LOL, Belinda Hodge. Cycle 4's short-sighted (or was it long-sighted? Why are they so easily confused?), squinting goddess and failed Ugly Duckling Project. I really do feel like the intention with Belinda was to take her and transform her before our very eyes from the girl who admits to having never worn heels in episode 1 into some confident, strutting modelesque diva (I mean, surely production were crossing their fingers that this girl would "get it"), but this quickly fell by the wayside due to the nature of Cycle 4 and the dominant personalities and storyline that ran through that cycle.
Cycle 4 was the "Cycle of the Bitchketeers" a trio of girls who I've spoken briefly about before who became infamous during Cycle 4 for their "bullying" behaviour. Well, I cut the first of their victims way back in Cycle 1 and now it looks like I get the chance to cut their other victim as Belinda was also a target for the Bitchketeers during the 3 episodes she existed.
The funny thing about the whole Bitchketeers situation is that the 3 members of this clique could, you know, actually model. Like, one of them went on to win the entire competition. Yet, the two girls who were the victims of the apparent bullying were completely fucking hopeless to the point of being beyond help. FFS, Belinda fell off the stage filming the promo in the opening episode and just about flopped in every single challenge and photoshoot, including the now infamously bad Napoleon Perdis running water photo where Belinda comes across looking like a pissed off alien water creature:
Yikes.
So yeah, not that I'm defending the Bitchketeers, but I'd be pretty annoyed if I showed up for a modelling competition and had to deal with such obvious fodder cast too because they are obviously there just to be a distraction - an opinion that is completely validated by Belinda's post-AusNTM work which is hilarious in its "Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" meets "The Golden Girls" vibe.
Belinda, you're doing that wrong girl.
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Izzy's still out there! Maybe I'll get her next time?