Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1
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| Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 | |
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 Promotional images of the contestants of season 1 Australia's Next Top Model From left to right; Atong, Gemma, Naomi, Sam, Chloe, Zoe, Nicole, Shannon, Simmone and Allana |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Creator(s) | Tyra Banks |
| Starring | Erika Heynatz Jodhi Meares Alex Perry Georges Antoni Victoria Fisher |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | FOX8 |
| Original run | January 11, 2005 – February 22. 2005 |
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| Official website | |
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 started airing since January 11, 2005 with utmost 10 ladies to compete for the title. There is no certain international destination for the first cycle, except for the seaon finale comes from Melbourne, Australia.
The 13 finalists from around the country converge in Sydney where they will spend the next eight weeks sharing an inner city apartment while competing for the title of Australia's Next Top Model.
Gemma Sanderson was the winner of the first season. The prize for winning the first series of Australia's Next Top Model was a contract with Chic Model Management, an all expenses paid trip to Milan to meet with Italian modeling agency, Fashion, an eight page editorial in Cleo magazine and she fronted a national campaign for Napoleon cosmetics for a year.
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[edit] Episode Summary
[edit] The Girl Who Makes A Poor Mark
- Original airdate: January 04, 2005
The season premiere starts of with the auditions. An uproar and excitement comes next when the girls where down to 30, and started to claims the jury who will be the contestants for this season. As the girls have a busy week they move into a penthouse in Sydney and also do a photoshoot for swim wear.
During elimination Erika and the panel question Nicole on her eating habits, Until the episode ends with Naomi being eliminated.
- Bottom two: Naomi Thompson & Nicole Fraser
- Eliminated: Naomi Thompson
- CoverGirl of the Week: Shannon McGuire
[edit] The Girl Who Strikes Again
- Original airdate: January 11, 2005
The girls have just started to get to know each other and already there is tension and bitch fights.... The girls do a photo shoot on horse back. The judges made the decision to eliminate Nicole.
- Bottom two: Nicole Fraser & Allana Ridge
- Eliminated: Nicole Fraser
- CoverGirl of the Week: Gemma Sanderson
[edit] The Girl Who Breaks The Edge
- Original airdate: January 18, 2005
In this episode, the girls were paired up to do a lingerie photo shoot. At panel, Allana and Atong stand in the bottom 2 and Atong was eliminated.
- Bottom two: Allana Ridge & Atong Tulba Mulual
- Eliminated: Atong Tulba Mulual
- CoverGirl of the Week: Chloe Wilson
[edit] The Girl Who Loses Her Faith
- Original airdate: January 25, 2005
The girls with the help if adventurer Tim Jervis they will learn some essential survival skills while trekking to their camp site. Along the way hopefully they learn about team work. Before they could begin the adventure/task they were stripped of all luxuries and left with only the barest of essentials. Allana quit the show in this episode.
- Bottom two: No one
- Eliminated: No one
- Quit on the show: Allana Ridge
- CoverGirl of the Week: Samantha Morley
[edit] The Girl Who Has The Flaws
- Original airdate: February 01, 2005
This week is all about body movement, the girls were taken to Bondi Icbergs pool where they met Olympic Gold Medallist Elka Graham. She taught the girls about control and movement in the pool. Later they will receive Surfing lesson from Rip Curl Surfers.
They will also have to be live mannequins in the front window of the MYER Centre. Zoe was eliminated.
- Bottom two: Samantha Morley & Zoe McDonald
- Eliminated: Zoe McDonald
- CoverGirl of the Week: Chloe Wilson
[edit] The Girl Who Breaks Down
- Original airdate: February 08, 2005
This episode Simmone has been eliminated.
[edit] The Girl Who Has One Look
- Original airdate: February 15, 2005
Gemma, Chloe, Sam and Shannon do a photo shoot where they are nude except for a bit of gold body foil. The girls are also given a challenge where they have AUS$200 and an hour in a mall to come up with an outfit that suits their personal style.
They also receive a lesson in dining matters, where some feel Sam is being fake and overly-polite and proper to impress the teacher.
Chloe wins the challenge where they have AUS$200 and 1 hour in a mall to find an outfit. She picks Shannon to share her prize - a relaxing spa treatment including body mud and a massage. Samantha (Sam) was eliminated this episode because the judges felt she only had "one look" and her expression in photos was always the same.
- Bottom two: Samantha Morley & Shannon McGuire
- Eliminated: Samantha Morley
- Covergirl of the Week: Chloe Wilson
[edit] The Girl Who Becomes Australia's Next Top Model
- Original airdate: February 22, 2005
Shannon, Gemma and Chloe do a beauty shoot for a cosmetics company, and one girl is eliminated after her photo isn't as strong as the others. The two remaining girls then compete in two runway shows, and Australia's Next Top Model is crowned. The two runway shows the girls compete in are Nicola Feneti and Zambizi. Chloe, Shannon and Gemma made it to the final three. Shannon was eliminated because of her mediocre final picture.
Gemma and Chloe competed in the final catwalk, it was Gemma who won becoming Australia's (first) Next Top Model.
- Bottom two: Shannon McGuire & Chloe Wilson
- Eliminated: Shannon McGuire
- Final two: Chloe Wilson & Gemma Sanderson
- Australias' Next Top Model: Gemma Sanderson
[edit] Contestants
- Naomi Thompson - Townsville, Queensland, 22
- Nicole Fraser - Albury, New South Wales, 19
- Atong Tulba Mulual - Sydney, New South Wales, 19
- Allana Ridge - Sydney, New South Wales, 20
- Zoe McDonald - Gold Coast, Queensland, 20
- Simmone Duckmanton - Melbourne, Victoria, 19
- Samantha Morley - Gold Coast, Queensland, 20
- Shannon McGuire - Perth, Western Australia, 20
- Chloe Wilson - Adelaide, South Australia, 19
- Gemma Sanderson - Newcastle, New South Wales, 22
[edit] Show Statistics
- Total number of contestants: 10
- Oldest contestant: Naomi Thompson & Gemma Sanderson, both 22
- Tallest contestants: Zoe McDonald 6'1
- Shortest contestant: Naomi Thompson 5'6.5
- Lightest contestant: Simmone Duckmanton 109 lbs
- Contestant with most consecutive challenge wins: Chloe Wilson, 2 wins
- Contestant with most collective challenge wins: Chloe Wilson, 3 wins
- Contestants with the most consecutive appearances in the bottom two: Shannon McGuire, 2 Samantha Morley, 3 & Zoe McDonald, 2
- Contestant with the most collective appearances in bottom two: Samantha Morley, 3
- Contestant who quit the Show: Allana Ridge
