Psychological Control

Chapter 16

On the Tuesday of the second week, still photos are taken.The model bus drove us to a huge parking lot.

"This is your shooting scene today," Jonathan stood in front of the model and described today's shooting content. "Fashion inspiration comes from every bit of life, from Paris fashion street to parking lot. Today we will combine them and combine RV culture Enter high fashion. Now you will be allowed to pick your own partners, based on last week's results."

"Bryan," Jonathan turned to look at me, "You won the best still photo last week, you choose first."

Choosing your own partner is a very difficult choice. The first thing you need to consider is that your partner’s modeling skills should not be too bad, otherwise it will only waste your energy during the shooting process. Mike and Jamie ruled it out first.

Secondly, your partner cannot attract all the eyes of the photographer, otherwise your own light will be covered, because the photographer will leave the best angle for the other party.Mike, who has Jonathan's heart the most, is excluded.

The opponent must have a certain gap with his own style, so that the overall diversity can be reflected in the photos, and Nina, who has the same hair color and style as me, no longer considers the range.

Because Ashton is not strong enough, the atmosphere of the two will be weakened if he is partnered with him, so I don't plan to choose Ashton.

Both Alice and Chris are good options. I turned my head to look at them, and asked, "Do I have to choose a girl? Or both men and women are fine."

Jonathan smiled, and replied: "It's all right, this time the photo shoot does not have a specific women's clothing brand or men's clothing brand."

"Then I choose Chris." I smiled and hooked Chris's neck in front of me and said.

It seems that because of my opening, starting with Ashton, everyone booed loudly.Chris' ears were slightly red, and he smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled up.

The reason for not choosing Alice is simple, because Alice is too professional, and the photographer will give the female model more main angles during the shooting.Therefore, when both are male models, there will be no partiality in the photographer's lens.

For the second choice, Mike chose Alyssa, who had been photographed with him in the wedding photo.The third Jaina wisely chose Marvin, the strongest remaining male model.

Alyssa was fourth, and she had no choice and finally chose Dan.When it was Nina's turn, she looked around the boys for a long time before finally choosing Jamie. At least Jamie would not freeze in front of the camera like Mike did, and had the best figure praised by Rob.

In the end, Ashton, Reina and Ko Nani were left. There was no choice among the three, and finally Jonathan decided that the three of them would shoot together.Paired with the powerful Rena, Ashton is in a bad situation, but two female models and one male model also give him a good advantage, because he will be the center of photographers' attention.

After a day of waiting after Tuesday's photo shoot, Wednesday night eliminated the stage.

The still photo shoot of me and Chris shows the chemistry between the two of us to the fullest.The best thing about outdoor photos for me is the dual effect of the sun and my hair color, like a fluffy flame, and Chris' short platinum blonde hair, the gorgeous colors can instantly catch the eyes of people who see the photos.

The caravan style is only used as a background theme, but the story line is mostly mastered by the models themselves.The casual clothes on the body required the model to show that they were relaxed at home, but relaxed and amazingly stylish at the same time.

Both Chris and I are in a very stretched posture. I sat on the chair next to the picnic table to the left, with my hands lightly resting on Chris's legs, and I stared directly at the camera with burning eyes, as if I was staring at the people watching from the outside. Chris is sitting sideways on the table behind me, his folded legs are very slender and revealing because of the shorts, his eyes are not looking at the camera, but at my hand on his leg.

Norma is clearly someone who likes seeing storylines in stills, for which she gave me and Chris a 9 and an 8, respectively.Rob paid more attention to the development potential of the male model and modeling skills than others. The only flaw in the photo was that the light on Chris’s face was weaker than mine. In the end, Rob gave me the same photo as Chris. 8 points.

Taylor has always given the most generous points among the judges. She combined the opinions of the two judges. In the end, I scored 9 points and Chris 9 points.

On the other hand, because I clearly know that for a show like America's Next Top Model whose audience is basically women and gays, there is nothing more suitable for them than two handsome men taking hard photos, and ultimately benefit from the far ahead society In the media vote, we were ranked second and third, respectively, although below Alice.

Alice's modeling skills on location are very good, and her social media scores have never been lower than the top three because of her beautiful face, and this time it has reached a peak.

But it seems to be commercialized because it is too professional. Norma commented that the story line cannot be seen in the photos.However, the overall score allowed her to get the best still photo this time, ranking first.

The combination of Alice and Dan, as expected, the light of the female model completely suppressed the male model. I heard that the photographer's attention fell on Alice throughout the shooting.And Dan, who only served as the background board once, won No.5.

Nina's red hair in the sun and her slender standing posture are evaluated as a dryad. The modeling skills and expressions are impeccable, and because of the fashion sense brought out by her unique appearance.Norma rated it as a perfect combination of character and technique, and it finished fourth.

The rest of the rankings start after Dan's No.5. The combination of Marvin and Jaina ranked sixth and seventh without mistakes and wins. Ashton and Conani ranked eighth and ninth respectively. The perverted Rui Na got No.11 one place lower.

Mike and Alyssa are in a group, and both of them are not satisfactory. This time, in the outdoor photo, Mike was criticized for his unchanging posture throughout the whole process. Jonathan seemed to be finally disappointed with Mike's potential and lost his patience in guiding.

Alyssa's pose in the photo was evaluated as being too coquettish and losing her sense of fashion, but her skills were not compromised, she had a beautiful expression, and with the lowest score in the challenge, she got No.10.

The combination of Nina and Jamie has also followed in the footsteps of Alice and Dan. Compared with Nina who became the protagonist, Jamie is a bit dwarfed. He can't open his eyes under the glare of the sun and reflectors. The lack of understanding of his own perfect angle made him finally have to compete with Mike to decide the last promotion place.

In Rob's on-site evaluation, it was a fluke that Mike was ranked second in the photoshoot last week, and this time he lost his original momentum.In the end, Mike's road to America's Supermodel came to an abrupt end, and Jamie became the last person to pass the level.

After the promotion ended and returned to the supermodel house, Jamie turned around the room like a dazed little milk dog.Because before Mike was eliminated, Jamie had been hanging out with him all the time, and now that Mike left, he returned to the state of being rejected by Alice at the beginning.

Alice, who got the key to Taylor's suite, invited Nina to share it with her. Chris was still a little awkward with me. Although he tried his best to behave the same as before, I couldn't stop observing the micro-expressions of the people around me. The feeling of being out of place got worse after I moved back from Taylor's suite.

Thursday is still the challenge. The content of the challenge is hosted by Andy, the person in charge of social media, and his friend, a famous blog reporter. The model will interview passers-by as a reporter for an online column.Models need to ask Andy and the blogger in the headset to ask questions, and even be asked to ask strange questions and malicious comments.

Pedestrians passing by will stare at you because of your strange behavior, but for the challenge, you must do exactly what is required in the headset.I acted so unnaturally that not only the judges saw it, but Ashton and Chris also noticed it.

In a personal interview, I sat in front of the camera and said: "I know I performed badly this time. I already guessed the result when I heard the content of the game. But I can't adapt to speaking when many people are staring at me. It's like being stripped naked in front of everyone."

"In a mental health facility, the psychiatrists would put us in groups and everyone stand up in front of the group and say everything that's on your mind. That was my nightmare, and I don't want to go through it again."

This is the truth, and I don't mean to be a show when I say this.But there is a deeper reason for my loathing, because I panic when everyone looks at me with an inquiring curiosity, or even a monster.I'm afraid that people will see my real self under the shell when I can't control my own actions.

Being asked to do something you wouldn't normally do is like being stripped of your pretense.My last visit was poorly done, looking tense and unnatural.In the end, only seven points were scored.

Chris unexpectedly went all out, and he scored nine points.Jamie put in 120% of his efforts in the challenge due to his lack of confidence in still photo shoots, and got a full score of [-] in one fell swoop, which is also the highest score among all models.

On the bus back after the game, Ashton and Chris asked me why I was behaving strangely.I'm still prevaricating with what I said in my personal interview.

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On Friday, this time it was not a photo shoot.

America's Next Top Model has recruited a famous stage actor, and the remaining twelve models are exactly six pairs of men and women, who will reverse their genders and shoot a perfume commercial.

After Jonathan announced the content of the shooting, the models were in an uproar, especially the male models.Ashton showed a smug look, obviously he is very confident in cross-dressing.

"Because the commercial will end with a passionate kiss between you, you will choose your partner according to the ranking of the last photo. Alice, you are the best photo of the last time. You choose first." Jonathan finally said.

Alice chose Jamie, who had a crush on her, a wise choice.Even if Jamie doesn't do well in his solo shoot, because of his liking for Alice, the last part of the two working together will be better than working with other models who don't like her.

It was my turn for the second one. According to Jaina's strong performance at the lace wedding in the first week, I finally decided to choose Jaina.Immediately afterwards, Chris chose Nina, Marvin chose Rena, and Ashton chose Alyssa.In the end, Dan and Ko Nani were left as a group.

All boys have to be trained in how to walk in high heels, and then dresses, make-up and wigs.

To be honest, when I put on those [-]cm high heels, I felt like I was stepping on two thin chopsticks when I stood up. Can't grasp the balance point.

I couldn't stand at all at first, and if Ashton hadn't held my hand and led me along, I don't think I would have sprained my ankle and never learned to walk in high heels.Almost all male models, except Ashton, have fallen into this dilemma.

Because Ashton didn’t have to learn how to walk in high heels, he and Alyssa were the first group to shoot. Thanks to Ashton’s work as a drag queen, I also quickly learned how to walk in high heels under his guidance. Standing firmly on high heels, at least a little faster than other male models.

Me and Gianna were the second shoot.The clothes the designer gave me were unexpectedly pastoral, a white chiffon dress, and waist-length hair that was the same color as my original hair, but there was no curl at all, just like the long straight hair in the fairy tales.

This is the first time I saw Brian with long straight hair in the mirror. Although the hair color is still the same, but the lazy gentleness that Brian originally had was all crushed and recreated, and he was expressionless in the mirror. I am a little wary of the cold.

The grass green eyeshadow with fluorescent powder added a touch of glamor to the original pure dress, and the light pink lip gloss made the lips look flimsy.

"Wow! Brian, you look so beautiful in this way!" Ashton, who was wearing a strong woman-like OL outfit, just finished filming, and ran towards me with high heels.

Before he saw it, I raised my harmless smile again and turned my head, "Really? It's weird to see my straight hair for the first time."

Ashton walked up to me and cupped my cheeks, fascinated, "Oh, you look like a real girl. Go and show Chris! He's going to be petrified!"

I was pulled by Ashton to stand up, staggered a few steps and quickly broke away from Ashton's hand, "Wait... I see that he is practicing walking, so don't bother him. Besides, I have to Discuss with Jaina about the content of the kiss scene later."