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Nicole looks FIERCE on the runaway. And in case you didn’t already think so, Tyra is hollering at her, “You look fierce!” from the sidelines.  Just enjoy the striking image of Nicole on the runway, and cover your ears so you don’t have to hear her Shakespeare recitation!

Nik takes the runway looking equally fabulous, but she doesn’t seem to be getting the same level of love from the judges as Nicole (unless it was cut out in the editing room).

Next, Eva stomps out and has a slight wardrobe malfunction—her hood drops from her head as she walks. She’s followed by Nicole again, and then Nik wearing an outfit that looks like a reject from Madonna’s Like a Prayer video shoot, cinched together with a hernia belt.

After the show, both girls are more hungry for the Top Model crown than ever before. (Hell, they’re probably just plain hungry.)

The girls go to panel still wearing their designer clothes from the show.  The judges are full of praise for Nicole—they were blown away by her transformation on the runway. Miss J is dour as ever (she just doesn’t like anyone this season). Tyra’s only critique: she would have liked to have seen a little more of, “I’m pissed!”  (Extra fierce-ness?)

Nik is critiqued for being too “bouncy” and “jiggly” (i.e. she has big boobs).  I’m surprised Tyra let’s this kind of discrimination slide. (Have you seen Tyra’s Victoria’s Secret commercials? Gadzooks!) Tyra doesn’t stick up for Nik’s ample cleavage, but she does say that she likes Nik’s “signature walk.” 

Then they evaluate all of Nik and Nicole’s photos from the entire run of the show.  (When they look at the Vargas girl shot, Tyra exclaims, “Nicole, you got booty like a black girl.”)  From looking at their shots, the girls are practically tied—with Nicole’s shots being just slightly stronger.

Then Tyra makes them both do yet another confessional for the judges. No big revelations--just a lot of pretty girl blubbering. 

The judges deliberate and wonder if Nicole will crack under “Fashion Pressure.”  Twiggy thinks that Nik is more likely to be shaken because she has a “gentle soul.” (So what does she think of Nicole’s soul?)

Twiggy thinks Nik is too “bouncy” and Tyra thinks that a lot of Nik’s photos show the same expression, “but at the same time, it’s FIERCE.”  Miss J adds that Nik has, “an amazing body.” Tyra agrees, “Her body is SICK!”  Everyone thinks Nicole looks like a model, and Nigel thinks she has many diverse looks and has the quality of being a comedian in her shots. 

The girls are already crying when Tyra announces that Nicole is the winner.  Poor Nik has to stand there and watch as the judges fawn over Nicole while she stands and shrieks. And shrieks. And shrieks. 

As we see the montage of Nicole flapping about in previous episodes, I’m kind of glad she won. She could barely hoist herself over a hurdle on the fitness course, she went all Tippi Hedren on us in Hyde Park, and she doesn’t know what “pecking order” means.  What the hell else is the girl gonna do for a living? Nik is sexy, savvy and poised--girlfriend has OPTIONS. 

Nicole, well she’s just America’s Next Top Model.