| Season Number: | 18 | ||||||
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| Network: | The CW | ||||||
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| Episode List: | List of America's Next Top Model episodes |
The eighteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: British Invasion) premiered on February 29, 2012 and was the twelfth season to air on The CW. It occupied the time slot of the final two scheduled episodes of Remodeled.[1] [2] This was the first American edition of Top Model to be filmed and broadcast in high definition (HD).[3] The cycle featured fourteen contestants, placing seven British models who had competed in previous cycles of Britain's Next Top Model alongside seven all-new American models.
Fashion industry public relations maven Kelly Cutrone replaced Vogue editor André Leon Talley as a judge for the series.[4] The rest of the judging panel remained the same.
The international destinations for this cycle were Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong in China. This marked the second time the series filmed in China.
The prizes for this cycle included a modeling contract with LA Models & NY Model Management, a guest correspondent placement with Extra, a fashion spread in Vogue Italia, and both the cover and a spread in Beauty In Vogue, becoming the face of America's Next Top Model fragrance "Dream Come True", production of a record single released by CBS Records, and a 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.[5]
The winner of the competition was 21-year-old British Model Sophie Sumner from Oxford, England. American Model Laura LaFrate placed as the runner up.[6] This is also the first cycle in the history of America's Next Top Model in which all three finalists (including British Model Annaliese Dayes) made it to the top three without ever landing in the bottom two during judging.
It was also the second season that the last contestant to be eliminated has no first call-out.
See also: List of America's Next Top Model contestants. The cycle featured seven contestants from previous cycles of Britain's Next Top Model for a second chance to win the title.[7] Cycles 1 and 7 were both unrepresented, cycles 2, 3, 4 and 6 were each represented by one contestant, and cycle 5 was represented by three contestants. Amelia Thomas from cycle 6 was supposed to also compete this season, but dropped out during casting.
(Ages stated are at start of contest)[8]
| Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Original Cycle | Original Placement | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Jasmia Robinson | 24 | London, England | BNTM 2 | 3 | Episode 1 | 14 | |
| USA | Mariah Watchman | 20 | Pendleton, Oregon | Episode 2 | 13 | |||
| UK | Louise Watts | 25 | London, England | BNTM 3 | 2 | Episode 3 | 12 (quit) | |
| USA | Candace Smith | 22 | Brooklyn, New York | Episode 4 | 11 | |||
| UK | Ashley Brown | 22 | Armadale, Scotland | BNTM 5 | 4 | Episode 5 | 10 | |
| USA | AzMarie Livingston | 24 | Episode 6 | 9 | ||||
| USA | Ashley 'Kyle' Gober | 20 | Magnolia, Texas | Episode 7 | 8 | |||
| USA | 19 | Augusta, Georgia | Episode 8 | 7 | ||||
| UK | Catherine Thomas | 21 | Folkestone, England | BNTM 4 | 2 | Episode 9 | 6 | |
| USA | Eboni Davis | 18 | Seattle, Washington | Episode 10 | 5 | |||
| UK | Alisha White | 20 | London, England | BNTM 6 | 2 | 4 (quit) | ||
| UK | Annaliese Dayes | 24 | London, England | BNTM 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| USA | Laura LaFrate | 20 | Scotia, New York | 2 | ||||
| UK | Sophie Sumner | 21 | Oxford, England | BNTM 5 | 2 | 1 |
No episode aired on April 4, 2012 due to the CW's broadcast of One Tree Hill series finale.
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 1 | Seymone | Laura | AzMarie | AzMarie | Eboni | Alisha | Sophie | Alisha | Laura | Laura | Sophie | Sophie | |
| 2 | Kyle | Ashley | Sophie | Laura | AzMarie | Sophie | Seymone | Sophie | Annaliese | Sophie | Laura | Laura | |
| 3 | Sophie | Eboni | Laura | Kyle | Sophie | Catherine | Eboni | Catherine | Sophie | Annaliese | Annaliese | ||
| 4 | Laura | Catherine | Kyle | Catherine | Seymone | Annaliese | Annaliese | Laura | Eboni | Alisha | |||
| 5 | Catherine | Candace | Catherine | Annaliese | Laura | Seymone | Laura | Annaliese | Alisha | Eboni | |||
| 6 | Candace | Kyle | Seymone | Eboni | Kyle | Laura | Catherine | Eboni | Catherine | ||||
| 7 | Mariah | Sophie | Annaliese | Alisha | Alisha | Eboni | Alisha | Seymone | |||||
| 8 | AzMarie | Annaliese | Louise | Ashley | Annaliese | Kyle | Kyle | ||||||
| 9 | Eboni | Louise | Alisha Ashley Candace Eboni | Sophie | Catherine | AzMarie | |||||||
| 10 | Louise | Alisha | Seymone | Ashley | |||||||||
| 11 | Alisha | AzMarie | Candace | ||||||||||
| 12 | Annaliese | Seymone | |||||||||||
| 13 | Ashley | Mariah | |||||||||||
| 14 | Jasmia | ||||||||||||
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom four
The contestant won the competition
| Episode | Contestants | Eliminated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley & Jasmia | Jasmia | |
| 2 | Mariah & Seymone | Mariah | |
| 3 | Alisha, Ashley, Candace & Eboni | ||
| None | |||
| 4 | Candace & Seymone | Candace | |
| 5 | Ashley & Catherine | Ashley | |
| 6 | AzMarie & Kyle | AzMarie | |
| 7 | Alisha & Kyle | Kyle | |
| 8 | Eboni & Seymone | Seymone | |
| 9 | Alisha & Catherine | Catherine | |
| 10 | Alisha & Eboni | Eboni | |
| 11 | Annaliese & Laura | Annaliese | |
| 13 | Laura & Sophie | Laura |
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Casting call-out order and final two are not included.
| Rank by average | Place | Model | Call-out total | Number of call-outs | Call-out average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Laura | 34 | 11 | 3.09 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sophie | 35 | 3.18 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Catherine | 45 | 9 | 5.00 | |
| 4 | 8 | Kyle | 37 | 7 | 5.29 | |
| 5 | 5 | Eboni | 53 | 10 | 5.30 | |
| 6 | 9 | AzMarie | 32 | 6 | 5.33 | |
| 7 | 3 | Annaliese | 61 | 11 | 5.55 | |
| 8 | 7 | Seymone | 47 | 8 | 5.88 | |
| 9 | 4 | Alisha | 62 | 10 | 6.20 | |
| 10 | 11 | Candace | 31 | 4 | 7.75 | |
| 11 | 10 | Ashley | 42 | 5 | 8.40 | |
| 12 | 12 | Louise | 27 | 3 | 9.00 | |
| 13 | 13 | Mariah | 20 | 2 | 10.00 | |
| 14 | 14 | Jasmia | 14 | 1 | 14.00 |
During filming, an argument took place between judge Kelly Cutrone and contestant Louise Watts, resulting in Watts voluntarily leaving the show.[9] Following transmission of the episode, Cutrone posted mocking videos to Watts online,[10] and came under fire from fans of the show who accused her of cyberbullying.[11] [12]
America's Next Top Model can be viewed on Hulu.