| Season Number: | 1 |
| Bgcolour: | lavender |
| Num Episodes: | 12 |
| Network: | iQiyi |
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| Next Season: | Season 2 |
| Episode List: | Series summary |
I Supermodel 1 is the first season of the Chinese reality show and modeling competition of the same name. Filming for the show took place in Melbourne, Australia.[1] The show featured 14 contestants in the final cast and began to air on television on March 21, 2015.[2] [3] [4] The winner of the competition was 26-year-old Kang Qian Wen, better known professionally as Kiki Kang.[5]
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Team | Finish | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Qi Qi | Episode 2 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Jin Xing | Episode 4 | 13 | |||
| 25 | Qi Qi | Episode 5 | 12 (quit) | |||
| 28 | Jin Xing | 11 | ||||
| 26 | Jin Xing | Episode 6 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Jin Xing | Episode 7 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Qi Qi | Episode 8 | 8-7 | |||
| 19 | Qi Qi | |||||
| 20 | Qi Qi | Episode 9 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Episode 10 | 5 | ||||
| 19 | Jin Xing | Episode 11 | 4 | |||
| 23 | Jin Xing | Episode 12 | 3 | |||
| 19 | Qi Qi | 2 | ||||
| 26 | Qi Qi | 1 | ||||
First aired: March 21, 2015[6] The final fourteen part take in a fashion show with some of the season four contestants of China's Next Top Model before receiving their makeovers. They later have their first editorial photo shoot. Afterwards, they are divided into their teams and are flown to Melbourne, where they will stay for the remainder of the competition.
Team Jin XingCai Hui, Chen Xi, Cui Nan, Dong Lei, Gu Ai Jia, Yao Xue Fei & Zheng Shi Hui
Team Qi QiKiki Kang, Liu Yan Hong, Ren Rui, Yang Duo Lan, Yang Liu, Zhang Hao Yue & Zhong Lu Chun
First aired: March 28, 2015
The fourteen finalists arrive to Australia, where the competition will take place. For the first challenge, a contestants from each team is sent to one of seven locations on a bus for a styling and photo challenge. Each model is allotted 10 minutes to get dressed and take her photo in her designated location before making it back into the bus before it drives away. Xi is disqualified for being late and missing the bus, losing the challenge for team Jin Xing. The contestants on team Qi Qi are chosen as the winners.
For the shoot the girls are paired off with a contestant from the opposite team in a rugged western-themed session.
Each girl is evaluated individually at panel. After receiving their feedback, the models head to separate rooms with their mentor and teammates while the judges deliberate and decide who will be eliminated. After making their decision, a judge meets each team separately to hand out the photos of the models who are safe from elimination. Yan Hong and Shi Hui are revealed to be the bottom two contestants, and they head together to the elimination room where the final photo lies face-down on a podium. The last photo is revealed to be Shi Hui's, and Yan Hong is eliminated from the competition.
First aired: April 4, 2015
The contestants are given money in order to decorate shop display windows fitting certain themes. Passersby are given flowers for them to place in a bucket in front of their preferred shop window.
| Team | Models | Theme | Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qi Qi | Christmas | 4 | 9 | |
| Dating | 5 | |||
| Youth | 6 | 11 | ||
| Childhood | 5 |
The girls from team Jin Xing collect the most points as a whole, becoming the winners of the challenge. As their prize for winning the challenge, they receive $3,000 for shopping.
For the shoot the models are taken to the countryside, where they take part in a vintage bridal themed session with motorcyclists. After panel, the judges meet each team to reveal the models who are safe from elimination. The girls on team Qi Qi all receive photos, with Ai Jia and Shi Hiu being chosen as the bottom two. In the elimination room, the last photo is once again revealed to be Shi Hui's, and Ai Jia becomes the second girl to be eliminated.
First aired: April 11, 2015
First aired: April 18, 2015
First aired: April 25, 2015
First aired: May 2, 2015
First aired: May 9, 2015
First aired: May 16, 2015
| Client | Models booked | |
|---|---|---|
| Augest street | Kiki & Xi | |
| FD Collection | Kiki & Xi | |
| Jets swimwear | Kiki & Xue Fei | |
| Pasduchas | Kiki & Xue Fei |
| Group | Models | |
|---|---|---|
| Farmers | Kiki & Xue Fei | |
| Firemen | Hao Yue & Xi | |
| Racecar drivers | Ai Jia & Liu |
First aired: May 23, 2015
First aired: May 30, 2015
First aired: June 6, 2015
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Xi | Linda | Xi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Hui | Lei | Hui | Xi | Xi | Xi | Xi | Xi | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xi | Lei | Linda | Lei | Xi | Xi | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Linda | Hui | Linda | Lei | Lei | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lei | Linda | Xi | Hui | Linda | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Lei | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Hui | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kiki | Rui | Rui | Kiki | Kiki | Rui | Kiki | Liu | Kiki | Kiki | Kiki | Kiki | |||||||||||
| 2 | Liu | Kiki | Kiki | Kiki | Liu | Liu | Liu | Liu | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Liu | Rui | Liu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rui | Kiki | Rui | Liu | Liu | Rui | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rui | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Liu | Liu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The contestant received best photo
The contestant was in the danger of elimination
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant won the competition