America’s Next Top Model Cycle 16 Episode 2 Alek Wek

Watch America’s Next Top Model  Cycle 16 Episode 2  Alek Wek In this eight-part reality series, ten average young, women were selected to be trained as professional models, with the winner landing a cover of Marie Claire magazine and a big bucks modeling contract. Kidnapped in a single Manhattan penthouse for the duration of the series, the candidates were carefully trained in the attitudes, responsibilities, chills, occasional and disadvantages of the glamor industry. In each episode, a handful of contestants were eliminated by a panel of celebrity judges, including supermodel Tyra Banks (who created and co-produced the series) and Janice Dickinson, fashion editor Beau Quillan, and designer Kimora Lee Simmons. America’s Next Top Model premiered May 20, 2003.

Summary: After Tyra’s nutritionist, Heather Bauer, tests the models” knowledge of healthy foods and gives them tips on “cheaties” they can use to improve their diet, two of the girls get into a verbal smackdown over a piece of chicken. With the help of acting coach Eugene Buica, Nigel challenges the girls to perform for the camera by getting in touch with their “inner critic.” Photographer Mike Rosenthal and Jay Manuel take the models through a dramatic photo shoot with live bees, and one of the girls faces a personal crisis. Model and actress Alek Wek joins the judges to decide which girl will be eliminated.