America's Next Top Model, Cycle 6

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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 6

Promotional photograph of the cast of Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model
Genre Reality TV
Running time 60 minutes
Creator(s) Tyra Banks
Developer(s) Kenya Barris
Executive producer(s) Tyra Banks
Starring Tyra Banks
Country of origin United States
Original channel UPN
Original run March 8, 2006–
No. of episodes 13
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

America's Next Top Model, Cycle Six aka the fairy tale season premiered on March 8, 2006. Tyra Banks served as host while Twiggy, Nigel Barker, and J. Alexander ("Miss J.") returned as judges. This cycle featured thirteen contestants aged 18 to 26 years, with heights ranging from 5'8" to 6'1".

Season Theme: Transformation

Contents

[edit] Episode summaries

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] The Girl Who Learns How To Dance(Part 1)/The Girls Go Bald(Part 2)

Original Airdate: March 8, 2006

The two-hour premiere episode devoted an hour to narrowing 32 finalists to 13 finalists, and the second hour featured the first photo shoot and elimination. As the girls moved into their house in Los Angeles, a drama began involving the oldest contestant, 26-year-old Jade, who claimed to be "the undiscovered supermodel" and front runner of the competition. For the photo shoot, the girls were led to believe that they would all be shaved bald as a way to level the competition, when in fact they were fitted with bald caps and posed wearing Swarovski crystals in an array of mannequin heads. Seen having a lack of potentials, the first girl eliminated was Kathy Hoxit, a self-described hillbilly from Brevard, North Carolina.

[edit] The Girl Who Is a True Miss Diva

Original Airdate: March 15, 2006

In this episode, the twelve remaining contestants received makeovers. Some were dramatic, such as Jade's short blond cut or Nnenna's head being shaved, while others were less dramatic, such as Joanie and Kari being made blonder than they already were. For the photo shoot, the girls posed with ice sculptures. Though Jade made a poor impression on the judges with her arrogance and took a poor photograph, Wendy Wiltz, whose family had been affected by Hurricane Katrina, was sent home due to her inability to transfer her modeling potential to photographs.

[edit] The Girl Who Kissed a Roach

Original Airdate: March 22, 2006

This episode featured the eleven remaining contestants practicing the runway. Like contestants from past cycles, several girls tripped or fell during the challenge and during an impromptu Vivienne Westwood style runway challenge at judging. The girls had to do a runway with cockroaches for Jared Gold's spring collection.Jade Cole was praised for kissing the roach at the end of the runway. For the photoshoot, the girls had to take a photo while falling and were posed as a character from a popular fairy tale. Gina Choe and Kari Schmidt were in the bottom two due to poor performance in both the runway segment and the photoshoot, and Kari was sent home.

[edit] The Girl Who Kissed a Male Model

Original Airdate: March 29, 2006

Episode four featured the girls receiving lessons on commercial and high-fashion posing. Their challenge was to model for a Sears catalogue, using the four seasons as their back-drop. This week's photoshoot involved the contestants posing as professionals in their desired career. The episode title refers to Nnenna Agba, who kissed the model (Vaughn Lowery) with whom she was posing, creating some on-air problems with Agba and her boyfriend. In this episode, Gina was eliminated due to lack of confidence and potential.

[edit] The Girl With Two Bad Takes

Original Airdate: April 5, 2006

In the sixth episode, the girls learned about improv by attending a workshop at The Groundlings. Later, the girls put their skills to use in a challenge led by Nick Cannon. Furonda's quick wit impressed Cannon and his friends, and she won a guest role on Veronica Mars. Furonda also won the opportunity to record a public service announcement about HIV prevention, which she shared with Nnenna. In lieu of a photoshoot that week, the girls once again had to utilize their improv skills in a commercial shoot for CoverGirl. Due to their unimpressive performances, Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi and Jade were in the bottom two. Steenis-Gondi ultimately was sent home due to her "lack of persona."

[edit] The Girl Who Has a Temper

Original Airdate: April 12, 2006

On the seventh episode, the contestants learned how to "runway twirl" from the Aswirl Twins. They put their knowledge to the test in a church fashion show challenge. Jade and Joanie were two crowd favorites, but in the end, Jade won a $25,000 diamond ring. Jade then chose Furonda to have a $10,000 diamond ring, who lastly chose Nnenna to have an $8,000 diamond ring. Brooke was mad at Nnenna for not sharing the phone with the other girls because Nnenna kept using the phone to call her boyfriend. The photoshoot required the girls to "krump", which is a modern dance style, to advertise Payless ShoeSource shoes. Leslie Mancia and Sara Albert wound up in the bottom two, and Leslie was eliminated for lacking presence in front of the judges.

[edit] The Girl Who Has Surgery

Original Airdate: April 19, 2006

In this week's episode the contestants were critiqued quite harshly by a woman (later revealed to be an actress, whose tactless remarks were aimed to irk). After the critique, each model took a Polaroid shot to measure how they took the criticism and how it affected their work through their facial expressions. The winner of the challenge was Jade, because she took the criticism she was given without allowing it to affect her negatively. Jade chose Nnenna to share in the prize with her, which turned out to be a visit from a loved one. Nnenna's boyfriend, to her dismay, arrived, as well as Jade's mother. Two photoshoots were taken in this episode, one where the contestants were made up to look like dolls (such as a marionette and a rag doll), and the other directed by Tyra, in which each girl was photographed crying. This photoshoot was similar to one also directed by Tyra in the previous season. After the "Doll" photoshoot the girls all went to the dentist to have their teeth whitened. However, Joanie and Danielle were both offered to have their teeth fixed. Joanie received veneers to fix her crooked teeth, and while Danielle was offered the chance to fix the gap between her front teeth, she refused claiming the gap was a part of who she was. At judging, Brooke and Jade were in the bottom two, Brooke for her lackluster performance and misuse of the "chances" she had been given week to week, and Jade for her overall "fakeness." Ultimately, it was Brooke who was sent home.

[edit] The Girl Who is a Model, Not a Masseuse

Original Airdate: April 26, 2006

This episode began with a session of press training, in which the final six contestants were taught how to deal with difficult interview questions and given pointers on how to improve. Danielle, who had previously refused to have the gap between her front teeth closed, changed her mind at Tyra Banks' urging in order to attain a more "CoverGirl"-like smile. Before long, the contestants were told that they would be heading to Bangkok, Thailand for the remainder of the competition. Upon arriving in the city, they were given the assignment to pose hanging upside down from nets as mermaids over an open market. Though Joanie, Jade, and Danielle performed well on this difficult photoshoot, Sara's was considered mediocre and Furonda and Nnenna struggled to turn out a good shot, ultimately landing both of them in the bottom two. Nnenna was eliminated when her progress in the competition came to a stop.

[edit] The Girl Who is Going to the Moon

Original Airdate: April 26, 2006

This episode is not an actual episode that progresses the story of the sixth cycle of ANTM, but it shows a 'behind-the-scenes' look at each of the episodes up to this point. Jade is revealed to have a "secret language" of her own, using made-up words such as "analystical." Contestant Kathy Hoxit's quote equating her chance to compete on ANTM to the odds of her making it to the moon was the inspiration for the episode's title.

[edit] The Girl Who is Rushed To The Emergency Room

Original Airdate: May 3, 2006

While overseas in Thailand, the girls compete in a challenge where they must learn and perform an intricate Thai dance and perform in front of a panel of judges. Joanie was declared the winner of the challenge, breaking the streak of challenge wins by Nnenna and Jade. Danielle was unable to participate in the challenge as she was taken to the hospital for exhaustion, dehydration, and food poisoning, but she returned in time for the week's photoshoot. To arrive at the shoot, the girls traveled by elephant deep into the jungle, where they posed on the elephants to advertise Venus razors. At judging, Sara was called out for copying Joanie's photoshoot poses, though both girls turned out good pictures. Jade and Furonda were the bottom two, and Furonda was eliminated for her lack of ability to take instruction.

[edit] The Girls Go to Phuket

Original Airdate: May 10, 2006

The remaining four contestants learn that they will be going on go-sees. They learn about Thai social etiquette from a designer, who tells them that it is customary to remove shoes before entering a place, to smile constantly, and to purchase gifts for the clients. She gives the girls money to buy gifts before they visit the clients and reminds them to come back by 4:30 PM. The girls each travel in a tuk-tuk to the various clients. On their way back, Danielle, Joanie, and Sara are caught in traffic jams and are late, as result. Jade, meanwhile, visits another client and ends up being one hour and ten minutes late. The designer tells the girls that nobody will win the reward, which is two racks of clothing from the clients, because they were late but informs Danielle that she would have won. The next day, the girls fly to Phuket for a photo shoot. There, Joanie tells Danielle that she does not think Sara has a passion for modelling and expresses annoyance at being copied. Tyra Banks visits the girls and tells them about the tsunami tragedy in December 2004. They all have a moment of silence. The girls travel to a beach for the photo shoot, which is an ad for OP Swimwear which will be in ELLEGirl magazine. Nigel Barker is the photographer. At judging, Nigel is impressed by Jade's photograph and says that he sees a new side of her. Danielle and Sara land in the bottom two. Danielle is once again criticized for her manner of speaking, but Sara ultimately goes because the judges feel that she has not improved enough.

[edit] The Girl Who Walked Through the Ancient City

Original Airdate: May 17, 2006

Jay Manuel visits the remaining three contestants, and informs them that they will be doing both a photo shoot and a commercial for CoverGirl (brand) mascara the next day. Jade, who did not memorize her lines, improvises to such an extent that she exasperates Jay. He allows Jade to read her lines off cue cards. Joanie performs well in her commercial, despite struggling with her new teeth, while Danielle fumbles with her lines and is very self-conscious of her Arkansas accent. After their commercials, the girls do their photo shoots. At judging, Jade's photograph is lauded but her commercial is criticized. The judges also criticize Jade's tendency to be outspoken. Joanie's commercial and photograph are well received, and Twiggy sees a striking resemblance to Grace Kelly. Danielle's photograph also receives positive feedback. Her commercial, however, receives criticism from Tyra and Twiggy because of her prominent Southern twang. After deliberation, Joanie is called first. Danielle and Jade land in the bottom two, but Jade is ultimately sent packing. The next day, Danielle and Joanie learn that they will be walking in an elaborate fashion show with a set replicated to look like an ancient city with temples and a winding runway over water.

Danielle and Joanie impress the judges immensely. At judging, the girls' performances are critiqued. Danielle is told that she look rather bored while she walked while Joanie learns that she looked down too much. The girls' photographs from past shoots are judged side by side. The judges agree that the two young women have had the strongest pictures of the cycle. Danielle and Joanie return, holding hands. In the end, Danielle is revealed as the winner of Cycle 6.

[edit] Contestants

In order of elimination

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Tyra's call-out order

Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13 Ep 13
1) Jade Nnenna Brooke Jade Furonda Furonda Joanie Joanie Danielle Joanie Joanie Joanie Danielle
2) Sara Sara Danielle Danielle Joanie Sara Jade Furonda Jade Sara Jade Danielle Joanie
3) Mollie Sue Leslie Nnenna Brooke Danielle Leslie Nnenna Nnenna Sara Danielle Danielle Jade
4) Leslie Joanie Kari Joanie Leslie Danielle Furonda Sara Joanie Jade Sara
5) Joanie Kari Furonda Mollie Sue Jade Nnenna Danielle Danielle Furonda Furonda
6) Nnenna Danielle Gina Sara Mollie Sue Joanie Brooke Jade Nnenna
7) Kari Jade Mollie Sue Furonda Sara Brooke Sara Brooke
8) Brooke Mollie Sue Leslie Leslie Nnenna Jade Leslie
9) Danielle Brooke Sara Nnenna Brooke Mollie Sue
10) Kathy Gina Joanie Gina Gina
11) Furonda Wendy Jade Kari
12) Gina Furonda Wendy
13) Wendy Kathy
     The model won the week's reward challenge
     The model was eliminated
     The model won the reward challenge and was eliminated on the same episode
     The model won the competition
  • In episode 1, the pool of 20 girls is reduced to 13 who will move on to the actual competition. This first call-out however does not reflect their performance that first week.
  • Episode 10 was a recap episode.

[edit] Makeovers

  • Brooke- Gisele Bundchen hair
  • Danielle- Long curls, weaved; later, teeth whitened and front gap reduced
  • Furonda- Hair extensions; later, teeth whitened
  • Gina- Edgier angled cut
  • Jade- Short, elf-like blonde; later, teeth whitened
  • Joanie- Icy blonde; later, teeth whitened and snaggletooth removed, veneers added
  • Kari- Brigitte Bardot hair
  • Leslie- Thicker, longer and more luscious
  • Mollie Sue- Mia Farrow inspired haircut
  • Nnenna- Shaved bald; later, teeth whitened
  • Sara- Asymmetrical platinum blonde fauxhawk bob cut; later, teeth whitened
  • Wendy- Jennifer Lopez light brown

[edit] Judges

[edit] References

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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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