America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9

Twiggy:
Jenah, you've always been such a strong contender. And I could see when you got the criticism, it was really hurting you, which I understand.

Jenah:
I just hate being misunderstood by my friends.

J Alexander:
Girl, it's always gonna happen.

Tyra:
What do you think they're misunderstanding?

Jenah:
I just hate that, like, just because I'm not running around like smiling all the time that makes me mean, or makes me think I'm better than people. I don't have to just spew rainbows incessantly just for girls to want to be like me! Or just...just the fact that people want their little sisters looking up to me. That bothers me.

Tyra:
Why do have such an armor? There's something protecting you, so why do you think you have that?

Jenah:
I'm used to being really strong and having to be really strong.

Tyra:
Why are used to having to do that?

Jenah:
Because I had to be a mom!

Tyra:
You had to raise your family.

Jenah:
My little sisters, yeah.

J Alexander:
So, then you have some of that resentment towards Momma?

Jenah:
[starts crying] I hate this! I...[sobs] I don't like crying in front of you guys because I don't want you to think that I'm weak.

Tyra:
I'd rather see a girl crying in front of me because she's hurt, because she might have missed a lot of her childhood and being a normal girl, then saying "Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh!" Which one is more of a human being that's more likable and vulnerable? This one probably feels a lot more uncomfortable, but it's a lot more real. The other one is just, like, protection. Remember when we did that photo shoot, and you wanted to find yourself and you wanted to climb to the other side of the wall to find who Jenah is?

Jenah:
Yeah.

[flashback to the Great Wall photo shoot from the previous episode]

Tyra:
So the real Jenah who she really is is on the other side of that wall!

[back to the present]

Tyra:
You just did.