(gentle music)
(upbeat music)
- I'm 23 years old.
I'm a graduate student
at the University of Southern California.
I'm a concert photographer,
and a journalist.
I think a glow up is not only appearance
but definitely affects the inside as well.
I know for me,
it was more about confidence
and how I felt about myself.
You kind of are able to recognize that
in other people that have gone through that experience.
I'm hoping to see some embarrassing photos
that I can relate to a little bit.
If a date came out of this,
I wouldn't be upset about it.
(mellow music)
(Victoria laughs)
Stop!
This is so funny,
I'm really enjoying myself.
Love the dog,
love the Chihuahua.
So cute.
This bowl cut.
Is that a bowl cut?
I don't know.
That was everything.
I see that a lot actually on here.
Let's see Contestant 2.
Good Justin Bieber swoop.
I like that we get two options here,
that's nice.
We have a tank top and we have a t-shirt.
It's like a little modeling portfolio.
Oh, the braces.
I always wanted braces.
I'm actually really jealous,
as a kid I begged for 'em.
I never had 'em.
- [Producer] Why did you want braces?
- I don't know,
'cause everybody else had them.
It was one of those things.
Is this Madame Tussauds' wax museum?
I like the fist up.
Oh, I just realized it's a layered shirt.
That was so in.
It was like that,
and like the skater,
the chunky skater shoes.
That must have been 2008, 2009,
I can picture it.
Oh, this is so zoomed in.
Oh, the glasses,
again, one of those things that like,
I know you guys
probably feel insecure about it now,
but I also really wanted glasses as a kid.
I like the smile,
just barely there.
These are,
I'm-
Thanks guys for letting me view these.
I feel very privileged.
Um.
Let's see.
Okay.
Unfortunately,
I'm eliminating number three.
I love the charisma,
but the headphones give me
that you probably listen to EDM now,
and that's a little concerning.
(upbeat music)
Oh my gosh,
you're so cool!
- Hi.
- [Victoria] Hi.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
No, I don't listen to EDM.
- Oh, you don't?
Yeah, you don't look like it now.
Yeah.
Can you give me a little backstory
behind the picture?
- This is where I first came to
the United States.
I was from the Philippines. Yeah.
- Oh, that's so sick.
- That was like, I was like 13.
- It was nice meeting you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah.
Contestant number one,
can I get a little backstory behind the picture?
Like, the glow stick,
the dog,
how old were you?
- [Contestant 1] Well,
I think this was about sixth grade.
That's my dog,
his name is Rapy.
He's got big, beady eyes.
So I'm from Hawaii,
and my sister was telling me that
I should grow out my hair
to look like one of those cool surfer boys.
It kind of just grew into that,
and the rest is history.
- That's so cool you're from Hawaii.
I lived there for a year.
But yeah,
I definitely see what you were doing
with the surfer,
that was definitely in at the time,
especially in Hawaii, I'm sure.
- [Contestant 1] Not for me.
(both people laugh)
- Contestant number two,
how old were you in this picture?
- [Contestant 2] I want to say high school,
freshman year.
- In which ways have you glown up?
- [Contestant 2] You know,
back in the day
we all rocked the Bieber cut-
- Oh yeah, for sure.
- [Contestant 2] It was like a De Facto haircut.
But yeah, obviously,
a lot has changed since then,
I don't rock pink
and I have a different haircut.
- Contestant number four,
was this like an eighth grade picture?
That's the vibe it's giving me.
- [Contestant 4] Yeah, eighth grade.
Yeah, I was in my (indistinct) era for sure.
All I cared about was just "World Of Warcraft."
So yeah,
you can probably tell.
- Oh, I'm dead.
My brothers used to play that
for like eight hours a day
in middle school.
I just sensed it from the picture, I knew.
- [Contestant 4] Yeah, you already knew.
- Real recognized real.
Oh, have you grown up?
- [Contestant 4] I started caring about girls so-
- That'll do it.
- [Contestant 4] Yeah.
Started going to the gym,
started trying to care about my hair,
started going on Depop.
Yeah. The trifecta.
- Is this Sylvester Stallone?
Were you a big fan of his?
- [Contestant 5] I was, actually.
I'm originally from Philadelphia, so yeah.
- Oh, okay.
- [Contestant 5] I definitely love the "Rocky" movies.
- Okay.
How do you think you've changed
since this picture?
- [Contestant 5] I definitely
lost the glasses.
That's a start.
And I used to be like really short
so I somewhat grew a little bit
and the braids are gone.
- Number six.
How old were you in this picture?
- [Contestant 6] 12.
I think around middle school.
Yeah.
That was my old passport picture
and it barely expired a few years ago.
So I was still traveling with that.
So I definitely used to get some weird stairs.
- My passport's expired,
but it expired two years ago
and I had a picture from when I was 12 on it.
And the airport was like, "No."
- [Contestant 6] Yeah.
- What made you wanna glow up?
Did it happen naturally
or did you put effort into it?
- [Contestant 6] To be honest,
it kind of just happened naturally.
I don't wear glasses anymore.
I definitely use contacts.
And then, yeah,
just kind of taking pride in my appearance.
You know,
I don't have the same haircut anymore either.
Puberty.
Puberty is a great thing.
(both laughing)
- I like don't even have any good reasons
to eliminate everyone.
These are all like pre-glow up.
Okay.
Unfortunately, I'm gonna eliminate
contestant number two.
I don't know.
I wonder if you kinda still have
the same skatery style as you did there.
I'm excited to see though.
Oh, my gosh.
You're so cool!
Hi. Nice to meet you!
- David. Nice to meet you.
Once I saw everyone,
I was like, I knew it's game over.
- Really?
- Everyone's super good looking.
So whoever you choose-
- [Victoria] I have like no good reason
but you're so-
Like that's like a 180.
I mean like your hair's so clean cut.
So stylish.
- I feel like it was like a diamond dozen out there
in high school.
Everyone was like-
- No, that was the look.
I remember that.
I'm going to eliminate contestant number five.
I don't like action movies.
Like at all.
Especially "Rocky."
That's like not even a good reason.
That's all I have though.
(mellow music)
Stop!
- [Meme Voice] It was at this moment
that she knew
she (beep) up.
- Oh, my gosh.
You're so handsome!
- Thank you. I appreciate it.
- [Victoria] I'm Victoria.
- How's it going?
Nice to meet you.
- Yeah. Okay.
I love your style.
- I like yours.
- Thank you so much.
- You're pretty. I like your smile.
- Thank you.
- [Victoria] Well, it was great meeting you.
- You too. You too.
Thank you.
- You guys are all so handsome.
You guys are so cool.
Contestant number one.
So you said you used to live in Hawaii.
What brought you out to LA?
- [Contestant 1] Yeah,
I was surrounded by water
for about 19 years of my life
and I kind of got island fever.
So I went off to university.
I got my education.
And so I've been just traveling
all over the world.
- What's the best place you visited?
- [Contestant 1] I like Japan.
Japan was really cool.
It's fun.
The food there is amazing.
- Yeah.
Japan is definitely on my bucket list.
- [Contestant 1] Yeah, we should go.
- Yeah!
Hi.
Let's see.
You said you played "World of Warcraft."
Are you still a big gamer today?
- [Contestant 4] That's all you remember?
Yeah, no,
I dabble.
I play "League",
but I do cool people's stuff too.
- No, I appreciate the gaming.
I used to play "Halo"
and I've played "League"
like a couple times in my life.
- [Contestant 4] Oh, for real?
Did you like it?
- Yeah.
You know,
I'm someone that likes going outside
and like talking to other people more.
- [Contestant 4] (chuckles) Okay. Okay.
- No, no, no.
I'm just saying like-
- [Contestant 4] I wouldn't know.
I wouldn't know what that's like.
- Stop!
Okay.
You said this is a passport photo.
Did you grow up traveling a lot?
- [Contestant 6] Yeah.
My mom made it a point
to kind of get me and my brother exposed
to different cultures growing up.
It's something I really, really appreciated.
- What do you do now?
What do you do for work?
Are you a student?
- [Contestant 6] I graduated a couple years ago
in my undergrad degree in kinesiology
with an emphasis in physical therapy.
- Oh, that's so sweet.
I love that.
- [Contestant 1] How important is fitness to you?
- I work out about four days a week.
It's not like super important in my life
but I do like to keep active.
I walk everywhere
'cause I don't have a car.
- [Contestant 1] You don't have a car in LA?
- Living in San Francisco
I didn't need a car there.
- [Contestant 1] That's fair.
- And then when I moved here,
I was like, oh yeah, public transportation's
just gonna be like San Francisco.
It was not in the slightest,
it's horrible.
- [Contestant 4] I don't have a car either.
So like I totally feel you
on like
how LA just makes it so hard
to get anywhere without a car.
- I think my first elimination this round
is gonna be contestant number one.
You mentioned fitness in your life,
I'm not looking to be a gym couple.
I do love working out on my own,
but I don't know.
I see those people at the gym and it's not me.
Oh, hi.
- Hello. Nice to meet you.
- [Victoria] Nice to meet you.
You're so handsome.
- Thank you.
I mean, my dog's still cute,
but it was a pleasure to meet you.
- [Victoria] Nice meeting you.
- Bye.
- You know what?
I don't have a good reason for this.
I think I'm gonna eliminate
contestant number six.
There is no good reason.
I'm so sorry about that.
Hi.
Oh, my gosh.
You look so different.
- Yeah.
- Nice to meet you.
- You weren't into the chunky glasses
and the little hair strand?
- You know what?
We all went through it.
You haven't even seen mine yet.
Mine is far worse than any of these.
- I'm looking forward to it.
- Yeah. Okay.
It was great meeting you.
- You too.
- [Producer] So we've made our final selection.
- [Contestant 4] Big mistake.
(mellow music)
- Hi!
- Hi.
- Oh, my gosh.
It's so nice to meet you. Victoria.
- Eli. Nice to meet you.
- Your style is so sick.
So you mentioned Depop, right?
- Yeah.
- [Victoria] Yeah.
Is that where you get all your stuff?
- Oh, yeah.
It's like pretty inexpensive.
- Yeah. Definitely.
Sustainable, as well.
I like to thrift a lot.
- Okay.
Like do you like just go to Goodwill or?
- Just like a lot of like random secondhand stores.
- Well, nice meeting you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- Yeah.
I mean, I'll just text her.
We'll see how it goes.
She likes me
then I'll take the opportunity.
I'll take my shot.
- I'm pretty proud of my decision.
I knew,
I had an intuition,
a gut feeling.
- Should I flip it?
- [Producer] Yeah, go ahead.
- Okay. Here we go.
Wow.
Humble beginnings for sure.
We look identical.
I see you.
We definitely resonate.
Yeah. Yeah.
- Thought I had like really good fashion sense.
- What are you talking about?
You did.
It's right there. I see it.
Do you wanna like,
gimme your number or Instagram?
- Yeah, lets switch stuff.
- My phone's dead.
- Nice.
What do you have in front of you?
- That was a waffle for my birthday.
It was really humbling
for them all to see my picture.
'Cause those are things
that I like hide from people.
- Oh, she definitely glowed up
in the best way she could.
Oh, she's beautiful.
- What you guys are missing
is that I had a unibrow before this.
- And the food looks good though.
- I'm starving.