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This week, the girls smash fruit on their faces and go to the Bahamas. And they scream. A lot.

And so it begins: The girls open a box with black bathing suits and start to scream. Really? Over black bathing suits? The crew arrives at the hotel pool where Mike and Yasmin are beaching it.

Today’s practice challenge: Look pretty while getting pummeled with water. Nikita gets raccoon eyes, Rebeccah loses a contact and Meaghan is like a statue.

Hot for teacher: Mike takes his shirt off and gets into the pool, so you know there was shrieking. (Okay, he did gyrate.)

Miss congeniality: “My picture is like a kick in the face to them,” Nikita says when her photo is up in the penthouse.

Poor Ebonie. Sharing a hometown with Mike Ruiz couldn’t save her. At least she got a trip to the Bahamas.

Which part of this experience was the most fun? Which was the most stressful?

Going to The Bahamas was the coolest experience because we got the chance to travel like real models and it was really cold in Toronto at the time. And we did a photo shoot on the beach which was absolutely amazing.

Elimination for me was the most stressful because you never knew what to expect. Each time you thought you did well, you didn’t end up doing well. Each time you didn’t think you did that great, the judges ended up saving you.

In this episode, we bone up on fashion law, see the girls play stylist and go on a trip to the AGO.

Awwww: The girls return to the penthouse to find Tiffany’s note, adorned with a single tear.

Anvil: They really made a point of showing what time the girls went to bed (3:00 a.m.) and when they planned to get up (10:30 a.m.), so of course Nolé arrives at, that’s right, 6:10 a.m. Ridiculous bonus: He’s dressed as a duty officer, and has come to “arrest” the girls.

Best bit of pantomime: The models arrive at a courthouse and Jay whips around, in high court drag, and informs them they’ve all “violated section J [of course!] 212 of the fashion code.” As we all know, section J212 states that “it is a Top Model’s supreme duty to look fffabulous at all times.” Oh my god.

The judges didn’t think Vancouver’s Jill Pukesh really wanted to be on the show, and from what she tells us, it seems they were right.

Which part of this experience was the most fun? Which was the most stressful?

“The most fun part was definitely meeting all the girls and interacting with them. I’d only been hanging out with them for two weeks but I felt like I’ve known them for so long. I think our personalities all just really connected and I really hope I do get some good long-term friendships out of this. Maryam lives in Vancouver and I’m planning on hanging out with her. I loved a lot of the girls there.

“The most stressful was not getting enough sleep because my brain needs sleep. Having to go to sleep at 3:30 and get up at 6:00 was difficult for me and it definitely added to my exhaustion, stress levels and just energy in general.”

In the first episode of Canada’s Next Top Model, we meet some wildly beautiful creatures, 11 also beautiful Top Model hopefuls and Jay Manuel’s sweet new ride.

Best use of the sublimely ridiculous: Jay arrives in a helicopter, because it’s not fashion unless your mode of transport is completely absurd.

Dirtiest trick: You think we’re going to say it was when Jay pretended to “pick” the top 10, who were actually models, leaving the actual top 11 to freak the hell out. But, we liked the “You’re doing this shoot with a partner” curveball. The girls are thinking male models, the producers were thinking more along the lines of wolves, snakes and vultures. Watching people squeal and squirm around snakes (not saying we wouldn’t) is no end of fun. Though the girls seem more frightened of Nigel Barker’s hotness.

Alexandra, we hardly knew ya. After the whirlwind of making it to the top 11, appearing on our cover and posing for Nigel Barker, Penticton, B.C.’s Alexandra McCallum bowed out due to an injury.

Which part of this experience was the most fun? Which was the most stressful?

The fashion. But the whole thing was fun. I wasn’t there for too long so I didn’t get to experience much of it, but what I did see—the amazing clothes, hair and makeup—was amazing.

After failing to impress the judges while posing with a hawk in the the first shoot for season 3 of Canada’s Next Top Model, Toronto’s Tiffany MacDonald was sent home.

Which part of this experience was the most fun? Which was the most stressful?

“Most fun: Meeting the girls! The spontaneous things that kept happening the first day and the uncertainty about whether or not we’d actually made it to the top 11 were nerve-wracking. It was so exhilarating, because I realized hey, I’m actually going to take this journey. I’d stopped trying to get there and trying to get in; I didn’t have to wonder anymore.

During a lull between interviews at our cover shoot (corralling 11 Canada’s Next Top Model hopefuls into hair, makeup and wardrobe and onto set is no mean feat), fashion director Susie Sheffman suddenly yelled my name and pulled me into the wardrobe room. There, Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill of Greta Constantine were ripping the […]

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WHEN March 6, 2009 WHAT Shooting Canada’s Next Top Model’s top 11 for FASHION’s Summer 2009 cover. WEAR Thirteen white Greta Constantine Atelier Grecian-style mini-dress options and 11 pairs of B2 white cage heels. Check out snaps from our Summer 2009 cover shoot!

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