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Team UK
Team UK
Back from left to right: Alisha, Sophie, Louise and Jasmia. Front from left to right: Catherine, Annaliese and Ashley.
- Arc Symbol: Cycle 18's logo
◊ looks similar to that of BNTM Cycle 5◊. Three of the seven retuning Brits are from that cycle. Including the eventual winner. - Blue Oni: Usually. They had their Hot-Blooded moments, however.
- Britain Is Only London: Subverted. There's a girl from Scotland, three members are from the Home Counties and among the remaining three London based/raised girls, one came from London.
- Call-Back: Even back in BNTM 5, Sophie and Ashley loves going to the Confession Cam together to poke fun at everything.
- Canon Immigrants : They all competed in the UK version of the franchise.
- Character Development: Apparently, the girls are more mature compared to their time on Britain's Next Top Model.
- Four-Girl Ensemble: The team's best line up.
- Funny Foreigners: Sophie and Ashley. At times, Annaliese. Catherine also, but the editors didn't show us that side of her until the Recap Episode.
- Yes, even Alisha qualifies.
- Justified Title: British Invasion refers not only to a British girl winning the competition, but also for the top eight onward being dominated mostly by them.
- McNinja: Parodied by Sophie and Catherine in the Recap Episode.
- My Greatest Second Chance: The team's ultimate goal aside from bringing national pride is to win the competition this time around. In the end, only Sophie and Annaliese improved their previous ranks, with the former ultimately winning.
- Non-Gameplay Elimination: Both Louise and Alisha quit the competition with different reasons.
- Older and Wiser: Discussed in the pilot. True, it's not the first time they competed in a Top Model series. But this is the main series and it's in a different country, so they are as pressured as the US team, if not more.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: The UK girls towards each other. Annaliese even hoped to sweep the US team so they can keep the competition for themselves.
- Team Spirit: Compared to the US team, they are more united.
- Token Minority:
- Ashley is the only girl from Scotland in the entire competition.
- Alisha is the only girl in the team who came from a BNTM cycle not hosted by Lisa Snowdon. She is also the only former BNTM runners-up who's black and from London. Now we're on the subject, among the three London girls, she's the only girl who came from London.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: During panel.
Team USA
Team USA
Back from left to right: Laura, Kyle, Seymone and Candace. Front from left to right: Eboni, Mariah and AzMarie.
- Divided We Fall: Even before AzMarie's
Shocking Elimination, the team is already showing signs of this with The Lancers. Unlike the British girls' Lancers, those two never really liked each other to begin with. It went From Bad to Worse from there. - Diabolus ex Machina: The entire episode 6.
- Dwindling Party: Ultimately, only two members made it to the overseas trip.
- Eagleland: Most of the girls are type 1 during the pilot. However, both The Lancers also showed signs of type 2.Laura: "It's [called] America's Next Top Model for a reason, get your ass back home."Kyle: "Those girls are from the UK?! Is this a joke right now?"
- Fighting Lancers: This became a problem for the team after The Hero's boot.
- Four Is Death: They had an awful time against the UK team once they were reduced to a Four-Girl Ensemble. Likewise, being a four girl team is their worst line-up.
- From Bad to Worse: Events starting episode 6 is this: Fighting Lancers + The Hero objecting to the host leading to her Shocking Elimination + Divided We Fall = Dwindling Party.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: The reason why AzMarie and Kyle averted the One Ashley Limit with, well, Ashley.
- Skinny Dipping!!! Laura's verbatim confessional in the opening confessional, where the American girls are by and large overjoyed to jump into the pool that way.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Laura and Kyle. According to sources, they had friction ever since casting. They apparently tried to co-exist and all seems well until the infamous stuffed toy incident.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: During panel.
- We Were Your Team: AzMarie's elimination essentially marked the collapse of the US team.
Sophie Sumner
- Foreshadowing: The kiss mark in the Cycle 18 logo◊ is the Arc Symbol. Seriously◊.
- In the End, You Are on Your Own: Majority of the top six consist of her and her teammates, with them dominating the competition until the top four/three. But ultimately, only she competed at the finals against the US team's The Only One.
- Little Black Dress: She wore this four times in the show. The first two during her third and fourth pictorials, while the third during the ninth photoshoot. The last time was during the the finale.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Getting pink hair for her makeover just made the already light and bubbly Sophie more likable.
Laura Lafrate
- All Women Are LustfulMr. Jay: "Laura, tell me. What makes you powerful?"Laura: "Really good sex!"
- The other girls' confessionals tended to lampshade this.
Alisha: "A fucking silkworm is sexual to this girl!"Annaliese: "Laura is all about sex, sex, sex, sex. And a little bit more of sex!" - Aloof Ally: Towards Kyle, especially after the stuffed toy incident. So much that she celebrated after her boot. She also becomes one to Eboni, though not as hostile as she is to the former.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Pre-makeover.
- The Lancer: Shared the role with Kyle for the US team. Of the two, Laura fits it perfectly, from being the second most capable member of the US girls, right down to her dynamic with AzMarie as well as being her Foil.
- Little Black Dress: Twice. First during the ninth pictorial, second during the finale.
- Mood-Swinger: Can be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold or a straight Jerkass depending on the situation or who she's with.
- Ms. Fanservice: Being a curvacious bisexual girl who likes sex and "Skinny Dipping!!!" makes her one by default.
- One-Steve Limit: While she doesn't share a name with anyone from this cycle, she's not the first runner-up named Laura.
- The Rival: She occasionally had problems with Kyle and Alisha from day one. Coincidentally, they are The Lancers of their respective teams. In a positive light, to Sophie as well.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: After her makeover, she becomes tall, blond (with red and blue extensions/highlights) and snarky.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: In final two she is tomboy to girly girl Sophie.
- What the Hell, Laura?: Being the Aloof Ally is really controversial to the point where she's actually considered as the Token Evil Teammate in some circles.
- Worthy Opponent: Played straight with winner Sophie. Even some of the eliminated girls who don't like Laura note said she's a good model.
Annaliese Dayes
- Arc Words: In the pilot episode.Annaliese: "America is not ready for the British Invasion. We did it once, and we can do it again."
- My Greatest Second Chance: Though she still didn't win, her rank dramatically improved. For being the lowest ranking (7th) contestant of your team which consist mostly of former runners-up and two girls placing higher than 5th place. It's also amusing that in her original cycle, she came up short on making it to the overseas trip, while here she came up short on reaching the finals.
- No-Damage Run: While she didn't do a technical one (getting to the final two with no bottom two), she, along with Laura and Sophie, never touched the bottom two until the final three.
- The Unfavorite: She just couldn't make Kelly Cutrone appreciate her. Until the Hong Kong go-see, when she scored three out of four bookings.
Alisha White
- Call-Back: Her and Eboni's situation in panel was reminiscent of Ambreal and Ebony's in Cycle 9, except that this cycle's Eboni wasn't reprieved despite Alisha quitting.
- Elimination Moment of Awesome: She's very proud of her No-Damage Run in BNTM Cycle 6, hence she couldn't fathom being this cycle's Elimination Houdini. Realizing that being one usually and inevitably steals the spot from girls who deserves it more, she decided to quit. Doing so allowed the three remaining girls with No-Damage Run to vie for the title. note
- Face Elimination With Dignity: Though she's crying, the essence is still there.
- Four Is Death: Because she quit, this cycle has no final four. However, she still ends up in fourth place.
- Gone Horribly Right: The fortune teller in Macau told her she will have to make a tough sacrifice and she'd better be prepared for it.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Overlaps with her Elimination Moment of Awesome above.
- Lampshade Hanging: Often toward Laura's attitudes to sex.Laura: (pitching trash bags at the focus group challenge): "Just pull one of these out, slip it under, and nobody has to know!"Alisha: (cuckoo clock chime) "...gone with the wind!"
- The Lancer: For the UK team, especially when they become a Four-Girl Ensemble. And while she occasionally shared it with Catherine, Alisha filled the role in spades.
- Little Black Dress: In her ninth and final pictorial.
- Non-Gameplay Elimination: She quit.
- The Rival: To Laura, The Lancer of the US team. Also for some reason, she's occasionally pitted against Eboni since the first week.
- Tag Along Kid: She is the youngest member of the UK team and the girl from the newest cycle of BNTM.
- Together In Elimination: With Eboni.
- Twofer Token Minority: She's the only girl in her team who came from a BNTM cycle hosted by Elle Macphersonnote . She's also the only former BNTM runner-up who is black and from London. And among the three London girls from her team, she's the only one who came from the so-called "Ghetto London".
- Wham Line: "I can't stay."
Eboni Davis
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted, her cheek gets burnt during her makeover and leaves a visible mark for several weeks.
- Call-Back: Her and Alisha's situation in panel was reminiscent of Ambreal and Ebony's in Cycle 9, except that she wasn't reprieved when the other (safe) person in the bottom two quit.
- The Cutie: She is definitely cute, but...
- Deadpan Snarker: ... she subverts The Cutie trope in terms of her personality (also see Not Allowed to Grow Up).
- Girlish Pigtails: She is enforced by the panel to wear her hair like this. All the time.
- Gratuitous Rap: She raps good. Sophie challenged her once but fell flat.
- Little Black Dress: In her ninth and final pictorial.
- Not Allowed to Grow Up: Pressured to wear her hair in Girlish Pigtails and appear nonsexual in photos in order to maintain her "30-Never" brand.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: To Laura during the last episodes.
- The Smart Girl: After Candace's boot, she filled this role in the "Smartass" variety. Incidentally, she's the one still in school.
- Tag Along Kid: At 18 years old, she is the youngest member of the US team and the youngest girl this cycle.
- Together In Elimination: With Alisha.
- What Kind of Lame Brand Is 30-Never Anyway? At least at the start. See Girlish Pigtails above.
Catherine Thomas
- Hair Color Dissonance: Her makeover was supposed to dye her hair Magenta pink, but it appears more red.
- Pronouncing My Name for You: It's Pronounced Kath-REEN. Appeared during the music video clip shoot. She pronounced her name sounding like "Kathryn" so it can rhyme with the words "queen" and "elegant and supreme"."I'm Queen Catherine. I'm elegant and supreme."
- The Reliable One: She was able to balance being a very capable member for her team as well as being spiritual and non-confrontational.
Louise Watts
- The Big Girl: She's the largest girl from the UK team and one of their tallest.
- Non-Gameplay Elimination: She quit.
- Oral Fixation: She usually chews her finger.
