[Recap] Asia's Next Top Model Season 5 (2017) Episode 5: Be the hero of your own story

The Girl Who Made 'It' Happen

Tu feels lost when Layla is eliminated because Layla is her only best friends. Cindy also misses Layla. Nametha and Dorothy think that the girl from Bad Girls Room, Dorothy leave again, but Dorothy survives the elimination.

Cindy Mail! Be the hero of your own story. The girls guess it will be a commercial challenge where the girls need to write their own script. Clara tells the girls that her English is not good. Alicia jokingly wants to help Clara to sabotage her.

The girls meet Cara and Indonesian beauty vlogger, Cindercella for their challenge. The challenge is a social media challenge for Maybelline "Louder than Words". They will get edgy phrases to embody. The girls are divided into groups. Group 1 is Tu, Valerie, and Shikin. Group 2 is Nametha, Veronica, and Alicia. Group 3 is Dorothy, Maureen, Cindy, and Clara. The winning group will get Maybelline products worth of $10,000.

Valerie has a bit problem with Shikin as both of them are dominating the group. Clara and Dorothy have a problem with Maureen's slowness in wearing make up. Clara also calls Maureen stupid because Maureen takes the photo different way than what Clara expects. Cindercella's favourite girls are Dorothy, Alicia, and Shikin. The winning group is Group 3.

Contestants	Challenge Score
Shikin	8.5
Dorothy	8.3
Alicia	8.0
Clara	7.9
Cindy	7.8
Veronika	7.5
Maureen	7.5
Tu	7.4
Valerie	7.3
Nametha	6.8

The girls meet Cara and Nigel for a Maybelline photoshoot. The theme is paparazzi inspired photoshoot. They have to represent three distinctive looks of Maybelline's It Girls. Cindy, Valerie, and Clara represent uptown princess. Shikin, Dorothy, and Nametha represent downtown edge. Veronika, Alicia, and Maureen represent midtown girl. The model and social media influencer, Madi Ross will and the creative director of Maybelline New York, Nigel Stanislaus help with the photoshoot.

Judging Panel:
The guest judge is Nigel Stanislaus.

Alicia

Cindy

Clara

Dorothy

Maureen

Nametha

Shikin

Tu

Valerie

Veronika

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

Call-Out	Contestants	Cindy	Cara	Yu Tsai	Nigel	Challenge	Total
1	Maureen	10.0	9.0	9.0	9.8	7.5	45.3
2	Shikin	8.0	9.8	8.5	7.0	8.5	41.8
3	Valerie	10.0	8.0	7.0	9.0	7.3	41.3
4	Dorothy	8.8	9.7	6.5	7.0	8.3	40.3
5	Tu	7.5	6.5	8.5	9.0	7.4	38.9
6	Nametha	8.5	6.0	6.0	8.0	6.8	35.3
7	Cindy	7.0	7.0	6.5	6.0	7.8	34.3
8	Veronika	7.0	7.5	6.0	6.0	7.5	34.0

Clara starts to have teary eyes when she knows that she is in bottom two with her best friend, Alicia.

Who stays? Will it be Clara who is lack of focus and hard to prove her consistency? Will it be Alicia who is professional but her versatility is questioned?

9	Clara	X	X	X	X	7.9	32.4
Eliminated	Alicia	X	X	X	X	8.0	32.0

Clara cries really hard. Cindy asks her to find the focus she needs. Clara takes her photo and hugs Alicia again.

Next episode: Bath tub photoshoot! Nametha vs The Twins! The Twins get their revenge! Nametha is cheating? Dorothy believes the girl who cheats should be eliminated!