Episode 1 - The Girl with the Secret
9/22/2004 Edit details
The 34 semifinalists meet in Los Angeles and have a pool party to celebrate making it to California. Deciding to have a bit more fun, some of the girls trek out to a local hot spot where semifinalist Tiffany Richardson gets into a bar fight with a local. Tiffany got cut when cutting down to 20 girls. Tiffany successfully re-auditioned for Cycle 4.
Later on, the girls have one-on-one introductions to the judges and a cut is announced where 14 out of the 34 girls are eliminated, leaving a final 20. A second cut soon after eliminates 6 more girls and the final 14 are revealed.
Despite receiving rave reviews from the judges about her eyes, Amanda reveals that she has retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease which makes her legally blind. She will be about 30 when she's completely blind.
This episode is named for Amanda; after she announced her blindness of retinitis pigmentosa.