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May 11, 2008

Representing on Reality TV: MIT School of Style

050809-chris-pink-hat.jpgBeauty and the Geek: The geeks were presented with a special challenge--making over a model. Sweater Vest Tommy heard the word "model" and said in confessional that he thought it would be "Amber Amber Amber Amber ..." He cannot get the model who led him into the closet off his mind. This makes us wonder--exactly what happened in that closet? But who knows with Sweater Vest Tommy? As his partner, Amanda, said, "I feel like he knows more than he lets on sometimes."

He got quite a disappointment when the models proved to be female geeks. While Sweater Vest Tommy was distracted by thoughts of Amber, MIT Chris got focused and revealed an eye for color. He turned his geeky model into a true beauty and got her to "work it." For all his talk about being the most athletic person in the house, MIT Chris turned out to be the best stylist. Perhaps he should have made himself over after what the professional stylists did to his hair.

Sweater Vest Tommy also did well in the makeover challenge, but he placed second, and Amanda didn't do well in her plumbing challenge. As a result, Sweater Vest Tommy and Amanda ended up in the elimination room with Tara and Cowboy Joe, who insisted on wearing his American flag tie. It didn't bring them any luck, and Tara lost out to Amanda on a question about Thomas Edison.

Next week is the finale, perhaps the last "Beauty and the Geek" episode ever, and two of Massachusetts' finest will represent.

Image of MIT Chris from the CW. Tila Tequila puke-fest and Fatima enjoys a bona fide triumph after the jump.

A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila: How does "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila" nauseate us? Let us count the ways. This week, the contestants had to go through the bi-athalon (nyuk nyuk). The women won a sex ed class with Ms. Tequila, and everything was mildly skeezy, as the show tends to be. But things went swiftly downhill with a puke-a-thon in which contestants had to drink shots of gross liquids, like canola oil.

Soon, everyone was heaving all over the floor. Of course, Ms. Tequila didn't have to take shots of hot sauce and canola oil. But it got worse. The female contestants had to--ahem--munch--on pig vagina. To Michelle's credit, she didn't win because that would have meant she was willing to eat anything and everything. However, Michelle hasn't been on camera much. That might mean that she has too much dignity to act insane on camera.

America's Next Top Model: It's the final four, and Fatima is feeling confident enough to talk trash behind Dominique's back. Dominique is a little goofy, and a confrontation with Dominique doesn't look like it would be fun.

But this week the models learned a real skill--how to take pictures. They had to take pictures of judge Paulina Porizkova, and being bossy suited Fatima. She finally won her first challenge. It's funny--one day she'll freak out, and the next she'll have it together.

As an added bonus, Fatima got 50 extra frames for her photo shoot with Nigel Barker, in which she looked like a model from the 1950s. She had some trouble and was stiff, which tends to be her big problem. Yet somehow she pulled a beautiful shot out from nowhere. Despite that, she wound up in the bottom two because she didn't make the most of her 50 frames and she isn't the best listener in the world. It seems like Tyra wanted to scare Fatima, so she made it into the top three.

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