America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3

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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
Genre Reality TV
Running time 60 minutes
Creator(s) Tyra Banks
Executive producer(s) Tyra Banks
Starring {{{starring}}}
Country of origin United States
Original channel UPN
No. of episodes 12
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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 debuted in fall 2004. It featured fourteen young women aspiring to be this season's America's Next Top Model, though in the end, Eva Pigford would be this cycle's winner. Notably, she is the first African-American winner of the show as well as the youngest winner at nineteen years of age during the show's production.

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[edit] Episode summaries

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The fourteen models were jetted to Jamaica for a swimsuit shoot at the start of the season. Magdalena Rivas was eliminated in Jamaica the day after the shoot, and Leah Darrow was cut during the first session of judging.

The second episode of the season was the infamous makeover show, in which each model was given a new look. Some makeovers were drastic - 22-year-old Jennipher Frost was told that her waist-length hair would be cut and donated to Locks of Love, and 25-year-old Amanda Swafford was transformed from a brunette to an ice blonde. For that week's shoot, each contestant was challenged to take a beauty shot without any make-up. That week, Julie Titus, a young woman of Indian descent, was eliminated. In addition to a weak photo, she had revealed during judging that her motive for being on the show was not to launch a modeling career but rather to gain an edge in fashion manufacturing, which was her true passion.

In the next episode, the remaining contestants were fitted with hair extensions and shot an advertisement for Lee (Jeans) wearing nothing but the product. Kristi Grommet was cut due to her lack of confidence.

For the next shoot, each contestant posed on roller skates to advertise Dooney & Bourke accessories. Jennipher Frost was eliminated as the judges felt she was not delivering strong enough photographs.

Kelle Jacob was the next contestant to be ousted after a high-octane shoot jumping on a trampoline next to a cargo plane for an energy drink.

Earlier in the show, Cassie Grisham had revealed to Amanda that she suffered from bulimia, and her secret had subsequently spread to all of the contestants as well as to Tyra Banks. Tyra offered counseling to Cassie, but she refused help and chose to continue living with bulimia. Cassie was cut after her lackluster performance in a photo shoot for Ford Mustang automobiles, in which each model posed twice to represent dual identities in their respective characters.

In the next shoot, the models learned that they would be posing for beauty shots advertising diamonds, but, much to the horror of many contestants, notably Eva Pigford, they would be posing with a tarantula. In the end, it was plus-sized model Toccara Jones who was ousted in this episode. Though she had entered the competition with a good deal of enthusiasm and confidence in her body, the judges felt that she no longer had the "plus-sized personality" to potentially break barriers in the modeling industry.

The final six contestants - Yaya, Nicole, Norelle, Ann, Eva, and Amanda - were then told that they would be traveling to fashion hot-spot Tokyo for the remainder of the competition. For their first challenge, they were assigned to shoot a commercial for Campbell's Soup - in Japanese. Though each contestant struggled with this challenge, redhead Nicole Borud was this episode's eliminated contestant for not being sufficiently noticeable.

The next contestant to be sent home was Norelle Van Herk, a 19-year-old sales associate from California who had compiled an impressive portfolio. However, she had struggled in Japan and was eliminated despite her strong performance in a photo shoot for T-Mobile, in which each contestant posed in a traditional kimono with a cellular phone.

The eleventh episode of the season featured an anime-themed shoot to reflect a part of Japan's modern culture. Ann Markley was cut at panel because, though the judges felt she was a natural beauty, they noted that she had often struggled to translate her looks into a strong photograph.

In the finale of Cycle 3, Amanda Swafford, Yaya Da Costa Johnson, who had graduated from Brown University, an Ivy League university, and had enjoyed many consecutive challenge wins, and Eva Pigford went head-on in the Covergirl photo shoot. Amanda was eliminated first, though all three contestants had performed very well in the shoot. This set into motion the first time in Top Model in which two African-American females were the remaining two contestants. Though Yaya's final runway performance and consistently strong portfolio impressed the judges, her less-than-humble attitude on several occasions did not. Instead, Eva Pigford, who had entered the competition with the handicap of being the shortest contestant and who had overcome her lack of height, had a stunning portfolio, and stood out with her personality, was declared the third winner of America's Next Top Model.

[edit] Trivia

  • Amanda Swafford is legally blind due to the degenerative eye condition retinitis pigmentosa
  • Eva Pigford earned herself the nickname of "Eva the Diva" on the show.
  • Amanda Swafford and Eva Pigford, two of the finalists, were both born on October 30, though Amanda was born 6 years before Eva (1978 and 1984 respectively).
  • Kristi Grommet's real name is Laura.
  • Yaya Da Costa's real name is Camara.
  • Eva Pigford holds the following records: the shortest contestant and champion at 5'6.5", and the only contestant to be below the required height of 5'7", youngest champion, the first African American winner, the lightest champion (118 pounds).
  • Yaya Da Costa later starred in the movie "Take The Lead" with Antonio Banderas.
  • Ann Markley ties with Bre Scullark and Jade Cole from Cycles 5 and 6 respectively for most number of appearances in the bottom 2.

[edit] Contestants

(in order of elimination)

[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 11 Ep 12 Ep 12
01 Ann Yaya Amanda Cassie Amanda Eva Eva Nicole Ann Amanda Amanda Yaya Eva
02 Leah Kristi Nicole Ann Yaya Amanda Ann Eva Eva Yaya Yaya Eva Yaya
03 Kelle Julie Eva Nicole Norelle Nicole Yaya Amanda Norelle Eva Eva Amanda
04 Cassie Jennipher Yaya Toccara Eva Yaya Norelle Yaya Amanda Ann Ann
05 Yaya Kelle Toccara Eva Nicole Toccara Amanda Norelle Yaya Norelle
06 Kristi Cassie Jennipher Amanda Toccara Norelle Nicole Ann Nicole
07 Julie Toccara Cassie Norelle Ann Cassie Toccara Toccara
08 Magdalena Nicole Norelle Yaya Cassie Ann Cassie
09 Nicole Eva Ann Kelle Kelle Kelle
10 Amanda Norelle Kristi Jennipher Jennipher
11 Norelle Amanda Kelle Kristi
12 Toccara Ann Julie
13 Jennipher Leah
14 Eva Magdalena
     The model won the week's reward challenge
     The model was eliminated
     The model was eliminated outside of judging
     The model won the competition

In episode 1, the field of 20 girls is reduced to 14 that will move on to the actual competition.

[edit] Makeovers

  • Amanda- Icy blonde
  • Ann- Shorter length and blonde
  • Cassie- Curly weave
  • Eva- Shorter blonde hair
  • Jennipher- Blonde, shoulder length hair
  • Julie- Six to eight inches cut
  • Kelle- Wavy extensions
  • Kristi- Long, chic bangs
  • Nicole- I Love Lucy red and short
  • Norelle- Shoulder length cut, braces removed
  • Toccara- Extensions
  • Yaya- Braids removed and acne treatment

[edit] Photoshoots Guide

  • Week 2 Photoshoot : Jamaica Swimsuit Shoot
  • Week 3 Photoshoot : Beauty Shot w/hands
  • Week 4 Photoshoot : Lee Jeans Photo Shoot
  • Week 5 Photoshoot : Dooney & Bourke
  • Week 6 Photoshoot : YJ Stinger
  • Week 7 Photoshoot : Ford Mustang (Double Personality)
  • Week 8 Photoshoot : Verragio Spider Brooch
  • Week 9 Photoshoot : Japanese Cambell's Soup Commercial
  • Week 10 Photoshoot : T-Mobile
  • Week 11 Photoshoot : Anime
  • Week 12 Photoshoot : Covergirl
America's Next Top Model
Judges and personnel
Janice Dickinson | Twiggy | Tyra Banks | Nigel Barker | J. Alexander | Jay Manuel | Beau Quillian
Cycles and winners

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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