America's Next Top Model - The Amazing Model Race
The girls head on their little model plane to Sao Paulo, Brazil where they meet Brazil's Next Top Model host Fernanda Motta and are thrown into their first international challenge. They must pair up and find the real Girl from Ipanema's favorite flower (bird of paradise) and then find the legendary Girl herself -- Ihelo Pinheiro -- at Sao Paulo's botanical gardens. Fo and Natalie reach her first, and she definitely seems song-worthy. They win the keys to their new, sweet pad, as well as some blinged out flip flops. Despite this victory, Natalie is summarily unimpressed by Brazil and complains about everything her pretty little empty head can think of.
The next challenge has the girls getting a lesson in capoeira, the Brazilian dance / martial arts hybrid. Their teacher, Mestre Eddy Murphy, tells them that they can use moves from capoeira to create drama in their modeling. Celia already knows how to create drama, and proves it by accidentally kicking Aminat in the face as they face off. The girls then have a photo shoot challenge in which they demonstrate what they've learned.
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