America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2
Genre Reality TV
Running time 60 minutes
Creator(s) Tyra Banks
Executive producer(s) Tyra Banks
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Country of origin United States
Original channel UPN
No. of episodes 10
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The second season of America's Next Top Model aka the editorial season aired in 2004, and featured twelve contestants instead of ten. Though the format was the same as Cycle 1, there were notable variations on how the show was presented. For example, the panel of judges was often much harsher in their evaluation and criticism of the contestants. In particular, one contestant, 18-year-old Catie Anderson, was repeatedly told that she looked or dressed like a prostitute. The photo shoots in this season tended to be more sexual; the first photo shoot required contestants to pose nude in body paint, an assignment that plus-sized contestant Anna Bradfield refused. Subsequently, she was the first contestant to be eliminated. Additionally, the final four contestants — Shandi Sullivan, Yoanna House, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, and April Wilkner — participated in an erotic photo shoot in Italy in which each pair of contestants posed nude together for a perfume advertisement. However, while the official site of this program normally displays the portfolio pictures of each contestant each week, the body paint photo shoot was placed in the site gallery in an edited form and the perfume advertisement photographs were completely omitted from each contestant's portfolio.

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[edit] Contestant Information

In order of elimination, here's some information on the 12 contestants of Cycle 2:

Anna - Eliminated 1st after refusing to do the first photoshoot which involved only body paint covering the contestants' bodies. Felt an obligation to be a role model to the wives and mothers of America (she was a wife and mother herself), and believed only her husband should see her naked. However she did not execute her intentions well enough at panel and the judges felt she contradicted herself. To this date, Anna is the only contestant in ANTM history to have a non-existent portfolio.

Bethany - Eliminated 2nd after the judges felt that she was not versatile enough for the fashion industry. Controversy surrounded her breast size as they were larger than the other contestants and she did not know how to correctly pose to look more high-fashion. Along with Yoanna, she confronted Camille at the house meeting early in episode 2.

Heather - Eliminated 3rd.

Jenascia - Eliminated 4th for a variety of reasons, mostly for apparently not owning up to her height. Early on, Jenascia knew she had to overcompensate because it quickly set in that she was the shortest girl there at only 5'7" (which gave her references to Kate Moss). However, her height was not the main factor in episode 1. Jenascia had overslept the first photoshoot by over 3 hours as the other girls left without her, including April, who Jenascia had helped escape her own problems at the fashion show in the first episode. Jenascia felt betrayed by the girls, specifically April, and Nigel Barker, who not only was the photographer for the first photoshoot but a season-long judge as well, calmed her down and eventually got her to turn out one of the most successful photos from the shoot. Jenascia escaped elimination from the first episode and was then seen as the comic relief of the show, quickly becoming a fan favorite. Even before the first runway challenge during Episode 1, Jenascia disproved a model stereotype by hoping that there was going to be food for them. But this was short-lived, as the judges felt she just wasn't bringing anything "extra" to the table to make up for her lack of height, and she was sent home in Episode 4. Jenascia became good friends with fellow contestant Mercedes. When she was eliminated, Jenascia stated that she was going back to work at Hooters in Seattle. For only being on for not even the first half of the cycle, Jenascia remains to this day one of the most popular and well-known contestants from this cycle.

Xiomara - Eliminated 5th after looking like a "walrus wearing chiffon" (stated by Nole Marin) in the underwater shoot. Her alternative and unique looks set her apart from most of the other contestants but worked against her as she didn't know what to do with it. After seeing her runway walk with Xiomara's bugged-out eyes, he said, "Girl, you walk like you on crack." However, she shined in the celebrity shoot as Grace Jones, although at first she was not pleased with the idea. She became good friends with Shandi and was shown to be very caring and likeable, especially with her impressions, and this was proven as she was chosen to share in the rewards won by the other girls often.

Catie - Eliminated 6th after a combination of a weak photograph and an even weaker in-person performance. Catie had started out as an early front-runner in the first couple episodes, even winning the runway challenge in Episode 2. But when makeover time came around in early Episode 3, Catie's long blonde hair was chopped off short. She was devastated and cried constantly about it, and in the same episode, she also had a meltdown when the contestants were suspended over a deep hole for a photoshoot. She pulled off a strong enough photo to continue although her mental and emotional weaknesses worried the judges. During that shoot, Xiomara had given up her own focus to help Catie, in which Catie attacked Xiomara for later on. Catie's antics came to a close when she was eliminated after the black & white photoshoot (paired up with a commercial), in which she looked like a "scared guppy" (stated by Eric Nicholson). Her runway walk remained continuously strong, however.

Sara - Eliminated 7th after the judges felt she was heading down-market, and fast. Sara's portfolio was never spectacular but she was consistent and determined to do her best. She faced adversity from her own immediate family due to her Persian heritage, as her father believed that modeling was not a good career choice for her. A visit from her mother in episode 5 (won by Mercedes) gave her the strength she needed. The judges also liked her "homegirl" attitude early in the season but Tyra felt she didn't know how to "turn it off" correctly. After her perfomance in Tyra's debut music video, the judges suddenly thought that Sara would be more marketable for beer commercials rather than high fashion, despite her natural beauty.

Camille - Eliminated 8th after the judges felt her attitude was just not improving enough. Camille was seen as the villain throughout the entire cycle, mostly from her disagreements with Yoanna from beginning to end. She was eliminated first in Milan, Italy (their international destination for the cycle) after she had said one of the most well-known quotes in ANTM history - "This is my signature walk, and this is what's going to make me famous." That was the final straw for a girl that the judges had been criticizing her attitude and arrogance throughout the entire competition. She had made an early enemy out of Yoanna, ostricizing herself in the process from most girls with the exception of Catie. She was very focused on the task at hand and stated that she was not there to make friends - which showed in her dismay of Catie later using Camille's tomoates during a reward dinner in Episode 3, and accidentally breaking Xiomara's earrings in Episode 4 during a challenge. Camille and Yoanna finally settled their differences in the first half of Camille's final episode, but when Camille infered to the judges that Yoanna had an eating disorder, their quick friendship ended as quickly as it had began. Out of all of the contestants in Cycle 2, Camille was edited clearly as the villain.

April - Eliminated 9th after the judges felt she remained to clinical and critical, and that she couldn't unleash her romantic side into modeling and was almost like a robot. She consistently had good photos, but was too harsh on herself. During the very first runway challenge in Episode 1, she had mistakenly put on a wrong outfit and Jenascia came to her aid and helped her. Later that episode, April was the one shown as being so torn when the van drove off to the photoshoot without Jenascia. They later reconciled. Also early in the series, April struggled with presenting her Japanese heritage. She was half-Caucasian and half-Japanese and didn't know how to market herself, but after a talk with Janice Dickinson during a challenge, she realized she needed to start marketing herself as an Asian model to stand out more. Her overanalyzing everything soon cost her as it was the reason she was eliminated before the finale episode. Before the show, she was actually working as a business executive at a Fortune 500 company, but claimed it wasn't the lifestyle she wanted anymore and hence pursued modelling.

Shandi - Eliminated 10th, right before the final 2. The most seemingly gawky and awkward of the Cycle 2 contestants had a hard time in the beginning, landing with Bethany in the bottom 2 during Episode 2 after showing "the worst runway walk I've ever seen in my life" (stated by Tyra Banks). She worked on her runway walk following that and begin to show the most potential as a high-fashion model, even though she had started with stringy brown hair and glasses, straight from stocking the shelves at a Walgreens in Kansas City. Her troubles with her family overshadowed her good performances, and she wished she had the same support from her family as most of the other girls did. She quickly became friends with Xiomara and they remained friends until Xiomara was eliminated. In a very memorable moment of the entire cycle, Shandi's lust got the best of her when she ended up having sex with a young Italian man shortly after arriving in Milan, Italy. It tore her apart and she felt awful about it, so she told her boyfriend back home about it the next day. They didn't break up, and she didn't get cut that episode either even with those personal issues burdening her. However, she was eliminated the next episode, just shy of the final 2.

Mercedes - Eliminated 11th, the runner-up of Cycle 2. Mercedes started out as a cute, bubbly girl at the beginning of the series without much airtime or a storyline, but that changed during Episode 4 when she stated in a confessional that she had been diagnosed with lupus, a "chronic illness that attacks your immune system" (stated by herself). She was shown hiding her medication and taking it when nobody could see her doing so, in attempts to avoid the other girls pitying her. She was admired by fans for her determination and courage. In Episode 5, during their interviews with Janice Dickinson for a challenge, she won by telling Janice about her secret illness. Janice was pleasantly surprised by her attitude regarding it, and the other girls were shocked, as they had no idea she even had any type of illness. Mercedes fought her way through the competition with a good attitude and a consistent portfolio. Her vulnerability showed a few times, but then she quickly fought through it and made it all the way to the final 2 against Yoanna. Her ultimate downfall was that she didn't have enough high-fashion potential, and although she ruled the final runway challenge, her look would always be too commercial.

Yoanna - The winner of Cycle 2, after proving not just to be a classic beauty with her elegant and highly praised face, but after improving her runway walk and consistently being able to be both high-fashion and commercial. In Episode 1, Yoanna revealed to the other girls that she used to be 50 pounds heavier and lost the weight in hopes of pursuing modelling, as she was an avid fan of fashion since childhood. Her tension with Camille occasionally almost derailed her confidence, but she kept pushing forward and always strived to get better, and she did. She had the most knowledge of designers and fashion which proved to be another advantage for her. Her runway walk was shown to be less than stellar in the early stages, but she practiced and eventually the judges recieved it very well. Doubts about her body toning from designers and the judges deferred her confidence, especially after the go-sees in Milan where a designer had said her body wasn't fit enough for high fashion. For the final photoshoot comprised of edgy, high-fashion beauty shots, she was supposed to look directly at the camera with only a helmet on. Some of her hair was sticking out in the back, so she actually took the clippers and cut it off, but butchering it in the proccess. Although it seemed frightening at first, it just reaffirmed her strong desire to win. It all paid off in the end when she emerged victorious.

[edit] Contestants

[edit] Callout Order

Tyra’s Callout Order
Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 10
01 Camille Catie Shandi Mercedes Sara April Shandi Shandi Yoanna Mercedes Yoanna
02 Shandi Yoanna April Xiomara Mercedes Yoanna Mercedes Yoanna Shandi Yoanna Mercedes
03 April Camille Yoanna Shandi April Mercedes Camille April Mercedes Shandi
04 Mercedes April Mercedes Yoanna Yoanna Shandi April Mercedes April
05 Catie Mercedes Sara Sara Catie Sara Yoanna Camille
06 Sara Sara Camille April Shandi Camille Sara
07 Heather Xiomara Jenascia Camille Camille Catie
08 Yoanna Heather Catie Catie Xiomara
09 Bethany Jenascia Xiomara Jenascia
10 Xiomara Shandi Heather
11 Jenascia Bethany
12 Anna
     The model won the week's reward challenge
     The model was eliminated
     The model won the reward and was eliminated on the same episode
     The model did not participate in the photoshoot and was eliminated
     The model won the competition

[edit] Makeovers

  • April - Darker hair and bangs.
  • Camille - Braids taken out; straight weave put in.
  • Catie - Twiggy style haircut.
  • Heather - A bit more blonde.
  • Jenascia - Chopped hair to suit her height.
  • Mercedes - Animalistic extensions.
  • Sara - Blonde.
  • Shandi - Platinum blonde and contacts.
  • Xiomara - Wavy extensions.
  • Yoanna - Modern mohawk.

[edit] Photoshoots Guide

  • Week 1 Photoshoot : Eves - Nude Body Paint/Freshlook Contacts
  • Week 2 Photoshoot : Steve Madden Shoes
  • Week 3 Photoshoot : Laundry By Shelli Segal
  • Week 4 Photoshoot : Posing As Other Celebrities
  • Week 5 Photoshoot : Queénch Water Shoot
  • Week 6 Photoshoot : Black And White Beauty Shots
  • Week 7 Photoshoot : Dancing on Tyra's first music video "Shake Ya Body"
  • Week 8 Photoshoot : Solstice Sunglasses in the ancient Roman amphitheater of Verona
  • Week 9 Photoshoot : Lakeside Female Nude Interaction shots
  • Week 10 Photoshoot : High-edge Beauty Shot
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Judges and personnel
Janice Dickinson | Twiggy | Tyra Banks | Nigel Barker | J. Alexander | Jay Manuel | Beau Quillian
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Please see individual cycle articles for additional contestants
1: Adrianne Curry | 2: Yoanna House | 3: Eva Pigford | 4: Naima Mora
5: Nicole Linkletter | 6: Danielle Evans | 7: CariDee English
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