True Beauty Episode 7

First aired February 16, 2009

The contestants are taken to a beauty salon in preparation for a “high society function” with a “red carpet” entrance later that evening. The contestants are surprised to find out that their dates for the evening are their parents. Laura, Joel, and Julia are paired with their mothers, and Billy is paired with his father. An actor, posing as a stylist, has a private consultation with each contestant. The contestants are tested to see if they will “sell out” their fellow castmates. Both Billy and Julia pass, while both Laura and Joel make disparaging remarks about Billy, failing the test. Each parent is taken to a room with racks of clothes and asked to select a suit or dress for the son or daughter. Laura is not happy with her mother’s selection, but does not publicly express her true opinion.

Later that evening, on the red carpet, the contestants are judged on their ability to “work the room”, socializing with the other people at the function. What the contestants don’t know is that Ashton Kutcher’s mother (Diane) is there as a secret judge. At the end of the evening, Diane feels that Joel did the best, while Joel and Julia seemed to be “selling themselves”, and Laura had a hard time making conversation as she was “too into herself.” After some deliberation, the contestants are told that Billy has won the challenge, Julia is safe, and Joel and Laura are in the bottom two.

At the hall of beauty, Joel and Laura each plead their case. Ultimately, Laura is eliminated for being too self-absorbed, making disparaging remarks about the other contestants, looking through other contestants files in episode one, not sympathizing with the wardrobe assistant in episode three, not fully participating in the fitness challenge in episode six, and making disparaging comments about Billy in the private consultation.

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