Finale

[Ivy League]

~ Bingbing Fan ~

I waffled a lot on Bingbing's photo, because frankly there were so many amazing options that it was hard to pick which of them I'd deem "the best". I eventually settled on this shot for three reasons: Firstly, I selected five different photo choices for this shoot, and out of all of those five, this was the only one that I didn't feel any need to improve with photoshop. It's flawless as is, and in my opinion that makes it the best image I could have chosen. It'd be nice if it was full-body, but in fairness, I'm pretty sure the universe couldn't handle gorgeous legs on top of everything else going on here.

Secondly, because it's the reason I picked Bingbing Li to be a member of Team Kamikaze back at the start of the game. That obviously doesn't make sense, so I'll explain. I threw Team Kamikaze together in like ten minutes. I googled Bingbing Li, this photo came up, and I went, "Holeh crap, this is one of the best photos I have ever seen in my life." and chose her for Team Kamikaze based on that and nothing else. It wasn't until like a week later that it dawned on me that Bingbing Li bore a stunning resemblance to Bingbing Fan in this photo, and put two and two together. Whoops! I think the fact that this photo basically created a second successful team all by itself, coupled with the fact that it stands up the Team Kamikaze "submit without altering" modus operandi, makes it the best choice. 

Thirdly, it was the least like the other photos that I've already submitted. Bingbing has been my go-to gal for rewards and other shoots, and I've noticed that most of the best shots that I've done have been simple studio shots of her standing there looking amazing. I had a shot like that lined up and all ready to go, but why be a one-note model? The winner should be diverse and showcased in a bunch of different settings, and I think this really nails that.  

Hope you like it! 

~ Rose Byrne ~ 

For Rose's shot, I went with something a little more classy and high-fashion. I think that that's where Rose really shines, and I haven't had many opportunities to showcase that side of her as much as I'd have liked to. Like Bingbing's, this was a shot I didn't have to touch up at all, it just works on a lot of levels and really brings out a lot of Rose's unique style.

~ Lara Croft ~ 

For Lara's shot, I wanted something that looked as badass as possible. My primary mission with Lara was to try and avoid action shots wherever possible, and to purposely select photos that didn't take the easy route by featuring her two most famous assets in a starring role. I think I succeeded decently in both of those areas, for the most part, and I was able to showcase a lot of different iterations of Lara throughout the competition. For this shot, I basically wanted something that sums up Lara in a singular image, showing her as a fearless fighter instead of a cheap sex symbol. 

That's all from me! Hope y'all like what I've come up with <3

[Emma Frost]

For the record, I'm going to open all of these in a new window to view as the site resizes and lucky for you, I was on my phone last round and didn't notice Bing's horrible quality and now seeing it's because the site resized. So for this round I will be doing it the long way

[Emma Frost]

Bing - this photo is gorgeous and from like my favourite photo shoot for Bing. BUT, there's no wow factor there for me, as a BotB photo, it left me wanting more.
Rose - very pretty, like it a lot. But is this her best photo ever?
Lara - Again, very pretty, but for a BotB?

[Ivy League]

Rose - very pretty, like it a lot. But is this her best photo ever?

Yes it is.

Source: I've looked at like 1,200 photos of Rose Byrne this month.

[Emma Frost]

Difference of opinion I guess. I found four this morning that I liked better *shrugs*

[Janice Dickinson]

Congratulations on making the final. I know probably not the team you wanted, but nevertheless congratulations. I appreciate the irony of my biggest ORG rival making the final of my competition with the same you chose.

BotB with Bingbing is going to be hard for you, we're all familiar with her on the panel so wow factor is something you really gotta pull out all the stops for. The photo is gorgeous, but, you know, I've seen it before. I would've loved for you to take a high fashion route for this shoot - We've not seen anything high fashion from Bingbing in terms of photoshoot submissions (I mean, apart from the live action shoot), so this was pretty expected.

As for Rose, I'm on the same boat as Emma, I'm not sure this is the best Rose has to offer. It's a great shot, great fashion, modelling, but there's very little "wow that's gorgeous!" coming from me. It's just a good picture.

Finally, for Lara, I feel this would've been the hardest one of the three to find a shot for. Once again, I'm on the same boat as Emma. Great picture, just not really any "Wow!" moment coming from me.

[Hikaru Utada]

Bingbing, this is a beautiful shot, but having played Bingbing before, I kinda feel like there are better photos of her to use for BotB. Then again, I kinda feel like this theme can be a bit difficult since it gives you the most freedom, so it's hard to tell exactly what the judges are going to be looking for. Still, I love your face, skin, eyes, and the way the color in the shot really pops.

Rose, I actually like that we get a strong sense of emotion from you here and I like the fashion. Is it the best? Emma and Janice seem to think you have better in your portfolio. However, I think this is the strongest I've reacted to one of your photos from an emotion standpoint, so I'm in favor of it.

Lara, I think this is a great picture. It's drawn very well and has a sense of drama to it. Unfortunately, the drama stems a bit more from the background. It's hard with your character's persona since she wouldn't normally do more model-esque poses, but the posing the the only thing I don't really like about this shot.