Asia's Next Top Model (cycle 2)

Asia's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

Cycle 2 cast
Country of origin Malaysia
No. of episodes 13
Broadcast
Original channel STAR World
Original run January 08, 2014[1][2] – April 09, 2014

Asia's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 is the second season of the reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Asia's Next Top Model and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. The show features aspiring models from the entire Asia-Pacific region. Casting for cycle 2 closed on August 25, 2013.[3] Nadya Hutagalung and Joey Mead-King returned for panel this season, while Daniel Boey confirmed his departure from the show. After weighing his options, Todd Anthony Tyler also withdrew from the show. He was replaced by Mike Rosenthal.[4]

The second season featured a larger cast. The number of contestants increased from 14 to 16. Nepal was not represented for this season. The show was filmed in Malaysia, and it premiered on January 8, 2014 on STAR World Asia and Fox Asia.[5][6]

This cycle's promotional song was I Love It by Icona Pop. The international destination during the cycle was Hong Kong, China, becoming the second occasion in which the series traveled to the country, after cycle 1. Regarding the Malaysia Tourism Board as the main sponsor, the models were traveling across Peninsular Malaysia, namely Penang, Pangkor Laut, Malacca, and Kuala Terengganu; and Malaysian Borneo, namely Kuching and Gaya Island.

Among the prizes were a three-month contract with Storm Model Management in London, the chance to appear in a spread and on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Singapore/Malaysia, a cash prize from FOX International Broadcast, a Subaru XV car, and the chance of becoming the new face of TRESemmé for one of their 2014 campaigns.[2][7]

The winner of the competition was 22 year-old Sheena Liam from Malaysia.

Casting

Casting calls were held in five countries, listed below:

Episode summaries

Episode 1: The Girl Who Walks the Walk

First aired January 08, 2014

All of the contestants first arrived at their accommodation, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at the vibrant capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

After visiting and discovering their penthouse, the girls met host and judge Nadya Hutagalung for the first time. Nadya introduced herself and gave the girls some information about the show. Joey Mead-King and movement coach Adam Williams revealed to the girls that they would be having a water catwalk challenge. Jodilly excelled in the challenge. Most of the girls were excited and nervous, while Jessie became fearful of the water.

Dressed in outfits designed by Gloria Mok, the girls were required to walk on a narrow strip of glass submerged in a pool while retaining their glamour and confidence. Most of the models struggled, especially Katarina, who was the only girl to fall into the pool. Jessie allowed her fear of water to conquer her, with the judges taking notice as they watched from the crowd. The majority of the girls received favorable feedback from judge Adam Williams.

After arriving back to the model house, Nicole received the news that her grandmother had passed away. Despite feeling sad, she remained strong and decided to stay in the competition, explaining that seeing her on the show to would have made her grandmother proud. Elektra was quickly alienated by the other girls, who felt that she was trying too hard to get attention.

The girls arrived to their set for their first photo shoot. Before starting with the shoot, Nadya revealed that there would be an elimination based on the performances during the runway challenge and on each girls' overall potential. As a result of being too fearful of the water and being unprofessional, Jessie was ultimately sent home.

The remaining girls met their photographer and judge, Mike Rosenthal. Dressed in outfits designed by Inai Red, each model was allotted ten frames as part of the opening titles for the show. Sheena, Josephine, Thao, Janice, Jodilly and Tia were among few of the girls to receive positive feedback from Mike for being confident and versatile. Tia was praised most for bringing energy and a vibrant personality during the shoot, while Adam felt Poojaa lacked energy during her session. Bona and Natalie struggled with giving their best angles to the camera. Nicole struggled with her poses, and failed to enhance her unique edgy look.

At the first elimination, Tia, Sheena, and Josephine received acclamation from the judges, securing the top three slots in the call-out. Jodilly and Thao received positive feedback from the judges as well, landing themselves on top five as well while the other models were met with mixed reactions from the judges. Elektra, Natalie, and Nicole were all critiqued for failing to give a wide variety of facial expressions. The former two were also criticized for looking more being demonic than fierce. Nicole was the first model declared safe. After landing in the bottom two with Elektra, Natalie was given a second chance.

Episode 2: The Girl Who Attracts a Following

First aired January 15, 2014

After receiving depressing news from her hometown, unfavorable comments from the judges, and landing herself in the bottom three, Nicole released her anger after panel by punching a board in one of the corridors backstage. The cameraman tried to record her breakdown, but Nicole proceeded to push him out of the way. The girls failed in their attempt to calm her down. Ji-hye felt glad that Elektra had been eliminated because she felt that she was not a model. Josephine admitted that Tia's first call out took her by surprise, and explained that she began to see her as competition. Janice and Tia begin to form a clique of their own, forming slight animosity between themselves and the other girls.

In the morning, movement coach Adam Williams visited the house along with model, DJ, and fashion blogger Bip Ling. Bip Ling shared her personal experience on stardom, and gave the models tips and tricks for taking a great selfie. The girls were then divided into three groups, with last week's top three, namely Tia, Sheena and Josephine as the leader for each team. Each one of them selected three girls to join their group. Nicole and Sneha weren't picked, and they were left aside as the fourth team in the challenge. They were immediately sent out to the streets of Malaysia to take their best selfies.

Group Leader Models
One
Tia
Janice, Marie & Thao
Two
Sheena
Poojaa, Jodilly & Ji-hye
Three
Josephine
Natalie, Katarina & Bona
Four
None
Nicole & Sneha

Josephine felt that her team created many interesting poses, while Sheena's team was repeatedly kicked out of their chosen locations by shop owners. Tia stressed that she wanted simplicity in their pictures. Despite the fact that she was a photographer outside of the competition, Nicole wasn't happy with the challenge. Sneha began to feel pressured by Nicole's overly bossy personality, as she felt that the mood in the pictures needed to be fun and joyful. The photographs were reviewed a while later, and Poojaa was revealed to be the winner of the challenge.

She was given the chance to spend one relaxing night at Pangkor Laut, and chose to share her prize with Katarina. The two later took a luxurious helicopter to Pangkor Laut. Meanwhile, Tia vocalized her displeasure and irritation concerning Poojaa's victory for the challenge.

The girls' were welcomed by Joey-Mead King at Malaysia's popular tourist hot spot Batu Caves, the location for their second photo shoot. After introducing the photographer, Maurice Maricio, the contestants learned that they would be wearing dresses from renowned fashion designer Melinda Looi's collection. Additionally, it was explained that they would only be given fifteen frames to capture their best take. The models were asked to give a wide variety of dynamic poses and facial expressions. While climbing their way into the cave with baskets of fruit, monkeys attempted to raid their offerings.

Thao became worried because she felt that her tired face would translate into her pictures, but Maurice gave her favorable feedback. Ji-hye delivered artistic poses. Maurice felt that she took a while to warp up, but improved significantly near the end of her session. He also felt that Janice was fun to work with. Despite being sick, she was able to hold her poses before he took her photos. Bona lacked variation, and Maurice felt that she was blank. Katarina received mostly positive feedback. Natalie did good, showing vast improvement from the previous week. Sheena successfully made her long dress flaunt. Maurice felt that she was consistent and delivered in most of the film. Sneha thought that her religion gave her a spiritual advantage over the other girls. Marie failed to think of good poses for the camera. Last week's winner Tia failed to give dramatic movement, while Jodilly and Josephine were praised for their amazing performances on set.

While Poojaa and Katarina enjoying their trip to Pangkor Laut, the girls in the house get their very own TRESemme goody bag which very much making the girls very happy. Sneha puts her messed laundry near the ironing section, eventually trigger roommate Janice temper as she feels disrespected, but Tia does not really care about it. Janice asks Sneha to clean it up, but strong-minded outspoken Sneha does not want to do it as she feels she is ordered. After Poojaa and Katarina are back from their trip, they shared their experience and memory, which much displeased Tia and Janice.

During the second round of judging, Nicole, Jodilly, Sheena and Thao received positive feedback from the judges. They were also praised for their passion, hard work and effort, securing the top spots. The other girls received generally mixed reactions. As the judges deliberated, sparks flew in the waiting room. The girls had a drama which involves Tia, Sneha, Janice, and Katarina. Tia vs Katarina, while Janice vs Sneha. Tia and Katarina's feud ended quickly but Janice and Sneha's feud continued. Back in the elimination room, Bona, Marie, and Tia wound up in the bottom three. Marie was the first to be given a second chance. Last week winner Tia was deemed as having more potential, and was thus saved from being eliminated. Bona was sent home for giving flat photo, much to the dismay of the remaining contestants.

Episode 3: The Girl Who's Hot When She Is Cold

First aired January 22, 2014

This episode features the remaining 13 girls to have a great challenge on their fear of height - runway on top of Kuala Lumpur Tower the largest telecommunication tower in Asia. They are required to walk a short distance on top of KL Tower and end their ads with a smile as their commercial for Visit Malaysia 2014. Most of the girls received positive reaction for being brave enough to overcome their fear, especially Tia, Nicole, Thao and Josephine. Furthermore, hometown girl Josephine did the best and won the challenge.

Challenge winner: Josephine Tan

After the challenge, the girls was 'spot check' by movement coach Adam Williams. He shares some useful beauty tips to the girls. Then, he revealed that last week photo shoot winner Nicole will have a pool session on top of their penthouse, which surprises all the girls, Pampered by sushi buffet and having their joyous moment at the pool, Nicole and 4 more girls, namely Janice, Poojaa, Jodilly and Sheena is having fun. The girls are even more thrilled when the workers there revealed international Hollywood stars like Michelle Yeoh and Jackie Chan also been here before.

The girls then have their third photo shoot at SnoWalk, Selangor with only 1/2 lingerie on, featuring guest photographer Jasper McIlroy. At temperature below 5 Celsius, the girls needed to stay 'hot sexy' at the cold environment. Josephine, Nicole, Sheena and Natalie gave a lot and being edgy and creative at the photo shoot, receiving positive comment from Joey, Jasper and Mike. Jodilly also awed the guest photographer and was noted to be a photographer's dream. Katarina was also praised for having consistently improved. The other girls received mixed reaction, with Ji-hye and Janice received negative reaction for being dull, and their under performance was probably due to their sick body and they feeling unwell. Ji-hye, who was critique for being expressionless, later revealed her expressionless-ness was due to her childhood bullied. Sexy photographer, Jasper who was also a former model, was jokingly 'accused' for being too distracting because he is too attractive and hot.

On the judging panel, Josephine, who won the Visit Malaysia ads challenge, received acclaimed from the judges. Last week photo shoot winner Nicole was complimented for giving edgy pose and successfully enhanced her unique edgy look, secure her runner-up spot in the shoot. Sheena was praised for being creative and professional, ultimately maintain her top three spots for the third consecutive photo shoot consistently, being the first girl in the cycle to do so. Jodilly, Katarina, Thao and Natalie received lukewarm reaction from the judges. Poojaa was critiqued for being beautiful but don't know how to pose well. Sneha and Marie (unavailable at the call out due to evacuation to hospital as she shakes uncontrollably after the judging) were complimented for trying new poses and gave great curves, but their blank facial expression did not connect to the camera, resulting in blank and flat photos despite of great curves. Janice, who was suffering from terrible cold, and Ji-hye was in the danger of getting eliminated as they finished themselves at the bottom two. Both of them were critiqued for giving same 101 poses for the third week and their photo are expressionless and far behind the other girls. Janice, which has her past two week's photo at better ranking than Ji-hye, was given the second chance while Ji-hye was the fourth model sent packing.

Episode 4: The Girl That Embraces Change

First aired January 29, 2014

The remaining twelve girls had their very own makeover at Malaysia renowned celebrity saloon A Cut Above. Most of the girls are excited, while Sneha and Sheena were prominently worried and sad during the makeover. With the mirror covered, all the girls had their transformation revealed at a dark room, and given a surprise visit by their family member, boyfriend or friend, with Marie the only girl with no one to visit her. Furthermore, they are given a second surprise visit by their closed one at the model house. Poojaa was later finger-pointed by Josephine and Katarina as the 'second Tia' for boasting about her wealthy family and background.

For their photo shoot, they returned to the beauty salon for a 60's chic style themed photo shoot session while wearing Silas Liew new neon color-popping chic collection. Indonesian photographer Nicoline Patricia Malina was the shoot's featured photographer. For this week photo shoot, Nicoline requested that the girls be themselves with no inhibition of being quirky, sexy or edgy. Marie, Josephine, Nicole and Natalie were among the girls to received great feedback from the photographer, while Sneha, Jodilly, Thao, Katarina and Janice received negative feedback from the photographer for giving awkward poses and failing to deliver an impressive shot. Back at the house, the girls' poor hygiene condition was arising. Thao's mess in the kitchen made neat freak Nicole very frustrated and mad. Janice referred her as 'rich and famous diva'.

For the judging session, the models had their first-ever outdoor judging panel at the MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya. Natalie, Sheena, Tia, Katarina and Janice were told that they were playing too safe and did not try something out of their comfort zone, while last week best photo winner Josephine, Marie and Poojaa had great shots with the latter two showing great improvement, securing the top three spots. In general, all of the girls were only able to give safe shots, and did not try something new. Most received lukewarm comments. Sneha, Janice and Thao landed in the bottom three and were in danger of having their top model dream crushed, with the former two having their second consecutive spots at the bottom three. Thao, who was deemed having weak shot this week was eliminated despite of better portfolio at the past three weeks than the former two.

Episode 5: The Girl That Runs Her Own Race

First aired February 5, 2014

The remaining eleven girls were woken up by Adam used a megaphone. Energetic Adam then announced that it was fitness week. The blurry girls then greeted by Daniel Remon, a trainer from Technogym Kinesis and taught them how to use gym equipment correctly and safely, and also told them how important it was for models to keep themselves fit. After the lesson, the models were told to go to a boot camp. On the way to the challenge, Janice complained to Marie and Poojaa about Tia, which made the girls very confused about the 'BFF' relationship between Janice and Tia, and prompted for Poojaa to say that there is tension between Janice and Tia.

At the boot camp, they were greeted by Jason de la Peña, an English journalist, who is an also presenter for Sky News, Russia Today, Sky Sports, and ESPN-StarSports, and a former cricketer. Before they started the group challenge, the top two girls from last week, Marie and Josephine were appointed team leaders and they get to pick their teammates to form a team of four.

Team Models
Marie
Jodilly, Marie, Natalie, Poojaa & Sneha
Josephine
Janice, Josephine, Katarina, Nicole & Sheena
Tia
Tia

Since the group was odd numbered, Nicole and Tia were the last two girls to be picked, with Josephine making the last pick. Nicole was picked instead of Tia, leaving her to form a one-man team. Joey then mentioned that this will be a team work challenge, the timer stops when all the models have reached the finish line. Tia being alone in her team, was in at an advantage for she need not wait for any teammate. Team Marie starts the obstacle course first, where they finished at 15 minutes and 15 seconds, while Team Josephine finished at 7 minutes and 50 seconds. Team Tia finished at only 2 minutes and 03 seconds, making her the challenge winner. Tia won a pampering spa treatment at the Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur, and she also picked Janice to enjoy the prize with her.

Challenge winner: Tia Taveepanichpan

Marie and Pooja recalled what Janice gossiped about Tia in the car and shared it with the other girls. Back at the model house, the girls had surprised gifts from M·A·C Cosmetics. Roommates Tia and Sneha thought it would be fair to gather everyone in the living room to discuss and arrange who should bag the products, but Nicole was angry as she felt it unnecessary to argue over 'small cosmetics'.

For the photo shoot, the remaining models traveled to Studio Image Rom and participated in a futuristic sports theme photo shoot, featuring Malaysian photographer Loh Lin Shan. For this week's photo shoot, Loh told the girls to fully utilize their sports prop while giving futuristic, avant-garde poses, but no to anything robotic and boring.

Model Sports Prop
Janice Baseball Bat
Jodilly Ping Pong
Josephine Boxing Gloves
Katarina Tennis Racket
Marie Cycling Helmet
Natalie Football
Nicole Golf Club
Poojaa Snorkeling Gear
Sheena Soccer Ball
Sneha Hockey Stick
Tia Basketball

Jodilly, Nicole and Sheena were praised and complimented by the photographer. Natalie greatly improved, showing her best yet while Janice was praised for enhancing her energy on set despite the photographer feeling that she was shielding her feelings. Previous week top three Marie, Josephine and Poojaa all seemed to be confused and took a huge step back from their performances. Katarina and Sneha were consistently giving safe and boring poses, especially Katarina who seemed to be not trying at all. Sneha was criticized for looking aged. Tia was criticized for having the "Tia Expression" and ignored directions given by mentors, Joey and Mike.

After the photo shoot, the models found out that the kitchen in the model house was closed, followed by a Nadya Mail stating that Poojaa and Sneha were chosen to prepare a three course meal for the house. Both of them were first-time cooks but the outcome was surprisingly delicious. After the dinner, Janice saw Jodilly, Katarina and Nicole sitting in their room, assumed that they were bitching about her. Nicole quickly invite Janice to sit down so they can have an intervention, when Nicole mentioned about Tia being her "BFF" in the house. Furious Janice defended herself by saying Tia is only her 'pretend BFF', as they get along "best" but doesn't mean they're best friends. The girls were left confused. Then, Janice quickly recalled that she heard her name being mentioned several times from the other girls (Sheena and Natalie) during the photo shoot, and snaps into an argument with everyone in the house, which resulted to a disappointed Tia transferring to another room.

At the judging panel, the models were presented with special guest Malaysian Supermodel Amber Chia. Natalie was praised at panel for delivering a great photo. The judges were surprised by Nicole's shot and praised for her consistency. The judges were also happy to see that Jodilly and Sheena have stepped up their game. Janice's energy look drained at panel, where she expressed her feelings of having to live with the girls in the house, causing her a lot of stress, but the judges praised her for improving since the previous weeks. Josephine, Marie and Poojaa have a huge step back despite having good photos last week. A disappointed Joey opined that Marie's shot was a "flop". Poojaa was criticized for her signature "hands-on-hip" pose every week, and for not giving any variation at all, while Sneha and Katarina were criticized for being too safe every week. Challenge winner Tia has been slipping back gradually. Even worst, Mike later brought up the 'ill-mannered' issue that had happened during the photo shoot. Nadya then quickly mentioned that this is the worst performance throughout the competition, and warned the girls to step up their game. As the judges deliberated, Tia broke down in tears after being accused of ignoring Mike and Joey during the photo shoot. Natalie received first call out, and Jodilly secured her second best photo. Nicole and Sheena round up the top four, making Sheena extend her record of being the girl with most non-consecutive top three appearance in the cycle, with four. Josephine, Poojaa, Sneha and Tia landed in an unusual bottom four, marking Sneha's third consecutive bottom three appearance and Tia's second bottom two appearance. Poojaa, who was in the top three last week, was surprisingly eliminated for giving the same pose for the fifth consecutive time.

Episode 6: The Girl Who Works The Room

First aired February 12, 2014

The remaining top 10 girls were happy to stay in the running towards becoming the next Asia's Next Top Model. Poojaa's departure left a deep impact and much frustration from some of Poojaa's closest friends, most prominently Nicole, who is also from Singapore. Feeling much disappointment and sadness, Nicole felt that all the kind hearted girls have left while attention-seekers have remained.

The second morning, the girls were warmly visited by model mentor Joey Mead-King with experienced senior make-up artist from M.A.C., Haritha Shan. Sharing some tips on being classy and beautiful, she gave all of the girls a goody bag of M.A.C. cosmetics. Joey then joyfully announced that they are having a cocktail party challenge at Malaysia high-end bar Marini's 57, which was located at the 57th floor of world tallest twin tower, Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC). Malaysian girls Josephine and Sheena felt they are at an advantage as they know some of the familiar faces of the local and popular, iconic figures here. The models were required to be sociable, classy and poised, and they need to impress the crowd and be the most memorable model among the pack. However, Nadya and Joey did not tell them that there is one undercover judge, which was Subaru Asia Region manager, Glenn Tan.

All dressed in the amazing cocktail dresses by Malaysian multi-winning designer Sonny Son, the girls all look gorgeous and glamorous. All of them were excited and happy, which very much annoyed Janice as she felt that the girls are too silly for being too excited for such an event. She then starts to alienate herself from rest of the girls. Nicole was mad as she feels Janice created so much drama, faking in front of the judges just for the fame, which makes Nicole think that she could not throw out her humanity for the glamour and limelight, while the kind-hearted girls have left so early. At the cocktail party, all of the girls were warm and friendly. Generally, all the girls did well. All of them were sociable and glamorous. However, none of the girls seem to have entertained the undercover judge, Glenn Tan, with only Natalie, Marie and Jodilly who got to talk to him. Natalie and Jodilly both received great feedback. However, Jodilly, who was deemed to be honest and classy, and left a more remarkable impression on Glenn, was chosen as the challenge winner. Her prize was an extra 15 frames for the next photo shoot.

After the cocktail party, as the girls were waiting at the hotel lobby. Janice suddenly apologized to the girls, especially to Nicole and Tia. Argument started to fire up as the girls like Katarina, Tia, Sneha and Nicole did not feel Janice was being sincere. Janice felt she has lost all her dignity as she apologized and called the girls mean as they didn't accept her apology at all. Since then, the girls have not bothered to entertain Janice anymore.

This week, the top 10 girls are required to be edgy and try to take risk for their photo shoot at the Subaru XV Assembly Line in Malaysia. The girls will be joined by muscular, male models from Malaysia and Brazil, namely: Danny, John, Nate and Vitor. This week's featured photographer was Timon Wehrli and beautiful fairy tale-ish elegant gowns created by Indonesian couture designer Imelda Kartini. They were hoped to break free from their shells and be brave risk-takers as last week's photos were mostly unimpressive. Jodilly, Josephine, Sheena, Sneha and Nicole received great feedback from the photographer for being very versatile and delivering some story behind the shoot despite of the distracting and hot environment, this is especially true with Jodilly and Sneha who received comment for the great shapes and graceful movements. Natalie, Tia, Katarina and Janice, however disappointed and failed to impress the photographer. But generally, the girls did great.

At the judging panel, Jodilly, Josephine and Nicole were acclaimed by the judges, securing the top three spots, giving Josephine her fourth non-consecutive top three appearance, a feat held by Sheena as well. Marie and Sneha showed improvement and received mixed reactions from the panel. Jodilly and Josephine both gave romantic shots, with Josephine slightly off the concept as she seemed to have paid more attention to the male models than the car, which should have been one of the major points of the shoot. Tia and Janice were critiqued for appearing lost and consistently delivering nothing through their shots. Tia delivered too much "ego", while Janice's 'pull-my-hair' poses were awkward, despite her swagger. Last week's best photo winner Natalie, who was slowly improving, seemed to have taken a step back as she looked like she was staggering in pain. Generally, all the girls showed improvement. At the backstage, drama heats up as Nicole felt offended by what Janice told the judges, Janice defends herself and made the other girls felt bad and tense. Back to the judging, it was revealed that Jodilly received her first call-out, the first one from Philippines. Janice and Tia found themselves in bottom two, both for three times. Just before Nadya hands out both photos to the respective models, Nadya confessed that they were actually both going home, due to their dull performance, but since this was a predetermined non-elimination episode, both girls get to stay and compete for another week. Although, both girls would have five lesser frames than the remaining girls for the next photo shoot. At end of the episode, Janice, was shown to have further alienated herself from the whole group, again.

Episode 7: The Girl Who is in the Spotlight

First aired February 19, 2014

On the way back to the penthouse, Janice and Nicole, on board the same car, started to have another argument which made Nicole wanted to get out of the moving car. Back in the house, Tia's frustrated about her last photo and began to doubt herself. Janice apologizes to Nicole again, and Nicole teaches Janice how to apologize. For the challenge, the girls need to create the day and night look. 5 models were out of the challenge and became the partner for the girls who still got to stay on the next part of the challenge. Sheena chose Josephine since they're both from the same country. Nicole picked Janice, acknowledging that Janice is making an effort to mend her ways.

Model Partner
Jodilly
Sneha
Katarina
Tia
Marie
Natalie
Nicole
Janice
Sheena
Josephine

Then, they have a photo shoot mostly about hair. Special guest is Coco Lee who watched on the set with Mike Rosenthal. Janice and Tia, who were supposed to be eliminated last week, received 10 frames, while the rest of the girls got 15. In the judging panel, the judges loved Marie's energy, Nicole's edginess, and Sheena's elegant poses, made them secured the top three spots. Then, Janice, Sneha, and Tia found themselves in the bottom three for their weak photos. Nadya hands Tia's picture as she is declared her safe, leaving Janice and Sneha as the bottom two. However, Nadya handed a blank photo, revealing that both Janice and Sneha were eliminated, much to the dismay of the other girls.

Episode 8: The Girl Who Makes a Splash

First aired February 26, 2014

The girls, especially Josephine, excited about Janice's elimination, while Jodilly felt sad since Sneha's gone. The girls split up, with Jodilly, Katarina, Nicole, and Tia hanging out together, while the other girls Josephine, Marie, Natalie, and Sheena formed their own group chat also. Sheena talked to Natalie about her anxiety, and how she misses her family. The girls later went aboard to Penang, where they did their challenge: to make a campaign, with extra accessories, caterpillars. The girls must stay calm throughout the campaign despite the caterpillars keep bugging them to win the challenge.

As the reward challenge, Tia had a dinner with the famous Prof. Jimmy Choo, a world renowned shoe designer. She then brought home a cake for the other girls. The next day, Adam brought the girls to join Yoga class with Waka Yogi. After that, they went to Pangkor Laut and picked lottery to decide their photo shoot locations.

Location Models
Yacht
Katarina & Nicole
Spa Village
Jodilly & Sheena
Floating Room
Josephine & Tia
Emerald Bay
Marie & Natalie

At judging panel, Marie was applaused for her best photo, Josephine and Nicole also excelled, securing the top three position. Katarina was praised as she finally improved. Natalie, Jodilly, and Tia found themselves in bottom three. Natalie for looking lost in the photo, Jodilly for the disconnection between the face and body, and Tia for not listening at the photographer and mentor. Natalie deemed safe, leaving the tearful Jodilly and Tia in bottom two. Even though she won the challenge this week, Tia was sent home, sparing Jodilly.

Episode 9: The Girl With a Wild Side

First aired March 5, 2014

The girls went abroad to the jungles of Sarawak, Borneo. Unlike other girls who brought small bags for the trip, Sheena decided to bring her big suitcase. She eventually regretted it as they had to cross over some creeks in the jungle on foot bringing their own belongings. In the jungle, they were challenged to make their own tents for staying overnight there and to eat fried maggots for their dinner later in the evening, which disgusted all of the girls.

For photo session, they had to be made over by US-based make up artist Rob Scheppy, each with a different "Jungle Warrior Princess" persona. Natalie struggled as the smoke from the torches she held made her eyes tear up. Katarina and Jodilly excelled the photo shoot, while Nicole had struggled, despite some very good direction from Mike Rosenthal and Adam Williams. Sheena asks Adam and Mike to help her win a first call-out. Marie who couldn't swim fell from the boat but she kept trying. After the shoot, the girls arrived at their new penthouse. The Malaysian girls, Josephine and Sheena, received the biggest room, and invited Marie and Natalie to sleep with them. This lead to some talks between Jodilly, Katarina, and Nicole, discussing the other girls as they had become jealous of them.

For the judging session, the models had their second outdoor judging panel at Rumah Melanau on Sarawak Cultural Village. Nicole's photo made Nadya worried that Nicole isn't the 360 model she seeks. Katarina shown improvement, made her received her first best picture, with Jodilly, who also have good photo, being the second spot, after the Philippine models were deemed safe, Sheena was called, after previously broke down in tears of disappointment of her photo. Marie was called fourth, leaving Josephine, Natalie, and Nicole in the bottom three. Adam felt that he couldn't enjoy work with Josephine again, but Josephine safe, leaving Natalie and Nicole in bottom two. Ultimately, Natalie was sent home.

Episode 10: The Island Girl

First aired March 26, 2014[Note 1]

After elimination, the girls plays one of the oldest games that may change them, none other than Truth or Dare. The next day, the girls were sent to Gaya Island, near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, to continue their journey in the Malaysian Borneo. After arriving at Gaya Island Resort, the girls were introduced to the executive manager of the resort, where they were then taken to take a trail through the jungle of Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park in Gaya Island until they found a secluded beach. Sheena again had a trouble taking the trail, where Jodilly and Nicole were pumped up. At the beach, the girls then played with water, where Nicole turned out not wearing a bra that disgust Marie and Josephine.

After an exhausting day in the jungle, the girls were greeted by Adam on a yacht, where they also met Jade Parfitt, who give them some tips of being a good model. Later that night, the girls also had a dinner with the Storm Models model agent, Marina Fairfax, that give them some modelling tips.

The next day, the girls were taken to a private beach, where they had a photo shoot with Los Angeles photographer, Jack Guy, wearing a summer gown collection by Alex Perry. Jade Parfitt accompanied them and gave them directions. Katarina was praised for giving a bombshell performance, as well as Jodilly, while the other girls got mixed feedback. Later that day, the girls played Truth or Dare where they found some interesting thoughts between the girls that made the rivalry even heated.

For the judging session, the girls were back in Kuala Lumpur. At the panel, Jodilly was praised for having very good movement, while Josephine was said to have exaggerated her pose and Nicole's pose that looked like poses in wedding magazines. Josephine and Nicole landed in the bottom two, but Nicole was spared and Josephine was sent home, leaving Sheena very sad.

Episode 11: The Girl on Life's Journey

First aired May 8, 2014[Note 2]

Since the models had a photo shoot with Malaysia Airlines, the episode was originally canceled due to the issue of the lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which crashed in the South Indian Ocean. The show released a recap of what had happened during the episode in their official YouTube channel.[8] The episode was eventually broadcast about one month after the season finale, on a season re-run.

In the episode, it was revealed that the top five models were flown to Hong Kong wearing Gucci. On board the plane, Adam Williams and Joey Mead King gave the girls to a runway lesson in the aisle. Immediately after this, they were challenged to perform a fashion show inside the plane wearing dresses from Malaysian designer Jonathan Liang.

Upon arriving to Hong Kong, Adam and Joey took the girls to the highest point of the city for High Tea. After their meal, it was revealed that the winner of the challenge was Sheena.

The models later met season one contestant Helena Chan for a trip in Victoria Harbour. Back in the hotel in Malaysia the models were introduced to Jessica Amornkuldilok, the winner of season one.

The photo shoot turned out to be a campaign for Malaysia Airlines, where they had to pose in a Hangar with luggage in front of the Malaysia Airlines flight A380 as their background.

At panel, Sheena received her first best photo in the competition. She was followed by Jodilly and Marie. Katarina and Nicole landed in the bottom two, but Katarina was spared from the elimination and Nicole was sent home.

Episode 12: The Girl Who's Epic

First aired April 2, 2014

After the panel, the girls were given another Nadya Mail that sent them to Malacca. In Malacca, the girls were allowed to take a break from the exhausting competition, where they could shop, travel, and take a ride on a traditional Malaccan rickshaw. After that, the girls went to Majestic Hotel where they enjoyed an afternoon tea before going back to Kuala Lumpur.

The girls were then sent to a go-see challenge with the Harper's Bazaar Malaysia where they meet the editor-in-chief. Katarina was called first but the editor was not impressed with her catwalk. Jodilly followed next but she was somehow unsure of Jodilly's poses because they were too cliche. The editor was impressed with Marie and Sheena's portfolio and performance, the latter winning the challenge. She was awarded with a shopping spree of MAC Cosmetics worth $1,000. She shared her prize with the girls.

After the girls went home, they meet mentor Joey Mead King to have a conversation with former Pussycat Dolls member Ashley wherein she shared modelling tips to the girls. The next day, they were greeted by Swedish pop duo Icona Pop to introduce them to their next photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar. The photo shoot took place at the Chin Woo Stadium, where they then meet Kenneth Goh, the creative director for Harper's Bazaar Singapore. He was impressed with Jodilly and Katarina's performances during the shoot. While Sheena gained mixed to positive reactions from Kenneth and Mike, Marie was said to have a poor performance during the shoot.

At panel, the judges have acclaimed Katarina and Jodilly's shots while Marie and Sheena gained lukewarm reactions from the judges, saying that Marie failed to give her full potential despite having scored three first call outs and gave a forgettable shot. Meanwhile, Sheena was critiqued by Adam, who said that he saw the same facial expression every week and he starts to get bored with it.

Katarina earned her second first call-out from the competition, and she was followed by Jodilly. As expected, Sheena and Marie were placed in the bottom two. Marie, for not having presence during shoots and at panel and not following brief in the recent shoot, and Sheena for having too much pressure since she is Malaysian and many of them are watching her performance in the competition. Marie was shockingly sent home and Sheena was revealed to be the third and last finalist.

Episode 13: The Girl Who Wins it All

First aired April 9, 2014

The girls flew to Kuala Terengganu for their final photo shoot. After arriving at Tanjong Jara Resort, the girls were greeted by a group of traditional gompang players that lead them to Nadya in a nearby kampung.

Their final photo shoot was revealed to be about the kampong life. They had to express the feeling of longing and a little bit of sadness. Sheena and Katarina did well in the photo shoot, while Jodilly had a trouble with her expression as being overdone.

The girls were back to Kuala Lumpur for their final runway. At the model penthouse, they were greeted by the previous eliminated models. Jodilly was so emotional when she met Sneha and Nicole, so did Sheena when she met Josephine. The final runway took place at an abandoned railway station inside the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre complex in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. A few hours before the show began, Adam taught the models how to walk in a real runway. Jodilly had a large amount of blisters in her feet, made her really depressed. For the final runway, they modeled three designers' collections, namely Jonathan Liang, Ghea Panggabean and Albert Andrada. Jimmy Choo and a lot of fashion people came to watch the final runway, in addition to Justice Crew being a performer that night. Katarina remembered that she was the only girl fell at the first runway challenge back at week one, made her pumped to did good.

The final panel was divided to two phases. First phase, they will be judged for their last photo shoot. Sheena was praised as being chameleon during the competition, Katarina as being grew so much, and Jodilly was praised for her work ethics and of having a mixture of modern and retro look. As the girls were called back after the first deliberation, Katarina was eliminated for a reason that she will only be great in a beauty shot, not for the high fashion shoot.

The last judging was based on their final runway. Sheena was once again praised for being a face of modern Asia, while Jodilly, who had a stronger walk, praised as having a classic Asian look. The girls were called back, and Sheena was revealed to be the winner of the second cycle of Asia's Next Top Model.

Contestants

(Ages stated are at time of contest)[9]

From Contestant Age Hometown Height Outcome
 China Jessie Yang 22 Beijing 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Eliminated outside of judging panel in Episode 1
 Hong Kong Elektra Yu 21 Central 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Eliminated in Episode 1
 Indonesia Bona Kometa 27 Jakarta 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Eliminated in Episode 2
 South Korea Ji-hye Moon 20 Seoul 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Eliminated in Episode 3
 Vietnam Như Thảo Phan 26 Cà Mau 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Eliminated in Episode 4
 Singapore Poojaa Gill 22 Singapore City 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Eliminated in Episode 5
 India Sneha Ghosh 23 Kolkata 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Eliminated in Episode 7
 Indonesia Janice Hermijanto 21 Yogyakarta 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
 Thailand Tia Taveepanichpan 17 Phuket 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Eliminated in Episode 8
 Taiwan Natalie Pickles 25 Taipei 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Eliminated in Episode 9
 Malaysia Josephine Tan 23 Pahang 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Eliminated in Episode 10
 Singapore Nicole Lee 24 Singapore City 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Eliminated in Episode 11
 Japan Marie Nakagawa 24 Tokyo 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Eliminated in Episode 12
 Philippines Katarina Rodriguez 21 Makati 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Eliminated in Episode 13
 Philippines Jodilly Pendre 20 Mandaluyong 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Runner-up
 Malaysia Sheena Liam 22 Selangor 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Winner

Summaries

Call-Out Order

Nadya's call-out order
Order Episodes
12345678910111213
1 TiaNicoleJosephineMarieNatalieJodillyMarieMarieKatarinaJodillySheenaKatarinaSheena
2 SheenaJodillyNicoleJosephineJodillyJosephineNicoleJosephineJodillyKatarinaJodilly JodillyJodilly
3 JosephineSheenaSheenaPoojaaSheenaNicoleSheenaNicoleSheenaSheenaMarieSheena Katarina
4 JodillyThaoKatarinaNicoleNicoleSnehaKatarinaSheenaMarieMarieKatarinaMarie
5 ThaoKatarinaNatalieNatalieJaniceSheenaJodillyKatarinaJosephineNicoleNicole
6 MarieNatalieTiaTiaKatarinaKatarinaNatalieNatalieNicoleJosephine
7 SnehaSnehaThaoSheenaMarieMarieJosephineJodillyNatalie
8 JaniceJanicePoojaaKatarinaJosephineNatalieTiaTia
9 BonaJosephineJodillyJodillySnehaJaniceJanice
10 KatarinaPoojaaMarieSnehaTiaTiaSneha
11 PoojaaJi-hyeSnehaJanicePoojaa
12 Ji-hyeMarieJaniceThao
13 NicoleTiaJi-hye
14 NatalieBona
15 Elektra
16 Jessie
     The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
     The contestant won the competition

Photo Shoot Guide

Makeovers

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Notes

  1. ↑ Episodes 10 and 11 were originally scheduled to air on March 12, 2014 and March 19, 2014 respectively. They were postponed for two weeks due to unforeseen circumstances in commemorating with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
  2. ↑ This episode was originally scheduled to air on March 19, 2014 after episode 10, but due to the Flight 370 incident, it was postponed for two weeks. Although it was rescheduled to air on April 2, 2014 the producers of the show later decided to omit the episode altogether to respect the people affected by the tragedy. The pre-finale top four episode was aired in its place. The episode was finally broadcast one month after the season finale, on May 8, 2014 during a season re-run in Indonesia.

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