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| Network: | STAR World | ||||||
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The first cycle of the reality television show Asia's Next Top Model in which a number of women compete for the title and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. The show features aspiring models from the entire Asia-Pacific region. The international destinations for this cycle were Batam, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. The cycle featured 14 contestants from the China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. This is notably the only cycle to feature a contestant from Nepal.
The show was filmed in Singapore, and it premiered globally on November 25, 2012 on STAR World.
The prize package for this cycle included a modeling contract with Storm Model Management, an all-expenses-paid trip to London, a chance to be the cover feature in Harper's Bazaar Singapore, a position as the face of Canon IXUS' 2013 campaign, a S$100,000 cash prize, and a Subaru XV.
The winner of the competition was 26-year-old Jessica Amornkuldilok, from Thailand.
Casting calls were held in four countries, listed below:
(Ages stated are at start of contest)[1]
| Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | Kyla Tan | 23 | Episode 1 | 14 | |
| Thailand | Monica Benjaratjarunun | 19 | Episode 2 | 13 (quit) | |
| China | Bei Si Liu | 24 | Episode 3 | 12 | |
| South Korea | Yun-ji 'Jee' Choi | 27 | Episode 4 | 11 | |
| Indonesia | Filantropi Witoko | 24 | 10 | ||
| Vietnam | Thùy Trang Nguyễn | 23 | Episode 5 | 9 | |
| India | Rachel Erasmus | 22 | Episode 6 | 8 | |
| Malaysia | Melissa Th'ng | 21 | Episode 7 | 7 | |
| Hong Kong | Helena Chan | 22 | Episode 9 | 6 | |
| Nepal | Aastha Pokharel | 20 | Episode 10 | 5 | |
| Japan | Sofia Wakabayashi | 24 | Episode 12 | 4 | |
| Philippines | Stephanie Retuya | 23 | Episode 13 | 3 | |
| Taiwan | Kate Ma | 22 | 2 | ||
| Thailand | Jessica Amornkuldilok | 26 | 1 |
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| 1 | Helena | Aastha | Helena | Sofia | Kate | Sofia | Jessica | Jessica | Jessica | Jessica | Kate | Jessica | ||||
| 2 | Stephanie | Sofia | Stephanie | Aastha | Aastha | Jessica | Stephanie | Kate | Sofia | Kate | Jessica | Kate | ||||
| 3 | Rachel | Jessica | Jee | Stephanie | Jessica | Stephanie | Kate | Aastha | Kate | Sofia | Stephanie | Stephanie | ||||
| 4 | Trang | Helena | Rachel | Kate | Helena | Aastha | Aastha | Helena | Aastha | Stephanie | Sofia | |||||
| 5 | Jessica | Kate | Filantropi | Melissa | Rachel | Melissa | Sofia | Sofia Stephanie | Stephanie | Aastha | ||||||
| 6 | Aastha | Trang | Sofia | Jessica | Stephanie | Helena | Helena | Helena | ||||||||
| 7 | Monica | Bei Si | Melissa | Rachel | Sofia | Kate | Melissa | |||||||||
| 8 | Filantropi | Melissa | Jessica | Helena | Melissa | Rachel | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bei Si | Filantropi | Kate | Trang | Trang | |||||||||||
| 10 | Kate | Jee Stephanie | Trang | Filantropi Jee | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Sofia | Aastha | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Jee | Bei Si | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Melissa | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Kyla | |||||||||||||||
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant was absent at elimination and was safe
The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
The contestant won the competition
| Rank by average | Place | Model | Call-out total | Number of call-outs | Call-out average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jessica | 33 | 12 | 2.75 | |
| 3 | 3 | Stephanie | 50 | 12 | 4.1 | |
| 4 | 5 | Aastha | 42 | 10 | 4.20 | |
| 2 | 2 | Kate | 48 | 12 | 4.00 | |
| 5 | 4 | Sofia | 47 | 11 | 4.27 | |
| 6 | 6 | Helena | 40 | 9 | 4.44 | |
| 7 | 8 | Rachel | 27 | 5 | 5.40 | |
| 8 | 13 | Monica | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | |
| 9 | 7 | Melissa | 53 | 7 | 7.57 | |
| 10 | 9 | Trang | 38 | 5 | 7.60 | |
| 11 | 10-11 | Filantropi | 32 | 4 | 8.00 | |
| 12 | 10-11 | Jee | 35 | 4 | 8.75 | |
| 13 | 12 | Bei Si | 28 | 3 | 9.33 | |
| 14 | 14 | Kyla | 14 | 1 | 14.00 |
| Episode | Contestants | Eliminated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyla | & | Melissa | Kyla |
| 2 | Jee | & | Stephanie | |
| 3 | Aastha | & | Bei Si | Bei Si |
| 4 | Filantropi | & | Jee | Filantropi |
| Jee | ||||
| 5 | Melissa | & | Trang | Trang |
| 6 | Kate | & | Rachel | Rachel |
| 7 | Helena | & | Melissa | Melissa |
| 8 | Sofia | & | Stephanie | None |
| 9 | Helena | & | Stephanie | Helena |
| 10 | Aastha | & | Stephanie | Aastha |
| 12 | Sofia | & | Stephanie | Sofia |
| 13 | Jessica | Kate | Stephanie | Stephanie |
| Kate | ||||
The contestant withdrew from the competition before the elimination ceremony
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 and placed as a runner-up