuti - 34.00

6. Julian - 33.00

7. May - 31.00

8. Jessica - 28.00

9. Sang-in - 20.00

( Bottom Three )

10. Aldilla - 19.00

( Bottom Three, Originally eliminated but safe)

11. Gwen - 15.00

( Eliminated )

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 4 Episode 3

The Girl Who Got Cut

Back to the model house, everybody congratulated Angie for having received best photo. The following day, a Cindy Mail arrived along with a gift containing hair cutouts, signifying makeover week. Mai Ngo expressed concern over not wanting a short haircut. The makeovers were administered at the Jean Yip Hub. Most girls received drastic changes and cried during their makeovers. May, Jessica and Mai Ngo openly expressed their distaste of their new hairdos, while Alaiza confessed that she was jealous of the other girls for getting more drastic makeovers, since her own makeover didn't make her look any different than before. Back at home, Tuti, Tawan and Aldilla compared themselves to Kenneth and Lourd.

Make over :

Alaiza	Deep brown shoulder length hair
Aldilla	Lightened rocker pixie cut
Angie	Hair shaved on one side
Gwen	Dyed chestnut brown and wavy shoulder length hair
Jessica	Chic lob cut
Julian	Trimmed with fringes
Mai Ngo	Darkened and short bob cut
May	Trimmed with fringes
Patricia	Darkened and trimmed
Sang-In	Dyed in multiple colors with side fringes
Tawan	Short pixie cut with orange highlights
Tuti	Rihanna inspired bowl cut

For the photo shoot, the girls had to pose for various different shots to be used in professional comp cards. They were each given 20 minutes for 2 frames of each comp card. Kelly noted that, since there had been no challenge for the week, all their scores would be based solely on the photo shoot. Patricia and Tuti impressed Kelly, while May, Gwen, Alaiza, Julian, and Mai Ngo struggled. Sang-in was ill and had to be rushed to the hospital. The other girls worried that her absency in the photo shoot would result in an automatic elimination, but she made it back to the studio and was rushed to finish her shoot. Sang-in rocked her photo shoot, much to everyone's surprise.

At panel, Sang-in's photo was met with universal praise. Tuti, Aldilla and Angie impressed as well, while May was critiqued for not working the brief she aimed. The judges praised Gwen's efforts to get out of her "beauty queen" comfort zone but criticized her comp card. Together with Mai Ngo she wound up in the bottom two. The final scores were revealed, and with a difference of 4 points, Mai Ngo was sent home.