CH 12

If ya didn't read my note at the end of the 11th chap, to sum it up, this is an extra of sum sort. Enjoy?

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Author's Note: The twentieth season of America's Next Top Model, and the first season that allowed male and female models to compete for the title together. In the judges' conference room after a specially filmed re-casting.

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"That's a good group, I like these two, one male and one female just right." Taylor picked out the two photos with her delicately painted nail polish fingers.

"Ah, I remember them. A girl who got married and divorced at nineteen and a boy who was...sort of an orphan?" Rob nodded in approval as he sat watching.

Norma glanced over and called out the two by name, "Is that Alice and Brian Moss? Those two I approve, what about you Jonathan?"

"Oh, I don't have a problem with that. In fact, I particularly like Brian...he has a talking eye, and a meticulous attitude." Jonathan said with a smile, and held up the picture of the redheaded male model.

"He also has a face that particularly suits the aesthetic of a perfectionist like you, doesn't he?" Taylor teased at the sight. "As well as having an elegant and refined face, he and Alice do a good job of walking the stage."

"So it's settled then, this group takes Alice and Bryan Moss. Six more will be needed to make up the thirty-two contestants who have passed the re-election." Rob barked out a verdict.

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Behind-the-scenes interviews with the contestants.

"I hear we have a high achiever here?" Marvin was excited in front of the camera, "Oh, I'm not exactly academic material! But in this tournament, a high achiever doesn't always have an advantage, does he? I'll give it my best shot!"

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After the first show in Los Angeles, the thirty-two to sixteen catwalk show hard photo shoot. Still the judges' meeting room.

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"I have to say that out of so many groups only Alice and Brian's group went off with a bang. The others were all too raw." Norma frowned, picking through the pile of photos.

"We can't be that picky, knowing that all the contestants we allow have to be new to the show who haven't signed with a modeling agency. There are even complete amateurs in the mix." Taylor said with a laugh. "Brian did really surprise me though, he's so unlike a newbie."

"Maybe it has something to do with his experience working in strip clubs?" Jonathan laughed harshly, "When it comes to stage experience, there's no model here who's more professional than him. Apart from Mike, he's now one of my second favourite male models."

"It's just a pity that his style doesn't really suit the likes of me, because although he has a muscular body too, he looks skinny in his clothes." Rob said sadly.

"Oh, come on Rob! It's called looking skinny on and off, and those formal wear brands are the most ha for this one." Tyler rolled his eyes and couldn't help but spit on Rob who looked at him like he was his brother.

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"Eh...maybe the reason is also that he doesn't look down on me like everyone else does? My mother kicked me out on my eighteenth birthday and I became a vagrant living back and forth with friends, then until even they started making all sorts of excuses to put me off borrowing...so I could only feel the kindness of Nina and Brian among these people." There wasn't a smile on Chris's face as he spoke of these things, it looked heavy. It even took on a bit of resentment.

The jury room after the sixteen-in-fourteen wedding photo-themed hard photo shoot.

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"Alice doesn't seem to be doing as well as she used to at this hard photo shoot." Taylor shook her head and sighed, "Instead, it was Jamie beside her who did a bit better. It's only a hard photo shoot, but unfortunately it seems that the wedding dress is still giving her a mental image."

"I like this one of Brian the best." Jonathan said excitedly, "What you guys didn't know because you weren't there is that he was the one who barely needed any guidance the whole time. After the explanation at the beginning, his performance barely took me much time to get the best shot!"

"I think he could have improved on this picture," Norma said disapprovingly, "It's naturally perfect in terms of the subject. But from his point of view as a model, he should have shown himself as much as possible in front of the camera. But he seems to have gotten so involved that he forgot to show off his strengths. Curling up in the corner is not a pose that gets him extra points."

"I prefer this one of Dan, his muscles and puffed up chest hold up the suit and represent gay pride." Rob still doesn't like Bryan's style, compared to the manly photos like Dan's that got his vote."