PIECES OF EIGHT

Jessie’s left elbow won the competition.  It was unanimous.  The models had been whittled down, week after week, by the top surgeons in the field of amputation.  Out of the eight finalists, Jessie was the one that always stood out.  Her shoulder blades, once taken off, were clearly one of her strongest features.  Famous fashion photographer, Grant Humes, even stated that he’d never seen an amputated body part look so “fierce.”  While Francine’s pinky toe and Carmela’s index finger were the digits that snagged the most attention from the judges, Jessie’s final photo shoot revealed a side of her that made the other models jealous.  There was no hiding it.  In the end, it was between Belinda’s cheekbone and Jessie’s left elbow.  Ex-ampmodel and deciding judge, Darnique, had the difficult task of choosing whose body part would move on to win a modeling contract with Geo Modeling Agency and a $100,000 gift certificate for full reconstructive surgery of all body parts lost in the competition.  But Jessie’s elbow was the clear winner.  Clearly it was a case of outward beauty versus the hidden.  And when it was all said and done, the competition was about how much you were willing to lose in order to win.




-SLL