Three. Last night, Top Chef VIP 4 experienced Curvy's elimination and tears flooded her departure. Elvis Crespo. Hector Sandarti. Until yesterday, two had been the most painful departures of the season. Curvi's became the third. Chef Tita broke down in front of everyone, along with almost all of Zelma's colleagues.

Juan Soler. Lorena Herrera. Salvador Zerboni. Angelica Celaya. They all said goodbye to Curvy Zelma with tears in their eyes, along with Chef Tono and Chef Betty. Carmen Villalobos and Matias Ochoa were also visibly affected. Valeria Cuevas and Yany Prado also felt the departure of the show's toughest contestant.

Two people experienced Curvy's elimination with a smile: Paco and Cristina. For them, her exit was "the pepper's revenge" in honor of Matias. However, although the Argentinean sent her off with two peppers, he didn't do it out of vengeance, but rather as an example of a new beginning. They could even get the peppers tattooed as a lesson from what they both built and learned within the competition.

A story can always be told in a variety of ways, and both Matias and Curvy decided to do it from a teaching perspective, not from mockery, arrogance, or revenge.

Last night, many people cried in the Top Chef VIP 4 kitchen. Last night, part of the television audience cried with them.

Was Curvy's elimination fair? The question is fair, and so is the answer. Yes!

Honesty must prevail over affection in a competition where the best dishes were awarded and those who made the most mistakes in their preparation were punished. Curvy deserved to be eliminated because Matias and Valeria's dishes were better.

The competition gets more complicated as we approach the final; Minor mistakes will have serious consequences, because now is when only the best will advance to the final stage, which will award first place with $200,000.