Reality Check: 'America's Next Top Model': Bad photo shoot sends model home - A reality TV blog by The Baltimore Sun's Sarah Kelber

John-John Williams IV reports on this week's America's Next Top Model:

When Tyra Banks comes to the set of your America's Next Top Model photo shoot, you'd better be on your game.

Too bad Bianca had to learn that lesson the hard way. We'll get to her demise in a little bit.

The episode basically started off with the girls learning how to apply makeup by makeup artist Sam Fine. They were immediately put to the test at Walmart. After a quick meet and greet with judge Nigel Barker and his wife Chrissy Barker, the girls competed in a makeup challenge that required them to race through the store to find the makeup, shoes, and clothes needed to give them a look fit for a go-see. There was a major catch -- there weren't enough items for all the girls. If a contestant wasn't fast enough, she would be out of the running. Only the first three girls would be judged by Nigel and his wife for the top prize -- a photo on the Covergirl page on Walmart.com, and a $1,000 Walmart gift card.

Erin tried her best to claw her way to the top. She tried to pull Sundai down to the ground while they were racing through the store. Later she tried to body check Ashley. To add insult to injury Erin also tossed aside Ashley photo during another leg of the race, which essentially eliminated her.

All of Erin's cheap shots got her into the final three, but Sundai won the contest. She was really excited -- remarking that she and her mom shopped at Walmart a lot.

"We're in here like every five minutes," she exclaimed.

Later that night, and the next day on their way to the photo shoot, several of the girls complained about Erin's dirty tactics she used during the race. Erin started to cry. (Boo hoo.)

At the photo shoot the girls got a surprise. Tyra Banks was the photographer. The girls learned that they would be photographed in head wraps for "beauty shots," which basically means upclose photographs of their face. The girl with the best photo received immunity from elimination -- a first for the show. She also recieved a photo shoot with two male models who were discovered by Tyra Banks. (Is there going to be an all-male version of America's Next Top Model in the near future? I wouldn't put it past Tyra Banks!)

Brittany, who posed with a sheer tan cloth over her face, won the challenge. The girls definitely were jealous of her.

This week the guest judge was China Chow, a 5'3" model.

The judges said: Erin took a stunning photo; Kara showed a deadness; Ashley was not pushing through on her photo; Laura's photo looked like a Renaissance painting; Bianca looked uncomfortable and didn't show a softness in her face -- again; Rae looked strong and soft at the same time; Nicole needed to relax her face; Sundai took a beautiful shot; and Jennifer should serve as an example for the other contestants because she took risks during her shoot.

Jennifer had the second best photo after Brittany. The bottom two were Ashley and Bianca. Tyra said that the contestants were in the bottom two because: Bianca had a hardness in her face when she got in front of the camera; and Ashley was so hard to photograph because she was "the most difficult girl to shoot," Tyra said. (I still don't know what she meant.)

Anywho, Ashley was saved. Bianca got the pink slip.

Bianca said that it "hurt bad." She said she expected to get to at least the top five. She said she wished she could have shown a softer side.