Sweet, transsexual Isis. Once you're eliminated in a couple weeks (and you know it's coming; she's been hovering near the bottom two weeks in a row now), please take solace in two facts. 1. You really did help America become more aware of the plight of transgendered people. And 2. You added yet another delicious "Top Model" phrase to my group's already-overflowing quote book.

Last night Tyra taunted the contestants with their bleak post-reality TV careers by sending the models to Wal-Mart (fashion capital of the Midwest, donchaknow). There, make-up artists Sutan and...Nigel Barker's wife (yeah, I don't know) made the girls do impromptu 60-second commercials about some Cover Girl powder mixy thingy. And during her spot, dear Isis uttered the now-infamous words, "I'm warm beige. It's just that easy!"

Yes, Isis. It's JUST that easy to become a pop culture icon in my book. You now join the ranks of C1's Ebony ("I'm talking to Jenzel!") and Robin ("Get it, Jesus! Get it!"); C6's Joanie ("She just smells like...bitch") and Jade ("This isn't ‘America's Next Top Best Friend'"); C8's Dionne ("I ain't no freakin' lezbo!"); and so many others in the repeat-the-line-until-it's-dead hall of fame. Bless you.

Beyond that, it was makeover night, which is always very exciting. (I'm not even going to comment on the Tyra/Jay/J fairy tale thing -- for my continued sanity and support of this show, I just can't.) Like last season, almost all of the transformations were an improvement. Among my favorites are Samantha's short, biased cut that takes her from mall girl to model (or at least a Robyn impersonator), and Marjorie's darker ‘do, which gives her some much-needed definition in the face. The only ones I really question are Clark's deep brunette look (it just doesn't suit her face, at all), Sheena's lighter locks, and McKey's short Linda Evangelista style. It looked amazing in her photo, but she clearly has no idea how to style it herself, and it tends to look like someone stapled a block of wood to her head.

I'm ambivalent about Elina's massive transformation. She went from longish, straight brown hair to what can only describe as Carrot Top's scalp weaved into her skull. We're talking bright red, bushy, curly fro. She has become a ginger! At first she cried (and got into a weird fight with Brittany about how she hates her mom; whatever) but then she sucked it up, and did amazing on the photo shoot. But she still looks totally uncomfortable with it. I can't say as I blame her.

The other makeovers were pretty expected. Most of the black girls got Tyra's black-girl special - long, jet black extensions (see: C4 Tiffany, C6 Furonda, C7 Eugena, C8 Cassandra, C9 Ebony), so thankfully Brittany got the boot. She and Joslyn were starting to look way too similar. I never got the Brittany thing. I guess she's pretty, but as my friend Bob pointed out, she always looked like she was smelling poo. The fact that she fancied herself a high-fashion model shows how deluded the youth of today are.

Nothing really to report on with the swimsuit challenge. The suits themselves were almost as boring as the no-name "top model" from the 90's who designed them. (I'm not even talking Kathy Ireland-level here, folks; I'd never heard of the woman.) And Lauren Brie took her second gorgeous photo in a row (but note that she hasn't said three words to the camera yet; don't get too attached to her).

Next week: Someone gets automatically eliminated after a runway challenge. Ha!