(Woops. Sorry if you haven’t watched it yet. But don’t worry; this episode is so juicy it’s still totally worth watching.)For the past 5 episodes, I’ve been as annoyed with Kate as everyone else. I even joined in on the hating by calling her names like “baby” or “big boobies.” But last night, I was truly impressed by her determination to win. I found myself rooting for her throughout the entire episode; I mean this girl worked her freakin ass off. And, she even made a friend!

Beyond the impression Kate made on me with her enthusiastically buying cheese and pink dog toys for Maggie Rider, the actual challenges of this episode were awesome. I don’t know if it was because it focused so much on the underdog (Kate) or that it was actually a good episode. Probably the latter.

I was immediately intrigued by the Kate and Ashlie partnership for the Fashion photo shoot. It was nice to see two contestants in this show actually have fun with the task at hand. Team 2 disgusted me. Dyshaun definitely took the cake when it came to being the biggest catty, immature bitch. The completely inappropriate and diva-like comments he made to the stylists during the model’s hair and makeup sesh made me want to slap the ish out of him. Dude, you’re really not that special. The moment Ashlie stuck up for Kate and put him in his place was absolutely glorious. About. Damn. Time.

I was pretty disappointed, almost outraged, when Team 2 won the challenge. Kate and Ashlie totally killed it. But I think the loss was in part due to Kate’s absolutely heinous outburst in front of the judges. Thinking about it makes me cringe. This girl has to learn to keep her mouth shut. And just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, she spoke up again after she learned she was done-zo. She has massive balls — probably because she had nothing to lose at that point, just gain another embarrassing moment on national televsion. But whatever.

I was a fan of Stylista last night and am actually excited to see how the next few episodes pan out. I’m definitely all for Team Ashlie.