''America's Next Top Model'' (cycle 9)
America's Next Top Model (cycle 9) | |
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Cycle 9 cast | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | The CW |
Original release |
September 19 – December 12, 2007 |
Additional information | |
Judges | |
No. of contestants | 13 |
Winner | Saleisha Stowers |
All-stars | Bianca Golden |
Cycle chronology | |
The ninth cycle of America's Next Top Model was the third season of the series to be aired on The CW network. This cycle's promotional tagline was "The Future Of Fashion." The promotional song was "Shut Up and Drive" by Rihanna.
The prizes for this cycle were:
- A modeling contract with Elite Model Management
- A fashion spread and cover in Seventeen magazine
- A US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics
The international destinations for this cycle were St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (for the semi-finals) and Shanghai and Beijing, China.
Among the thirteen finalists was 21-year-old Heather Kuzmich, who has Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. The season averaged 5.12 million viewers, making the cycle one of the most successful in the show's history.[1] This was also the last cycle to date in which Twiggy was featured as a judge. For cycle 10, she was replaced by Paulina Porizkova.
The winner was 21-year-old Saleisha Stowers from Los Angeles, California.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)
Contestant[2] | Age | Hometown | Finish | Place |
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Mila Bouzinova | 20 | Boston, Massachusetts | Episode 2 | 13 |
Kimberly Leemans | 20 | Ocala, Florida | Episode 3 | 12 |
Victoria Marshman | 20 | New Haven, Connecticut | Episode 4 | 11 |
Janet Mills | 22 | Bainbridge, Georgia | Episode 5 | 10 |
Ebony Morgan | 20 | Chicago, Illinois | Episode 6 | 9 (quit) |
Sarah Hartshorne | 20 | Heath, Massachusetts | Episode 8 | 8 |
Ambreal Williams | 19 | Dallas, Texas | Episode 9 | 7 |
Lisa Jackson | 20 | Jersey City, New Jersey | Episode 10 | 6 |
Heather Kuzmich | 21 | Valparaiso, Indiana | Episode 11 | 5 |
Bianca Golden | 18 | Queens, New York | Episode 12 | 4 |
Jenah Doucette | 18 | Farmington, Connecticut | Episode 13 | 3 |
Chantal Jones | 19 | Austin, Texas | 2 | |
Saleisha Stowers | 21 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | |
Episodes
The Girls Go Cruisin'
First aired September 19, 2007
- Featured photographer: Jim Wade
- Special guests: Jaslene Gonzalez, Gregorio Cuevas, Patrick Dukes
The Models Go Green
First aired September 26, 2007
- Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
- Special guest: Benny Ninja
- CoverGirl of the Week: Lisa Jackson
The Girls Go Rock Climbing
First aired October 3, 2007
- Special guests: Colleen Quen, Roy Campbell
- Featured photographer: Matthew Jordan Smith
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girl Who Goes Bald
First aired October 10, 2007
- Featured photographer: Lionel Deluy
- Special guests: Ken Pavés, Dawn Patton, Brent Poer, Crissy Barker
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Heights
First aired October 17, 2007
- Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
- Special guests: Benny Ninja, Ann Shoket, Danielle Evans, Byron Kirkland, Lloyd Eisler, Marc Baptiste
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girl Who Gets A Mango
First aired October 24, 2007
- Featured photographer: Fredric Reshew
- Special guests: Tyson Beckford, Elizabeth Santiso, Lisa Price, Mary J. Blige, Matthew Rolston
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girl Who Runs Into The Glass Door
First aired October 31, 2007
The Girls Who Crawl
First aired November 7, 2007
- Featured music video director: Jessy Terrero
- Special guests: Enrique Iglesias, Billy Parks, Lisa Arianna
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girl Who Starts to Lose Her Cool
First aired November 14, 2007
- Featured photographer: Trevor O'Shana
- Special guests: Benny Ninja, Neal Hamil, Ann Shoket, Angela Avanesyan, Richard Chan, Julia Chumak, Angelo Estrada, Justin Green, Erin Helgersun, Yuko Pena
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girls Go To Shanghai
First aired November 21, 2007
- Featured photographer: Jim Wade
- Featured commercial director: Jeffrey Chu
- Special guests: Louis Liu, Brent Poer
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girls Go On Go-See Adventures
First aired November 28, 2007
- Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
- Special guests: Susan Yang, Shan Jin Ya, Lu Kun, Stephen Peng, Flora Zeta, Helen Lee, Fiona Vong
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girls Go To The Great Wall
First aired December 5, 2007
- Featured photographer: Tyra Banks
- Special guests: Kevin Lee, Ann Shoket
- CoverGirl of the Week: Heather Kuzmich
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model
First aired December 12, 2007
- Featured photographer: Jim De Yonker
- Featured commercial director: Brent Poer
- Special guests: Qi Gang, Darren Duan, Ann Shoket, Jaslene Gonzalez, Stephen Danelian
Summaries
Call-out order
Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
1 | Mila | Heather | Jenah | Jenah | Lisa | Saleisha | Lisa | Bianca | Chantal | Saleisha | Chantal | Chantal | Saleisha |
2 | Bianca | Lisa | Heather | Sarah | Bianca | Jenah | Heather | Jenah | Saleisha | Bianca | Saleisha | Saleisha | Chantal |
3 | Jenah | Chantal | Lisa | Heather | Ebony | Heather | Saleisha | Saleisha | Bianca | Chantal | Jenah | Jenah | |
4 | Chantal | Sarah | Chantal | Lisa | Chantal | Bianca | Bianca | Chantal | Jenah | Jenah | Bianca | ||
5 | Ambreal | Jenah | Sarah | Janet | Jenah | Sarah | Ambreal | Heather | Heather | Heather | |||
6 | Victoria | Saleisha | Ambreal | Ambreal | Saleisha | Chantal | Jenah | Lisa | Lisa | ||||
7 | Sarah | Ambreal | Victoria | Ebony | Heather | Lisa | Chantal | Ambreal | |||||
8 | Saleisha | Victoria | Saleisha | Bianca | Sarah | Ebony | Sarah | ||||||
9 | Kimberly | Janet | Janet | Chantal | Ambreal | Ambreal | |||||||
10 | Ebony | Kimberly | Ebony | Saleisha | Janet | ||||||||
11 | Janet | Bianca | Bianca | Victoria | |||||||||
12 | Heather | Ebony | Kimberly | ||||||||||
13 | Lisa | Mila | |||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant was the original eliminee but was saved due to the withdrawal of another contestant
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 1, the pool of 20 girls was reduced to 13 who moved on to the main competition. However, this first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.
- In episode 6, Ambreal was the original eliminee, but Ebony's withdrawal from the competition automatically saved her from elimination.
- Episode 7 was the recap episode.
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Glamour shots smoking/detriments of smoking
- Episode 3 photo shoot: Couture Rock Climbing
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Flowers & plant life
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Fashion gargoyles
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Eco-friendly fashion
- Episode 8 music video: Enrique Iglesias, "Tired of Being Sorry"
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Stranded in the desert
- Episode 10 commercial & photo shoot: CoverGirl queen collection ad & commercial
- Episode 11 photo shoot: Chinese princesses / lion & dragon dance
- Episode 12 photo shoot: Great Wall of China warriors/Group shot
- Episode 13 Commercial & photo shoot: CoverGirl wetslicks fruit spritzers commercial & print ad; Seventeen magazine covers
Other cast members
- Jay Manuel – Photo Director
- Sutan – Make-up Artist
- Christian Marc – Hair Stylist
- Anda & Masha – Wardrobe
- Ann Shoket
Makeovers
- Ambreal – Cut very short and dyed black
- Bianca – Head shave (due to honey blonde weave being unable to work due to previous hair damage)
- Chantal – Long weave with bangs
- Ebony – Naomi Campbell inspired straight weave
- Heather – Trimmed, straightened, and chestnut brown highlights added
- Janet – Dyed black
- Jenah – Long platinum blonde weave
- Lisa – Cut short
- Saleisha – Chic bowl hair
- Sarah – Bob cut with blonde highlights
- Victoria – Blonde highlights
Post-Top Model careers
- Mila Bouzinova did some test shots, did some print work for Cosmopolitan and used to be signed with Basic Model Management in New York.
- Jenah Doucette has done some test shots and print work and was featured as one of the presenter in Tyra's Fiercee Awards on The Tyra Banks Show in 2008.
- Bianca Golden is currently signed with Major Model Management in New York, Fusion Model Management in South Africa, Ford Models in Chicago and Click Models in Boston. She was one of the models in the finale of fifth season of Project Runway. She has modeled in Essence, Cosmopolitan, The Source and for various brands.[3] She has also taken part in Farah Angsana Spring 2010 presentation[4] as well as multiple fashion weeks and BET's Rip The Runway shows. Bianca has also appeared on The Tyra Banks Show several times. She also participated the all-star version of America's Next Top Model along with other returning models, and was eliminated in episode 7 alongside fellow contestant Kayla Ferrel.[5]
- Sarah Hartshorne is currently signed with IPM Model Management in New York.
- Lisa Jackson is currently signed with Major Model Management in New York, Studio Model Management in Paris and Muse Model Management in New York.[6] She was one of the models in the finale of sixth season and was the model for designer Michelle Lesniak Franklin, Season 11, of Project Runway and walked for TRESemme at Mara Hoffman Spring 2010 show[7] amongst many other shows. She has also modeled for Source, Carmen Marc Valvo and numerous brands and magazines.[8] She has also been featured twice in Top Models In Action, the first time in Cycle 11, and the second in Cycle 13. She has appeared in the music video for Sean Paul's "She Doesn't Mind". Lisa also was the winning model on season 11 of Project Runway, winning $25,000 and the cover of Marie Claire.
- Chantal Jones is currently signed with Nous Model Management, L.A. Model Management, Paragon Model Management in Mexico Muse Model Management in New York.[9] She used to be signed with 62 Models & Talent in Auckland.
- Heather Kuzmich is currently signed with Elite Model Management in Chicago. She is also pursuing a career in the video game industry and she is currently signed with Major Model Management in New York and Studio Model Management in Paris. She was one of the models in the finale of sixth season of Project Runway and walked for TRESemme at Mara Hoffman Spring 2010 show[7] amongst many other shows. She has also modeled for Source, Carmen Marc Valvo and numerous brands and magazines.[8]
- Kimberly Leemans is currently signed with Elite Model Management in Chicago, after winning Elite Chicago's E-Tube's contest. She used to be signed with Basic Model Management in New York and International Model Management in Brussels. She was one of the models in the finale of season 6 of Project Runway. She was featured in Ocala magazine. She has appeared on Gossip Girl, Life on Mars, Cupid, Law and Order and HBO's How to Make It in America.[10] In 2014, Kimberly had a small role on The Vampire Diaries as "Young Jo" [11]
- Victoria Marshman has returned to Yale University and started to finish her Medieval History course.
- Janet Mills is currently signed with Level Model and Talent Management.
- Ebony Morgan has gone back to dental school and was seen in Tyra's Fiercee Awards on The Tyra Banks Show as one of the nominated models.
- Saleisha Stowers is currently signed with Elite Model Management in New York and Los Angeles and with L.A. Model Management. In 2013, she joined the cast of the online revival of All My Children, and in 2015, joined the cast of Days of Our Lives.[12]
- Ambreal Williams is currently signed with Click Model Management in Los Angeles.
References
- ↑ "TV Ratings: 2007–2008 Season Top-200".
- ↑ "The CW reveals the identities of 'America's Next Top Model 9' girls". Reality TV World. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ↑ "Print Work – All ANTM".
- ↑ "09/23/09 Episode Discussion – Page 12".
- ↑ Ward, Kate (May 12, 2011). "'Top Model All-Stars' cast reported: Lisa D'Amato, Isis King in; Jade out". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.musenyc.com/portfolio.aspx?nav=2&subid=8846&mainsubid=8846&modelid=594291&a=55
- 1 2 "Pre-show favorites".
- 1 2 "Print Work – All ANTM".
- ↑ http://www.musenyc.com/portfolio.aspx?nav=2&subid=8846&mainsubid=8846&modelid=537566&a=16
- ↑
- ↑ "Fade Into You". November 20, 2014 – via IMDb.
- ↑ SOD (June 30, 2015). "SAL STOWERS TO DAYS". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, Inc. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
External links
- Official page at The CW
- America's Next Top Model at the Internet Movie Database
- Entertainment Tonight
- Pictures and Official Previews at tv.yahoo.com
- TV Guide.com Interviews Eliminated Contestants
- America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9 at TV.com