Top Model Explained
Top Model |
Creator: | Tyra Banks |
Origin: | America's Next Top Model |
Owner: | Paramount Global |
Years: | 2003–present |
Tv: | International versions, see below |
Otherlabel1: | Genre |
Otherdata1: | Reality television |
Otherlabel2: | First aired |
Otherlabel3: | Distributor |
Otherdata3: | CBS Media Ventures |
Top Model, also called Next Top Model, is a fashion-themed reality television show format produced in many countries throughout the world and seen in over 120 countries producing over 200 seasons (referred to as "cycles"). The show takes the form of a modeling competition whose winners typically receive a contract with a major modeling agency and a cover shoot and fashion photo spread in a fashion magazine. The format was created by Tyra Banks for the original series, America's Next Top Model, which first aired in 2003 and was produced by Ken Mok's 10 by 10 Entertainment.[1] [2] [3]
Format description
Contestants
Each cycle of the show consists of 6–40 episodes and begins with 9–40 contestants. In each episode one contestant is eliminated, though in some cases there may be double eliminations, multiple eliminations, or no elimination at all, based on the consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the cycle, usually before the first elimination or after the first or second elimination.
Challenges
Each episode usually begins with the contestants receiving training in an area concurrent with the week's theme. For example, contestants may get coached in runway walking, improvisational acting, and clothing to suit various occasions. A related challenge soon follows, such as a mock (or real) runway show or interview, where one of the models is chosen as the winner (sometimes more than 1 models win the challenge).
The winner of the challenge receives some prizes, such as a contract, a night out, or an advantage at the next photo shoot. The winning contestant is sometimes permitted to share their reward with other contestants of their choosing and on some occasions, may gain immunity from elimination at the next judging. Losing the challenge can result in some minor punishment, like losing frames for the next photo shoot. It can also end in the immediate elimination of the contestant.
Each episode, which covers the events of roughly one week of real time, is usually associated with a theme in the world of modeling, such as dealing with the press in interviews, selling a commercial product, appearing in a runway show, or visiting prospective employers in "go-sees".
In some franchises, the contestants will go to real-life castings. The model who is chosen will complete what is required for the casting, resulting in a leave of absence within the episode – sometimes skipping the photo shoot and other challenges – but is rewarded with immunity for booking the job.
Photo shoots
The next segment is usually a photo shoot, which may involve beauty shots (closeup photos emphasizing the face), posing in swimwear, lingerie or other clothing, posing nude or semi-nude, posing with a male model, or posing with animals among other themes. Usually, one photo shoot per cycle is replaced with a television commercial or music video shoot.
Performance in each week's photo or video shoot weighs heavily in the final judging.
Judging
The final segment of each episode involves judging by a panel of fashion industry experts. In addition to the regular judges, usually, there is a special guest judge related to that week's theme. Contestants are sometimes given a final challenge in some area of modeling such as posing, runway walking, selling a product, or choosing an appropriate outfit or makeup to satisfy a given situation. Each contestant's photo or video performance is then shown and evaluated by the panel. After all the content has been evaluated, the contestants leave the room and the judges deliberate. Germany, Austria, and Indonesia (cycle 2 - present) feature a themed runway segment in addition to the judging of the photos or videos.
The elimination process follows a rigid format, as the host reveals, one by one and in order of merit, the photos of the contestants who have not been eliminated. Each photo is given to the corresponding contestant, who is told by the host something similar to, "Congratulations. You are still in the running towards becoming [this country or region's] Next Top Model." The first-called contestant may receive additional benefits, such as having their photo displayed prominently in the contestants' living quarters or being allowed to share in the following week's challenge winnings, regardless of their performance in the challenge. The last two contestants who have not received their photos are brought forward for special critiques by the host before the final photo is revealed. The contestant who does not receive a photo is thus eliminated from the competition. Sometimes the last two contestants are both eliminated; rarely, neither is eliminated. Multiple eliminations can also take place.
In some versions of the show, contestants find out whether or not they will continue on in the competition in a completely random fashion. The contestants may be called forward in random order to find out whether or not they performed best during the week. The last two contestants are usually the worst performers. This format is followed by Denmark (cycle 4), the Netherlands (cycles 6–9) and Peru.
In other cases, the models are each called back into the elimination room after deliberation. Upon being called back, they are either eliminated on the spot, declared safe, or they are asked to wait for their results. If the latter happens, the process is repeated with the remaining pool of contestants in danger. This elimination format has been followed by several versions of the show, most notably Austria (cycles 2–9), Germany and Denmark (cycles 2–3,5–6) along with two former versions; Croatia and Serbia.
Episodes typically end with the image of the eliminated models fading away from a group shot of the remaining contestants.
International destinations
A trip to an international destination is typically scheduled at about two-thirds of the way through the competition, usually with five or six contestants remaining. While overseas, each episode covers roughly three to four days, totaling two weeks of filming abroad. In some international versions, contestants have traveled from two to six different countries.
Live shows
In some versions of the show, the winner is determined during a live broadcast. This has been done in Germany, Russia, Croatia, Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands (cycles 2-10), Benelux (a combination of the former two), Austria, Serbia, New Zealand (cycle 3), Australia (cycles 3–8), Britain (cycle 6), Poland, Vietnam and Greece (cycle 3). Votes are usually submitted via SMS or on any other given website. In cycle 17 of America's Next Top Model the first panel was presented in front of a live crowd, but this wasn't broadcast until the cycle premiere some months later. Also, the elimination process was shot privately during the production.
All-Stars
Cycle 17 of America's Next Top Model featured returning models from previous cycles with an All-Stars competition. In cycle 18 of the same version, seven British models from Britain's Next Top Model competed along with new American contestants. The eighth cycle of Vietnam's Next Top Model also featured returning models from previous cycles. The seventh cycle of Top Model po-ukrainsky also featured returning models from previous cycles.
Social media voting, Scoring and Comeback series
Through cycles 19-21, America's Next Top Model enabled social media fans to vote for each contestant's photos online based on a scale ranging from 1 (being the worst) to 10 (being the best). Voting took place as filming progressed, so that the results could be seen when the show began to air on television. Each judge also scored each picture based on the same scale, with the total fan vote weighing the same as the vote of a judge. Furthermore, one or more eliminated contestants received the opportunity to re-enter the competition if they earned the highest overall score average over a certain period of time. The social media voting was removed beginning with cycle 22.
The social media scoring system was also implemented in the sixth and seventh cycles of Austria's Next Topmodel. In contrast to the American adaptation, each voter is required to cast their votes on the show's website with accounts that link with Facebook. Furthermore, there is no grading scale. Each Facebook account is allotted three votes, which can be spent on any combination of contestants. The contestant with the highest number of votes each round is granted immunity, while the contestant with the lowest amount is automatically nominated for elimination along with three other contestants chosen by the judges. A comeback round also takes place about two thirds into the competition.
A separate scoring system, without social media voting, was introduced in the ninth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model. The combined challenge and judge scores are used to determine who will be eliminated each week.[4] It was also the system used in the twenty-second cycle of America's Next Top Model, and adapted by other versions of the show.
International Top Model series
The Top Model format has been adapted for numerous national and regional versions around the world.
Currently in production
Currently not in production
Region/country | Name(s) of series | Network(s) | Cycle(s) & winner(s) | Host(s) |
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| Africa | Africa's Next Top Model | M-net Africa Magic[5] | Cycle 1, 2013–2014 Aamito Lagum
| Oluchi Onweagba |
| Albania | Albania's Next Top Model | Top Channel Supersonic TV | Cycle 1, 2010–2011: Erida Lama Cycle 2, 2011: Greis Drenn | Aurela Hoxha |
| Australia | Australia's Next Top Model | Fox8 | Cycle 1, 2005 Gemma Sanderson Cycle 2, 2006
Eboni Stocks Cycle 3, 2007
Alice Burdeu Cycle 4, 2008
Demelza Reveley Cycle 5, 2009
Tahnee Atkinson Cycle 6, 2010
Amanda Ware Cycle 7, 2011
Montana Cox Cycle 8, 2013
Melissa Juratowitch Cycle 9, 2015
Brittany Beattie Cycle 10, 2016
Aleyna FitzGerald
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| Austria | Austria's Next Topmodel | | Cycle 1, 2009 Larissa Marolt Cycle 2, 2009–2010
Aylin Kösetürk Cycle 3, 2011
Lydia Obute Cycle 4, 2012
Antonia Hausmair Cycle 5, 2013
Greta Uszkai Cycle 6, 2014
Oliver Stummvoll Cycle 7, 2015–2016
Fabian Herzgsell Cycle 8, 2017
Isak Omorodion Cycle 9, 2019
Taibeh Ahmadi
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| Belgium | Topmodel | 2BE | Cycle 1, 2007 Hanne Baekelandt Cycle 2, 2008: Virginie Bleyaert
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Belgium's Next Top Model | Streamz | Cycle 1, 2023 Gilles Verbruggen Cycle 2, 2024 Current
| Hannelore Knuts |
| Benelux | Benelux' Next Top Model | 2BE RTL 5 | Cycle 1, 2009 Rosalinde Kikstra Cycle 2, 2010: Melissa Baas
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| Brazil | Brazil's Next Top Model | Sony Entertainment Television | Cycle 1, 2007 Mariana Velho Cycle 2, 2008
Maíra Vieira Cycle 3, 2009
Camila Trindade
| Fernanda Motta |
| Cambodia | Cambodia's Next Top Model[6] | MYTV[7] [8] | Cycle 1, 2014–2015 Chan Kong Kar
| Yok Chenda |
| Canada | Canada's Next Top Model | City CTV [9] | Cycle 1, 2006 Andrea Muizelaar Cycle 2, 2007
Rebecca Hardy Cycle 3, 2009
Meaghan Waller
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| Caribbean | Caribbean's Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2013 Treveen Stewart Cycle 2, 2015
Kittisha Doyle Cycle 3, 2017
Shamique Simms Cycle 4, 2018
Le Shae Riley
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| China | China's Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2008 Yin Ge Cycle 2, 2009
Meng Yao Cycle 3, 2010
Mao Chu Yu Cycle 4, 2013
Wang Xiao Qian Cycle 5, 2015
Li Si Jia
| Li Ai Shang Wenjie Lynn Hung & Zhang Liang |
| Colombia | Colombia's Next Top Model | Caracol Televisión | Cycle 1, 2013 Mónica Castaño Cycle 2, 2014
Yuriko Londoño Cycle 3, 2017
Alejandra Merlano
| Carolina Guerra [10] Carolina Cruz [11] |
| Croatia | Hrvatski Top Model | RTL | Cycle 1, 2008 Sabina Behlić Cycle 2, 2010
Rafaela Franić
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| Denmark | Danmarks Næste Topmodel | Kanal 4 | Cycle 1, 2010 Caroline Bader Cycle 2, 2011
Julie Hasselby Cycle 3, 2012
Line Rehkopff Cycle 4, 2013
Louise Mørck Mikkelsen Cycle 5, 2014
Sarah Kildevæld Madsen Cycle 6, 2015
Daniel Kildevæld Madsen
| Caroline Fleming Cecilie Lassen |
| Estonia | Eesti tippmodell | Kanal 2 | Cycle 1, 2012 Helina Metsik Cycle 2, 2013–2014
Sandra Ude Cycle 3, 2014–2015
Aule Õun Cycle 4, 2015–2016
Kätlin Hallik
| Kaja Wunder Liisi Eesmaa |
| Far East | Asia's Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2012–2013 Jessica Amornkuldilok Cycle 2, 2014
Sheena Liam Cycle 3, 2015
Ayu Gani Cycle 4, 2016
Tawan Kedkong Cycle 5, 2017
Maureen Wroblewitz Cycle 6, 2018
Dana Slosar
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| Finland | Suomen huippumalli haussa | | Cycle 1, 2008 Ani Alitalo Cycle 2, 2009
Nanna Grundfeldt Cycle 3, 2010
Jenna Kuokkanen Cycle 4, 2011
Anna-Sofia Ali-Sisto Cycle 5, 2012
Meri Ikonen Cycle 6, 2017
Jerry Koivisto Cycle 7, 2022
Jarrah Kollei
| Anne Kukkohovi Maryam Razavin Veronica Verho |
| France | Top Model | M6 | Cycle 1, 2005 Alizée Gaillard Cycle 2, 2007
Karen Pillet
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| Georgia | TOP gogo | Rustavi 2 | Cycle 1, 2012 Tako Mandaria Cycle 2, 2013
Alisa Kuzmina
| Salome Gviniashvili Nino Tskitishvili |
| Germany | Germany's Next Topmodel | ProSieben | Cycle 1, 2006 Lena Gercke Cycle 2, 2007
Barbara Meier Cycle 3, 2008
Jennifer Hof Cycle 4, 2009
Sara Nuru Cycle 5, 2010
Alisar Ailabouni Cycle 6, 2011
Jana Beller Cycle 7, 2012
Luisa Hartema Cycle 8, 2013
Lovelyn Enebechi Cycle 9, 2014
Stefanie Giesinger Cycle 10, 2015
Vanessa Fuchs Cycle 11, 2016
Kim Hnizdo Cycle 12, 2017
Céline Bethmann Cycle 13, 2018
Toni Dreher-Adenuga Cycle 14, 2019
Simone Kowalski Cycle 15, 2020
Jacky Wruck Cycle 16, 2021
Alex-Mariah Peter Cycle 17, 2022
Lou-Anne Gleißenebner-Teskey Cycle 18, 2023
Vivien Blotzki Cycle 19, 2024
Jermaine Kokoú Kothé & Lea Oude Engberink
| Heidi Klum |
| Greece | Greece's Next Top Model Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2009–2010 Seraina Kazamia Cycle 2, 2010–2011: Cindy Toli Cycle 3, 2018: Noune Kazaryan Cycle 4, 2019: Anna-Maria Iliadou & Katia Tarabanko Cycle 5, 2020: Hercules Chuzinov Cycle 6, 2021: Kyvéli Hatziefstratiou Cycle 7, 2022: Aléksia Trajko
| Vicky Kaya No Host |
| Hungary | Topmodell | Viasat 3 | Cycle 1, 2006 Réka Nagy
| Viktória Vámosi Panni Epres |
Next Top Model Hungary | TV2 | Cycle 1, 2024 Lili Mészáros
| Nóra Ördög |
| India | India's Next Top Model | MTV India | Cycle 1, 2015 Danielle Canute Cycle 2, 2016
Pranati Prakash Cycle 3, 2017
Riya Subodh Cycle 4, 2018
Urvi Shetty
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Top Model India | Colors Infinity | Cycle 1, 2018 Mahir Pandhi
| Lisa Haydon |
| Indonesia | Indonesia's Next Top Model | NET. | Cycle 1, 2020–2021 Ilene Kurniawan Cycle 2, 2021-2022: Sarah Tumiwa Cycle 3, 2022-2023: Iko Bustomi
| Luna Maya |
| Israel | הדוגמניות | Channel 10 | Cycle 1, 2005 Victoria Katzman Cycle 2, 2006
Niral Karantinji Cycle 3, 2008
Ella Mashkautzen
| Galit Gutmann |
| Italy | Italia's Next Top Model | Sky Uno | Cycle 1, 2007–2008 Gilda Sansone Cycle 2, 2008
Michela Maggioni Cycle 3, 2009
Anastasia Silveri Cycle 4, 2011
Alice Taticchi
| Natasha Stefanenko |
| Kazakhstan | Ya krasivaya | HiT TV | Cycle 1, 2005: Altyn Baekenova | Ilya Urazakov |
| Malta | Malta's Top Model | Favourite Channel | Cycle 1, 2009: Audrienne Debono | Claire Amato |
| Mexico | Mexico's Next Top Model | Sony Entertainment Television | Cycle 1, 2009 Mariana Bayón Cycle 2, 2011
Tracy Reuss Cycle 3, 2012
Sahily Córdova Cycle 4, 2013
Paloma Aguilar Cycle 5, 2014
Vanessa Ponce
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| Mongolia | The Models Mongolia's Next Top Model | EduTV | Cycle 1, 2017 Tserendolgor Battsengel Cycle 2, 2018-2019
Anujin Baynerdene Cycle 3, 2021-2022: Hanna Buyankhishig
| Nora Dagva Urantsetseg Ganbold |
| The Netherlands | Holland's Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2006 Sanne Nijhof Cycle 2, 2007
Kim Feenstra Cycle 3, 2007
Cecile Sinclair Cycle 4, 2008
Ananda Lândertine Cycle 5, 2011
Tamara Weijenberg Cycle 6, 2013
Nikki Steigenga Cycle 7, 2014
Nicky Opheij Cycle 8, 2015
Loiza Lamers Cycle 9, 2016
Akke Marije Marinus Cycle 10, 2017
Montell van Leijen Cycle 11, 2018
Soufyan Gnini Cycle 12, 2019
Marcus Hansma Cycle 13, 2022
Lando van der Schee
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| New Zealand | New Zealand's Next Top Model | TV3 | Cycle 1, 2009 Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie Cycle 2, 2010
Danielle Hayes Cycle 3, 2011
Brigette Thomas
| Sara Tetro |
| Norway | Top Model Norge Top Model | TV3 | Cycle 1, 2006 Maria Eilertsen Cycle 2, 2007
Kamilla Alnes Cycle 3, 2008
Martine Lervik Cycle 4, 2011
Claudia Alette Bull Cycle 5, 2013
Frida Børli Solaker
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| Peru | Peru's Next Top Model | Andina de Televisión | Cycle 1, 2013: Danea Panta | Valeria De Santis |
| Philippines | Philippines' Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2007 Grendel Alvarado Cycle 2, 2017
Angela Lehmann
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| Poland | Top Model Top Model. Zostań modelką | TVN | Cycle 1, 2010 Paulina Papierska Cycle 2, 2011
Olga Kaczyńska Cycle 3, 2013
Zuzanna Kołodziejczyk Cycle 4, 2014
Osuenhe Ugonoh Cycle 5, 2015
Radosław Pestka Cycle 6, 2016
Patryk Grudowicz Cycle 7, 2018
Katarzyna Szklarczyk Cycle 8, 2019
Dawid Woskanian Cycle 9, 2020
Mikołaj Śmieszek Cycle 10, 2021
Dominika Wysocka Cycle 11, 2022
Klaudia Nieścior Cycle 12, 2023
Dominik Szymański
| Joanna Krupa |
| Romania | Next Top Model | Antena 1 | Cycle 1, 2011 Emma Dumitrescu Cycle 2, 2011
Laura Giurcanu Cycle 3, 2012
Ramona Popescu
| Cătălin Botezatu |
| Russia | Ty - supermodel | STS | Cycle 1, 2004 Ksenia Kahnovich Cycle 2, 2005
Svetlana Sergienko Cycle 3, 2006
Tatyana Pekurovskaya Cycle 4, 2007
Tatyana Krokhina
| Fedor Bondarchuk Alexander Tsekalo Svetlana Bondarchuk |
Top Model po-russki | Muz-TV You-TV | Cycle 1, 2011 Mariya Lesovaya Cycle 2, 2011
Katya Bagrova Cycle 3, 2012
Tatyana Kozuto Cycle 4, 2012
Yulya Farkhutdinova Cycle 5, 2014
Evgeniya Nekrasova
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Ty - Topmodel | TNT | Cycle 1, 2021 Tina Tova
| Anastasia Reshetova |
| Scandinavia | Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2005 Kine Bakke Cycle 2, 2005
Frøydis Elvenes Cycle 3, 2006
Freja Kjellberg Borchies
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Top Model Curves | Cycle 1, 2016 Ronja Manfredsson
| Lina Rafn Janka Polliani Jonas Hallberg |
| Serbia | Srpski Top Model | Prva | Cycle 1, 2011 Neda Stojanović
| Ivana Stanković |
| Slovakia | Hľadá sa Supermodelka | TV JOJ | Cycle 1, 2007: Ivana Honzová | Michal Hudák & Simona Krainova |
| Slovenia | Slovenski Top Model | TV3 Slovenia | Cycle 1, 2010 Maja Fučak
| Nuša Šenk |
| South Korea | Korea's Next Top Model | On Style Media | Cycle 1, 2010 Lee Jimin Cycle 2, 2011
Jin Jung-sun Cycle 3, 2012
Choi So-ra Cycle 4, 2013
Shin Hyun-ji Cycle 5, 2014
Hwang Kibbeum
| Jang Yoon-ju |
| Sweden | Top Model Sverige Top Model | TV3 | Cycle 1, 2007 Hawa Ahmed Cycle 2, 2012
Alice Herbst Cycle 3, 2013
Josefin Gustafsson Cycle 4, 2014
Feben Negash
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| Switzerland | Switzerland's Next Topmodel | Puls 8 ProSieben Schweiz | Cycle 1, 2018 Saviour Chibueze Anosike Cycle 2, 2019
Gabriela Gisler Cycle 3, 2021
Dennis de Vree
| Manuela Frey |
| Taiwan | Taiwan Supermodel No. 1 | TVBS Entertainment Channel | Cycle 1, 2007: He Wan Ting Cycle 2, 2008: Chen Chu Xiang | Bianca Bai Kevin Tsai |
| Thailand | Thailand's Next Top Model | Channel 3 | Cycle 1, 2005: You Kheawchaum | Sonia Couling |
| Turkey | Top Model Türkiye | | Cycle 1, 2006: Selda Car | Deniz Akkaya |
| Ukraine | Top Model po-ukrainsky Supermodel po-ukrainsky | Novy TV | Cycle 1, 2014 Alena Ruban Cycle 2, 2015
Alina Panyuta Cycle 3, 2016
Masha Hrebenyuk Cycle 4, 2017
Samvel Tumanyan Cycle 5, 2018: Yana Kutishevskaya Cycle 6, 2019: Malvina Chuklya Cycle 7, 2020
Tanya Bryk
| Alla Kostromichova |
| United Kingdom & Ireland | Britain's Next Top Model Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2005 Lucy Ratcliffe Cycle 2, 2006
Lianna Fowler Cycle 3, 2007
Lauren McAvoy Cycle 4, 2008
Alex Evans Cycle 5, 2009
Mecia Simson Cycle 6, 2010
Tiffany Pisani Cycle 7, 2011
Jade Thompson Cycle 8, 2012
Letitia Herod Cycle 9, 2013
Lauren Lambert Cycle 10, 2016
Chloe Keenan Cycle 11, 2017
Olivia Wardell Cycle 12, 2017
Ivy Watson
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| United States | America's Next Top Model | | Cycle 1, 2003 Adrianne Curry Cycle 2, 2004
Yoanna House Cycle 3, 2004
Eva Pigford Cycle 4, 2005
Naima Mora Cycle 5, 2005
Nicole Linkletter Cycle 6, 2006
Danielle Evans Cycle 7, 2006
CariDee English Cycle 8, 2007
Jaslene Gonzalez Cycle 9, 2007
Saleisha Stowers Cycle 10, 2008
Whitney Thompson Cycle 11, 2008
McKey Sullivan Cycle 12, 2009
Teyona Anderson Cycle 13, 2009
Nicole Fox Cycle 14, 2010
Krista White Cycle 15, 2010
Ann Ward Cycle 16, 2011
Brittani Kline Cycle 17, 2011
Lisa D'Amato Cycle 18, 2012
Sophie Sumner Cycle 19, 2012
Laura James Cycle 20, 2013
Jourdan Miller Cycle 21, 2014
Keith Carlos Cycle 22, 2015
Nyle DiMarco Cycle 23, 2016–2017
India Gants Cycle 24, 2018
Kyla Coleman
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| Vietnam | Vietnam's Next Top Model | VTV3 | Cycle 1, 2010–2011 Khiếu Thị Huyền Trang Cycle 2, 2011–2012
Hoàng Thùy Cycle 3, 2012
Mai Thị Giang Cycle 4, 2013
Mâu Thị Thanh Thủy Cycle 5, 2014–2015
Tạ Quang Hùng & Nguyễn Thị Oanh Cycle 6, 2015
Nguyễn Thị Hương Ly Cycle 7, 2016
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Châu Cycle 8, 2017
Lê Thị Kim Dung
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Table notes:
Winners over time
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Current and upcoming cycles
The following table contains current and upcoming cycles of Top Model listed in chronological order.
Currently airing
See also
Notes and References
- Frances Bonner Personality Presenters: Television's Intermediaries With Viewers 2011 Page 131 "The 'Next Top Model' franchise operates differently, not having had a popular vote and using as its main presenter a successful ex-model, rather than a television professional. It was created by American model Tyra Banks, who did have television acting experience, has presented all American series, and has since expanded her television work, including into the daytime talk programme The Tyra Banks Show."
- Wendy Molyneux Everything Is Wrong With You: The Modern Woman's Guide To Finding Self Confidence Through Self-Loathing – 2008 "Not content to be just a stunning supermodel with a sweet, sweet A, Tyra Banks has created a media empire based on her America's Next Top Model franchise that has been syndicated around the world. Ms. Banks also hosts a daily talk show where she frequently addresses women's self-esteem issues as related to beauty."
- Manuel Castells Communication Power Page 1568 2009 "And, while not officially a Top Model franchise, an Afghani local TV station made headlines in the Fall of 2007 when it launched its own low-budget take on the format."
- Web site: ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S NEXT TOP MODEL SEASON 9. FOX8.TV. 17 April 2015. 17 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110217110613/http://www.fox8.tv/shows/australias-next-top-model. live.
- Web site: Africa's Next Top Model-ANTMAfrica Season One Trailer . YouTube . 2013-10-28 . 2016-10-30 . 2021-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210106121517/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOSo_TERsU . live .
- Web site: YouTube . YouTube . 2016-10-30 . 2021-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210106121509/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yeMlwQsdBg . live .
- Web site: Cambodia's Next Top Model, MYTV Program . YouTube . 2013-10-17 . 2016-10-30 . 2021-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210106121519/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh5WTakFCfw . live .
- Web site: Cambodia's Next Top Model . mytv.com.kh . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140315083219/http://mytv.com.kh/slide-view/cambodias-next-top-model/ . 15 March 2014 . dead.
- Web site: Canada's Next Top Model – Online Application . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629024233/http://model.ctv.ca/ . 2011-06-29 . . November 13, 2008.
- Web site: Carolina Guerra Colombia Next Top Model Programas CaracolTV.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20121230192910/http://www.caracoltv.com/programas/realities-y-concursos/colombia-next-top-model/presentador/carolina-guerra . 2012-12-30 .
- Web site: NextTopModel | CaracolTV.com . www.caracoltv.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927040653/http://www.caracoltv.com/topmodel . 27 September 2012 . dead.