Renee’s nasty attitude was finally called out by Tyra herself. The girls were asked to change their names to dreadful things like “Whitelle” and “Wholahay.” Jael took a dive off the deep end after harassing superstar 50 Cent. God, I love this show. The biggest shocker of Wednesday night’s episode of “America’s Next Top Model,” however, was probably the loss of cute, pixieish Sarah. I was expecting Renee, Whitney or even Jael to get the boot. I had a chat with Sarah to ask why she thought she was the latest girl eliminated, to ask her a few lingering questions from previous episodes and to see what she is up to now.\nThe perky girl definitely isn’t too worried about her future. Before the show, Sarah already had a contract with Elite Modeling in Chicago. She works as a fashion and advertising photographer, and her recent undertaking is a new record label. She told me to check out her MySpace page (www.myspace.com/sarahvonderhaar) and listen to some of the Sheryl Crow-esque songs that were inspired by her experiences on the show, and I have to say that this girl has a future. I am not sure what field it will be in, but she is going ... somewhere.\nShe explained that she wants to keep up her modeling career, despite the judges’ telling her that she posed too much and that her job as a photographer may prove a hindrance. She agreed she does often think too much about her shots and learned from the show that she needs to act more natural.\nShe told me about all of the fun times that she had with the shoots and the other girls in the house. She said her favorite shoots were the candy and drag-queen episodes. About the candy shoot she said, “They put Lifesavers on my nipples and they kept falling off.”\nShe also said the ice cream she had to hold gave her hands frostbite.\nShe denied some of the drama that the producers of the show just love to play up. In the episode “The Girl Who Takes Credit,” she did not, she said, take all the credit for the challenge, and she apologized for her behavior to the other contestants later. She also told me about unaired scenes where the girls dressed up as each other and held their own fashion show in the house. “We had so much fun and we were just goofballs half of the time.”
Predictions\nMy two favorites all along have been Brittany and Jael. Brittany is starting to weaken, but I think that if she loses the weave, her spark may come back. Jael’s stunt with 50 Cent may be one of the most memorable and hilarious “Top Model” moments yet. I like her for her crazy attitude, but she definitely needs to curb it if she wants to land a professional career in modeling. The rising star this week is Natasha. She is learning to not rely solely on her beauty during the shoots and is becoming less catty with the other girls. Watch out for this one and keep up with the rest of the contestants on the next episode at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, on The CW.
