In a shocking turn of events, the former front-runner, Nnenna, is now history. I mostly agree with Tyra and the judges that Nnenna started out strong and then really didn’t improve, but compared to Sara and Furonda, for example, Nnenna was a superstar!
At this point, with five girls left, the race is really down to Joanie and Danielle. Jade is consistently doing well, but her attitude and age will keep her out of the top spot. Danielle is more model-like than Joanie, but her thick Arkansas accent is a major drawback for her on the “spokesmodel” front (and, remember, the main prize is a $100,000 Cover Girl contract, and there’s lots of spokesmodelling to be done). Joanie is a solid performer with a likable personality, and I can see her going all the way unless she royally screws something up.
Oh, and it turns out, neither Amy nor I got the exotic foreign locale right — they went to Thailand.
