America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model (abbreviated ANTM and Top Model) is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. Created by Tyra Banks, who also serves as an executive producer, and developed by Ken Mok and Kenya Barris. The series premiered in May 2003, and was aired semiannually until 2012, then annually from 2013. The first six seasons (referred to as "cycles") were aired on UPN, before UPN merged with The WB to create The CW in 2006. The following sixteen cycles were aired on The CW until the series was first cancelled in October 2015. The series has since been revived. The series was among the highest-rated programs on UPN, and was the highest-rated show on The CW from 2007 to 2010.
Series overview[edit]
The first three cycles of America's Next Top Model were filmed in New York City, and was relocated back and forth in cycles 10, 12, 14 and 23. Los Angeles has been the primary filming location of most of the cycles since the fourth cycle.
Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | # of contestants | Destination(s) |
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1 | May 20, 2003 | Aisha Surdam | Judith Hardy | 10 | Paris |
2 | January 13, 2004 | Naomi Thomas | Livia Keillor | 12 | Milan |
3 | September 22, 2004 | Karen Shelton | Clarissa Matthews | 14 | Toyko |
4 | March 2, 2005 | Kate Morris | Maliyah Chabris | 14 | Cape Town |
5 | September 21, 2005 | Jillian Moore | Erika Reinold | 13 | London |
6 | March 8, 2006 | Nyesha Burditt | Mia Brantley | 13 | Bangkok |
7 | September 20, 2006 | Shaneka Myles | Jenna Mullins | 13 | Barcelona |
8 | February 28, 2007 | Jessica Miller | Victoria Ashbaugh | 13 | Sydney |
9 | September 19, 2007 | Amanda Durham | Emily Talley | 13 | Shanghai |
10 | February 20, 2008 | Margarita Sato | Estelle Ansell | 14 | Rome |
11 | September 3, 2008 | Zara Forbes | Charlotte Ganley | 14 | Amsterdam |
12 | March 4, 2009 | Minnah Hansen | Lisa Murphy | 13 | São Paulo |