| Runtime: | 60 minutes (30 minutes/day) |
| Genre: | Competition |
| Creator: | Tyra Banks |
| Presenter: | Sonia Couling |
| Country: | Thailand |
| Language: | Thai |
| Network: | ThaiTV 3 |
| Executive Producer: | Sonia Couling[1] |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
Thailand's Next Top Model was a Thai reality television show based on America's Next Top Model that aired in 2005. The show was hosted by Thai supermodel Sonia Couling.[2] The show's only season aired on ThaiTV 3[3] [4] every Wednesday and Thursday at 21.50-22.00.[5] It began airing on 18 May 2005 and ended on 28 August 2005.[6] [7] [8]
Week by week one of the girls is eliminated until only one remains and is crowned Thailand's Next Top Model. The prize for winning Thailand's Next Top Model included a contract with Elite Model Management in Bangkok, a brand new Toyota car and a cash prize of ฿500.000. It was won by You Kheawchaum from Samut Songkhram.[9]
The show takes 500 applicants from around the country and selects 13 final participants, who then have to live together for 13 weeks.[10]
Every week, another girl is eliminated through a series of photo shoots. In episodes 9 and 10, the top 5 girls took a trip to Tokyo, Japan. In the last episode, the last two girls compete to be the winner of the competition.[11] [12]
| Cycle | Premiere date | width=16% | Winner | width=16% | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants | International Destinations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Kheawchaum | May Sootpa | Yok Boonchuay, Numfon Dalhek, Ann Christodurachris, Jha Phuenghan, Tai Watmeuang, Lukkade Piampiboon, Gib Teerawasutkul, Apple Karachoth, Ratee Ngarmniyom, Luktarn Puagkong, Nok Pomanee | 13 | Tokyo |
Original airdate: May 18–19, 2005
Original airdate: May 25–26, 2005
Original airdate: June 1–2, 2005
Original airdate: June 8–9, 2005
Original airdate: June 15–16, 2005
Original airdate: June 22–23, 2005
Original airdate: June 29–30, 2005
Original airdate: July 6–7, 2005
Original airdate: July 13–14, 2005
Original airdate: July 20–21, 2005
Original airdate: July 27–28, 2005
Recap episode.
Original airdate: August 10–11, 2005
Original airdate: August 17–18, 2005
In this episode, the competition ended, but the winner was announced on August 28, 2005.
Original airdate: August 28, 2005
This episode was reunion and talk show of contestants. was moderator this show. Ann can't go to the reunion because she had a mission in "Miss Thailand World 2005" contest at Si Racha, but she had connected in a VTR live from her to greet all the contestants. And then, the show had been cut when Sonia Couling announced the winner in episode 13. You was the winner.
(ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Height | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yok Boonchuay | 22 | Uttaradit | Eliminated in Episode 1 | ||
| Numfon Dalhek | 24 | Ubon Ratchathani | Eliminated in Episode 2 | ||
| Ann Christodurachris | 18 | Bangkok | Eliminated in Episode 3 | ||
| Jha Phuenghan | 21 | Khon Kaen | Eliminated in Episode 4 | ||
| Tai Watmeuang | 26 | Bangkok | Eliminated in Episode 5 | ||
| Lukkade Piampiboon | 17 | Ratchaburi | Eliminated in Episode 6 | ||
| Gib Teerawasutkul | 20 | Bangkok | Eliminated in Episode 7 | ||
| Apple Karachoth | 22 | Ayuthaya | Eliminated in Episode 8 | ||
| Ratee Ngarmniyom | 23 | Bangkok | Eliminated in Episode 9 | ||
| Luktarn Puagkong | 22 | Bangkok | Eliminated in Episode 10 | ||
| Nok Pomanee | 19 | Bangkok | Eliminated in Episode 12 | ||
| May Sootpa | 22 | Chiang Mai | Runner-up | ||
| You Kheawchaum | 19 | Winner |
| Order | Weeks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Luktarn | Ann | Gib | Nok | May | Ratee | You | Nok | You | May | May | You | |||||||||||
| 2 | You | Apple | May | Ratee | You | Gib | Nok | Ratee | May | You | You | May | |||||||||||
| 3 | Apple | Nok | Ratee | Apple | Ratee | Nok | May | You | Luktarn | Nok | Nok | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ann | May | You | You | Luktarn | You | Luktarn | May | Nok | Luktarn | |||||||||||||
| 5 | May | You | Nok | Luktarn | Apple | May | Ratee | Luktarn | Ratee | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Nok | Ratee | Lukkade | May | Gib | Apple | Apple | Apple | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ratee | Gib | Apple | Gib | Lukkade | Luktarn | Gib | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lukkade | Luktarn | Luktarn | Tai | Nok | Lukkade | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Gib | Tai | Tai | Lukkade | Tai | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tai | Jha | Jha | Jha | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jha | Lukkade | Ann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Numfon | Numfon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Yok | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant won the competition
This season's makeovers included teeth whitening for the top seven girls.