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How did Cheryl make top 10?


Seems her baton twirling was nothing special, and wouldn't her answer to the perfect date question have been enough to keep her out of the running?

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She was bimbo like and unassuming which I believe is how they like their beauty pageants.

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I only caught part of this on tv the other night, but it seemed she was the only contestant with short hair and bangs, and it made her so much less glamorous than the other women. No idea how she made the top 10. Her baton twirling was pretty cool, though.

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Don't get me wrong... Cheryl is my favorite character in the show, after Gracie.

But her baton twirling was boring and weak in the preliminaries (Gracie was the one who persuaded her to use the fire batons and do the "sexy dance" in the finals), she didn't look all that great in a swimsuit, her interview answer was ridicule-worthy and, while she was kind of cute, she was no stunning beauty.

Sure, I realize it's just a movie, but they could have tried just a little bit to make her getting into the top ten somewhat credible... in the finals, she was suddenly a brilliant talent and an eloquent speaker, which made her win somewhat understandable. But those preliminaries...

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I've always wondered that. So many of the other contestants, who weren't stars of the film, were stunningly gorgeous. Cheryl stood no chance

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I've always wondered that. I didn't think her talent was all that great ans her answer was silly.

Once upon a time there was a magical place where it never rained. The end.

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She looked good in her swimsuit and I think the judges felt her answer to her interview question was sincere, poignant and genuine. That's why she made it to the top 10.

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She was the perfect one to kill. She was a naive ditz and not the most glamou
rous.

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