The day during the Fashion week had come and gone, just as half the camp.
It was a brutal culling, many of them barely getting more votes than their direct relatives caused many broken dreams. The members of the favorite house all scrapped by, some more successful than others.
Sieglinde had risen to the third Spot in the last polls, her handmade piece of bobbin lace lingerie had caused a large stir and intrigued many voters to go for her rather forward aproach.
Brunhilde had somewhat struggled with the contest, while her hand carved statuette was a beautiful piece, it didn't really create the interest she had hoped for. while rank 34 was still far above others, it caused the weight lifter to rethink her strategy.
Ophelie had placed 4th in the last polls, her overall status and well made item had kept her at a good place.
Darina on Number 5, while her overall popularity helped, it seems her playing it relatively safe didn't win her much of an edge.
Angelika sat at a comfortable 8th Place for now, though same as Darina, it seems most people thought she played it a little to safe.
Catrin, while her rank was far below the others at 116, meant for her initial poll she rose from the thousands to the hundreds.
Poppy made the largest leap, rising from the thousands to place 22, though the initial buzz she created with the item might carry over for the next rounds.
Tinatin rose to Rank 7, her traditional angle having convinced a lot of people to vote for her.
Noble Lady Shin had gained Rank 2 from this first Poll, her way of creating a fashionable yet traditional item that wasn't another dress had stood out and given her a large leap forward.
Irene had placed Rank One, but the day of the announcement she was nowhere to be seen. In fact, while Lady Shin was the second in the Poll, her name was first on the Polls for now, with Irene suddenly missing from the List of the contenders.
Sieglinde had been a nervous wreck, the attention she had gotten on social Media had overwhelmed her somewhat, and she had been hiding most of the day in the Room before she had been given some help with handling social Media from the Contest support staff. She was now sitting in the Main room and trying to handle the large amount of attention she now had.
Brunhilde on the other hand was busy trying to calm her fans down, filming a Short in a little corner that had purposely green walls of the cabin:
"So, it didn't go as planned, but that won't mean anything yet. I made one wrong throw in the past and still won many times! So keep holding tight, and we still go for gold!"
There was also a Handwritten letter left on the Pin board, written by Irene:
"To the remaining contenders,
due to my parents having been unknown and living in an orphanage for a long time, I've had a DNA test done. I will not release this information myself, feel free to share it yourself. It is yet unclear who exactly my mother was, but I've been asked to drop out since i apparently share about half my DNA with the emperor. So yeah, seems i'm his half Sister on his Fathers Side.
Honestly, feels weird i was in a contest to marry what seems to be my half brother? This is all still a bit much,
but to my future Sister in law? i Guess?
Good Luck whoever it will be.
Irene."