Asia's Next Top Model (cycle 3)

Asia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
Cycle 3 cast
Country of origin	Singapore
No. of episodes	13
Broadcast
Original channel	STAR World
Original run	March 25, 2015 – TBA

Asia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 is the third 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.^[1]^[2] Nadya Hutagalung confirmed that she would not be returning for cycle three. She was replaced by Philippine model and TV personality Georgina Wilson.^[3]^[4]^[5] Joey Mead-King returned to the judging panel for the third time, while Australia's Next Top Model judge and fashion designer Alex Perry also joined the show as a new judge.^[6]^[7]

The cycle featured 14 contestants, three from Indonesia and Philippines, two from Hong Kong and Malaysia, and one each from Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Nepal was once again unrepresented. China, India, South Korea, and Taiwan were also not represented this cycle. The show was filmed in Singapore once again. It premiered globally on March 25, 2015.

Among the prizes are a brand new Subaru XV STI, the chance of becoming the new face of TRESemmé for one of their 2015 campaigns, the chance to appear in a spread and on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Singapore and a modeling contract with Storm Model Management in London.

Casting

Casting calls were held in three countries, listed below:^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

October 4 & 5 at Resorts World Manila, Manila
October 10 at JW Marriott, Jakarta
October 11 at ION Sky Level 56, ION Orchard, Singapore City

Contestants were also encouraged to apply for the competition online if they were unable to make an appearance at the live auditions.^[12]

Episode summaries

Episode 1: The Girl in a Spin

First aired: March 25, 2015

The episode starts with the models entering the model house. After settling in, they receive their very first Georgina Mail. They meet with Georgina and Joey and they evaluate their runway walks. Melissa struggles to impress and create a first impression. The judges worry about Rani's walk.

Nervous about their walks, the girls practice on the runway in the penthouse, with Gani mentoring some of the girls. The day after, they meet Marina Fairfax from Storm Model Management and they are told that they are going to be walking on a runway with a turn table at the end. Most of the girls struggle, mainly Shareeta, Rani and Melissa. Marina declares Barbara as the winner of the challenge, who receives a set of clothes from Zalora as her prize.

Challenge winner: Barbara Katsuki

For their first photo shoot, they are told that they will be doing a swimwear shoot. Amanda, Barbara, Gani and Monika excel while Shareeta, Melissa and Rani struggle. At panel, most of the girls receive mixed feedback for their shots. Amanda, Barbara, Gani, Monika, and Tahlia received favorable reviews of their shots, especially Amanda, who receives praise from the judges as they didn't expect her to pull off that great of a shot. She gets the first call out while Celine and Shareeta end up in the bottom two, both for their mediocre shots. In the end, Georgina deems Celine safe while Shareeta is sent home.

First call-out: Amanda Chan
Bottom two: Celine Dương & Shareeta Selvaraj
Eliminated: Shareeta Selvaraj
Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
Special guests: Marina Fairfax, Kenneth Goh

Episode 2: The Girl with K-POP Fever

First aired: April 1, 2015

The girls return to the model house after Shareeta's elimination. Amanda feels she was lucky for garnering best photo despite the fact that she was a newbie, while Celine worries about having been in the bottom two last panel. Tensions begin to rise between Kiana and the girls as they feel the former is pushing herself away from the pack during dinner. Gani comments on the fact that Kiana never eats what she cooks in the house.

Georgina and Alex arrive in the house where they challenge the girls to wear their best casting outfits in under two minutes. Monika, Tahlia, Gani and Amanda receive praise from the duo. The models then practice the newest single for the K-POP girl group, Tahiti, with Wil Sabin as their choreographer. Celine struggles with the dance routine.

After practicing, the models receive Georgina Mail about their upcoming challenge. The next day, they perform a flash mob in front of the tourists in Clarke Quay, Singapore. Aimee, Franchesca and Melissa receive universal praise, and subsequently win the challenge.

Challenge winners: Aimee Bradshaw, Franchesca Lagua & Melissa Tan

Joey then explains to the girls that they are to pick their group members for the next photo shoot, which will require them to pose as Korean pop singers. Aimee picks Barbara and Lorretta; Melissa picks Gani and Celine, while Franchesca picks Monika and Amanda. With no one picking them, Tahlia, KB, Rani and Kiana are left to form a separate group. Tensions rise again after Tahlia confronts Kiana about her state as a member of the household. The girls hold a discussion which leads to a heated argument between Monika and Kiana.

The morning after the models take part in their second photo shoot, where they are assigned different themes and are styled by the person behind Shinee's signature looks, Ha Sang Beg.

Group Name	Style	Models
Flipperinas	Girly	Amanda, Franchesca, Monika
Jah-Mei	Casual	Aimee, Barbara, Lorretta
Loup	Masculine	Celine, Gani, Melissa
Fours	Sporty	KB, Kiana, Rani, Tahlia

Aimee, Lorretta and Barbara are critiqued on lacking focus and the ability to be in sync. Melissa, Gani and Celine receive praise for working well as a group. Franchesca, Monika and Amanda are commended on their poses but critiqued on their blank facial expressions. Tahlia, KB, Kiana and Rani's group receives mixed direction. The models celebrate Celine's birthday back at the model house. They also note that they will be celebrating Kiana's birthday on the next day after elimination.

At judging, Aimee, Lorretta and Barbara are critiqued for not working well as a group. Aimee is criticized for being lazy and is advised to work out her body more. Lorretta is told that there is a disconnect between her face and body, while Barbara fails to execute the brief. Franchesca, Monika and Amanda's photo is praised as a group shot but individually, the judges feel they fell short having only Franchesca to uplift the photo. Melissa, Gani and Celine receive universal praise for their photo, as they fulfilled the brief. Tahlia, KB, Kiana and Rani deliver mixed results. Kiana is highly critiqued for her slacked-off pose. During elimination, Melissa, Gani, and Celine receive best photo as a trio (a first for Vietnam and Indonesia). Aimee, Amanda and Kiana land in the bottom three. Aimee is immediately declared safe, having a slightly better photo than the other two. Amanda is handed her photo, resulting in Kiana's elimination. As Kiana is packing her bags, she finds the cake the girls were preparing for her birthday.

First call-out: Melissa Tan, Gani Ayu & Celine Dương
Bottom three: Aimee Bradshaw, Amanda Chan & Kiana Guyon
Eliminated: Kiana Guyon
Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
Special guests: Wil Sabin, Ha Sang Beg, Tahiti (in a video message)

Episode 3: The Girl Who Dreads a Makeover

First aired: April 8, 2015

The remaining twelve models went back to the model house after the elimination. Aimee and Amanda were relieved that they were safe from the bottom three last week but were also saddened that Kiana left. The next morning, the contestants were surprised with freebies from TRESemmé, which contained hair products such as a shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, and hair dryer then followed by a Georgina Mail stating that they will have their makeovers.

The models went to the Kimage Hair Studio for their makeovers. Georgina along with TRESemme's professional head stylist Lourd Ramos and model mentor Joey met with them. They had a quick chat about their makeovers. Georgina said Barbara's head will be shaved but she was just kidding and she's going to get a short hair which concerned her. Melissa will get a pixie cut. Aimee will get a full fringe, jet black hair while Tahlia will get a strawberry blonde long bob. When the makeover started, Barbara was really scared. She started crying when she felt that her head almost had no hair. Lourd said the more she cried the shorter it will be. Joey started comforting her. Lourd gave Celine and Gani a short hair wherein Celine said her sex appeal will disappear.

When it was time to see their makeovers, Melissa was shocked and saw a totally different person. Amanda thought she looked sophisticated and older with her new hair. Gani liked her blunt cut. Tahlia said her hair was so blonde, Monika didn't see herself same with Aimee who said that she didn't know the girl in the mirror. Rani thought her old hair was still better. Lorretta thought her makeover wasn't too drastic. Franchesca felt very young. Georgina said KB's old hair will not book her any jobs. Celine thought she looked stranged but she liked it. Barbara felt better after she cried and she actually liked her hair saying that she looked expensive. After the makeovers, they went home and immediately rushed to the mirrors to scrutinize every single detail of their new hair to figure out their new best angles.

On the day of the photo shoot, Joey was there to mentor the girls along with their photographer, Olaf Mueller. Joey said their hair was one of their jewels so they will pair it up with some diamond jewelry from Temptations Jewelry. Rani was feeling nauseous. Franchesca and Lorretta comforted her while she was throwing up. Joey went to the comfort room to tell Rani that she will call a doctor. Dr. Kwan checked her up and said she had a bad flu. She was injected three times. In the photo shoot, Aimee, Monika, Celine, Amanda, Franchesca and Melissa did very well while Barbara, who was so stiff and said that the cause of her struggle was the red lipstick she's wearing, KB, Gani, Tahlia, Lorretta, and Rani, who felt better after her check up, struggled.

At panel, most of the girls received good reviews for their shots. While Barbara, KB, Rani and Lorretta received negative feedback from the judges. Aimee garnered best photo and had risen from the bottom. Due to overthinking and not understanding the concept of high fashion, Lorretta lands in the bottom two with Rani, who questions her ability to push her boundaries. Georgina handed the last photo to Lorretta resulting to Rani's elimination. She left her drum sticks in the model house to serve as a remembrance of her to the remaining girls.

First call-out: Aimee Bradshaw
Bottom two: Lorretta Chow & Rani Ramadhany
Eliminated: Rani Ramadhany
Featured photographer: Olaf Mueller
Special guests: Lourd Ramos, Dr. Kwan

Episode 4: The Girl with a Broken Heart

First aired: April 15, 2015

The girls went home to the model house after their third elimination. Indonesian compatriots Gani and Tahlia became emotional as Rani left a message before she went home. The girls were brought to a challenge of blush and lipstick to create the hottest new looks, the spring/summer trends of 2015: Enlightened, Review, No Make-Up, Free Party, Scarlet Reduction and Rock Glamour. They were given the liberty to choose their partners, but as an odd group of models, Gani was let alone and had to settle with a Make Up Artist in the studio.

	Looks to be copied	Models
1	Enlightened	KB & Lorretta
2	Review	Aimee & Amanda
3	No Make-Up	Franchesca & Monika
4	Free Party	Gani
5	Scarlet Reduction	Barbara & Celine
6	Rock Glamour	Melissa & Tahlia

Challenge winner: Lorretta Chow

Lorretta's prize for winning the challenge was a shopping spree at MAC cosmetics which she shared with KB because they were both partners in the challenge. Most girls, especially Melissa, noticed that the house had become messy and no one would clean their trash. Joey visited the girls at their home and told the girls some stories. Monika cried because she has not won any challenge or best photo and she aims to win it in the next photo shoot.

The next day, the girls head to Manhattan Bar, where they meet Joey and Manhattan-based designer Peter Som for their photo shoot, which is showing romance with a male model. Most girls struggle during their sessions especially Lorretta, Gani, Celine, Franchesca and Barbara. Also, Barbara says that the model looks like her ex-boyfriend. The girls who excelled were Amanda, Aimee, Monika, and Melissa.

At panel, Monika, Amanda, KB and Aimee received praise for their photos. While most of the girls received negative feedback from the judges and Georgina revealed to Barbara that the model she worked with was a cousin of her ex-boyfriend. At elimination, Monika received best photo for her performance at the photo shoot. Celine, Franchesca and Lorretta landed in the bottom three. Franchesca was handed her photo, leaving Celine and Lorretta in the bottom two. In a surprising twist, Georgina handed out a blank photo, eliminating the two models.

First call-out: Monika Sta. Maria
Bottom three: Celine Dương, Franchesca Lagua & Lorretta Chow
Eliminated: Celine Dương & Lorretta Chow
Featured photographer: Amanda Lim
Special guests: Beno Lim, Peter Som, William Highwind

Episode 5: The Girl with a Killer Smile

First aired: April 22, 2015

The nine remaining models came home after the very shocking double elimination last week, for some, the pressure of competition started to get to them. The girls went on to a workshop that will absolutely bring smiles as Dr. Cecile Infantado taught the girls how to get that picture-perfect smile. Then the girls take on to an acting class with Indonesian TV Personality Daniel Mananta. Amanda struggles to portray her role to be angry and ended up refusing to act.

The next day, the models applied what they've learned from Dr. Cecile Infantado, as their challenge is all about capturing that perfect selfie, but with the members of the public. The models head on to the mall and searched for that one hot guy to take a selfie with. The girls struggled but it was to be Barbara's second challenge win, winning her a dinner with Daniel Mananta.

Challenge Winner: Barbara Katsuki

Back at the model house, Gani started becoming conscious on her smile, the girls believed otherwise. The smiles continued in their photo shoot for Close-Up Diamond Attraction Ad campaign. Gani initially struggled but ultimately brought back her A-game in the middle of the shoot. Monika excelled as Filipino compatriots, Amanda and Franchesca struggled.

At panel, Aimee, Barbara, Gani, Melissa and Monika were acclaimed by the judges while Tahlia and KB received lukewarm comments from the judges. Amanda and Franchesca failed to impress the judges. Gani and Monika were singled out as the two stand-outs of the week's photo shoot. Georgina revealed one of their photos would run as an actual commercial ad for Close-Up. Ultimately, Monika was chosen for the ad, receiving her second best photo in a row. Amanda and Franchesca ended up in the bottom two both for their mediocre photos, but it was Franchesca who was sent home.

First call-out: Monika Sta. Maria
Bottom two: Amanda Chan & Franchesca Lagua
Eliminated: Franchesca Lagua
Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
Special guests: Dr. Cecile Infantado, Daniel Mananta

Episode 6: The Girl Who Ran Out Of Luck

First aired: April 29, 2015

The remaining girls were driven to Kyō, where greeted by Joey and the fashion director of Zalora, Meghna Mistry. Meghna gave advice to the models and helped the girls to create their style. The girls were challenged styling in pairs based on the given theme under two minutes.

Style	Models
Feminine	Amanda & KB
Urban	Barbara & Melissa
Boho	Aimee & Tahlia
Basics	Gani & Monika

Challenge winner: Tahlia Raji

As the challenge winning accommodation, Tahlia got extra five minutes at the coming photo shoot. But, she had to choose one girl to take away five minutes from the photo shoot, leaving ten minutes on the photo shoot. Tahlia chose to take five minutes from Monika's next shoot because she had won two best photos in a row.

At the photo shoot, Tahlia was granted five extra minutes, for a total of twenty, while the other girls were given fifteen. Monika had to work all three outfits in ten minutes. During the shoot, Amanda had trouble keeping her eyes open for the photos, while Barbara, Melissa and Monika had problems with their movement. KB, Aimee and Gani did a good job. Despite the extended session, Tahlia still struggled.

At the panel, Tahlia, Amanda, Melissa, Barbara and Monika received the worst feedback. KB, Gani and Aimee were lauded as the stand outs of the week. Gani received best photo, and was chosen to be a part of Zalora's new campaign. Barbara and Monika were placed in the bottom two for having the worst photos, but Georgina revealed that neither of them would be eliminated. As a punishment, they received only ten frames for the next photo shoot.

First call-out: Gani Ayu
Bottom two: Barbara Katsuki & Monika Sta. Maria
Eliminated: None
Featured photographer: Joel Lim
Special guests: Meghna Mistry

Episode 7:

First aired: May 6, 2015

Challenge winner:
First call-out:
Bottom two:
Eliminated:
Featured photographer:
Special guests: Glenn Tan, Jodilly Pendre, Natalie Pickles

Contestants

(Ages stated are at time of contest)^[13]^[14]

From	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Height	Outcome
Malaysia ! Malaysia	Shareeta Selvaraj	24	Kuala Lumpur	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Eliminated in Episode 1
Thailand ! Thailand	Kiana Guyon	21	Pattani	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Eliminated in Episode 2
Indonesia ! Indonesia	Rani Ramadhany	20	Jakarta	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Eliminated in Episode 3
Hong Kong ! Hong Kong	Lorretta Chow	26	Hong Kong	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)	Eliminated in Episode 4
Vietnam ! Vietnam	Celine Dương	19	Hồ Chí Minh City	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)	Eliminated in Episode 4
Philippines ! Philippines	Franchesca Lagua	23	Quezon City	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)	Eliminated in Episode 5
Singapore ! Singapore	Aimee Bradshaw	19	Singapore City	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Philippines ! Philippines	Amanda Chan	17	Manila	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Japan ! Japan	Barbara Katsuki	27	Okinawa	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Indonesia ! Indonesia	Gani Ayu	23	Yogyakarta	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hong Kong ! Hong Kong	Kirsteen "KB" Barlow	25	Hong Kong	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)
Malaysia ! Malaysia	Melissa Tan	27	Kuala Lumpur	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Philippines ! Philippines	Monika Sta. Maria	23	Manila	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Indonesia ! Indonesia	Tahlia Raji	18	Malang	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Celine and Kiana turned 19 and 21 respectively during the filming of episode 2.

Summaries

Call-out Order

Georgina's Call-out Order
Order	Episodes
Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Amanda	Melissa	Aimee	Monika	Monika	Gani
2	Barbara	Gani	Melissa	Aimee	Gani	Aimee
3	Monika	Celine	Monika	Amanda	Barbara	Melissa
4	Tahlia	Tahlia	Franchesca	KB	Melissa	KB
5	Gani	Franchesca	Celine	Melissa	Aimee	Tahlia
6	Aimee	Lorretta	Amanda	Tahlia	KB	Amanda
7	Lorretta	KB	Gani	Gani	Tahlia	Barbara
8	KB	Barbara	Barbara	Barbara	Amanda	Monika
9	Franchesca	Monika	Tahlia	Franchesca	Franchesca
10	Melissa	Rani	KB	Celine
11	Kiana	Aimee	Lorretta	Lorretta
12	Rani	Amanda	Rani
13	Celine	Kiana
14	Shareeta

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant was part of a collective call-out with other contestants

The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two

In episode 2, Melissa, Gani and Celine were called first together, as they had the best group shot. Georgina noted that although Celine had improved from the previous week, she was still far from the top. This episode also featured a bottom three of contestants who were in danger of elimination.
In episode 4, Celine, Franchesca and Lorretta landed in the bottom three. Georgina called Franchesca first, leaving Celine and Lorretta as the bottom two. Georgina proceeded to reveal that the final photograph was blank, eliminating the two models.
In episode 6, Barbara and Monika landed in the bottom two. Neither of them was eliminated.