| Season Number: | 12 | ||||||
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| Image Upright: | 1.23 | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 13 | ||||||
| Network: | The CW | ||||||
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| Episode List: | List of America's Next Top Model episodes |
The twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on March 4, 2009, and was the sixth season to air on The CW network. The cycle's catchphrase was "Get in the Fold." The cycle's promotional song was Lady Gaga's "The Fame."
The prizes for this cycle were:
The first half of the cycle took place in New York City; the prior season was located in Los Angeles. The international destination for this cycle was São Paulo, Brazil, the show's first and only visit to South America.
The number of girls was reduced to thirteen for the first time since Cycle 9, after being maintained at fourteen in the last two cycles. This was the last time Paulina Porizkova participated as judge.
It was the first season that the last contestant to be eliminated has no first call-out.
The winner was 20-year-old Teyona Anderson from New Jersey, with Allison Harvard placing as the runner up. This season averaged 4.35 million viewers per episode.[1]
(Ages stated are at start of contest)[2]
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly 'Isabella' Falk | 19 | 13 | |||
| Jessica Santiago | 18 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Episode 3 | 12 | |
| Nijah Harris | 18 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Episode 4 | 11 | |
| Kortnie Coles | 24 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Episode 5 | 10 | |
| Sandra Nyanchoka | 19 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Episode 6 | 9 | |
| Tahlia Brookins | 18 | Episode 7 | 8 | ||
| 18 | Episode 9 | 7 | |||
| Natalie Pack | 19 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 6 | ||
| Felicia 'Fo' Porter | 19 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Episode 11 | 5 | |
| Celia Ammerman | 25 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Episode 12 | 4 | |
| Aminat Ayinde | 21 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Episode 13 | 3 | |
| Allison Harvard | 20 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2 | |
| Teyona Anderson | 20 | 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) | 1 |
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 1 | Aminat | Allison | Teyona | Sandra | Tahlia | Fo | Celia | Teyona | Allison | Teyona | Allison | Allison | Teyona | |
| 2 | Natalie | Fo | Celia | Aminat | Teyona | Teyona | Natalie | Fo | Teyona | Allison | Teyona | Teyona | Allison | |
| 3 | Fo | Teyona | Allison | Tahlia | Allison | Tahlia | Teyona | Natalie | Fo | Aminat | Aminat | Aminat | ||
| 4 | Allison | London | Natalie | Fo | Natalie | Aminat | Fo | Celia | Celia | Celia | Celia | |||
| 5 | Tahlia | Celia | London | Celia | London | Allison | London | Allison | Aminat | Fo | ||||
| 6 | Celia | Nijah | Nijah | Kortnie | Aminat | Natalie | Aminat | Aminat | Natalie | |||||
| 7 | Nijah | Kortnie | Tahlia | London | Celia | London | Allison | London | ||||||
| 8 | London | Natalie | Sandra | Teyona | Fo | Celia | Tahlia | |||||||
| 9 | Teyona | Aminat | Kortnie | Natalie | Sandra | Sandra | ||||||||
| 10 | Kortnie | Tahlia | Aminat | Allison | Kortnie | |||||||||
| 11 | Isabella | Jessica | Fo | Nijah | ||||||||||
| 12 | Jessica | Sandra | Jessica | |||||||||||
| 13 | Sandra | Isabella | ||||||||||||
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant won the competition
| Episode | Contestants | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Isabella & Sandra | Isabella |
| 3 | Fo & Jessica | Jessica |
| 4 | Allison & Nijah | Nijah |
| 5 | Kortnie & Sandra | Kortnie |
| 6 | Celia & Sandra | Sandra |
| 7 | Allison & Tahlia | Tahlia |
| 9 | Aminat & London | London |
| 10 | Aminat & Natalie | Natalie |
| 11 | Celia & Fo | Fo |
| 12 | Aminat & Celia | Celia |
| 13 | Aminat & Teyona | Aminat |
| Allison & Teyona | Allison |
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 was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up