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^There's more, Hime - they look like different versions from some of the recent shoots though... Young Gangan, No.25:

[Chanel Iman says:] Holla gurl! And yeah, lemme tell you, that bitch's walk be even more whack when I'ma done! And yo, frenchkiki - if you wanna be a pussy about it, go hang out wit Goulart...

^Certainly! Although it's difficult to explain the role of the Qatari female delegation:

[Adriana Lima says:] Oh my! Well, what a risqué question... I've gone quite red. Whilst my bedroom antics are strictly between myself and my husband anyway, it would be a further indiscretion to have to choose between the girls. Naturally they all have their charms, and it would be vulgar of me to dwell on them here! And I do hope you weren't making light of my involuntary facial-spasms in your question to Ms. Iman? Such jibes are quite unnecessary. I hope you understand I'm still seeking guidance with this issue?

[Chanel Iman says:] Damn right you loved me at the show - I owned that mother f^&king show. See me in my wings, wonky-nose Goulart? Better stay outta my way... Yeah, Adriana is what they want me to say, but they's dealing with MISS MOTHER F&*KING IMAN now. Screw them. Im'a say Candice. Put a bag over that bitches head and go medieval on her li'l white ass!

[Candice Swanepoel says:] Like TOTALLLLYYYY!!!!! I'm like "I cannnnnn't wear that - it's wayayyyyyy tooooo smalllll"!!!!! And then I'm like "OK then, you NAUUAUUGHHHHHHTTTTY BOYSSSSS"!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: And then they're like TOATALLYYYYY staring at me in it. SOOOOOOO embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!!!

^I used to live in Qatar as a child - and once saw them get demolished 7-0 by none other than... Crystal Palace! The closest I've ever managed to get is playing against them on FIFA '95 for the Mega Drive. ^I suspect things are probably a little different now (they tend to "repatriate" Sudanese and Egyptian talents to bolster up the squad now... ), but back then I reckon a hastily assembled Bellazon 11 could have given them a run for their money!Actually, they nearly made the '94 World Cup (neither Argentina's nor England's finest hour, eh?!) - I still make it a habit to see how they are doing in these qualifications all these years later.

^Nice to see you around again, Hime. NEW NEW NEW!!! Flash, Dec '10:

^I used to live in Qatar as a child - and once saw them get demolished 7-0 by none other than... Crystal Palace!

Joe, that hunched-up critter is by the same artist who created our old friend the 'Weird Yak Thing' ( hurrah!). Are you testing the waters for it's return? <_<

[Chanel Iman says:] Yo, ex-angel - you want yo busted up face busted up a little more? Better know yourself girl...

Hi, I'm TV's Adam Rodriguez - and no, I'm like totally fine, no offence taken... So, once more in flurry of erratic editing and pointless shots of Paris wittering about something irrelevant to Nicky the show ends and we assess. In all honesty, nothing's really changed - I still intensely dislike who I intensely dislike, I'm still non-plussed by the majority, I still manage to forget certain models were even there... These events almost become their own self-fulfilling prophecies, we find what we sought to seek out to begin with. No surprises for who impressed me, but then I was always going to say that wasn't I? Actually, in the absence of 'comedy' Heidi and the clearly deliberate whitewashing of 2009's "Model Search", VS finally seems to have figured out their democratisation process - and all the "Angels" got a fairly equal billing and screen-time not seen since 2006. This is progress. Now, you can misconstrue the following as Lima-'bashing' if you want, but it isn't really meant that way - I just found it refreshing that this wasn't the 'ADRIANAFEST' (assisted by Mr Rodriguez) that was mooted. VS has 8 "Angels" in play - use 8! (Note the quotation marks, "Angel"-deniers!) We all like different girls, and surely that was the point of having a selection of ambassadors for the brand to begin with? This year they seemed to understand that again, and so everyone was represented. Of course lots of people like Adriana, and understandably want to see more of her - but not all of us do. Some of us want to see others, and if we get to then we're not so likely to be as pithy and surly in regards to your favourite! Surely this is, ultimately, a positive thing? We had just that one little extra really, of the "Angels" talking about each other. Short, concise, a nice introduction for those of us who don't know who these goddesses are... Didn't overstay it's welcome. Plus, it was RELEVANT! We could read between the lines of some of the things that were said ( ) - but that would just be churlish! But, with a step forward we seem to always have two steps back, And, unfortunately, we have regressed to irritating audience shots once more. Last year was very restrained (possibly because they were so keen to shove as many simpering shots of Kylie and Jamie Lee into our faces as able) and we had but one audience pan to land on a fairly non-plussed Jay-Z! This year has gone back to pre-2009 famous-people 'wank-fest' that reached it's vomit-inducing zenith with Adam Levine's continual Jack-In-The-Box antics. Actually his mates were even worse: "OK, Adam I'll jump up now too. Please can I stay in Maroon 5, Adam? PLEASE?" We get it, you get to go out with a VS model (although it was only Anne V, one of the most bland of the night ), congratulations! I am jealous, sure, but you're not helping. Plus, I've got more "Rock" in my fucking thumb you AOR pap-ster... We didn't need to see that more than once - or even once actually, but I'm being generous. The other thing I didn't need at all was those damn voices. Again! Maybe they are meant to convey the drama and hectic pace of backstage? All they continue to do is irritate me with their stating-the-obvious and random interjections that serve no purpose whatsoever. Twice I was told Ale had "left the stage". TWICE. Both times I could see she had left the stage as they decided to show me that as opposed to what was actually happening on the bloody stage that I would have been slightly more interested in seeing. Indeed this peculiar VSFS anomaly could only be of use to a blind viewer who, in all honesty, is pretty much shit out of luck when it comes to enjoying this experience anyway. "Akon's on the move" they ramped up the tension, as Akon remained sitting in his dressing-room unimpressed. Who is actually hearing all that shit anyway? Except each other. As far as I can tell the models aren't. That 'fluffer' guy probably is, but then he's too full of his own bullshit platitudes to listen to anybody else's: "Go out there and rock it. Just rock it" - gee thanks, hadn't considered that! I liked the stage. I don't know what all that Club Victoria/Rodriguez nonsense was ultimately meant to convey - but the resulting supper-club setting was sumptuous and surprisingly intimate. The little lamps particularly. By and large I liked the sets, the music was slightly blah, but I liked the 'Game On' segment mix. And the models. Aside from what I said in the beginning, I have to mention that I loved Gracie Carvalho's 3 seconds of fame - as much as I was disappointed by the terrible editing that meant I got to see hardly anything of Magdalena. Rosie wasn't looking her best I admit (and I am a big Rosie fan), but I can only assume her 'bad' hair was a consequence of having to keep the same barnet for Transformers 3 continuity? I know how important those kind of details are (even to Michael Bay). Maryna Linchuk was superb in her no-nonsense attitude towards those balloons (you could almost hear her swearing as she properly punched them out of her way)! And Isabeli was so gorgeous in that (albeit hokey) weightlifting walk that I was almost in a cold-sweat. If anyone could look more like my idealised version of Wonder Woman I don't think I could take it! But, I think I should end with this bizarre segue. Somebody definitely needed to get the defibrillators out for Candice's monotone 'thought-piece' - talk about flat-lining... I'm sure I nodded off somewhere in the middle of that too. But this, this was a classic line: "As my transformation begins. I start to prepare myself mentally..." Shouldn't take long then.

^Same question, one hundred times - probably... Beautiful backstage portrait:

^Well I'll just tell you what I would have voted then and kind of miss the point as I do so...

^Gorgeous! (Y) Thank you iceeagel and vanessaaa...And those these aren't quite in the same league as that Russell James fellow - a couple more previously-unseen backstage shots:

^Is it Mekaneck from He-Man with his fancy sunglasses off??? And 3 for the lady, pheno... Can I also bitch about the competition and change my vote in retrospect when I find out who it is?

^Seconded!

Chompers (Lima) should eat her. [Chanel Iman says:] You better know this - bitch won't be able to chomp on me wit no mother f^@king teeth! HOLLA! Yeah - right you afraid. Remember I told you. And go, go, go, go, go, go Go shorty, it's my birthday Yo' better party like it's my birthday I'm sippin' Bacardi cos it's my birthday 'Cos you better give a f*&k That it's my birthday! So, better be setting me up wit some mother f^%king drinks right now...

[Chanel Iman says:] This Dutta chick is hella crazy! Gurl gone mother f*&king loco if she think she be an "Angel" before me. Yeah, Miss Thing watch yo mother f^$king back bitch. Don't care if you got all that India hoodoo shit - 'aint no match fo' the LA beating you gonna get when you step on my turf...

[Candice Swanepoel says:] OMG You think I'm PERRRRFECCCCCTTTTTT???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Giggles!!!!

[Chanel Iman says:] Yo - iceeagel wit yo dumbass misspelt name... Think you better know that I'm the PINK spokes-girl now mother f%3ker! Yeah, maybe you heard some shit about some other girl - that fat chick from Africa (Africa? WHAT?) - but you better believe it's all about the Chanel now. That's right. Yeah, 'aint just that stoopid Candice that can show a little bootay. You hearing me? Damn straight you are...

[Adriana Lima says:] I'm afraid (and it brings me no pleasure to say it) that Ms. Ambrosio considers herself above such things as a 'webchat'. Rarely, if ever, have I seen a model hold her fans in such utter contempt as she... Why, only last week it was advertised that she would be attending this event, along with Chanel and Candice. Why, you should have seen the tantrum that ensued! People have been referring to my 'terrible' foot-stomp in regards to the show this year - but I can assure that was nothing compared to her stomping theatrics (plus the spitting, gnashing of teeth and general demeanour of a child) that occurred when the Rt.Hon Ed Razek informed Ambrosio that she should be part of this. And this is merely our gift to you - a chance to ask us questions. But she will not see it that way. Apparently she considers such 'interaction' beneath her, and will only answer questions through her own team of media-correspondents, sanctioned paparazzi and public-relations team. Naturally, I stepped into this breach at the last minute - but I can only apologise to anyone who had been expecting her.

[Chanel Iman says:] They ALL be meeting God if they get in my grill... I 'aint buying that peacock shit neither. Damn hokey old camp-fire tales. Mother f*%king evil bird wanting a sacrifice? Try that shit with me, he be in the mother f$&king oven with some yams!

^Yeah, it was withdrawn from YouTube ages ago - here's a link to it on vimeo though: http://vimeo.com/8576062 ^cecileet - a "making of" video, if you're interested, too: