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#1 – Dominique’s Paint Beauty Shot

Everything in this photo is just working together. Firstly you have the elements outside her control, the colours of the paint are perfect along with the way they have been splattered across her face. The bracelets and necklace are also working well. Then you have Dominique’s beautiful modelling. I am just in love with her expression, it is wide-eyed and angelic. The placement of her hand is also working for me at the moment, it feels slightly dazed but in a more beautiful way. Dominique looks almost ethereal and goddess like here. I am so in love with everything in this photo, and the most surprising thing is that I hardly even remember Dominique producing something so harmoniously soft in this season. Her portfolio was such a shock from this cycle, and now I truly see why she got so far, and was brought back.

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#2 – Aimee’s Paint Beauty Shot

Those eyes. I am just obsessed with her eyes. They are just such a beautiful colour, and the sparkle in them is so honest. This photo is just the perfect example of a beauty shot, someone doing so little but selling it all in the eyes. I also adore the contrast between the colours they chose and her pale ivory skin. It is striking. Aimee was totally undersold with this shot, she should never have been near the tail end of the call-out order with this.

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#3 – Dominique’s Renaissance Shot

As I have said many times before, Dominique was the surprise of the cycle for me. After a rough start in the competition she really picked up, and produced some of the best photos in the cycle. Dominque is killing this shoot, and deserved so much more praise than she got. This is just high fashion cruelness. She looks like some cruel villainess, someone with an impeccable fashion sense and penchant to screw others over. I could see this running in Vogue to be honest.

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#4 – Stacy-Ann’s Paint Beauty Shot

Oh Stacy-Ann, my face of the cycle. In fact, my second favourite face in the shows history. Second only to Anchal. She was always going to succeed in a beauty shot, but here she has excelled. Her features are just perfect here, her jawline is stunning, I love the soft intensity in her eyes, and the way she is tugging the necklace. This shot is just everything I hoped she could produce.

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#5 – Anya’s Paparazzi Shot

And here we have the other example of Anya producing an insanely timeless photo. It looks modern, it looks retro, it looks classic. Her look just works. This is probably one of the strongest fashion shots of the cycle, as I am instantly drawn to the clothes here. Also, something I didn’t mention in my initial evaluation, her legs look insanely good. This may have been a fluke, but sometimes models can just produce magic without knowing it, so I am still impressed.

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#6 – Katarzyna’s Paint Beauty Shot

Katarzyna’s face is just absolutely magnificent. She doesn’t have the typical chiselled face that the models I usually fall in love with do, but it is rounder and her eyes are such a beautiful shape. Everything just fits so well. This photo is just so striking, though I will admit it would be far stronger if they had picked nice colours. Yellow, green and orange don’t really go well together.

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#7 – Fatima’s Fuerza Bruta Shot

While I did say it was overrated earlier, I still think this shot is heavenly and serene. Fatima looks like some delicate water nymph, the way her fingers look are stunning, and the fabrics are so serene as well. This is just so ethereal, and artistic. As I said before, this shoot was never about the fabric, and she produced something that looks like it should be hanging in a gallery.

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#8 – Anya’s Intimates Lingerie Shot

Anya’s strongest ability in my opinion is she has a real knack for making photos both classical and modern. She did it with this shot, she did it with her airplane shoot and she did it with her paparazzi shot. They feel like they could stand the test of time, and that is a great feature to have. Her look is just so stunning here, she feels like a strong modern woman, and I love her styling. There is a few minor changes I would make to the pose, but honestly they don’t bother me that much and I love the shot anyways.