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'', which aired on January 10, 2008. The episode was written by Dawn DeKeyser and directed by Ron Underwood.

Plot

Amanda turns to a psychic in her quest to find her birth father; Betty wants Daniel to use models of all shapes and sizes at Fashion Week after Justin's friends get a different impression on their class tour of ''Mode'', but Alexis proves an obstacle due to her domineering ways. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina is hormonal and trying to find someone to be a surrogate mother for her baby.

Production

This episode was supposed to make its airing debut on January 3, 2008, but last minute schedule changes pushed its airing back a week.

Reception

In ''

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'''s "Ask Matt" column, Matt Roush touted this episode as one of his favorites.

Ratings

The episode would go on to win its timeslot with a 6.7/11 share and more than 10 million viewers tuning in. However, in the January 7th-13th 2008 Nielsen weekly ratings it came in 27th, with

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's '' Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'', which aired opposite ''Betty'', edging the episode out by nearly 100,000 viewers.

References

Also starring

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as Suzuki St. Pierre *

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as Veronica *

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as Hilary *

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as Stuart McKinney

Guest stars

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as Linda, *

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as Dr. Weiss *

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as himself * Bow Wow as himself * Elizabeth McLaughlin as Lindsay * Hannah Marks as Taylor *

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as Mrs. Galeano *

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as Brandy *

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as "Player" Editor *

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as "Cucina" Editor *

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