Episode 4

It's day three in Goa and the models' bitching and complaining has reached new heights.
The little diva wannabes started whining from day one about the "food situation" – even before today's announcement that Deanne is putting them all on special diet food for the rest of the competition.
For the first two days, they could eat the same food the judges and crew were eating, but apparently, in the time they had to wait between the courses, they'd get hungry all over again.
Nina's taking it the worst. She's snapped at the hotel staff a couple of times and keeps making digs at Arika about her age. She even told Deanne that what she'd really like to eat is Butter Chicken.
The girls are also irritated by the rules, the camera, the work, their tiredness, the weather, the sun, the make up, homesickness, missing their boyfriends, no network coverage and even each other.
The incessant complaining is starting to grate on my ears.
And it's not doing much to help them impress the judges either.
Tonight Alison is training the girls to walk the ramp, and I'm hanging out with the judges. They start talking about how they wish there were more girls to choose from because they might possibly not find a real winner among these girls.
A light bulb goes on somewhere in my head. I start to tell them about this American reality show, P. Diddy's Making of the Band, where unimpressed by the girls, the judges actually start auditions again and bring in new girls! I suggest that maybe the Get Gorgeous judges should fool the models into believing that something like that is going to happen. That way they might pull up their socks and start performing to the best of their abilities.
The judges love the idea. I don't know if they can make this happen but it would definitely lead to an interesting turn of events. One thing is certain though, if the girls ever find out it was my idea… I'm as good as dead.
It's morning, and when I walk into the dinning area, some of the girls who aren't shooting are having a late breakfast. Tensions are rising. The eliminations are starting the today and two girls will be sent home.
Arika seems very quiet. Nina tells me that Arika, who according to her is a temperamental brat, is angry because she just yelled at her.
Amman (the marketing guy from Channel [v]), Nina and I strike up a conversation with Kirtana, who's been telling everyone that she doesn't know what she's doing here and doesn't care about winning the competition – and is starting to irritate the other girls. We ask her what's going on, and she says that her bad attitude towards the show is because she's so into her work with an NGO. We point out that she's not at the NGO, and that right now this is her work. Nina's tells Kirtana to stop acting like she's better than all this. "Get that stick out of your arse," Nina says! She isn't shy about repeating it for my camera as well.
Arlette, Mizpah, Rebecca, Rachel and to some extent Nidhi are still acting like a clique and helping each other deal with the stress. They're calling themselves the Famous Five. I don't know if I agree with that, but I'm pretty sure none of them are going to be among the first to get eliminated.
It's almost noon and I stop by Nidhi's room to pick up some earphones she said she'd lend me. Kirtana is sitting in the bed applying some concealer. I say I've never really figured out how to use concealer. All of the sudden Kirtana's applying it on me to show what a difference it makes. She proceeds to do up my entire face with a "day look". She's bossing me around a bit, and I sit with my eyes shut tight and my fingers crossed.
The make-up looks great! It's not as heavy as I thought it would be, which is a relief. And it's such a pleasant surprise to see Kirtana letting her guard down with me and being herself.
Over lunch, Manoj tells me about this morning's shoot. Today's challenge has the contestants in some very cute bikinis posing with kitchen pots and pans, as if they are doing print ad. Manoj says that the girls he shot in the morning should have been more creative while posing with their kitchen props. They should have put more thought into it, he says.
It's after dinner and the girls have finished practicing their ramp walk and are sitting around, waiting for eliminations to begin. They're starting to get snappy with the crew and me as well. They have just one thing on their mind… elimination.
Everyone's worried about being eliminated at this point. But it seems like the girls with the most potential are more nervous than the ones the judges have been criticizing. Nidhi has one of the most stunning faces and a lovely body, but she's concerned because she's never modeled before. Arlette and Rebecca are also very worried when I don't think they should be. Maybe they're not confident enough at this point.
I think that Sarika and Kirtana will be the two girls sent home. Sarika's filmy drama has not been well received by the judges, and Kirtana's disregard for everything to do with the show has not gone unnoticed. The judges have been, not so fondly, referring to them as "Tollywood" and "RJ".
It's after 10pm and the eliminations have begun. The girls are looking at their bikini pics and are about to go before the judges.
I haven't been told who's going home. This is scary for me, even though I'm not part of the competition. I'm stressed out!
Next week: training gets more intensive and the girls have two big surprises in store.



Ahhh !! It starts to be bitchy !
(that tampon story made my day… probably my week!)
Comment by Dunstan — June 26, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
the fun has just begun
Comment by tanishka — June 28, 2007 @ 4:55 pm
Oh God. I am hooked onto this show. But wait a min, how can Sarika, Arlette AND Mizpah be out??! Isn't it just supposed to be two at a time?
And Mizpah ROCKS! They'd be nuts to throw her out. She's Ms. Unique Everything.
Comment by annika — June 28, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
yehh..m totally hooked too.!…but who all r out?!?…sarika ws too fake, she deserved to go…bt r mizpah n arika both out??….i kinda liked arika though..!!
Comment by neha — June 28, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
oh man im totally glued to the show….sarika is fake…how did somone evn select her..no model element in her…but who r out..they said2..but i think they said sarika,mizpah and arika???
Comment by anita — June 28, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
happy that sarika left.how the hell did she get selected anyway? there were way more deserving candidates.mizpah leaving is ok as hses too short.but arika?????
Comment by rito — June 29, 2007 @ 4:13 am
miss.rachel verghese is a combination of beauty and brains.she has creativity which is most essential for a model or any artist for that matter.
-jaya
Comment by dr.jayalaxmi herale — June 29, 2007 @ 11:58 am
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW RACHEL, SNEHA, MIZPAH REALLY DESERVES TO BE THE WINNER OF GET GORGEOUS 4, KIRTANA MAY BE BECZ OF HER FAST SPEAKING TALKS AND GOOD ATTITUDE. WELL GOOD LUCK FOR THEM
Comment by SUNNY — June 29, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
Oh right. I meant Arika when I said Arlette (oops?)
I hope they're playing a prank on the lines of what Valsa suggested. Mispah has a distinctive personality, look and attitude and her pictures were much better than the girl they let off (I really can't remember their names)
Although the "Famous Five" titale was quite unclassy. I'm hoping it was not Mizpah but Rachel who came up with it (its coool yaaaa…Jeez). The Famous Five are 12 years old and one of them is a DOG. How inappropriate could it get?
Comment by annika — June 29, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
*titale =title…stop with the typos already
Comment by annika — June 29, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
rachel reminds me of carol the famous super model
Comment by jani — June 29, 2007 @ 4:55 pm
I think Rachel and Rebecca should win.
Arika was pretty and stuff but she didn't seem like model material.
Kirtana could be a great model (I personally think) except that she needs to put in so much more effort!
Comment by anjali — June 29, 2007 @ 5:14 pm
I could not believe when arika and mizpah got evicted. How could it be?Mizpah is the GIRL and arika was cute and gorgeous.kirtana could have been sent rather.
Comment by ish — June 29, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
hey it's gokarna by the way….not goa…..
Comment by amrita — June 29, 2007 @ 10:49 pm
Mizpah rocks !!!!!!!!!!
Comment by mizpah — June 30, 2007 @ 12:41 am
Hey Valsa can't we have a discussion forum here? I feel guilty leaving so many comments.
Comment by annika — June 30, 2007 @ 10:57 am
RACHEL, SNEHA, NINA, MIZPAH R REALLY DESERVES TO BE THE WINNER OF GET GORGEOUS 4. BUT KIRTANA HAS A CHANCE TO WIN THIS CONTEST
Comment by SUNNY — June 30, 2007 @ 1:03 pm
lollz @ mizpah!
Comment by annika — July 2, 2007 @ 1:55 am
You've elevated the entire concept of Get Gorgeous to the next level. I'm sure Channel [V] can see that your inputs are actually helping and promoting the traffic on the website thus creating a fashion blogging revolution!
Great stuff. Your work is truly objective, supports the theme of the show and gives these models the spotlight. Your writing is also unique and I can't wait to see where it goes from here!
Wonderful work, Valsa; I'm so proud of you
Comment by The Bassplayer — July 2, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
Hey Valsa, well like the tv show hasn't got me hooked enough, this blog has me hooked even more! You sure know how to add spice to it all!! Cheers and keep us updated on the dirt
Comment by Michelle — July 2, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
i m toally screwed up with this thing i mean how could they throw out 3 girls at a time thx 2 god dat sarika is out she was really 2 fake a nuthin but a piece of crap god knows who she was selected i really dont like much of this season cos most of da girls r dead face neways i like antm more
Comment by sameera — July 3, 2007 @ 1:29 am
kirthana is more the miss india type i think.shes got the gift of the gab and works for a ngo.they would LOVE her at miss world.lol.yes wish all pageants and beauty contests were so realistic and tongue in cheek as GG.
Comment by rito — July 3, 2007 @ 5:02 am
wudnt it be fab if they did get rid of two contestants suddenly and replaced one with some1 who was eliminated at the regionals
Comment by rito — July 4, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
NIDHI is the next GG4 Winner….shes the best!!!!!!
Comment by royston — July 12, 2007 @ 7:12 pm