Photoshoot #13

[Maria Kanellis]

Oh Natalie... what an unfortunate dress

[Amanda Kimmel]

That thing reminds me of the ugly dress she wore in round three. She was almost eliminated there, so why the hell did she go with this? Natalie Freaking Portman has so much better than that... and I can only see it from my phone right now.

Natalie is getting third now. All of that progress to only go back to what she was before.

[Maria Kanellis]

This could be a tough one.

I dislike's Natalie's choice. It was a risk and I do applaud her for that, but I can't get over that dress. I like her facial expression and she did well accessorizing. In the end, I just wish she went with a different picture. I feel like Natalie was the Cinderella story of the game and this could have just brought that crashing down.

I find the decision between Shilpa and Ashley to be pretty difficult.

Shilpa's picture had a lot going on in the background, so I researched pictures of typical Bollywood red carpets so I could get an idea of how it should look in their culture. Having the media on both sides like that seems to be the norm. So, I won't comment on the background workers, but I do agree with Amanda that the light is a little distracting. Also a negative for me about the photo is the dress. I'm sorry, but it looks like something that a contestant on Project Runway would whip up in a challenge and then end up in the Bottom 3 for doing so. On the bright side of the picture, I like her face, her hair, and she has a good stance. I also think she did the best with the accessorizing. I love the necklace, watch and the little cupcake. I can only imagine that Shilpa included a cupcake in this picture cause she saw that JLaw got to have a cupcake baked by me back in Week 5 and Shilpa's been jealous ever since. Now Shilpa gets her cupcake, too

When it comes to Ashley's picture, I like her dress the best, but I guess you could say that it also lends itself to my biggest criticism with her picture: the vibe. The look on her face says that she doesn't want to be there. That's if the look on her face says anything at all cause it just looks completely blank to me. Since her face sets a dreary mood already, I'm not sure if the dress really helps matters. On the bright side, I think she did well with accessorizing. All she has is a handbag and that's all she needs. That dress has enough going on that if she work a necklace and/or bracelets or really any other type of accessory, it would have been overkill. Her styling matches her dress well. I just think she needed to bring a different attitude to really pull this off, though.


I think based off the red carpet alone, it's between Shilpa and Ashley and it's fairly close between the two. I think if you look over the whole season, Natalie gains ground on them, but I think it's Ashley's game.