Poland's Next Top Model

Top Model
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Directed by	Piotr Wawrzyniak
Presented by	Joanna Krupa
Opening theme	SheMoans - Super Girl (Season 1) SheMoans - Super Girl remix (Seasons 2-4)
Country of origin	Poland
Original language(s)	Polish
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rinke Rooyens Ewa Leja
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Rochstar TVN
Broadcast
Original channel	TVN
Picture format	SD: 576i, HD: 1080i 16:9
Original run	September 8, 2010 – Ongoing
External links
Website

Top Model (formerly Top Model. Zostań modelką (English: Top Model. Become a Model)) is an ongoing reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model that places contestants from Poland against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win the title of the next Polish Top Model and a lucrative modeling contract with NEXT agency as well as an appearance on the cover of the Polish issue of Glamour and a nationwide Max Factor campaign in hopes of a successful future in the modeling business.^[1]

The competition is hosted by Polish American supermodel Joanna Krupa who serves as the lead judge alongside fashion designer Dawid Woliński, runway coach Katarzyna Sokołowska and photographer Marcin Tyszka.^[2] Anja Rubik has made several guest appearances throughout the show's run.^[3]

Judges

Challenges

The challenge usually focuses on an element important to modeling which will help the contestants improve for the week's photo shoot. A guest judge, who is unique to each episode, evaluates the contestants and decides the winner of each challenge. The winner of the challenge receives a prize for their victory. Sometimes the challenge winner is permitted to choose a certain number of other contestants to receive a similar, but lesser reward, while the others are given nothing.

Judging and elimination

Based upon the models' performance in the week's challenge, photo shoot, and general attitude, the judges deliberate and decide which contestant must leave the competition. Once the judges have made their decision, the models are called back into the room. The host calls out the names of the contestants who performed well in the challenge and photo shoot, handing them a copy of their best photo from the shoot. The models whose names have not been called are given criticism about why they have landed in the bottom and ultimately one contestant is eliminated from the competition.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International Destination(s)
1	September 8, 2010	Paulina Papierska	Aleksandra Kuligowska	Zuzanna Walkowiak, Sonia Wesołowska, Paulina Pszech, Nicole Rosłoniec (quit), Pamela Jedziniak, Marta Szulawiak, Magdalena Swat, Emilia Pietras, Beata Szarłowska, Weronika Lewicka, Katarzyna Smolińska, Anna Piszczałka	14	Milan
2	September 7, 2011	Olga Kaczyńska	Anna Bałon	Karolina Henning, Gabriela Pacholarz, Magdalena Roman, Natalia Piaskowska, Vera Suprunenko (disqualified), Viktoria Driuk, Dorota Trojanowska, Oliwia Downar-Dukowicz, Honorata Wojtkowska, Joanna Kudzbalska, Michalina Manios	13	Paris Mombasa
3	March 6, 2013	Zuzanna Kołodziejczyk	Marcela Leszczak	Ksenia Chlebicka, Ola Antas, Anna Piechowiak, Anna Koryto, Marta Zimlińska, Ola Krysiak, Joanna Zaremska, Anna Cybulska, Justyna Pawlicka, Tamara Subbotko, Renata Kurczab, Klaudia Strzyżewska	14	Mumbai Madeira
4	September 1, 2014	Osi Ugonoh	Michał Baryza	Karolina Kaczyńska, Michał Kaszyński, Ola Grzegorczyk, Adam Boguta, Mateusz Maga, Misza Czumaczenko, Ewelina Pachucka, Ola Żuraw, Michalina Strabel, Mateusz Jarzębiak, Marta Sędzicka	13	Lisbon Fuerteventura

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