Labyrinth wrote: <<What is sad is that Rhonda hasn't corrected Christy's delusion that she could market herself into a Super Model. Sorry but the girl needs to be aware that her unrealisitic goal is as addictive as the others. Believing in Wonderland will only continue to be her excuse on why she didn't do this or that.>>
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Interestingly enough, the Amazon description for Rhonda's book includes the following: "As a life coach on the daytime reality show Starting Over, Britten has helped countless women befriend their bodies—first by facing and accepting what they see in the mirror, and then by empowering them to make healthier decisions about their weight."

Okay, so if Rhonda's technique involves "facing and accepting" reality, why is Rhonda still apparently playing along with Christie's fashion model goal? Why not give Christie a reality check by actually taking her to a real modeling agency, and letting them give Christie an honest evaluation of her chances of becoming a fashion model?

Labyrinth also wrote: <<I have to disagree about Christy's face though. The area around her mouth, especially when she smiles, does not look natural. Very plastic and I wonder if she hasn't had a face lift done as it has the same look as Rhonda's plastic eyebrows earlier this season.>>
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I never thought of Christie as having had any facial surgery, and I'm not sure that she did. But now that you brought this up, I'll note that it is kinda funny how the skin on her face seems to have "snapped back" after a very large weight loss, while the skin on her body didn't. Christie has had post-weight loss surgery on her arms & on her breasts also (I think), so I guess cosmetic facial surgery isn't out of the question.