America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7

Tyra:
[to Brooke, Christian and Melrose who are all left standing anxiously in the final three to await the last girl safe from the bottom two before receiving the verdict for the very first official elimination of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 7] The next name that I am going to call is… [flips over Brooke’s photo] Brooke.

Brooke:
[relieved to be safe and walks up to Tyra to accept her photo] Hooh! I’m going to work really hard this week.

Tyra:
[to Brooke] Congratulations. You’re still in the running towards becoming America’s Next Top Model.

Brooke:
[to Tyra] Thank you. [collects her photo and joins the other ten girls who are already safe]

Tyra:
[to Christian and Melrose in the bottom two] Will Melrose and Christian please step forward. [Christian and Melrose step forward and when Christian goes one step too far she stands in line next to Melrose] I only have one photo in my hands and I will only call one name. The girl that I do not call must immediately return to the house, pack her belongings and go home. Christian, you walked in here and didn’t look like a model. The judges also looked at your photo and said: “There’s something that’s just not popping through.” Two of the judges even said she’s boring. Melrose… [Melrose is crying] …you had one of the most notorious model stereotypes, and we look at that photo, and we're like, "She had all that to go on? And she delivered that?" And then on top of that, the attitude that you had on the set is just not acceptable. [Monique looks right at Melrose who is still crying]

Melrose:
[still crying to Tyra] I'm so sorry.

Tyra:
[to Melrose] It's a little too late for sorry, Melrose.

Melrose:
[still crying to Tyra] Yes. [nodding]

Tyra:
[to Melrose and Christian] I have one photo in my hands...[flips over Melrose’s photo] ...and if we catch you being a diva in your next photoshoot, you're going home. [Melrose is still crying and goes down to the floor when she sees her photo; Christian starts crying when she realizes she is the first girl eliminated]

Melrose:
[still crying to Tyra] Oh my God! Oh my God! [touching the floor, Michelle and CariDee both look]

Tyra:
[to Melrose] Are you okay?

Melrose:
[walks up to Tyra to accept her photo and still crying] Oh my God! Thank you so much! [trying to hug Tyra]

Tyra:
[to Melrose] It's okay. Just breathe. [hugs Melrose] What do you think you learned today? Tell me what you learned.

Melrose:
[to Tyra] I learned that I can do this if I put my mind in the right spot.

Tyra:
[to Melrose] And you're going to have to be waking up for a lot less than ten thousand dollars a day for a long time.

Melrose:
[to Tyra] I'll wake for, like, a dollar! [A.J. and Megan both laugh] Thank you so much!

Tyra:
[to Melrose] Congratulations.

Melrose:
[to Tyra] Thank you.

Tyra:
[to Christian] Come here, Christian. [Christian approaches Tyra for a hug] It’s okay. [hugs Christian who also hugs the top twelve girls and leaves the judging panel to go back to the house in Los Angeles]

Christian:
[in confessional after getting eliminated first] I'm crushed. I’m not going to act like I didn’t want it because I did. I was just really hoping they would give me a second chance because I felt like I could have gone far in the competition.