| Season Number: | 1 | ||||
| Network: | Nelonen | ||||
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Cycle one of Suomen huippumalli haussa premiered on Sunday, April 6, 2008, on the Finnish channel Nelonen. The last episode aired on June 8, 2008. The winner for cycle one, Ani Alitalo, was awarded a €25,000 contract with Paparazzi Model Management, the front cover of Finnish Cosmopolitan and became a spokesperson for Max Factor.
Original airdate: April 6, 2008
The girls move into their new house and meet the judges. Saimi Hoyer gives a catwalk lesson and the girls' first challenge is a Vero Moda spring 2008 show. Tatjana, however, did not participate due to her mother's funeral. In the end, Mariem is sent home due to the judges feeling she was too intimidated by the competition.
Original airdate: April 13, 2008
The girls had their makeovers. After the makeovers, the girls had a makeup challenge to create a casting look in ten minutes. Anu won the challenge and chose Darina and Maria to go shopping with her while the other girls cleaned the house. The girls then had a photoshoot at the Helsinki Opera House, where they portrayed different dolls amongst the opera house mannequins. Each girl was given only twenty minutes to pose, adding the emphasis on being quick to take on a role.
| Model | Doll | |
|---|---|---|
| Ana | Happy | |
| Ani | Dead | |
| Anu | Evil | |
| Armi | Feminine & noble | |
| Daniela | Noble | |
| Darina | Manly, raunchy & sexy | |
| Manon | Dramatic | |
| Mari | Wooden | |
| Maria | Fragile & refined | |
| Marje | Masculine | |
| Tatjana | Dramatic |
At panel, Manon was praised for her courage in front of the camera despite struggling somewhat, and both Daniela and Mari were applauded for their creativity on set.
Original airdate: April 20, 2008
The girls are cheered up by two handsome young personal trainers visiting the house. Each girl gets some time with the trainers to talk about nutrition and fitness, and many of the girls are revealed to have rather unhealthy and irregular lifestyles. Finnish model Leena Sarvi visits the girls, giving them advice on handling demanding companies and situations. The challenge for this episode was a photo shoot on a trampoline. Each girl was asked to jump on the trampoline for ten minutes while simultaneously posing for the camera. Winners Marje and Ana were treated to a beauty spa treatment.
The photoshoot for the episode was sporty. The girls were asked to pose for a catalog while seated on a mountain bike suspended in the air by wires. At judging, Darina and Daniela gained the most positive feedback for their pictures. The bottom two were Mari and Manon. Manon was sent home after stating she didn't want to be a top model.
Original airdate: April 27, 2008
The girls get creative and make dresses out of garbage bags, aluminum foil and duct tape while getting advice from judge Saimi Hoyer on editorial poses. British photographer John Lander shoots for a Cosmopolitan fashion shoot with the theme of modern art and the artist's muse. With the fashion editor, Darina, Ani, and Maria are chosen as the best and get to continue with more photographs.
Original airdate: May 4, 2008
The girls get a surprise visit and a runway walk lesson from special guest judge Miss J. Alexander. Jaana Saarinen teaches the girls about improvisational acting. Anne Kukkohovi directs a beauty shoot, shot by fellow judge Sakari Majantie, giving the models a specific characteristic to express. Ofer Amir photographs the girls for a Bonaqua ad campaign.
| Model | Characteristic | |
|---|---|---|
| Ana | Arrogant | |
| Ani | Sorrowful | |
| Anu | Feminine & sensual | |
| Mari | Aggressive | |
| Maria | Domineering | |
| Marje | Sensitive & poetic | |
| Darina | Wild & crazy | |
| Tatjana | Flirty |
Original airdate: May 11, 2008
The girls do a commercial for Magnum ice cream, directed by Miikka Lommi. After getting their picture portfolios at Paparazzi Modeling Agency, the girls go to Stockholm, Sweden for casting tests.
Original airdate: May 18, 2008
The girls fly north to Ylläs in Lapland where they face numerous challenges dealing with perseverance. The first challenge is a photo shoot in a sauna on a ski lift in pairs, showing that each girl can work well with others.
Next is the photo shoot for judging, posing as a Lapland witch in a reindeer skin bikini with a husky. The last challenge is a runway show on the snow wearing Lapland designs. Both Ana’s and Mari’s photos were a disappointment and because of Ana’s complaints about her fears and Mari’s inability to cooperate, both girls are sent home.
Original airdate: May 25, 2008
The girls get a lesson in pole dancing. Darina wins the challenge and chooses Mari to share her prize: mountain bikes from Hobby Hall.
The girls are then sent to be in ex-model Kim Herold's first music video Social Butterfly. Next, the girls are photographed as 50s Hollywood film stars, where the goal is to portray attractiveness.
Original airdate: June 1, 2008
The top three head to Turkey where they meet Tommy Kilponen, from Sillä silmällä, the Finnish version of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. They must go to a local bazaar to find for the first photo shoot on the beach. In the second photo shoot, directed by Anne Kukkohovi, the girls portrayed Greek goddesses. The last one was a swimsuit photo shoot. All photography was shot by Sakari Majantie.
| Model | Goddess |
|---|---|
| Ani | Athena |
| Darina | Hera |
| Maria | |
Original airdate: June 8, 2008
Still in Turkey, Sakari Majantie photographs the two finalists at the hotel pool. The challenge is to show that they can work in an environment with background distractions. Back in Finland, Paparazzi Modelling Agency conducts interviews with the finalists. The final photo shoot with Max Factor helps determine the winner of the competition.
(ages are stated at start of contest)[1]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariem Sene | 20 | Helsinki | Episode 1 | 12 |
| Armi Häikiö | 20 | Espoo | Episode 2 | 11 |
| Manon Mariaud | 18 | Joutseno | Episode 3 | 10 |
| Daniela Sorvo | 22 | Espoo | Episode 4 | 9 |
| Tatjana Piper | 21 | Helsinki | Episode 5 | 8 |
| Marje Lanz | 18 | Raisio | Episode 6 | 7 |
| Mari Kohonen | 19 | Lappeenranta | Episode 7 | 6–5 |
| Ana Bekteshi | 18 | Vaasa | ||
| Anu Jussila[2] | 18 | Ähtäri | Episode 8 | 4 |
| Maria Rytkönen[3] | 18 | Lahti | Episode 9 | 3 |
| Darina Shved[4] | 20 | Helsinki | Episode 10 | 2 |
| Ani Alitalo[5] | 18 | Helsinki | 1 |
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Tatjana | Mari | Daniela | Darina | Anu | Darina | Darina | Maria | Darina | Ani | |
| 2 | Darina | Ani | Ani | Ana | Mari | Anu | Anu | Ani | Ani | Darina | |
| 3 | Ana | Maria | Darina | Maria | Ani | Maria | Maria | Darina | Maria | ||
| 4 | Maria | Marje | Ana | Anu | Ana | Ani | Ani | Anu | |||
| 5 | Manon | Anu | Tatjana | Ani | Darina | Ana | Ana Mari | ||||
| 6 | Ani | Ana | Marje | Mari | Maria | Mari | |||||
| 7 | Mari | Manon | Maria | Marje | Marje | Marje | |||||
| 8 | Marje | Tatjana | Anu | Tatjana | Tatjana | ||||||
| 9 | Anu | Daniela | Mari | Daniela | |||||||
| 10 | Armi | Darina | Manon | ||||||||
| 11 | Daniela | Armi | |||||||||
| 12 | Mariem | ||||||||||
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant won the competition