Great screencaps from this classic video! But I think you skimped a little on pics of the cute contestant who was such a great sport about being pied at the end, so I present a few more of her:
Another interesting element of the clip is the curly-haired contestent who was far in the lead at the beginning of the final round but ended up losing. She looks shocked and more than a little nervous to see the models getting pied; you can practically hear her thinking, "Boy, I hope they don't try to pie me!" I feel like she's almost glad she lost the fabulous showroom prizes since that meant that she was able to escape getting pied. Whereas the winner literally embraced the mess, giving the super-messy Drew a big hug before she had gotten pied herself. At one point you can see the losing contestant sneaking quietly away behind Drew and the models to get offstage, clearly tying to steer clear of any chance of getting messy.
The clip above is a heavily edited version, so a lot of what I'm talking about in the losing contestant's expressions doesn't show up there. On the other hand, she looks almost orgasmic over the possibility of winning that deluxe trailer...
pieromaniac_too said: Whereas the winner literally embraced the mess, giving the super-messy Drew a big hug before she had gotten pied herself.
I suspect that there was cause and effect there: after she hugged Drew (getting messy in the process), they could be reasonably confident that she wouldn't mind getting pied. By contrast, if the other contestant had held back, I think they would have respected that.
I agree with you, though - it's really nice to see the sheer joy in the winning contestant's reaction (and the laughter from the models during their pies).
pieromaniac_too said: Whereas the winner literally embraced the mess, giving the super-messy Drew a big hug before she had gotten pied herself.
I suspect that there was cause and effect there: after she hugged Drew (getting messy in the process), they could be reasonably confident that she wouldn't mind getting pied. By contrast, if the other contestant had held back, I think they would have respected that.