FINALLY https://kovaze.com/arena/20702 I was stuck in the 190s FOREVER and then got to 199 with a streak of 4 wins in a row and then made the finals like 12 times before I finally got my 200th Thanks for all the help and comp tips I have gotten from some folks to make this happen!

#GoomyGiftGiveAway Week 17! I have taken a few weeks off just because I haven't been playing as much and also I bought all the pride flames (love is love you know) so I wanted to let my koins cook in the bank again. BUT IM BACK. This week, tell me who you think is the hottest male tennis player currently active. And I will gift the first person to name my favorite! Feel free to include (appropriate) photos. :)

Sin you have done really well with these updates lately. I know things have been rough at home, but if you keep bringing these types of amazing updates, you will continue to build a great community on this site and that is something pretty powerful!

Am I the only person who thinks this comp was better before whatever was done to 'fix' it? The ball still lags behind my finger or key taps so often that I cant move it any faster than I do. And I barely break 3K on a good run..... I dont get how I would physically ever be able to go fast enough to get 8K or whatever insane scores some ppl post. Am I missing something here or is there still a big imbalance based on processing speed of your device?

We are getting late in the season now, and even though I know the scores probably seem imbalanced, anyone can make the final if they just avoid being bottom 2. In order to do that, you have to pay attention to the fine details. This week overall I was not nearly as inspired as last week's shoot. We had some super high fashion looking photos last week and then this week we kinda reverted back to some pretty basic stuff overall.... With that said #DNTM4 Marilise Pose: 5 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 5 This pose is becoming your signature pose it seems, and it shouldn’t be…. This one leg up open crotch look is like the 3rd or 4th time we have seen it from you and it has been OK at times (never going to be my favorite) but its really not working here. The face is good and you are doing better with the hair. The addition of the hat is great and I love how it matches the shoes because otherwise I think it would have wanted to be a different color. The rest of the photo is also just not giving us much and the way the purse is just sitting carelessly on the driver’s seat with the strap being wonky seems a bit of an oversight which I wouldn’t expect from you. Total: 6.25 Marquis Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 4 Composition: 5 Not the most exciting pose, but you fill the frame well and it makes your arms look lanky and long but in a good way. The neck and angle you chose to have your face at is also good. The styling itself is like…. Fine…. But this is now the 4th?! Time you have gone with all white? Lets get some inspiration from some other colors please please please. If you had used the royal green in some aspects of this look you could have elevated the design a lot with a little. The composition score is lower because I don’t exactly understand where you are in the photo. It looks like the car is in a pool? It could have actually worked if it was a bit more clear what was going on. Total: 5.75 LeQuishaQ Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 7 A good entry for you, but not your best shot of the season by any means. Having played a season I know it is hard to find inspiration every single week to deliver something that is better than the last, so I don’t fault you for that. I do like the color combinations, the red on the tan is a smart choice. I may have gone with a black heal since you went black gloves (or the reverse) but that is a minor personal preference. The story is cute even though I really hate the cigar as this has been really overused in DNTM across the seasons (especially season 2). Overall good, but not as great as you can be this time. Total: 7.0 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 I enjoy this photo, but a few things hold it back for me. The pose is cute, but I do think wearing the shoes would have helped. Your face is giving here, and it aids in the story telling. Now the rest of the details don’t exactly add up to the story like the old school TV and then a playboy mag? Also the car front is a bit off proportionally. Otherwise this is a good photo and you as a model stand out, just some of the fine details lower the overall photo score. Total: 6.75 CupidStunt Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 The pose is a bit commercial, but for me somehow it does work for this shot. You did hide the neck with the scarf which doesn’t help. Try bunching it up a bit more there so it doesn’t cover the neck or just have it cross that part of the body a bit lower. I do like the dress and the overall look, and the coloring of the photo is great. The money is cheesy and contributes to the commercial nature to this photo. Total: 6.5 Antog Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 6 Composition: 5 This is one of your first misses for me. The pose is alright, but does make your legs look pretty short. I like the movement of the hair and scarf. When you zoom in on the face it is pretty blah…. I know with blue hair you have a bit more limited colors for your styling to avoid clashing, but you seem to lean into just blues every week and there are some better options that could make you really stand out and actually leverage the hair. The cigarette again? I really hate it. Also, you let the image get very overprocessed. Smooth it out at the end before submitting. Total: 5.5 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 This was almost my favorite photo of the week. I like the lighting, the face, the outfit and the pose. Nothing is like 10/10 impressive, but it all does work well. My only thing that holds the photo back is the car set up looks way off (the wheel coming diagonally and the windshield being a bit odd…) If not for those details I think this would get my top photo but now unfortunately I have to give it to Ann... I mean Quisha….. again…. Total: 6.75 Ranks Quisha 7.0 Fancy: 6.75 Guilty: 6.75 Cupid: 6.5 Marilise: 6.25 Marquis: 5.75 Antog: 5.5

I love to read. But there is nothing worse than finishing a book that just consumed you (read the entire thing in about 24 hours) and then feeling like basically all the characters die at the end because its over and you don't get any more from them. Good thing this is a series that has 6 more books and I ordered the next and it arrives tomorrow. But for now I feel broken hearted lol

#DNTM4 Ok so this week I will do the same thing as last week but the pose will be weighted more by counting that score twice then dividing by 5. Overall I enjoy that this shoot had the most realistic high fashion with the theme in general and the execution from the models was strong as a group! Marilise Pose: 5 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 This pose is probably my least favorite of the bunch, which in a week about the pose that is tough. The overall photo feels clean and polished, but the brief was about creating angles in the pose, and this just feels really uninspired. It is giving Instagram not high fashion. Had you hunches the shoulder forward, tilted the knee the was up a bit toward the camera and the bottom leg bent at the knee resting on the toe instead of the heal it gives a bit more excitement and high fashion. The hair looks better in this shot but I think you could have styled it in a more high fashion way still. You have so much hair to work with I want to see something with it. Total: 6.0 Marquis Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 7 Pose is the best one when you consider the brief. The only thing I will say about the pose I think actually fits into the composition score more which is that the arm resting on the leg looks a bit oddly placed there (like almost too far in front of the leg), but it is minor. The arm you are resting on could have been angled a biiiiit more so your elbow to hand area isn’t pointed directly to camera. It looks a bit stumpy, but again it’s a minor flaw. The face is good because it looks very high fashion. You do lose a bit of your beautiful bone structure with the lighting. The outfit is super nice it could have even been strong enough without the train of fabric. I am not sure if the photo would look better or worse without the train? This is your best photo of the season either way. Total: 7.6 LeQuishaQ Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 9 Composition: 8 Given the dress, you did about as much as you could do with the lower body, but the brief asking for angles and strong poses means I have to cap this pose score at a 7. The face is strong but needed to catch the light a bit more. The dress is the best styling choice all season from any model. The overall photo stands out and is yet another consistent entry for you. These girls just can’t catch you. Total: 7.6 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 5 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 This is a miss for me. I like what you tried to do but the bottom leg getting cropped out is very distracting to the eye. The upper body is also a bit stiff and could have had some slouch to it or something to make this work. The face is weak except for the eyes. The eyes are giving a good smize, but the rest of your face feels a bit lacking. Overall the photo is good, but when you isolate the parts and compare it to the brief and the other entries, it doesn’t hold up this week. Total: 5.8 SpaceLab Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 If I had to picture your photo before I saw it, this is what I would have pictured in my mind. It’s a fine photo, but this deep in the competition you have to step up and do better than fine. The pose is alright, but what could have elevated this would be the straight leg being a bit closer to the box so your knee goes past the other leg more, and then your upper body hunched a bit forward so you could stick out your neck and serve some sass. The clothes are also fine, but not really the direction I think that matches this studio black and white theme. Some of the others got the memo on what style works for this brief a bit better. I made a few edits just to the pose if you want to see that version to see what I meant. Total: 6.0 CupidStunt Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 8 Composition: 7 Considering the dress, you couldn’t do much with the lower body, but I would have liked to see something. I know this is a real dress, but if you had modified it to have a slightly different bottom to the skit where you would be able to move your legs a bit more you could have worked a different angle with the legs. The upper body is nice but it is a bit look at me, and not exactly saying high fashion. The jaw line is giving as well a the neck, but so much of a profile in this shot I couldn’t score the face higher than 6. The dress is obviously very high fashion, I am a fan of using real looks since none of us really decide what high fashion is, but I would have liked to see some personal touch to it. Style it with some jewelry on the neck even? It is a strong entry but it has more potential than this. Total: 6.6 Antog Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 This pose is not my personal favorite, but I liked that you did something different and made it work. Although the back leg is getting hidden in the fabric I can still see where it goes so it isn’t as bad. I would have maybe liked this better if you had bent the bottom arm a little bit more so the fabric would come up a bit more. Not a lot because then you cross into something tacky, but I think it would have added a bit better angles. Even though the eyes are closed it works for this shot because the makeup is well done and you are catching the light well. I think you could have done more with the styling to make it look more high fashion and elegant, but it isn’t bad. Overall good job but just doesn’t stand out like some of the other photos did. Total: 6.8 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 I like the pose. It does create angles and it sets you up for the face which you delivered on. The top and jacket work really really well for this look, but the pants were not the right choice for me. If you had gone with something a bit less busy it would have given this photo a bit more polish. The only other thing that I struggle with is the height of the box. It looks like your elbow should be resting on it the way it is exactly parallel to it, so either the box could have been higher so that you were leaning on it, or you could have tilted your body back a it further to create a better angle. Overall it’s a good shot. Total: 6.6 Ranks Marquis 7.6 Quisha 7.6 Antog 6.8 Fancy 6.6 Cupid 6.6 Marilise 6.0 Space: 6.0 Guilty 5.8

#DNTM4 So because this is a beauty shot, obviously the face score is the most important score, so in my calculations I will use that score twice and then average out by 5 so there is more weight on the face. I do still think pose and styling and composition are important for this shot though because those small details are really what makes or breaks the photo. Zee_ Pose: 5 Face: 6 Styling: 5 Composition: 6 This is probably my least favorite shot of yours so far. First obvious thing is your skin is back to being so dark it is borderline offensive now. The pose didn’t really do much to help this photo it may have elevated it to have something going on besides a head tilt. I like the parted lips and you are catching the light fairly well, but the skin being so dark pulls the face score down. There really isn’t anything to rank in styling, but I do appreciate the choice to essentially pose nude, but then I would have liked to maybe see some jewelry or even incorporate the rose petals more into the styling. I also can barely tell you are in the water in this image. Total: 5.4 Marilise Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 6 Composition: 8 The pose is nice but a bit obvious for a beauty shot. Unfortunately, although you look pretty again in this shot, your eyes look a bit lifeless, and the way the water is passing over your chin takes away from the image for me. Also, your hair isn’t wet, yet it is in the water? The problem is worse than I thought. Someone deserves a second make over! The lighting and overall balance of this photo is maybe the best of the bunch and really saves this photo. Total: 6.0 Marquis Pose: 7 Face: 9 Styling: 8 Composition: 8 This was meant to be your week with the theme as the model with the best bone structure. It may have put a lot of pressure on you but you lived up to the expectation this week. You chose a pose that doesn’t distract from the face, but also does still add value to the image. The face is obviously stunning, and I liked that you incorporated the rose theme into the styling. I like that you are off center in the image as well it works better than being center. It pulls my gaze right to your face. I do think a slightly better lighting situation could have made this photo one of the best of the season, but pretty sure this will be best of the week. Total: 8.2 LeQuishaQ Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 I think this is a good photo overall, but since the photo is all meant to be about your face I really do think you could have given a bit more there. The skin looks a bit too textured for a beauty shot this close up. I actually enjoy the grittiness in your expression though, that part is fierce, but I wish you had given us a smoother finish. I think the styling is great but I would like to see a bit more of the floating water vibes it isn’t suuuuper clear you are in the water. Like if I didn’t read the theme I wouldn’t have been able to say oh the theme is floating roses. Total: 6.6 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 8 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I like what you did with the arms and hands and you created tension and it sells the photo. I do think you went a bit too sexy on the pose combined with the face. I think thre could have been a different eye shadow to make your eyes pop more, and possibly to tone down the sex like 1 level. The water texture wasn’t super well done so I lowered the composition score, but the roses are done nicely and the photo has a good balance to it. Total: 6.6 SpaceLab Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 5 Composition: 5 I think you look good in the photo, you are giving the right expression and I like the pose. I think there is a lack of styling and I can’t quiet tell if you are in the water at all… I also think the black grown out nails on one hand and then no paint on the other throws me off. Total: 6.2 CupidStunt Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 5 I like your pose it stands out in the group. I think your face is stunning although the eyes may have been a bit too overprocessed. I like that you matched the styling to your eyes as a key feature of the photo though. The small touches of jewelry help, I just wish we could see you in the water more…. I can’t really tell. Total: 6.6 Antog Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 8 I think the pose is fine, but could have been better with more tension in the hand on your neck. Its sort of oddly resting there. The face looks good but a little bit dead in the eyes. We needed a smize here. The styling is also good but I think there are too many rings and it doesn’t look luxury. The composition of the photo is wonderful and overall it is a great picture. Total: 6.4 Fancy Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 I like that you tried something with the hands but I wanted more drama with it. Right now the one on the left looks like Mariah is about to hit that high note. Your face looks very high fashion though. The rest of the styling and composition were good but didn’t wow me. Total: 6.4 Too lazy to order them.

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lucky drop still the worst comp in kovaze history

#DNTM4 I will start by saying this was one of my least favorite themes because I knew it would rely heavily on a very AI looking finish and I prefer photos that have more realistic nature to them. I was really hoping someone would use some subtle flames that still become the main element of the photo to hit the brief, but pull off a high fashion classier look with it. I knew that was a tall ask, but I don’t think anyone really hit the mark this week. tjamal9106 Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 This is a safe photo. I feel like we have seen this pose from you before and the same face. The photo is fine, but it is exactly what I expected the photos to look like when I saw the theme, but like not in a good way… I was hoping for something a bit more creative. No one really succeeded at this, but I was looking for he person who found a way to actually make this concept look high fashion. Total: 6.0 Zee_ Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 Could have done more with this pose. The face is actually nice but doesn’t match the energy or the powerful detail from the brief. The dress is interesting but doesn’t stand out in the image (maybe a different color would have helped that?). The overall photo composition is good the balance feels right. Total: 6.0 Marilise Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 The hand above the head is cute, but the finger turned the wrong way is the first thing my eye went to in the photo. I tried not to punish the score for that too much but for me it was noticeable. I think the burning dress concept was smart, but I think it could have been executed a bit better. I wish it was just burning from the bottom up maybe. I think like Katniss in Catching Fire and this was almost that, but not quiet. The face doesn’t really give powerful energy its pretty but sleepy. The hair needs help. Fire the hair stylist (hehe see what I did there?) Total: 6.25 Marquis Pose: 5 Face: 7 Styling: 5 Composition: 6 The pose to me is not giving high fashion. The arms are very stiff and you are losing a lot of your neck with the way your head I tilted. The face is the best part of the photo as you have very great bone structure and you are showing it off well. The outfit is the same as what you wore in the street shoot? I’d like to see something else from you. Total: 5.75 LeQuishaQ Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 The pose is a bit safe and I almost scored it a 5, but I appreciate the concept and creativity of adding the stairs for the movement so I gave it a 6. The face is stunning because you are giving a subtle smirk like you were the one who set the place on fire but still look like a model. The body of the dress looks great but the train and burning details were not executed that well. The overall photo was balanced and well executed, and it stands out from the bunch. Total: 6.75 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 5 Face: 6 Styling: 8 Composition: 8 The pose is off for me because although I appreciate simple more than the judges probably do, I think this wasn’t executed that well. You lose your legs in the dress, so give us some arms, oh no one is behind you and the other is stick straight at your side… I want more. The face is fine but the makeup could have been elevated here. The dress is great (just watch those revealing hip creases again). I love the composition that the flames are incorporated into the dress in a way that works for me. It doesn’t exactly scream realism, but I somehow still like it? Total: 6.75 SpaceLab Pose: 4 Face: 7 Styling: 5 Composition: 5 This photo confuses me. The pose is neither fashionable or flattering. You had a few strong poses lately that I thought were going in the right direction, but this is a step back. The face looks great, but since you are leaning back you lose your neck and it creates an odd angle to view the model from. The styling is boring and the textures ended up very AI processed. I also don’t really understand why you re burning books? Do you not support free speech? Maybe I am missing the point but I just think you have done better and can do better than this. Total: 5.25 CupidStunt Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 I like the concept of the pose, but it’s execution has some critical mistakes. For one, your arm hides your other leg and therefore makes your model look very short and cramped. The second thing is it hides the majority of the outfit so we can’t really see what is going on with the detailing, which looks like it could have been good, but it just looks like a body suit now… The face is ok, but looks a little like a possessed demon, which if that is what you were going for in the theme its good, but it’s a bit less model than I would like. I think the styling would be scored higher if I could see it. With all of that said, the photo does come together and looks good overall, but it could have been great with some of those small tweaks. I like that you included a lighter to make the flames at least make sense. Total: 6.25 Antog Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 I like the pose but the legs do look a bit uneven. The face is pretty but we aren’t smizing here. It is just lacking that extra connection with the camera to pop. The styling is fun but I would have liked to see longer gloves and a bit more fabric on the body of the dress, it is a bit too revealing for this look. The balance of the photo feels right but the burning dress again wasn’t executed that well, I think that must be very tricky with the AI to get it right. Total: 6.75 Fancy Pose: 5 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 This pose could have worked if the lighting was better to see your lower body definition. It might just be an upload issue, but on the photo I can see your legs sort of just vanish into the floor. Some subtle detailing with the fingers or tension in the hands could have added drama to this photo, right now everything just looks a bit too relaxed here. The face is stunning and the eyes work in this photo. I like the direction you went with the styling, but again its hard to see the outfit, but the head piece and accessories are great. Overall if the lighting was better this would help the photo a lot. Total: 6.5 Ranks Guilty/Quisha/Antog 6.75 IDK who I pick for top photo. Fancy: 6.5 Marilise: 6.25 Cupid: 6.25 Zee: 6.0 TJ: 6.0 Marquis: 5.75 Space: 5.25 Honestly since the theme was so uninspiring for me, I know I ranked these photos all lower than I’m sure the judges will, but this was just not a great week for anyone really. I am not at all confident that my rankings will match the judges so don’t be offended.

What's the summer suggestion tag? For safety chain and standard, REDUCE THE VOTING TIME!

#DNTM4 Overall I liked this week. It felt a bit repetitive to do another street shoot right after last week, but I think lighting was key here and most people got it right. Another week where everyone got to pick their own styling and it really shows who is paying attention to fashion and who is relying on the AI to dress their models. MissMiranda Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 4 Lets start with the positives. The pose is a bit simple but I like that you didn’t overdo it. It still is dynamic and fits the brief well. The face is good but maybe could have gone with a shocked expression due to spilling the drink. That may have been a bit too camp, but just a thought. The styling isn’t my favorite but I will give points for doing something unique and not color drenching the look. Now to the unfortunate part. This photo could have been a top photo with a reduction of the pink liquid. It makes no sense in the pattern it is in. If you had just had it splash out of the cup it would have made the shot and been really cute. Total: 6.25 Tjamal9106 Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 I like this pose attempt for sure. I do wish we could see a bit more of the back leg, or that the front knee was pointed a bit more to the side, but overall I like it and it stood out. I think the face is great, although given that you had a critique that you looked too old last week, I may have worked those forehead wrinkles out in post. The outfit itself is cute, but the big jacket feels a bit forced this time. Overall it’s a good photo and a great way to bounce back from bottom 2 last week. Total: 7.25 Zee_ Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 The pose is fine, but it is almost too skater and not enough model. The one arm we can see is stick straight, and then the bent one we lose the shape a bit since your shoulder to elbow is hidden behind you. I would have liked to see the front arm bent so your elbow is where your hair and butt are, and then the back arm just pushed away from the body a bit so it’s less hidden. The major issue with the photo is the face. Its giving me more timid vibes and almost fearful like you weren’t that confident on the skates. The styling is fine but probably could have been pushed further, and the composition is probably the same. Not my favorite shot of you this season. Total: 6.25 Marilise Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 With your face/look, your photos end up looking a bit commercial by nature. You have to find ways in shoots like this to make yourself a bit edgier and interesting. The one shoot you wet your hair and slicked it back instantly made you look more high fashion and editorial. For this photo I see a pretty girl but I’m not seeing top model. The pose is a good combination of skater and model, and the expression of the face matches the body language, and the white outfit has cute detailing, but everything combined just leaves me wanting something a bit more exciting. The motion of the shot is something, but I don’t think it was enough to really have this photo stand out. Total: 6.75 Marquis Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 This is a safe entry. Nothing about the photos is bad, but also nothing really jumps out as a major slay. The legs look a bit oddly proportioned here, but I appreciate the effort to make for a model pose. The face is probably the best part of the shot. The styling is a bit on the boring side for this fun shoot, but it is giving Vouge Runway 2027 Spring collection, so I credit you for that. Total: 7.0 LeQuishaQ Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 9 This is clearly top photo of the week. You can tell the second you look at it. The pose is strong, the styling is a cute combination of modern and retro, and the lighting of this photo is PERFECT. If you had smoothed out some of the AI patterns on the ground (super hard to do) I may have given my first 10. The face is the weakest part of the photo but it is still quite strong. Well done. Total: 8.0 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I like the pose although I would have liked to see the back arm bent a little while holding the boom box. The styling isn’t my taste, but I can see the look you were going for, and it works for this shoot. The composition is a bit off because the street proportions, the uniformity of the background ppl, and as someone who lived in LA for 10 years there are some things off about the photo (I didn’t downgrade the score for that but it just feels off for me). It works for the theme, but this isn’t your best work. Total: 7.0 SpaceLab Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I can see what you were attempting to do here, but the photo sort of falls flat in the execution department. The pose is nearly there, but the angle the photo was taken at then makes you look oddly short, and combined with your choice of ascot you lost your entire neck. The arms also look very stiff. This looks almost identical in styling and background to my gas station photo from last season, but the key elements that made that photo a top photo are missing here (neck, cunty pose, pouty face, accent colors in styling). There are also a bit too many uniform palm trees and the photo could have cropped some of them out to zoom a bit closer to you as the model. Total: 6.25 CupidStunt Pose: 8 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 You had a great idea with the pose and it looks fun and unique. The face could have matched the energy of the photo better, and you may have been better off tilting your head slightly back/to the side to push the pose and face to the next level. The styling doesn’t look that high fashion. You used a luxury brand, but that does not mean the clothes and styling are high fashion or editorial. The overall photo looks good, but it missed the mark in the fine details for me. Total: 6.75 Antog Pose: 8 Face: 5 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I wish we had a liiiiitle bit of bend to the arms, and that you had your hair flow in the right direction. The hair really distracts from the overall delivery of the photo. The neck is serving which is great, and 2/3 of the pose is wonderful. The face is low because the sunglasses have a glare in them and when you zoom close your eyes are closed. This isn’t a shoot I would want you eyes to be closed in as you need to give off the right expression. The dress is cute but I feel like we have seen it all before which isn’t great. Not a bad shot, but not your best work. Total: 6.5 Fancy: Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 8 Good pose but the arms could have created a bit better angles, the face is good and I like the eyes looking off to the distance, but it could have been a bit stronger. The styling is cute, and the lighting is divine. You catch the light on your face well despite the sun being behind you. I do wish the background felt a bit less AI processed, but otherwise it looks good. Overall good shot. Total: 7.25 Ranks Quisha 8.0 TJ: 7.25 Fancy: 7.25 Marquis: 7.0 Guilty: 7.0 Marilise: 6.75 Cupid: 6.75 Antog: 6.5 Miranda: 6.25 Zee: 6.25 Space: 6.25 I struggled with the bottom photos as I don't think any are THAT bad, but each of the 3 that are 6.25 scored had the most missing elements for me. It was a hard week to pick.

#DNTM4 I know we just had a huge projective vomit of color last week, but I was disappointed with the amount of all black outfits this week. Weeks where the styling is completely left up to you I expect more and overall I was pretty disappointed. With that said, I think nearly everyone had GREAT elements to their photos, but also no one delivered something that was stand out in all of my scoring categories. MissMiranda Pose: 4 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Composition: 4 For me this had potential but falls flat for a few key reasons. The leg getting hidden/cut off lowers the pose score a lot, but even if the leg was visible this pose is not the most flattering for you. The pose combined with the face and styling gives way too much sex for this photoshoot. In isolation the face is great and the styling is fine (not my style but this kind of look tends to do well in this competition so I can’t fault you for trying it) it just doesn’t all work together. I think there is too much water splashing off you. I get it’s an editorial and it doesn’t need to be realistic exactly, but the amount of water coming off you plus the lightning looking a bit fake just doesn’t work for me. Total: 5.5 tjamal9106 Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 This isn’t my favorite photo but it is still pretty solid. The pose is fine but you have to remember when you do something like this straight to camera your limbs can look cut off. I would suggest a diagonal camera angle or even do a profile for something like this so you can see the limbs and they will naturally create more movement in the photo. I like the outfit choice overall. The composition score is lowered due to he AI proportions with the car, and the puddle I think is a bit too splashy here. There aren’t any angles to help the balance of the photo. You almost create something with the umbrella, but it needed more. Total: 6.5 Manon Pose: 8 Face: 5 Styling: 7 Composition: 5 I like the attempt in this photo but some things missed the mark in execution to make this a top photo. The pose idea is strong, but the umbrella and water pattern doesn’t seem quiet believable. There is movement in the photo, but I can’t really tell which way you are moving so it looks off. The hair also is just still and all straight down which adds to the confusion. The face in the wide shot is fine maybe a bit dull for this pose, but then when you zoom in it gets a bit worse. I know the AI issues can be hard with the face so I won’t fault you too much, but I think you could have tried to match the makeup/expression more to the look and the theme. The dress covered one of the boots and kind of made it blend into the stone. This had a lot of potential but to execute this kind of idea the fine details are really what are needed to sell it. Total: 6.25 zee_ Pose: 5 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 The pose gets thrown off by the proportions of the legs. This many photos in we know better. I see the legs aren’t meant to be crossed here and I don’t mind the awkward angle that would have worked if the proportions were more believable. The face is great and I love the neck in this combined with the hair blowing and it matches the direction the rain is falling so that helps! The styling for me is boring…. All black leather in the rain at night? Ground breaking. Good attempt but could have been elevated with some tweaks to the pose and something a bit more interesting to wear. Total: 6.5 Marilise Pose: 5 Face: 9 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 Overall this photo is good, but this pose is almost the exact same thing you gave us last week and I thought it was kind of boring then too. We need something with more angles and excitement. You did give us a bit wider stance this week which helps, but the rest is a bit safe and takes away from the wow factor. I do think the face is great and it tells a story by itself which is hard to do. The styling is good it at least gives something unique. I just think the overall photo lacks that special something to elevate this. Total: 6.75 Marquis Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 To me this is just a safe photo. I wish you had elevated this in some way. The head tilted back instead of forward might have given us more neck and more drama in the photo. Being dressed in all white I would have liked to see maybe more of that wet clothing look like the button down has or maybe some dirt smudged on the clothes or something. The reflection is cute but it’s not enough to pull this photo up. Total: 6.0 LeQuishaQ Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 I like the movement and drama you created here. I do wish the arms had some bend to them to create a little bit more of a high fashion pose, but of the walking poses this is the most dynamic. I see what you tried to do with the styling but wearing all black at night in the rain is just a bit obvious and boring and it also makes some of the great details of your outfit much harder to notice. Only other thing is this could have used one last prompt to try to smooth out some of the textures at the end. Otherwise strong entry. Total: 6.75 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 8 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 This is the hip that was missing last week. Had you done this same style pose last week you would have had top photo I think. The drama you create with the angles and the tension is great. I do think both toes pointing away from the body stopped me from ranking the pose a 9. Try one pointing forward and one pointed in? I like the styling, but it could have used something extra like some jewelry or some other color to help this out. The face is a bit lack luster for how strong the pose is. The light source is a bit much although I get what you were trying to do, I just wish we knew where that beam of light was coming from. Total: 7.0 SpaceLab Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I think this is one of the best male poses we have seen this season. The face has been a bit stronger in previous weeks but I enjoy that you tried to give us something not quite as hard looking. I like the overall outfit but the monochrome look but then adding black shoes is a bit off for me. If you had maybe added the turtle neck to either be black as well or maybe a lighter color like a mustard? Maybe that would have elevated this. I lowered the composition because the neon signs actually take away from the outfit and throw off the vibe I think the rest of the photo has. Overall this is still one of the stronger entries this week. Total: 7.0 CupidStunt Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 Overall I like this photo. I think the pose could have been pushed just a bit further into the awkward model pose or maybe even if the back leg was bent more to almost 90 degrees? The face here is super strong. I think for the styling the entire look having the plaid pattern make it a bit safe as well as having the dress be the same colors underneath. It is also a bit too short/see through to go with the luxury look. If the dress would have been like red or maybe some kind of blue could have worked maybe I think it would have elevated this look further. People think outfits in this game need to be all one color and it get boring week after week. High fashion is all about contradiction and drama. I appreciate that there are some different textures with the look, but it all blends too much together here. Still one of my favorite entries this week but I am being critical because this could have been one of the best photos of the entire season with some small tweaks. Total: 7.0 Antog Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 6 Composition: 7 Overall the photo works, but its too safe and boring. Something has to be giving a bit more to make this photo shine. The face pose and styling have all just been lack luster and almost lazy. Considering your potential, this was a major disappointment. The finish of the photo also got really AI bulby and could have used a smooth out before submission. Total: 6.0 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 6 I like that you did something with the styling. I think you could have done without the leather jacket since the coat is so fierce, but the red gloves are a nice touch. It seems like people are allergic to color in this shoot, so I am glad you gave us a bit of it at least. I think the legs have something weird going on with the proportions, but its minor. The composition of this photo could have been where something was brought to it to help it stand out, but I think it just leaves me wanting a bit more from this submission. Total: 7 Ranks Cupid: 7.0 Guilty: 7.0 Space: 7.0 Fancy: 7.0 Quisha: 6.75 Marilise: 6.75 Zee: 6.5 TJ: 6.5 Manon: 6.25 Antog: 6.0 Marquis: 6.0 Miranda: 5.5

#DNTM4 Overall this week had some great shot, but I was overwhelmed by the amount of pink focused images there were. I don't want to see pink in next week's shoot lol. Alright here are my thoughts! MissMiranda Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 5 Composition: 8 Overall this is a cute photo. Your background has some cute details that really make it feel like a Candyland. For your pose, I think if you had bent the arm that is holding the rope it would have added a bit more to the pose (would have loved the rope to look more like licorice, though it sort of does). The face is good but looks a little dazed. The styling I scored low because although you followed the brief it lost some of the high fashion editorial elements to it. I like the corset part, but the full on rainbow train with all of the other colors going on in the background is just a bit too much. It also got over AI textured along with some other areas of the photo. Good job overall just a few minor things here. Total: 6.5 Tjamal9106 Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 7 Good shot. I like the angle of the photo and I like that it doesn’t overwhelm us with too many colors. You picked a theme of colors and played in that space so it stayed balanced. The face is good but maybe could have given us more from the eyes. On the close up they look alright but on the wide shot I can’t see any whites of your eyes so they look closed. IDK if that is just an upload issue though. My only other comment would be I wish you had used oversized candy. The candy mostly looks normal sized besides the sucker you are holding. Overall good job. Total 7.25 Manon Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Composition: 7 I like this photo. IT fits the brief clearly but still doesn’t overwhelm us. The chocolate river was so smart because it creates a big base of neutral color to mute out the rainbow of colors going on so they stand out but you didn’t have to overdo it. The pose is good because there s tension in the right places in your body and you are giving us that neck! The dress is great because it fits the brief but also stays more on the fashion side of things. I do wish you would have cropped us a bit closer I know you got that feedback last week from the judges last week. In this case you could have just taken this exact photo and just cropped it using your phone photo app and probably elevated the composition score a lot by doing a little. Good work overall. Total: 7.5 Vanili Pose: 5 Face: 6 Styling: 7 Composition: 4 I see the effort, and I understand the concept. I think some of the judges will not like this concept, but I actually do like it, but it missed the mark in execution for me. For one the back leg is getting cut off, and to make this photo work I needed SOMETHING from the legs. I Get ballerina but its too on the nose. Remember you are a model pretending to be a ballerina, so I would have liked a bit more shape from the pose. The movement is great, but I don’t believe it since you are stick straight. I like the face because it matches the brief energy, and the blurred background saves you because otherwise it would be too commercial. But its ok to smile/laugh in an editorial image that doesn’t instantly make it commercial, you just have to have other editorial elements which you did try for. Overall I just think this needed more polish to it for it to work. Total: 5.5 Zee_ Pose: 8 Face: 6 Styling: 9 Composition: 5 I like the idea and the movement in the pose is great. I wish I could see your back leg even a little bit. I wish you had done a bit more with the face to more match the energy of the swing. That shoe is GORG and the dress overall is also SO GOOD. Now, I struggled with how to score the rest of this photo, because the overall composition of this photo is fairly good, but instead of giving you a 1 point overall penalty for brief infraction, I just lowered the composition. The reason is although I see some candy, the rest is giving too much jewel for this photo and it lacks the oversized nature to make it fit completely. I’m not sure how the real judges will interpret it. I personally LIKE that you didn’t overwhelm us with the candy, but it could have been a bit more prevalent in the photo overall in small ways. Maybe the pole in your hand having a hooked end to make it more candy cane, or maybe part of the outfit including a candy inspiration with the shape or material. Idk. Overall I like this shot, but I do think there is some risk with the brief. Total: 7 Marilise Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 9 Composition: 5 I’m conflicted about this photo. I’ll start with the great parts which for me is the outfit. Although I am not a fan of this material usually, for this shoot it works because it looks like a melted jolly rancher shaped into a great dress and it is very well executed. The pose overall is decent, but you lose that back arm. It’s not really doing anything and could have been used to give us a slightly better angle of your body. I feel like with you so far in the competition your body has been like 80% perfect but then you forget about one small section and for some reason my eye goes straight to that one small point. For the composition of the photo, I like that the pallet is cohesive in a pastel pallet, and that you didn’t overwhelm us with tons of candy. Less is definitely more and you picked a theme and stuck to it so I like that a lot. The reason I lowered the comp score is because there’s something off about the balance of this photo. The towers being straight and tall, and the model being relatively straight and tall there are no interesting angles that catch my eye. The candy in your hand is good, and I wish there was a bit more of that angle happening. Maybe you back leg could have been exaggerated more so like your heal would be placed where that other piece of candy was. Or maybe you holding a purse made of candy out in front of you with the other arm? I would normally say it’s a minor thing but for some reason in this photo it really feel like it needs those details to hop of the page. Total: 6.75 Marquis Pose: 8 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Composition: 4 Very strong face, very high fashion pose and use of the wind for the cape, and overall the styling is good. The problem is with the execution of the photo. It got WAY too over processed with AI bubs and you gave us A LOT to look at with the background and yet it didn’t give us enough contrast between the background and the outfit. I think if you told the AI to do about 40% less with the background, and to smooth out the AI texture patterns, this photo would have been one of my favorites of the season. Total: 7 LeQuishaQ Pose: 8 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Composition: 6 This was a really smart photo. You took the opportunity of the brief to do something different and it works really well. The outfit being made of what appears to be candy is also super smart because you still made it look very fashion forward. Picking a color pallet with only 2 colors was also smart. There does seem to be slight proportion issues with the face/body I think, but very minor. The composition score is lower than the rest just because things got a little over processed and it might have helped to not have the pink tone in at least the sky to create a bit more balance. Also, the bear with the camera? Idk. Overall this is one of my favorites of the week for sure! Total: 7.5 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 9 Composition: 8 This is how you do a candy outfit. I wish the pose had given us a bit more angle, a little hip action, or the arm on the right not resting on the dress but doing something like grabbing one of the candy canes or holding something would have created a little more angle and interaction with the set. The face is there but could do more. I actually had to go back and check your make over cuz I thought wait this looks like it’s always been her hair, so you got really lucky with the make over because this is so your look. Such a good photo just a bit more angle and smize and you would be top photo for sure! Total: 7.75 Melanie Pose: 7 Face: 9 Styling: 6 Composition: 8 I know how hard you worked on this and I think it shows. You stepped out of your comfort zone and that shows as well. The pose could maybe have been tilting a bit more so the body looked a bit longer and so we could see more of the outfit. The styling score is low because I do think the outfit itself could have been a bit more high fashion. Since we can’t see much of it you could have gone with something even more out there. I do like that the skirt looks like it is made of candy wrappers, but it could have been executed a bit better. To me the face is the main focus of the photo though and it is so well done. Secy, but not too sexy, and somehow looks pretty even with the frosting all over your face. This hair is your look don’t go back to blonde! Total: 7.5 SpaceLab Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Composition: 5 I like the pose and interaction with the set. The face is good but because of the camera angle when you look direct into the camera you lose your neck. I personally do not like the styling, but I removed my personal taste because it isn’t bad styling. The composition is where you lose it for me because you didn’t really pick a theme. It kind of looks like 5 different concepts threw up onto the page and you went with it. I would have liked to see this simplified a bit and then leaned into one or two of the details more. Total: 6.5 CupidStunt Pose: 8 Face: 8 Styling: 5 Composition: 8 This is one of those photos that I am glad I rank things in isolation. Overall I personally do not like this photo, but it has great elements to it. The pose is great and exciting, the face is pretty striking, and the overall composition feels balanced. I just really do not like the coloring of the photo. There is SO much going on and its just not giving high fashion editorial for me. There are for sure good elements of the styling, like the shoe choice which is gorg, and the dress shape is nice, but it would have worked better for me if it wasn’t a rainbow color pallet. Total: 7.25 Antog Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 8 Composition: 8 I enjoy this photo because you picked a theme and stuck to it. Bubble gum comes through in a lot of elements and the little servant bears are a nice touch. I wish you had given us more with the eyes, because when you do a gimmick with the bubble gum you lose part of the face, and the eyes look a bit glossed over. I also wish it was a bit more clear you were sitting on the chair, but otherwise the pose if great. I love the details of the hands and angles you create. Total: 7.25 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 Overall I can get behind this photo. I like that you picked a theme and designed around that. I do think you over did it a bit and could have simplified the background details/color pallet to be more pleasing to the eye. Your face is great even with the candy it still comes through strongly. The arms look buff but oddly short? I think with a different color pallet I would enjoy the photo more, but since the theme was good I scored it well overall. Total: 7 RANKS Guilty: 7.75 Quisha: 7.5 Manon: 7.5 Melanie: 7.5 Antog: 7.25 TJ: 7.25 Cupid: 7.25 Zee: 7.0 Marguis: 7.0 Fancy: 7.0 Marilise: 6.75 Miranda: 6.5 Space: 6.5 Vanili: 5.5 My scores were all much higher on average this week so it does show that the group is stepping up their game overall. If you don't step it up, the game will quickly leave you behind!

#DNTM4 Overall this week there were some hits and some misses. The theme was a bit stale, so I was really looking for people to take it and elevate it to something exciting and a few got the memo. Keep in mind my scores will likely be lower than the real judges. My system is based on the 4 categories as well as my numbers follow this: 9-10 are reserved for OUTSTANDING things that are top tier, 7-8 are really good, 6 is good but missing something extra, 5 is weak but could have still been OK with small tweaks, 4 is a major miss, 3 or below I think is reserved for true WTF moments. MissMiranda Pose: 5 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 You are serving face that’s for sure, even with the dripping makeup. I just think the pose was a bit lack luster. I understand what you were going for with the background but I don’t know if it really makes sense for this photo. Instead of giving a penalty for brief I just lowered the composition score because I think the background just takes away from the photo a bit. Total: 6.25 Tjamal9106 Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 This is another improvement for you. Week to week you have gotten better and you are one of the people I want to see each week. Although the pose is simple, it works. Men’s poses in real fashion ads are usually fairly simple, and in this competition when you deliver a simple pose you can sometimes get punished for it, but when you do simple pose you have to deliver in face and styling, and I think you did that. The eye contact with the viewer while touching the tiger enhances the story. I want to know what you are thinking. I lowered the composition score because the tiger couldn’t fit on the edge of that couch, but otherwise it’s a strong photo. Total: 7 Manon Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Composition: 5 I think the pose is a bit safe, but I do like the interaction with the Tiger and it at least creates some visually appealing angles, but it could have been pushed a bit further. The mug is great, the little inhale you are doing works well. I think the dress choice works, but I would have liked to see maybe your hair slicked back with this look. You are giving us a fabulous canvas for a beautiful necklace but didn’t give us a necklace. I’m not sure if I love that or hate it, but I guess that makes for a good photo because I am thinking about it. I get what you were going for with the background, but there are a few things that just contradict themselves so I lowered the score. The inside foliage works, but when combined with the fallen columns and mirror/bookshelves it overwhelms the image a bit. Total: 6.5 Vanili Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Composition: 4 I think this pose could have been pushed a bit further. The neck needed to be extended a bit and the back leg not hidden in the fabric. If that back leg was maybe straightened out going off the bottom right side of the image that could have been a stronger pose. The face is amazing and pulls the focus for sure which is great. I love the print and the red nails. Maybe some jewelry like an arm band or bangles to finish the look but otherwise great. The composition though…… The tiger goes both directions, The background is too dark, and therefore the story isn’t that strong. If you had fixed the tiger AI flaw, and just lightened the background a bit this had so much potential. Total: 6.5 Zee_ Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 8 Composition: 6 I like the pose, but wish you hadn’t cut off your legs in the crop. It impacts the pose score and the composition score a bit. But the use of the angle and the tiger above you is smart and makes your photo stand out. If your eyes were open more so we could see you making eye contact with the tiger that would have elevated the face and the overall story of the photo. The rest of the mug is mugging! A brighter background as well may have helped too. Total: 6.75 Amandasings04 Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 8 Composition: 7 The pose could have been giving more high fashion model here. The face is always so hard for me to judge when you choose to do indoor sunglasses. Like I understand the vibe you were going for which is why the styling score is good, but I just don’t think it works when you are modeling and want to be recognized. The cheekbones and jawline are strong in your profile though. The composition of the photo is good with great balance with where everything is placed. I just wish the lighting enhanced the photo better. You find the light great, but it glosses over things in the image. This may be an upload issue because last week I didn’t like Guilty’s photo when I saw it on the website, but when I saw the real version it was much clearer so not sure if that is the same here. Total: 6.75 Marilise Pose: 4 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Composition: 6 This is your first miss for me. My eye is completely drawn to the awkward legs and not in the good way. There is the intentional model awkward that I am a huge fan of because it gives high fashion editorial, but this looks stiff and draws attention to the crotch area where the dress is falling strangely. The face is strong and kind of giving Zendaya vibes. The styling is great overall because you actually matched your make up and hair style to the look and the vibe, and I have been waiting for a model to slick back their hair because it elevates the high fashion editorial look a lot. The composition score is lower because the tiger is too long, and the story isn’t all that clear to me. Total: 6.5 Marquis Pose: 6 Face: 9 Styling: 8 Composition: 8 I was hoping folks would take the white tiger approach and make it work. I ranked the pose a 6 only because you cut both the feet off but otherwise it is really strong. AI loves to cut the feet out of photos because it hates doing them. Sometimes it works for the photo but here I would have loved to see your full length. The face is the best all season I think. THANK you for using the blue you did for the couch paired with the white/silver it elevates the photo a lot, and making the tiger actually fierce I’m surprised no one else did that yet (some others did after reviewing all the photos, but not many). Total: 7.75 LeQuishaQ Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I think me critiquing this photo directly after Marquis is not going to do you a favor here because he had the same concept but executed it the right way. I still like this photo, but the pose is not appealing because I think the knee is too high. Without being able to see your legs it is unclear why the knee is that high and for me my eye goes right to that in the photo. Face and styling were both decent overall, but both have elements that could score 9 but then some elements that just take things away from the strength of the photo ( example: mixing fabrics with the dress plus the fur , the dress having AI bulbs to make the snow flakes is a bit tacky ☹) The fog you are blowing out I think could have worked if executed better. I think it’s one of those things that can be really hard with AI, and I’m sure you spent a lot of time trying to get it right, but it might have been better to scrap the idea even though I bet you really wanted that to be the selling point of the image. It just missed the mark for me. I also wish the background was more like Marquis to give a bit more elegance. Total: 6.5 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Composition: 8 Ok this is a striking photo for sure. The pose is the most interesting of the group and I was hoping someone would take it here, BUT I do think it crossed a bit too far into hooch territory. Like Tyra always said “hoe, but make it fashion.” I think this is right on the edge of being a bit too pin up for me. I think it is because the dress falls in a way I can see your hip crease, and it makes your booty seem a bit larger than it should be for your body (I would never shame a big booty, but for this particular look it just looks bigger than it should). With all of that said this is still a top tier image. The face is good, styling fits both the brief and the culture well, and the brightness and setting of the photo stand out among the pack in a good way! Total: 7.75 Melanie Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Composition: 5 The pose is fine, but the legs sit a bit strangely for me. The face in this image makes you look a lot older for some reason, and you look slightly bored. I think you try for pretty but forget to model with the face. I like the dress but some of the details are hard to see due to the lighting. I would score the styling higher if I could see it better without zooming really far in. The lighting, the tiger size, and lack of paws takes the composition score down, but mainly the lighting for me. Your photo going directly after Guilty’s makes it hard for me to not score this composition low because the lighting is so dramatically different. I do like the inclusion of the tail of the tiger I don’t think anyone else did that the same way, but it got so dark in that corner I almost missed that. I got to see your film and you had so many better options to pick from that could have put you near the top of my rankings, but this particular photo choice confused me because if this is what you thought was your best, I wonder if you have what it takes to make a deep run this season. The potential is there because you had great film, but I think you need to step out of your comfort zone and deliver photos that stand out and go beyond trying to just look pretty and instead start to model! Total: 5.75 SpaceLab Pose: 7 Face: 9 Styling: 7 Composition: 5 Ok this pose is simple but again for men this works well. It gives a powerful impression and takes charge of the photo. The face is striking and strong and works very well for you! One of the best all season. I like the chain, but some of the detailing on your outfit wasn’t executed that well. The overall composition was hurt a lot by the tiger getting half cut off, and the money on the floor doesn’t do it for me. I get the vibe you were going for, but I actually think the look you are giving and the outfit would have told the story better without the prop. Total: 7 CupidStunt Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Composition: 6 Ok hear me out, the pose is VERY high fashion, BUT being on the tiger makes the execution of the pose not work for me. If you had been on the couch with that pose, and the tiger be laying on the ground in front of you I think that would have been much better. The face is good, but I wish I got more neck from the pose it would have helped the face. Styling and composition were very average but nothing bad about them besides maybe the tiger looking a bit wonky beneath the dress. Total: 6.25 Antog Pose: 8 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 When I isolate the elements of the photo you stand out in the face, the pose, and overall styling, but for some reason the combination of everything just didn’t land completely for me so the composition score was lowered. I think the frame of the couch being the same molding as the wall, and the same white in your hair as the sheet below you didn’t quite add up for me. The photo is still very good but I think a few small tweaks that would help the balance of the phot may have made it top photo for me. The tiger giving more fierceness could have helped too. Total: 7.25 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Composition: 6 I think this is a good photo. I wish the pose had a bit less symmetry to it to make it more high fashion, but it is good. I'm not sure if you will get docked by the judges for not being on the couch? IDK. The face is great and giving a high fashion model energy. I think the styling was good and creative but could have been pushed just a bit further to be even more effective. I do like the bowl of milk it’s a cute detail. The chain connecting you to the tiger should have been longer and the tiger kind of loses it’s size near its backside so that lowered the composition score. Otherwise great job! Total: 6.75 Guilty: 7.75 Marguis: 7.75 Antog: 7.25 TJ: 7 Space: 7 Zee: 6.75 Amanda: 6.75 Fancy: 6.75 Quisha: 6.5 Vanili: 6.5 Manon: 6.5 Marilise: 6.5 Cupid: 6.25 Miranda: 6.25 Melanie: 5.75

#DNTM4 This week the scores are all super close because to me nearly every photo looked the same with the same pose. It wasn’t a bad pose, but it really made me crave creativity and so I scored those who took chances a bit better because they stood out in the pack. None of the photos really made me say WOW, but they were all pretty well done. MissMiranda Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 7 The photo is good as a standalone, but as I look at all the photos this pose comes up so many times it just can’t be scored super high. Your face is good and I oddly like the hand. I enjoy the open window helping with the story, but the photo composition score got docked a little bit because of the finish having all of the AI bulbs on it. When you get you final photo, ask it to smooth out the textures for you. Total: 6.5 tjamal9106 Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 6 Same comment about the pose situation. Good face but I do think this was the same exact look as last week so be careful of that. I do like the styling overall (white on your skin will always be a great choice) but the whole photo feels a bit obvious to me. The composition score was lowered due to the AI meshing all of the styling choices (the outfit, jacket, wall, balloons) all have the same two colors and although it lends itself to a cohesive look, it is also contributing to the obvious nature of the photo where nothing really stands out. Total: 6.5 manon Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 8 Photo Composition: 8 I like that you tried to do something slightly different with the pose with the angle of it, but your hip ends up looking a little wonky so I kept it at a 6 with everyone else. The face I think doesn’t match the look. The eye makeup being so dark just doesn’t match and the overall face ends up looking a bit amateur glam. I love the choices of colors and mixing in a few different colors so it still looks cohesive but not AI color drenched. I would have scored the styling higher with a better shoe. A clear shoe with black eyes? Overall a better photo than last week though! 6.75 Vanili Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 6 Again same pose so same score, although you did give us some great neck so I was tempted to give this a 7. The face is not giving any emotion though so be careful of that. I do like you went a different route with the styling and although the balloons look a bit too much like grapes (giving me a little PTSD from my grape photoshoot) I do like that it stands out. I do wish their orientation was a bit more balanced though. You are grabbing them all on the left and the ones on the right seem not part of the bunch you are holding. Total: 6.0 Zee_ Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 8 This by itself is a great photo, but a couple of the elements I scored lower due to a lack of creativity. This pose is not only similar to everyone else this week, but also similar to your pose last week. Your styling is also very similar to last week. I like the soft look in the face but wish your eyes would have been open and found a way to give us this same softness with your eyes. I do like that you aren’t holding the balloons and instead they are tied around you so that really helped the overall composition score. The shadows are also good. Total: 6.75 Amandasings04 Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 8 Pose is same as nearly all so same score. The styling matches the theme well and has some high fashion elements to it, but overall just wasn’t super impactful to me. I like the elements you added to make the photo have a uniqueness to it. It does feel very editorial despite almost crossing into Coke commercial. Overall good job! Total: 7.25 Marilise Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 8 It’s a good entry. But among the pack of photos it has too many similar elements to really stand out. The lighting is great, and the choice of colors is strong and I like that you didn’t color drench this time. I think if you had given a unique pose this could have had top photo potential because the composition is most editorial. Watch the texture on the balloons a bit (I’m sure that was a nightmare with AI). Total: 7 Marquis Pose: 6 Face: 4 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 6 I wanted to give this photo a higher score on the pose since it is at least different, but it is different in a worse way. I don’t think the eyes closed with this simple pose works because it all looks a bit dull when combined. If instead you were giving us some eye contact to help the story along, this could have all worked. I like the outfit as a whole, but I scored the composition lower since the clouds took on the same colors as the outfit. Total: 5.75 Fireflyyy Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 5 Photo Composition: 8 Same pose same score. Face is not really matching the overall image to me. I have to say this look is basically your same look from last week but gold, and it got really AI bulby on you. This happens with lots of edits so you want to smooth that back out at the end. I do LOVE the hot air balloon concept it really helps your photo because it stands out at least for that positive. Total: 6.25 LeQuishaQ Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 6 Ok I loved your entry last week, but this is a miss for me this week because you gave us the same dark lighting in a shoot that could have been about a softer side of you. The styling isn’t super high fashion although it is creative. Honestly if this was a day time shoot with everything else the same I think that would have been much much better. All of the details would stand out more and things would flow better I think. Total: 6.0 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 5 Same pose. Great face. You really know how to model with your face and actually given that your pose was simple last week this is nice to see, it just looks like every other pose. The styling being all black in a dark room does you no favors since we can’t see the details as well. I do love the shoulders on the dress it is a very high fashion element. The composition is weak due to the lighting and the lack of clarity as to where you are. It also makes the balloons not stand out as much. Total: 6.25 Melanie Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 7 Ok the pose is the same as everyone else’s, although of the one leg bent poses this is the most interesting. Unfortunately, two weeks in a row you have an issue with your arms/hands. They look way too long and because they are both straight and have a black glove that goes all the way up it just makes the proportions look a bit off. The dress is fine, but then the darkness of the photo makes it a bit unclear where the dress ends. You have great contrast on your face and I love the high fashion halo look behind you, but I wish there was some of that going on with the dress. Total: 6.0 SpaceLab Pose: 6 Face: 5 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 7 Same pose again, and the face is lacking emotion. The styling is good and I like the concept overall, but the jacket blends into the flowy fabric and I wish there was more clear definition there. The rest of the composition is good though. More high fashion than last week though so moving in the right direction! Total: 6.0 CupidStunt Pose: 8 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 8 I like that you did something different with the pose. Although I don’t like the crotch focus, I forgive it because it’s finally something different. The face is gorgeous. The styling is a bit meh for me but overall with the photo theme it works. It’s just something we have seen so much of. Still I’m thinking this is the best photo this week for sure. Total: 7.75 Antog Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Photo Composition: 8 Pose face and styling are all just a bit safe. The overall photo works because you elevated the theme with the story you are telling. The other elements all needed a bit of something extra to really elevate this though. Total: 6.5 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Photo Composition: 6 I like you tried something different with the pose. I marked that higher than the rest because it was different, but I did mark you down on composition because the pose itself with the rest of the image just feels slightly disconnected. There is a bit too much going on for it to be a clean polished final product, but still a good photo. Total: 6.75 Top photo is CupidStunt for sure. Bottom 2 for me is Marquis and Vanili I think but it was a tough call. I still enjoyed those two photos so I don’t know who will actually be bottom 2.

#DNTM4 Photoshoot 1 Review. I'm back baby! I am going to go back to critiquing photos this season, but I will be doing things a little differently. I will be ranking the photos 1-10 based on 4 key elements that make up a good photo: Pose, Face, Styling, and Overall photo composition. Then if someone didn’t follow the brief I will take off 1 point for a minor infraction or 3 points for a major infraction from the average. (ALSO please remember I only critique photos in good spirits so if you choose to read them they might help you in future photos. I point out more flaws than positives just to help out, not to try to make anyone feel bad) MissMiranda Pose: 6 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 7 I know it is hard to cram the model into a small box without looking short, but I would have liked to see your legs extend out of the box because right now they look very short. The outfit is the same color as the padding in the box and somehow your hair, so it all sort of blends together. For a first photo its pretty good and I can see the potential for sure! Total Score: 6.75 tjamal9106 Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Overall Photo Composition: 6 I like this photo. The color pallet is clean and gives luxury. Your proportions are a bit off with your head/body and I think maybe to add a little more balance to the photo the box could have been tilted diagonally or a few less packages behind you pulling focus. Overall a great first entry and excited to see more from you! Total score: 7.0 Manon Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 6 I think you look stunning in the photo. I like the pose but given what you are wearing you are not showing off the bows very well. The dress would work better if we could see the detailing in the front. The hip area also has a weird flow to it and the bottom leg should be shown. The rest looks luxury and clean. Total score: 6.75 minus 1.0 for minor brief infraction: 5.75 final score. Vanili Pose: 6 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 6 A couple of minor things could have taken this photo from safe to top photo. The pose is nearly there, but the shadow makes you lose some of your neck, and the hand above looks like you are holding a bar. Try making the hand a bit softer, or maybe press it against the edge of the box. I also think losing your other leg in the dress brings the score down for me. The last thing that would have made this photo score go up a lot would be adding in another color to contrast somewhere. The background in the box could have been some other color to help add some balance to the photo (white, silver, or even something with a different texture). This was a good first entry but if you focus on some of those small details, I could see you thriving in the next few photos. Total score: 6.25 Zee_ Pose: 9 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Overall Photo Composition: 8 This is a stunning photo. Great use of length for the pose. The box looks luxury. The only minor flaws would be the top hand is getting hidden behind the hair and could have added a bit more tension to the photo pressed against the ceiling which I think it is but hidden behind the hair. I like the simplicity of the composition and the use of shadows, but there is just a liiiiiiitle something extra missing for me to make the composition score go up. Great job overall! Total Score: 8.25 Amandasings04 Pose: 8 Face: 7 Styling: 8 Overall Photo Composition: 8 I personally don’t like the velvet walls, but I didn’t dock anything for that because I think it does fit the theme and adds good texture to the photo and compliments the outfit choice well. The photo overall is good and its clear you understand high fashion, but it just lacks something to make it really stand out. Maybe it is the shape of the jacket or a bit more clarity on the size of the box so the story makes more sense, I’m not sure. Total Score: 7.75 minus 1.0 for minor brief infraction for a total score of 6.75 Marilise Pose: 7 Face: 9 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 7 I like this photo, but some minor things are adding up to reduce some points. I am all for awkward pose angles as I think they make for a high fashion photo, but your hip area doesn’t look quite right. The legs are great and the top hand is good (Vanili take a note here). I can’t tell if the bow in your other hand is a clutch or part of the dress. I think it works better as a clutch but its not clear. The composition score was lowered due to the all-red dress, bow, and fabric in the box, and the bow on the box looking a bit wonky. Still a good first entry. Total Score: 7.25 Marquis Pose: 5 Face: 8 Styling: 7 Overall Photo Composition: 9 The concept is great and one of the most luxury looking photos for sure. Smart choice using diamonds for that. The pose got such a low score because although the upper body is strong your legs look pretty short and then one of your feet are missing completely. I think if you had your body going a bit more left to right across the width of the photo that would have dramatically helped the pose. The rest of the photo is quite good! Total score: 7.25 Fireflyyy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 7 Overall Photo Composition: 7 The photo is probably the best definition of safe. Theres nothing outstanding but also nothing glaringly bad about it. I enjoy the use of different textures in the outfit, and the closer crop does make your photo different than most, but it just lacks something that would make the photo jump off the page. It is almost too commercial I think. Again, good photo, but just want to see you push the concept a bit further to give it some edge. Total score: 7.0 LeQuishaQ Pose: 6 Face: 9 Styling: 8 Overall Photo Composition: 9 I love this photo. The use of the chocolates was really smart because it enhances the colors/textures of the photo and makes you stand out in the photo, and also stand out among the pack. I ranked the pose a 6 because whenever you do this kind of pose you really have to watch the back leg proportions. Tilt both a bit more to the side and you won’t look like they are getting stumpy on you. Otherwise, top notch entry. Total Score: 8.0 GuiltyAsSin Pose: 8 Face: 8 Styling: 9 Overall Photo Composition: 9 Love this photo. The simplicity of the composition puts all the focus on the amazing dress. It’s giving Tyra vibes. The only thing is I wish the eyes were smizing because we lose a little bit of the emotion in the face, but that’s basically my only issue with the photo. Maybe to be able to see your shoes, but I get the dress choice makes that forgivable because it makes sense we wouldn’t see a shoe unless you were walking. Total Score: 8.5 melanie Pose: 6 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 6 For a returning model I expected a bit more. Nothing in the photo makes it stand out for me, but there is only one stand out issue and that is the missing hand. I think the hand gets lost behind the legs and then gets cut off. Overall the photo is fine but for a returning player you can do better. Total Score: 6.0 SpaceLab Pose: 7 Face: 8 Styling: 5 Overall Photo Composition: 6 You as the model look great. The bent leg looks a liiiiitle wonky, but the grip of the tie and the facial expression are all great. You just need a new stylist and creative director lol. The photo isn’t giving luxury. I obviously get birthday, but I get child’s birthday party, and so a few different color choices could have elevated the photo a lot. Like even changing the wrapping paper would make a huge difference. Overall, strong potential as a model, just do some research on some high fashion editorials for some styling inspirations in the future. Total score: 6.5 CupidStunt Pose: 7 Face: 6 Styling: 8 Overall Photo Composition: 6 This photo is relying on pretty too much. The face is just a bit blank stare for me. I do love the choice of coloring and textures that really saves the photo. I personally hate when it cuts the feet off half way, otherwise the pose is pretty good, but when combined with the face it just lacks that extra umph that this photo desperately needs. Total score: 6.75 Antog Pose: 9 Face: 8 Styling: 8 Overall Photo Composition: 7 This is how you do a comeback. Overall the photo is very strong. The few things that hold it back for me would be the background. This pose/outfit/styling are all super strong you could have left the extra boxes and whatever fantasy lighting is happening near the top and just simplified it and the photo would be much cleaner and impactful. But like I said this is how you make a comeback. Total Score: 8 Fancy Pose: 7 Face: 7 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 7 Safe photo to start the competition. I like you made the pillow white and textured, but then choosing a soft pink for the outfit made it a bit less impactful overall. The face could have been a bit stronger but I do like the parted lips. Be careful when you have a limb pointed directly to camera like the arm on the right of the photo, it looks short and cut off. Hate the shoe personally, but I enjoy the risk you took with it. Total score 6.75 NotNicky333 Pose: 5 Face: 6 Styling: 6 Overall Photo Composition: 7 I get the concept, but the execution could have been better. I am not opposed to a smile but the smile here isn’t giving nerdy as much. You are relying on the glasses to give nerdy which means you didn’t push the concept far enough. Cutting off your lower half also did not help the score. I get what you were going for, but just some execution errors. Total score: 6 1. Guily 8.5 2. Zee 8.25 3/4 Antog/Lequisha 8.0 5/6 Marilise/Marquis 7.25 7/8 Firefly/TJ 7.0 9/10/11/12 Cupid/Fancy/Amanda/ Miranda 6.75 13 Space 6.5 14 Vanili 6.25 15/16 NotNicky Melanie 6.0 17 Manon 5.75 The bottom two I think would be NotNicky and Manon, as I probably scored Melanie a bit harsher since she is a returnee and I don't think she will be bottom 2 at all. I think GuiltyAsSin, Antog, LequishaQ, and Zee_ all have a chance for top photo and are clearly the best photos this week. Well done!

I was reheating a cup of coffee while making a fresh pot this morning and I felt like I was on one of those fancy cooking shows where I showed all the steps of how to make the dish and then miraculously the dish was just done cooking right away.

I had a blast playing #DNTM3 and am really proud of my photos. I progressed a lot and submitted some of my best photos that are better than any of the ones I did when I practice in season 1 and 2. I won 2 top photos late in the game but was unable to recover from a few bad scores early on so I came up short of the final in 5th. I was most proud that I used inspiration for nearly all my photos from mostly 2026 top designers and lots of pose inspiration from editorials published in fashion magazines. I always did research on the theme to find something relevant to wear that wasn't always my taste but that was always inspired by real high fashion looks. That was the fun part and even though the judges didn't always agree my looks were high fashion (I don't know if they plan to call the famous designer's and tell them their looks aren't high fashion or what?) I still continued to stick to my strategy because it made my experience more fun. Casting photo Carrousel. Went for more of a nightmare theme here so intentionally darker, but maybe ended up a going a bit past where I should have. I actually thought this look was all about the subtle details, but the judges wanted extreme this week. I actually liked this pose a lot and honestly the contradiction of lace with leather I thought made this really high fashion. I really wanted to submit my real photo here with the hoop pushed over and cracked with me sitting on it, but the jacket was a real jacket in a Balenciaga campaign for the NBA, but was said to be too basic and not high fashion enough. Inspired by a top model photo, I really thought I ate this photo, despite my choice of a thin veil. I think I was creative in my styling and use of water and refection but this was the week I was scored last and was to be sent home if Muri hadn't been kicked out. I was really close to giving up this week because I could not see what I was doing so wrong in the eyes of the judges. But I resolved to get better and deliver quality photos with my second chance. THe start of my redemption arc. I think I did something creative here to make my photo black and white for everything but the model and the tail lights. Honestly this is my 2nd favorite look of mine all season! This photo scored high even though I really hated this theme. I did like my inspiration outfit a lot but having to make it all silver I didn't enjoy. I know people didn't like the extreme pose but that's what the brief asked for. I took a bit of a risk here after getting some cushion finally with my placement in the house. But I do think I was able to give a soft face which was a big part of the brief. My first top photo! Hands down my best photo and I think one of the best all season. Did not like another latex theme but I did think my concept was cute with me escaping since the theme said make it look like you aren't supposed to be there. Another top photo here which was 2/3 weeks so that felt good. I unfortunately had a flight this day and then was busy with family and did not have time to really perfect my picture. I think my styling was one of the tops this week but the finish got messy and I couldn't fix it. Sadly cost me the game. Overall. proud of the season! :)