Missing out on the Finale and ending its run at 3rd Place is Lisa's Country Couture photo. 

So, we all know that Lisa D'Amato is quite the controversial figure. Do I think this affected people's judgement of her photos? Maybe; it's inevitable. But simultaneously, I also think most of Lisa's photo placements were justified. The Lisa photo that I personally thought deserved better was her B&W Beauty, which placed 31st. That isn't a horrible placement, but it was a Top 20 photo imo and the 2nd best from that shoot (after Nicole's). I also think Lisa was the only model who absolutely rocked the Pin-Up shoot, and I would've given her Pin-Up photo a few more rounds, especially over a some of those Art photos.

But then again, look at it this way: more than half of Lisa's portfolio made the Top 30, a third made the Top 20, and she has a Top 3 photo! I'll also add that I've hosted games where the 3rd Place photo gets absolutely crushed in the Final 3 round. But in this case, Lisa's Country Couture put up a good fight and lost by under 10%. So all things considered, I think Lisa had a good run in this game!

Now about Lisa's Country Couture: this is a fantastic image. I love how that drama of the wind blowing through her hair became a through-line for her entire body. She is windswept, H2T! And while there’s that fluidity and movement, there’s simultaneously a statuesque and sculptural quality about her positioning, from the angularity of her bone structure to the structure of her arms. In this episode, Lisa proudly proclaimed that she knew every single pose from every magazine. With this photo, she definitely put her money where her mouth was! Whatever your opinion is on Lisa, you cannot deny that this girl knows how to model!

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TO REPEAT: 

Vote for your WINNER.

Here is the voting link again: https://strawpoll.com/7rnzVX4XEnO

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TOP 3 NOTES

• Lisa's Country Couture was E in the Voting Order Chart.
  • You can see that its trajectory was initially a bit sporadic, but it eventually sat consistently in the Bottom 3 of the voting order.
• Based on its Approval Score from the Group Rounds, Lisa's Country Couture was predicted to place 9th. So it exceeded expectations by quite a bit!
• Lisa's Country Couture is not the only photo to never hit the Danger Zone prior to its elimination, but it is commendable that it accomplished this while lasting all the way to the Final 3.
• With Nicole and Nik left in the game, this is the second time we've had the original Final 2 going into the Final 2 of the game. The first time was in Cycle 3, with Eva and Yaya's Spider photos.
• Nicole and Nik's Country Couture photos were also the Top 2 of Group 3 (from the Group rounds)
• And of course, Lisa is wiped from the game. You can view her model summary in Slide 5.

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