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Fierce competition takes on a whole new meaning when you're posing in a freezing pool or with tarantulas crawling on your face! Join us as we count down the most physically demanding and mentally challenging photoshoots in America's Next Top Model history. From wind tunnels to graveyards, these aspiring models truly suffered for their art!
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00:00If you knew you were going to be inverted upside down in a harness, why would you drink a whole cup of coffee?
00:06Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most physically demanding and even painful photo shoots in top model history.
00:14We're focusing mostly on photo shoots, otherwise those dangerous 10-inch heels would definitely be high on this list.
00:20She looked petrified, scared, just like a drowning chicken.
00:26Number 10. Graveyard Shoot
00:28In one of the most unfortunate cases of bad timing in the show's history,
00:33Kaylin Rondeau found out a friend from home passed away just before the next photo shoot.
00:38I checked my messages and found out that one of the girls I was very good friends with when I was a little bit younger had passed away.
00:46The dread as the models pull up to a cemetery is palpable.
00:50It turns out they are to embody the seven deadly sins while lying in an open grave.
00:55Being six feet under and in a confined space is difficult enough.
00:59Rondeau's fresh grief makes it an especially difficult experience.
01:04And in the world of modeling, anything can happen at any time.
01:07We've got lust, sloth, gluttony, envy, wrath, grief, and pride.
01:13These are the seven deadly sins.
01:14And with seven of you here today, each and every one of you are going to have to portray one of these deadly sins.
01:22Producers of the show have explained that it was not intentional and that the shoot had been scheduled long before Rondeau's personal tragedy.
01:29Do you know what's wrong with Kaylin?
01:31She had a friend that died from high school.
01:34Oh my gosh.
01:36Regardless, it's one of the most cringeworthy and complicated challenges for this totally unique reason.
01:43So, I kind of just tried to not think about it.
01:47I had to be wrath.
01:50Wrath is like anger.
01:51But I'm trying not to feel anything right now.
01:54Tell you the truth.
01:55Number 9.
01:56The Spider Shoot
01:57We do have someone else for you to pose with today in your shot.
02:01So can we have our other person?
02:02Eva Pigford's stunning portrait with a tarantula is one of the show's most iconic images.
02:12But anyone who saw Cycle 3 knows just how hard won that picture was.
02:17This is not what they had in mind when J. Manuel told them they'd have another model to pose with.
02:22Ready?
02:23I'm going to stop.
02:23Stay with me the whole time, okay?
02:25No worries about it, okay?
02:26Gorgeous.
02:28Can't miss.
02:28Gorgeous.
02:29Can you move the spider, please?
02:31This is what it takes to be a pro, hon.
02:33Fantastic.
02:35Pigford had the biggest reaction to the Viraggio Diamond photoshoot prompt.
02:39But she isn't the only one struggling.
02:42The tarantula has a mind of its own, and the models are just expected to let it go wherever it wants.
02:47It even ends up on Amanda Swafford's forehead at one point.
02:51Oh, I love that shot.
02:55Spiders, spiders, get it off.
02:57Can I open my eye without the spider claw going in my cornea?
03:00Amanda, if you hold still, the spider won't put its finger in your eyes.
03:04You have to open them up.
03:06Number 8.
03:07Ice Sculpture Shoot.
03:09We just walk into this big warehouse building, and we're not really sure what's going on.
03:13The aspiring models of Cycle 6 have to feel their frozen fantasy when they arrive at a refrigerated warehouse.
03:27There's a reason the place is so chilly.
03:29They have to pose on several ice sculptures.
03:32I just feel that whoosh of cold air.
03:35But I'm thinking, let me just think about the desert and how hot it is.
03:39And in true top model fashion, they're not wearing much in the way of clothes to avoid contact with the ice itself.
03:46Noses ran and bodies trembled.
03:48As usual, J-Manuel has the nerve to dress them down when they show any visible signs of discomfort standing around half-dressed in the freezing cold.
03:57He says all this while looking awfully snug in his winter coat.
04:01Just every once in a while, they get a little hoe on me.
04:03So keep it clean.
04:07Number 7.
04:08Landfill Photo Shoot.
04:10It's a big old place where everyone dumps all their trash.
04:14It's nasty.
04:14I've never seen anything like it.
04:16Cycle 16 turns up the ick factor on its ensemble of industry hopefuls.
04:21Tyra Banks sends them on a very special field trip for their next photo shoot.
04:25They board a bus and head over to the Olinda Landfill for an eco-friendly couture fashion shoot.
04:31Yes, Banks sends them to a garbage dump.
04:34I specifically designed couture dresses for you girls using recycled materials like broken mirror and make them look like expensive gemstones.
04:44I feel great about the eco-friendly shoot and, you know, maybe people will think twice before throwing out so much garbage.
04:51With its huge mounds of trash encircled by seagulls, it's certainly a striking backdrop.
04:56To their credit, the models are largely good sports about this, but it's easy to imagine just how hard this one would be to take.
05:04Sitting at home, we can only imagine how this place smells.
05:08Cycle 9 tapped into the cast's athleticism for the third photo shoot.
05:25Suspended from ropes, the models are made to climb the rock wall in heels and pose while hanging off the structure.
05:31I didn't let Mr. J know that I was afraid of heights because I didn't want to come off, like, you know, trembling.
05:36I really went in just like, I've got this, I'm going to do this.
05:39It makes for a playful and elegant anti-gravity effect.
05:43Fear of heights, cumbersome gowns, and just general muscle fatigue are all in play here.
05:48As difficult as it looks, most of the contestants actually nailed it.
05:52The body language is disgustingly fabulous.
05:56Give me a little more in the face.
05:59Still, this is one of those photo shoots that makes us wonder why they couldn't just simulate a rock wall and let the models act out climbing.
06:06But that's fashion, we suppose.
06:08You're still trying to play safe, I feel it.
06:11Let go of the safety net.
06:12You know, some girls can be fierce and some girls can be a little mysterious, but I'm just normal and I want to be a good role model to the girls that do have a normal life.
06:21That's not stepping out of the box.
06:23Just go for it.
06:23Just go there.
06:24Number five, Zodiac Signs Photoshoot.
06:28An astrology-themed photo shoot sees the models of Cycle 4 embodying each of the signs of the Zodiac.
06:34Apparently, this requires them to be rigged up in a harness and lifted off the ground.
06:39Don't forget your face.
06:40Today, Kenya definitely gave us a range of expression.
06:44Hey, Brittany, what are you thinking right now?
06:46No sex, kitten face is what I'm trying to do.
06:48Adding to the balance issues this causes, some models have it way worse than others.
06:54The bulky, cartoonish costuming is almost impossible to work with for some.
06:58While her competitors have bows and goat horns affixed to their heads, Tiffany Richardson gets saddled with two of the biggest crab claws we've ever seen.
07:07Just be graceful about it.
07:09Beautiful, honey.
07:11That's gorgeous right there.
07:13Tiffany has grown in leaps and bounds from her first photo shoot.
07:16She commanded that set.
07:17But as always, it's the models' fault they're not comfortable being suspended by a harness with cumbersome props in their hands.
07:24I'm a tangled fish.
07:26Come on.
07:27Yubi struggled a lot in the harness today.
07:29A little insecure about her whole overall pose.
07:32You can try different things, but as long as you keep that kind of fishy motion with the hands together.
07:37She had a really hard time really grasping the shape that we wanted.
07:42Thank you, guys.
07:42Number four, fish market photo shoot.
07:46Remaining contestants in Cycle 6 are flown to Phuket, Thailand, where they're asked to pose as mermaids caught in fishing nets.
07:53I know it's tough being around so many girls, so get some tail.
07:57It's actually a charming concept.
08:00Unfortunately, the setup Jay Manuel has in mind requires the models to be suspended in a fishing net over a very real Thai fishing market.
08:09My uterus is probably flat as a pancake right now.
08:12Is it okay like that?
08:14Can you rest there or do you want to put them in the back?
08:16I want to get them done.
08:17Okay, you got 15 more.
08:19A couple times, you know, I was like, oh my God, this hurts all day.
08:22I want to quit.
08:23They must defy gravity in a deeply uncomfortable harness decorated with real dead fish.
08:29Did we mention they're also being dangled upside down for minutes at a time?
08:33For some reason, I keep on landing in the bottom too, which I don't understand why.
08:36But I keep coming back, and I'm coming back with a vengeance.
08:39I'm coming back strong.
08:40The resulting shots are definitely stunning, but it does leave us wondering if the fish juice was worth the squeeze.
08:46Mr. Jet!
08:49What are we doing?
08:49The water is stinky, the fish is nasty, and I'm just trying to get my shoe done so I can get back into the trailer, which is air conditioned.
08:58Number three, posing underwater.
09:04You need to see that face more, right?
09:06You need to twist around so you look into the camera a little more, right?
09:08Go for it.
09:10Posing and maintaining grace under pressure in a water tank was hard enough for the cast of Cycle 2.
09:15Cycle 13 took things a step further.
09:18After being whisked away to Hawaii, the cast of aspiring models are taken to the actual open waters of the Pacific Ocean for undersea glamour shots.
09:28If I go too deep, I won't be able to breathe pretty much at all, even with the regulator.
09:31There are people with asthma who dive, so you should be able to use it.
09:35I think what's happening right now is you're psyching yourself out a little, and I would hate to see you go home.
09:40This cast has a lot of reasons to be worried.
09:43They have to get deep enough for the shots to work.
09:46This requires them to complete their poses between puffs of oxygen.
09:50Every time I go down, I'm swallowing water through my mouth and nose, and it's just burning.
09:54Laura Kirkpatrick panics almost immediately, but Sunday Love struggles the most.
10:01Between her asthma and an ear injury, she is an ambassador for letting her medical issues get in the way of her work.
10:07Work with your body.
10:08Your whole body tells the story.
10:10I'll just keep going.
10:11Yeah, I got water in my nose.
10:12Sunday came out with every excuse in the book.
10:14My ear is hurt.
10:16The water is out going up my nose.
10:17I have asthma.
10:18Number two, posing in freezing water.
10:21I hate cold water.
10:23In Cycle 7, the final four modeling hopefuls were asked to pose in a freezing cold pool.
10:30This is just one of those challenges where we have to wonder, is this what modeling is like,
10:34or is this just what the producers came up with to create some extra drama?
10:38We had to float and act like little angels in the water.
10:41I couldn't move.
10:42I couldn't float.
10:43It was cold.
10:44I was shivering.
10:45And hopefully I didn't look like I was a dead fish up in that cold water.
10:48Creepy crawlies and awkward poses are one thing, but hypothermia is another.
10:54This was unbelievably cold, but, you know, I had to do what I had to do.
10:57And remember, cold is there, but not here.
11:01Okay?
11:01Not here, no other face.
11:03Carrie D. English had to exit the pool because she developed hypothermia.
11:07J. Manuel and Tyra Banks saw her struggling, telling her to push through.
11:11The next minute, she's hypothermic, and it's her fault for not understanding her limits.
11:17As a model, you need to tell people when you're past your limit.
11:22It wasn't just that she was cold.
11:24It wasn't just that her teeth were chattering.
11:26She had reached the moment of hypothermia.
11:29How are the pictures, baby?
11:30They look good.
11:31Am I better?
11:31Am I getting good again?
11:33You have to listen to your body and you have to tell us, okay?
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11:51Number 1.
11:52Wind Tunnel
11:53It's almost as if Tyra Banks and her producers held a personal grudge against the contestants of Cycle 7.
12:00This crop of models had some of the hardest, most punishing photoshoots in the show's history.
12:06The wind is blowing upward and your whole face is flopping.
12:12I really had to focus on keeping my body really relaxed, including my face.
12:18Jada in general is not the most graceful girl on set, but today, this shoot might just save Jada.
12:23Here, they were made to pose in a wind tunnel skydiving column and serve face and graceful poses at the same time.
12:31The shoot proved to be near impossible for even the Cycle's frontrunners.
12:36For a minute, this one even had Tyra wondering if they had asked them to do the impossible.
12:41I was a little nervous at first with all of the girls, but so far I have not liked all the pictures that have come up.
12:46So I was thinking that this photoshoot might have been too hard and impossible.
12:50And I'm like beating myself up in the head going, why did I have them do this?
12:53But then I see this and I go, I had you guys do it because a great shot is possible.
12:57Of course, just as she's about to express some regret, one model's picture convinces her it was all worth it.
13:04I'm not happy.
13:05It was almost like I wanted to jump back in there and do it again.
13:07Melrose wasn't the best.
13:09Oh, thank God.
13:10Okay, finally.
13:11Which of these photoshoots looked the hardest?
13:14Tell us in the comments.
13:16We'll see you next time.
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