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RAVEN

[By the way, Raven?]

JUJUBEE! \o/

AND PRETTY MISS TYRA

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Thank you Tati, thank you thank you!

Here's Tati's exit interview in which she loves Jessica Wild and says this:

"I think Raven’s issue with me stems from jealousy and insecurity. She cuts others down so she can feel better about herself. Someone with true confidence wouldn’t feel the need to do that. But hey… from all of her sh*t-talking I think she put more attention on me than I could have done alone. THANX RAVEN!"

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Tom and Lorenzo of Project Rungay interviewed Pandora. Sounds like the Reunion episode is going to be dramatic.

"The only time I was really super offended and I felt he crossed the line was when he said I looked like a coke whore. I didn’t even know what to say. I was like, ‘Did you really just say that to me?’ [...] Raven is another one that wasn’t as bitchy around everybody else as she was in the interviews. I was shocked by a lot of the things she was saying and certainly not thrilled with some of the things she said about me. She was very nice to my face, but very NOT nice to me in the interviews. In person, and I’ve talked to Raven, I really like her, but on the show it was quite surprising. I think it’s going to be a very interesting reunion special."

Untucked, in which responsible editing shows that Raven might have memory problems.

I miss the positive energy of Season 1 and am kinda running out of steam to care about this show :( But there are rumours that Nina, Ongina and Shannel will be on next week's pre-finale show? That could be fun.

*Also, does anyone have suggestions on what they'd like to see in this comm, and/or would anyone want to do weekly discussion posts or such? I'm going to be mostly offline for the next few weeks so it would be cool if others could take over.

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the fact that this challenge was so fashion/style oriented didn't help either, given her questionable taste level.

Yah. It's too bad that the show rewards Tyra so highly for her runway presentation, because even though she's really young she's obviously got money, or more likely, someone with money helping her out. Not many 21-year olds can afford those kinds of clothes and wigs (and Tati obviously can't; I think it sucks that that worked against her). The way the show is judged does end up giving a real advantage to the more economically privileged among them. Jade from season 1 made the same point in a BTS.

Tatianna is remarkably together, emotionally, for a 21-year old, and I give her credit for, as you said, not giving Raven the satisfaction (speaking of whom? Raven is 30 -- no matter how much she deludes herself that she looks 22 -- and way too old to be acting like a high-school bully!) She's funny sometimes though ("a crotch full of friends").

Agreed on Raven's crazy in Untucked. Ugh. I have to wonder how much of this Ru sees in advance because, yeah, Ru's philosophy is *all* about being nice. And given that Sonique was slammed so hard during the judging on episode 2 for making *one* snarky remark towards a guy on the street, it makes even less sense.

Jujubee is hilarious. Also, Tati deliberately threw the lipsync for her! Aww, sweet. Yeah, I think Jujubee was trying to make her cry at various points but they seemed to actually be friends.

The way the show is judged does end up giving a real advantage to the more economically privileged among them. Jade from season 1 made the same point in a BTS.

Hn, I hadn't thought about that aspect of it - though now you say it, it really does make me raise an eyebrow at several of Tyra's wigs and dresses throughout the competition. No wonder she got so into the part of the rich/spoiled widow and bride during the Snatch Game and bridal runways. And here I was thinking that a lot of the credit Tyra has gotten on the runway was due to her being crafty (meaning that she can sew her ass off, though she is also a scheming bitch of course).

Re: Season 1, I wonder how much that economic divide pointed a finger at Shannel. Back then I just attributed it to her being a Vegas performer, but she had *a lot* of swag. Now that I think about it, that Medusa outfit with the fake boobs hanging out was probably a ridiculously expensive costume. See, the more I think about this, the fishier things get. Now I'm wondering if Jade's tuck was so bad because she also didn't have the money to buy decent duct tape or a good gaff. :p

I'd forgotten that Tatianna said she was going to throw the lip-synch to save Jujubee. But in addition to that, I also think she had had her fill of Raven's crap and "Your skirt's too short"; she just had the vibe of "Okay, enough" by the end.

I don't think Tyra can sew well! That skirt/poncho thing she made for the country challenge was apparently impressive, but not very well made, from what I can remember. Also, they didn't *have* to make their gowns for the last challenge, but Tatianna did (and unfortunately borrowed that stripey dress, which I still maintain looked really good on her).

Re: Season 1, I wonder how much that economic divide pointed a finger at Shannel.

Yep. Jade mentioned that, re: Shannel -- not in an accusatory way, though (unfortunately in S's case, it didn't help her since Santino decided he hated her style).

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