America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

Promotional photograph of the cast of Cycle 2 of America's Next Top Model
Format Reality
Created by Tyra Banks
Developed by Ken Mok
Kenya Barris
Starring Tyra Banks
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 11 & Special
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Tyra Banks
Ken Mok
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel UPN
Original run January 13, 2004 – March 23, 2004
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

America's Next Top Model Cycle 2, which premiered on January 13, 2004, is the second season of America's Next Top Model hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, which aims to find the next top fashion model. The cycle's catch-phrase is "They are all gorgeous, but only one has what it takes".

This was the first and only season to feature a cast of 12 contestants. The international destination for the cycle was Milan, Italy. The winner won a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread within Jane magazine, and a cosmetics campaign with Sephora.

The winner was 23 year old Yoanna House from Jacksonville, Florida, who became the oldest and first bi-racial winner in the show's history.

Contents

[edit] Episode Summaries

[edit] The Girl Who Overslept

Original Airdate: January 13, 2004

The girls are picked up on a bus in New York where they meet each other and start sizing up the competition.

They then meet Tyra and go to their first runway show, which is held on a US Navy ship. Tyra comments, "They really don't know what they're doing."

The first photo shoot is a Garden of Eden-themed nude shoot for Fresh Look contact lenses, in which the women wear only sequins and body paint. One contestant, Anna, decides not to participate. Another, Jenascia, oversleeps and arrives late for the shoot.

Model Eve
Anna Eve of the Sea
April Asian Eve
Bethany Eve of Winter
Camille Carribean Eve
Catie Heavenly Eve
Heather Floral Eve
Jenascia Enchanting Archer Eve
Mercedes Egyptian Eve
Sara Medieval Eve
Shandi Lady Godiva Eve
Xiomara Eve of Temptation
Yoanna Eve of the Night

Though the judges are put off by the fact that Jenascia was late, they ultimately choose to eliminate Anna , the plus-sized girl of the cycle, for refusing to do the photo shoot.

  • Bottom two: Anna Bradfield & Jenascia Chakos
  • Eliminated: Anna Bradfield

[edit] The Girl Who Has a Temper

Original Airdate: January 20, 2004

The remaining eleven contestants receive runway training from J. Alexander. At the subsequent walking challenge, Catie's gracefulness wins her a trip to Carmen Marc Valvo's cocktail party.

At the photo shoot, the girls are required to style themselves using Steve Madden shoes, before they pick their own best shot for the week.

Despite Shandi's lack of confidence and terrible runway walk, Bethany is cut, because the judges feel that she didn't know how to pose to flatter her large bust.

  • Bottom two: Bethany Harrison & Shandi Sullivan
  • Eliminated: Bethany Harrison
  • Photographer: Che' Graham

[edit] The Girl Who Can Cry At The Drop Of A Hat

Original Airdate: January 27, 2004

After the contestants get makeovers, Jay Manuel tests their make-up skill by giving the girls 15 minutes to apply make-up with one mirror, set of brushes, and palette between them. The winner, Yoanna, gets a dinner with 3 friends (Sara, April, and Xiomara), while the rest of the girls shop for, prepare, and serve the dinner.

For the photoshoot, the contestants are suspended over a giant hole in the building wearing Laundry by Shelli Segal. Catie struggles because she fears falling to her death, but goes through with 12 frames beautifully.

Xiomara and Heather are in the bottom two, but Heather is eliminated for her lack of versatility and experience.

  • Bottom two: Heather Blumberg & Xiomara Frans
  • Eliminated: Heather Blumberg

[edit] The Girl Who Needs Six Months Of Modeling School

Original Airdate: February 3, 2004

The contestants meet Betsey Johnson and are challenged to dress in their personal style, but are only allowed to use everyone else’s clothes, not their own. Catie is criticised for looking like a hooker. The winner, Shandi, gets dinner at JL with Cycle 1 winner, Adrianne Curry and two friends, Yoanna and Xiomara.

For the photo shoot, the contestants portray celebrities. Xiomara is upset that she has to become a darker color to portray Grace Jones, and Mercedes uses the pain of her lupus to portray Billie Holiday's pain.

Model Celebrity
April Catherine Zeta-Jones
Camille Diana Ross
Catie Marilyn Monroe
Jenascia Salma Hayek
Mercedes Billie Holiday
Sara Angelina Jolie
Shandi Nicole Kidman
Xiomara Grace Jones
Yoanna Audrey Hepburn

Catie and Jenascia are in the bottom 2, but Jenascia is eliminated because she can't compensate for her lack of height.

  • Bottom two: Catie Anderson & Jenascia Chakos
  • Eliminated: Jenascia Chakos

[edit] The Girl Who Is A Visual Orgasm

Original Airdate: February 10, 2004

The girls undergo personality coaching. Shandi breaks down after revealing her family treats her like the black sheep. Secrets and relationships are revealed in this week's episode. Janice asks some very hard questions as the challenge. Mercedes wins the reward, a shopping spree, for answering the questions best. She takes Sara. Also as part of their reward, Mercedes', Sara's, and Tyra's moms all show up. The girls pose underwater for Quench Water. April has the best picture, Catie's pose gets great reviews and Xiomara's photo looks like a "walrus wearing chiffon". This eliminates her, despite Camille's annoying personality.

  • Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Xiomara Frans
  • Eliminated: Xiomara Frans

[edit] The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up

Original Airdate: February 17, 2004

The photos for the week are simple black and white beauty shots that focus on their face. The contestants then participate in an acting challenge, where Camille mixes the lines and is called hopeless by the coach. The last stop is a Matrix themed commercial for Rollitos chips. April is hailed for her performance in the commercial and photo shoot while Camille and Catie fall flat in both areas. Camille is criticized for her attitude but Catie is sent home because the judges feel she is not emotionally ready to handle modeling.

  • Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Catie Anderson
  • Eliminated: Catie Anderson

[edit] The Girl Who Is Dripping With Hypocrisy

Original Airdate: February 24, 2004

Instead of a photo shoot, the contestants perform in Tyra's music video for "Shake Ya Body". During the shoot, April nearly pushes Yoanna off the runway, Shandi performs the best in her solo, and Yoanna messes up again and falls. Yoanna is in the bottom two for her poor performance in the video, but Tyra eliminates Sara, who the panel felt was too pin-up and sexy for the fashion world. The episode was followed by the premiere of the video.

  • Bottom two: Sara Racey-Tabrizi & Yoanna House
  • Eliminated: Sara Racey-Tabrizi

[edit] The Girl With The Signature Walk

Original Airdate: March 2, 2004

The remaining girls are taken to a restaurant where Tyra introduces their international destination for the cycle, Milan, Italy. The girls then go on go-sees where Shandi is described as the best high fashion model, Mercedes as being a bit commercial, April as photographing well but weak in other areas, Yoanna has to work on her body and Camille wins the challenge for strong presence. Camille implies that Yoanna has an eating disorder at dinner in front of Tyra, which is not true. The girls do a high fashion shoot for Solstice sunglasses. April has mixed reviews, Camille looks pigeon-toed and is the photographer's least favorite, Mercedes looks commercial, Yoanna hides her body well and Shandi takes some of the photographer's best shots all year. She is also praised for her response to rather harsh designers (which turned out to be an actors testing the models' attitudes) when asked why she should get book. Shandi simply responds that maybe if the designer would look at her photos and possibly see something special there. Camille gets the worst review, giving off an attitude that "she knows it all". While she's walking for the designers, they ask her why she walks like that, and thus Camille coins the infamous phrase "This is my signature walk, and it's the walk that's going to make me famous." Mercedes is in the bottom two for looking commercial and for a lack of editorial potential, but it is Camille who is eliminated because of her attitude and getting very defensive all the time when critiqued.

  • Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
  • Eliminated: Camille McDonald

[edit] The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Snakes (RECAP)

Original Airdate: March 9, 2004

This episode is named for April, whose fear of snakes is revealed.

[edit] The Girl Who Cheated

Original Airdate: March 16, 2004

Male models are invited to come over to the house and have fun with the girls, where Shandi who is overwhelmed by loneliness of being apart with her boyfriend, ends up having sex with another male model. Lambasted by a sense of guilt, she calls her boyfriend, Eric, the next day and tells him what has happened. Eric gets mad and yells at her before he finally hangs up. The next day, Shandi calls him back and he wishes her good luck in the next photo shoot.

This week, the girls learn how to compliment their body with their attire. Then, they are put into test where they must shop at a flea market and find an outfit that is high fashion and complements their body the best. Shandi is chosen as the winner and picks Yoanna to join in her reward.

For this week's photo shoot, the girls team up to do a sensual, romantic nude shoot. At panel, Mercedes impresses the judges with her ability to turn out a piece of cloth into looking like a high fashion dress. April is criticized for trying to take control of the photo shoot. In the end, she is sent home for being too technical.

  • Bottom two: April Wilkner & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
  • Eliminated: April Wilkner

[edit] The Girl Who Is America's Next Top Model

Original Airdate: March 23, 2004

For the final photo, the final three have a beauty shot for which they are dressed in the opposite of their normal styles. At judging, Mercedes is hailed for finally looking like a true fashion model. Shandi and Yoanna land in the bottom two, both for their inability to handle pressure and Shandi is eliminated.

After the shoot, the remaining two meet up with Dean and Dan of Dsquared for whom they will walk in a fashion show. During show, Yoanna breaks her high heels and has to use Mercedes' heel, but is able to successfully complete the show.

At panel, the judges are immensely impressed by Mercedes and they feel that she stole the runway show. Tyra recognizes the uniqueness of Yoanna's face, and believes that Yoanna knows the modeling industry better than Mercedes. After a long and hard deliberation, both finalists are called in and Yoanna is declared America's Next Top Model.

  • Bottom two: Shandi Sullivan & Yoanna House
  • Eliminated: Shandi Sullivan
  • Final two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte & Yoanna House
  • America's Next Top Model: Yoanna House

[edit] Contestants

[edit] In order of elimination

(ages stated are at time of contest)

[edit] Summaries

[edit] Call-out order

Tyra’s Callout Order
Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 10 Ep 11
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 contestant won the week's reward challenge
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant won the reward and was eliminated
     The contestant did not participate in the photo shoot and was eliminated
     The contestant won the competition
  • Episode 9 was the recap episode.

[edit] Makeovers

This cycle's makeovers also included teeth whitening and nails

  • Heather: More blonde added
  • Jenascia: Shoulder length cut
  • Xiomara: Wavy extensions
  • Catie: Twiggy inspired cut
  • Sara: Dyed blonde
  • Camille: Braids & artificial nails removed
  • April: Darkened, bangs added
  • Shandi: Dyed platinum blonde, given contact lenses
  • Mercedes: Animalistic extensions
  • Yoanna: Modern mohawk

[edit] Photo Shoot Guide

  • Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Garden Of Eden Themed Nude
  • Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Advertising Steve Madden Shoes
  • Episode 3 Photo Shoot : "Laundry" By Shelli Segal
  • Episode 4 Photo Shoot : Celebrity Impersonations
  • Episode 5 Photo Shoot : Quench Underwater Shoot
  • Episode 6 Photo Shoot & Commercial : B&W Beauty Shots; Commercial for Rollitos chips
  • Episode 7 Music Video: Tyra Banks' "Shake Ya Body"
  • Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Solstice Sunglasses
  • Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Sensual, Romantic Nude Shoot
  • Episode 10 Photo Shoot: High Edge Beauty Shots

[edit] Judges

[edit] Cycle Statistics

  • Total number of contestants: 12
  • Oldest contestants: Camille McDonald & Xiomara Frans, both 25 years old
  • Youngest contestants: Catie Anderson & Heather Blumberg, both 18 years old
  • Tallest contestants: Xiomara Frans & Yoanna House, both 5'11" (180 cm)
  • Shortest contestant: Jenascia Chakos, 5'7" (170 cm)
  • Heaviest contestant: Yoanna House, 138 lb (63 kg)
  • Lightest contestant: Shandi Sullivan, 106 lb (48 kg)
  • Contestant with the most consecutive challenge wins: April Wilkner, 2 wins
  • Contestants with the most collective challenge wins: April Wilkner & Shandi Sullivan, both 2 wins
  • Top 3's call-out mean (excluding final judging panel): Yoanna House - 3.3, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte - 2.9, Shandi Sullivan - 3.3
  • Top 3's call-out median (excluding final judging panel): Yoanna House - 2.5, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte - 3, Shandi Sullivan - 2.5
  • Contestant with the most consecutive first call outs: Shandi Sullivan, 2 times
  • Contestant with the most collective first call outs: Shandi Sullivan, 3 times
  • Contestants with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Camille McDonald & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, both 2 times
  • Contestant with the most collective bottom two appearances: Camille McDonald, 3 times

[edit] References

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1-4: Janice Dickinson • 1: Beau Quillian • 1: Kimora Lee Simmons • 2: Eric Nicholson • 3-4: Nolé Marin • 5-9: Twiggy
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