[Recap] Asia's Next Top Model Season 5 (2017) Episode 2: It costs zero dollar to be real

The Girl Who Is Genetically Blessed

The girls are back to the house. They read Anjelica's note on the wall. Alicia cries for losing Anjelica.

The next morning, Dorothy talks to Jennica that the competition looks like hunger games. She also talks about Maureen's change of behavior to Jennica. Dorothy feels that Maureen looks fake. Nametha suddenly comes and says who is not gossing Maureen. Jennica adds that it costs zero dollar to be real.

Cindy Mail! It's about passion for expression. Heidi guesses that will be a dance challenge. Jennica is excited for the challenge because she is good at dancing. Clara shows her weird dance moves and everybody laughs.

The girls arrive at Converge Studio. They see four dancers doing a dance routine. Cara meets the girls to brief the girls about the challenge. The task is to express themselves using their body through dance. The choreographer, Kay Grace Lee is teaching the girls.

It starts with the warm up by moving around and then they have to fall on the floor gracefully when she claps. They need to do a basic improvisation by writing alphabet with their body on their own interpretation.

It is the time for the challenge. Top 3 of last week choose their own team. Clara picks Jennica, Alicia, and Heidi. Valerie picks Veronika, Tu, and Cindy. Maureen picks Dorothy, Shikin, while Nametha and Layla are automatically added to Maureen's team. Every team has their own word. Clara's team gets pure, Valerie's team gets posh, and Maureen's team gets adore. The prize for the winner is a treatment from Jean Yip.

Maureen's team plan is to let each girl represents a letter, while Clara plans to let the best dancer in her team, Jennica shines. The team with the highest overall score will win. Heidi misses a lot of moves and let her team down. Veronica thinks that Clara's team moves does not look pure, it looks too much. Shikin thinks Valerie's team is so coordinative and they give a nice pose in the end. Jennica laughs at Maureen's solo performance in the beginning because she thinks Maureen is not a dancer. However, Maureen's team is the winner of the challenge.

Challenge score:

Dorothy 8.6

Nametha 8.0

Maureen 7.8

Shikin 7.8

Layla 7.5

Jennica 7.5

Clara 7.5

Cindy 7.5
Valerie 7.4

Veronika 7.3

Alicia 7.2

Tu 6.2

Heidi 6.0

Heidi feels that she lets her team down by being the weakest. She punches tree to express her feeling. Tu cries and feels upset because of her challenge score. The girls discuss Tu's sadness, but Jennica suddenly tells that she feels some of the top girls do not deserve to be on top, except for Dorothy. Maureen asks if Jennica refers her as one of them. Jennica comes back asking her if Maureen is feeling guilty.

Cindy Mail! It's about brushing and smiling. Heidi is excited because she likes being happy. The girls brush their teeth with Colgate, one of the sponsors this season.

The girls meet Cara and Joel Lim, this week's photographer, again. The brief is to show their signature smile. They will pick four top photos to be shown at panel. The girl with the best performance will get a chance to be the new face of Colgate. Pia gives a video message. Her message is not to go overboard, show natural beauty and energy.

Joel and Cara is kind of easy to impress this week. Joel says yes, yes, YES to most of the girls. Cindy,  Layla, Tu and Dorothy are seen as a threat by some of the girls this week. Some of the girls, like Maureen, Valerie, Jennica, and Clara do not give much variety. Nametha looks too goofy most of the time, while Heidi cannot control her excitement and it looks forced.

Alicia feels that everyone kills it and it makes her stressed out. She wants to be surprised that there is no elimination every week, but it is not gonna happen.

Judging panel
The guest judges this week are Thai supermodel and actress "Lukkade" Metinee Kingpayome and Yu Tsai, Yu Tsai, Yu Tsai.

Alicia
Alicia makes Cara nervous, but her photo blows her mind away. Cara is happy that she can pull a commercial look. Lukkade likes the right photos and it makes her feels good. Cindy likes how she shows variety. I really like this photo. It definitely shows variety. She looks fresh and good, even though her teeth might not be the best one. She unexpectedly did good so far.

Clara
Lukkade feels that she shows her gum too much. Yu Tsai feels that she needs to learn how to take a smiling photo. Her smile is beautiful, but she does not give a lot of variety. It almost looks like the same face in all four photos.

Valerie
Cara feels her photo is an okay. It looks similar in all photo and middle of the pack. Lukkade does not feel the photo looks commercial nor a model photo. Yu Tsai feels that she looks beautiful and her check bone looks phenomenal. Cindy feels her photo is on point with the brief, but she needs more variety. I agree with Cindy. Her top photos are quite good, but the bottom left is quite scary.

Heidi
Cara wants to love her, but she is so pumped that Heidi does not know how to channel her excitement and emotion. Yu Tsai feels that she needs to figure that out. Lukkade feels her photo looks forced. Cindy says that the client will not be happy. I am so disappointed. I expected her to nail this photoshoot. The bottom right is the most tolerable one. The others are so forced.

Nametha
Cara feels that she follows the brief and shows her personality. Cindy needs her to control her craziness. Lukkade feels her angles are not flattering and she needs to try several angles, including the questionable 95degrees. This is even worse than Heidi. I think she might have better shots judging from her photoshoot session. It looks creepy.

Tu
Tu looks sad and she says nothing when Cindy asks about her. Yu Tsai asks her to shake it out, but she kind of takes a deep breathe. Yu Tsai feels that she tells stories which have beginning, middle, and end. Cindy asks her to be on all the time.

Maureen
Cara feels that she gets the smile that Colgate would kill to have, but her photo is exactly the same and she is genetically blessed. Yu Tsai only judges based on what he sees and he loves it. Cindy thinks she gives variety and kills the shot. We all know she has an amazing face, but she does not give much variety. Nevertheless, it is still a beautiful photo.

Veronika
Cara feels that she does fantastic on set and it is hard to choose because so many good photos. Lukkade likes all the shot. Cindy says that it is not easy to pull a great peace pose. Yu Tsai feels that her best is the peace one because it hides her technical issue. I always feel that she is the better twin. Her smile is beautiful.

Layla
Layla does not like her photo when she sees it. She also says that she will not book her. Cara feels that she does well. Lukkade likes her photo, but she concerns about her because she looks unhealthy. Yu Tsai feels she looks happy and healthy. I agree with Lukkade that she looks a bit unhealthy. Her photo does not scream a tooth paste ad for me. I know she does not belong to commercial photoshoot, but looks a bit creepy.

Shikin
Cara thinks that she is challenging and struggling during photoshoot and she looks the same. Yu Tsai is not convinced with her photo because she does not give a story behind it. I feel her photo looks staged. It does not look genuine. She is kind of disappointing so far because she did great in her promo shot.

Dorothy
Lukkade feels that her photo is one of her favourites because she knows her angle and looks natural. Her photo makes Cara wants to brush her teeth. Yu Tsai does not like it. Her bottom photo transforms from cheeky to cheesy. Cindy does a voice over telling stories of each photo. Cindy sees a Colgate commercial in her photo. I can see a story in her photos. It looks a like a comic strip in a good way. I think she did great this week. She looks great and her teeth looks great as well.

Jennica
Lukkade feels her photo looks cheesy and pageantry. Yu Tsai feels it is forgettable. Cindy feels it is just an okay shot. I do not see anything wrong in this photo. It might look like the photo we usually see in social media, but it is kind of middle of the pack for me. There are worse photos than hers.

Cindy
Cara's favorite is the top left because she looks sincere, happy, and youth. Yu Tsai likes it. He thinks her photo is the most expensive. It can work beyond Colgate; it can be for skin care and jewellery.  I expected a lot because I know smiling is her element. The more I see it, the less I like it. I think she is kind of awkward in top right and bottom left. Her bottom right is probably one of my favourites.

Call-Out:
The girl with the best performance this week is ...

Call-Out	Contestants	Cindy	Cara	Yu Tsai	Lukkade	Challenge	Total
1	Dorothy	10.0	10.0	6.5	9.0	8.5	44.0
2	Cindy	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	7.5	43.5
3	Veronika	8.0	9.0	7.0	9.0	7.3	40.3
4	Layla	7.5	10.0	9.0	2.0	7.5	36.0
5	Maureen	8.5	5.0	7.0	7.0	7.8	35.3
6	Clara	7.5	5.0	8.5	6.0	7.5	34.5
7	Nametha	6.0	5.0	9.0	5.0	8.0	33.0
8	Shikin	7.5	5.0	6.0	6.0	7.8	32.3
9	Tu	7.0	5.0	7.0	7.0	6.2	32.2
10	Valerie	7.0	6.0	7.0	4.0	7.4	31.4
11	Alicia	8.0	6.0	6.0	4.0	7.2	31.2

Who stays? Will it be Heidi who gives too much and cannot control her body and face? Will it be Jennica who has gorgeous face but does not look genuine?

12	Jennica	X	X	X	X	7.5	28.5
Eliminated	Heidi	X	X	X	X	6.0	24.5

Next episode: Makeover! Clara cries and Cindy is not there to baby her! Yu Tsai shouts out ... again! Layla cries ... again!

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