Reality Bites
Original Airdate: 13 May 2008
Jonathan Pease surprises the girls at home to tell them it's crunch time, that they're on their own this week; the girls have to do everything for themselves. Their nervousness is not helped as they arrive at the lesson to find catwalk Queen Mink and uber important industry stylist, Trevor Stones waiting to assess their model walks. Alexandra is devastated by the feedback she's given, made a thousand times worst by Demelza getting the most-improved-on-the-day- and -most-likely-to-succeed plaudits.
Back at the house, Demelza water-bombs Alamela, then tips water over her head, all in an alleged attempt to make her react and to "understand" her. Alamela professes she's glad the girls now understand she's not fake.
The next day, Jodhi and Priscilla Leighton-Clarke send the girls on go-sees to three fashion designers. The girls are arranged into groups and pretty soon, all three teams are soon running late and the only girl that really impressed the designers was Alyce. She wins the challenge and is rewarded with a photo shoot in 'Body and Soul' magazine, along with her two chosen friends to share the reward, Demelza and Rebecca.
The losers have to walk in heels on the treadmill as they watch Alyce, Demelza and Rebecca aka "the Bitchketeers" being made up for their photo shoot in the glamourous backyard of their model house. Alexandra leads a group moon at them from the balcony and makes "the bitchketeers" photos better, making them giggle and laugh. Then, Demelza, Rebecca and Alyce turn on Alamela as she does her treadmill walk, she fights back, making the tension rise even higher.
The photo shoot is for Alex Perry's look book. Belinda really struggles and Alamela is too small for the size eight sample size. Rebecca is delighted to overhear Trevor Stones and Alex Perry say that Alamela is too small, something she can use against Alamela later. But after that Rebecca fails at the photo shoot for giving nothing for Alex Perry. Demelza is terrified she won't squeeze into a size eight, but she does, and impresses to the extent that she, Alyce and Alexandra are kept back for extra shots.
After they arrive home, Demelza gleefully tells Alamela that she wore her dress for the re-shoot. Alamela replies to Demelza by saying "I heard someone saying you need to lose a few pounds" but to Demelza, it came across as saying "I think you need to lose a few pounds" . Rebecca kicks in with her "too thin" comment after Alamela then comments about how she thought Rebecca's shoot went "badly". It turns into a full blown fight, leaving Alamela in tears and Demelza happy for the "reaction."
The 'bitchketeers' are punished at elimination, with Charlotte christening them the "Dapto Dogs". Samantha, Demelza, Caris, Alamela, Alyce and Alexandra were acclaimed with their photos. Belinda and Rebecca land in the bottom two, and Belinda is sent packing.
- First call-out: Samantha Downie
- Bottom two: Belinda Hodge and Rebecca Jobson
- Eliminated: Belinda Hodge
- Featured photographer: Georges Antoni
- Special guests: Mink Sadowsky, Trevor Stones, Priscilla Leighton-Clarke, Bowie Wong, Marnie Skillings, Nicola Finetti, Laura Gorun
Read more about this topic: Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 4, List of Episodes
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