by Gina Scarpa

The competition continues in Hong Kong this week on America's Next Top Model, and the cattiness reaches a whole new level for the final five. Eboni is convinced that she's the strongest model left in the competition, Laura still hates Eboni, the girls are sick of Laura's sex talk, and Annaliese and Sophie stay out of the drama as usual. We need a challenge to distract us from all this negativity!

One can only wonder what Miss J. is wearing when she meets up with the girls and introduces actor and pop star Nicholas Tse. He'll teach them a simple fight scene and the winner gets to come back to Hong Kong and appear in his next music video! Eboni, who bragged about earning a yellow belt in third grade, thinks she has this one in the bag. Something tells me it'll be a LITTLE tougher than that. Laura gets to work directly with Nicholas when practicing, which doesn't seem fair at all. Even though I thought Annaliese did the best job in her scene, Nicholas picks Laura as the winner. That ego is getting bigger by the minute!

Afterwards, Laura admits that A) she didn't think she did the best job and B) wants to sleep with Nicholas. When Sophie and Eboni joke that she's sleeping her way to the top, Laura gets pissed and tells everyone off. Oh, now you're offended?

As if emotions weren't running high enough, the girls meet up with Jay Manuel at Macau Tower and find out they'll be doing their photo shoot over 700 feet in the air. Sophie is set to go first and nearly doesn't make it out there, then refuses to let go of her harness during the shoot. You gotta give her credit for facing a major fear of hers. Annaliese worked the harness to her advantage, Laura can barely contain her excitement to get outside, and Eboni gets creative with her poses to try to make a strong impression with the panel. Alisha was up last and was just as freaked out as Sophie, but turns on the fierceness as soon as Nigel starts shooting.

At panel, Kelly loves that Annaliese looks like a warrior but Tyra asks her to soften her face a bit. Alisha's picture is okay and misses the mark when it comes to high fashion. There's not an ounce of fear in Sophie's eyes when her photo is revealed but the judges aren't loving her pose. Tyra tells Eboni that she doesn't look like a model in her face, but Nicholas defends her gutsy pose. Kelly gushes over Laura's photo, and Tyra chimes in to call it beautiful. Hmm, I wonder whose name will be called out first.

After the panel deliberates, and Kelly rips everyone apart, Laura is called first followed by Sophie (whaaaa?) and Annaliese.  Eboni and Alisha find themselves in the bottom two.  Tyra thinks the two have so much potential but their photos disappoint from week to week.  When Tyra reveals that Alisha is getting another chance, she decides to leave the competition and says there are things she personally needs to work on. She didn't want to take a spot from someone else, but Eboni still has to go, too.

What do you think of Alisha's decision to leave?

America's Next Top Model airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on the CW.

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