China's Next Top Model (cycle 1)
| China's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 | |
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Cycle 1 cast of China's Next Top Model
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| Country of origin | China |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | Sichuan Satellite TV |
| Original release | January 13, 2008 – March 23, 2008 |
China's Next Top Model is a Chinese reality TV series, based on the international version and spin-off to the original, America's Next Top Model.
The show was produced by Chinese television subscription channel Sichuan Satellite TV and it is filmed in Shanghai, the casting was held in selected cities of China - Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. It began airing on January 13, 2008.[1]
21-year-old Yin Ge from Changsha became the first winner of China's Next Top Model.
Episode summaries
Episode 1
Casting episode.
Episode 2
- First call-out: Yin Ge
- Bottom two: Ma Shu Yi & Yan Xue Qian
- Eliminated: Ma Shu Yi
Episode 3
- Quit: Liu Wen Jing
- Returned: Ma Shu Yi
- First call-out: Wu Mei Ting
- Bottom two: Bao Jie & Wang Jia
- Eliminated: Bao Jie
Episode 4
- First call-out: Yan Xue Qian
- Bottom two: Tanya Zy & Zhang Xiao Pei
- Eliminated: Zhang Xiao Pei
Episode 5
- First call-out: Ma Shu Yi
- Bottom two: Tanya Zy & Wu Mei Ting
- Eliminated: Tanya Zy
Episode 6
- First call-out: Zhu Feng
- Bottom two: Wang Jia & Wu Mei Ting
- Eliminated: Wu Mei Ting
Episode 7
- First call-out: Wang Jia
- Bottom two: Ma Shu Yi & Zhu Feng
- Eliminated: Ma Shu Yi
Episode 8
- First call-out: Yin Ge
- Bottom two: Wang Jia & Yan Xue Qian
- Eliminated: Wang Jia
Episode 9
- Quit: Zhu Feng
- Returned: Wang Jia
- Eliminated: None
Episode 10
- First call-out: Wang Jia
- Bottom two: Yan Xue Qian & Yin Ge
- Eliminated: Yan Xue Qian
- Final two: Wang Jia & Yin Ge
- China's Next Top Model: Yin Ge
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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| Liu Wen Jing (Wendy) | 26 | Chongqing | Quit in Episode 3 |
| Bao Jie (Sarah) | 21 | Anhui | Eliminated in Episode 3 |
| Zhang Xiao Pei (Aki) | 20 | Shanghai | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
| Tanya Zy | 28 | Taipei (originally from Belarus) | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
| Wu Mei Ting (Diana) | 21 | Guangzhou | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Ma Shu Yi (Vivian) | 21 | Guangzhou | Eliminated in Episode 2 Returned in Episode 3 Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| Zhu Feng (Icy) | 19 | Shanghai | Quit in Episode 9 |
| Yan Xue Qian | 19 | Shanghai (originally from Australia) | Eliminated in Episode 10 |
| Wang Jia (Michelle) | 18 | Harbin | Eliminated in Episode 8 Returned in Episode 9 Runner-up |
| Yin Ge (Angela) | 21 | Changsha | Winner |
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 1 | Mei Ting | Ge | Mei Ting | Xue Qian | Shu Yi | Feng | Jia | Ge | Ge | Jia | Ge | |
| 2 | Wen Jing | Tanya | Ge | Ge | Jia | Xue Qian | Ge | Feng | Jia | Ge | Jia | |
| 3 | Ge | Wen Jing | Feng | Feng | Xue Qian | Shu Yi | Xue Qian | Xue Qian | Xue Qian | Xue Qian | ||
| 4 | Jie | Mei Ting | Shu Yi | Shu Yi | Ge | Ge | Feng | Jia | Feng | |||
| 5 | Xiao Pei | Xiao Pei | Xue Qian | Mei Ting | Feng | Jia | Shu Yi | |||||
| 6 | Shu Yi | Feng | Tanya | Jia | Mei Ting | Mei Ting | ||||||
| 7 | Xue Qian | Jia | Xiao Pei | Tanya | Tanya | |||||||
| 8 | Jia | Jie | Jia | Xiao Pei | ||||||||
| 9 | Tanya | Xue Qian | Jie | |||||||||
| 10 | Feng | Shu Yi | Wen Jing | |||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 3 Wen jing quit the competition. Shu Yi re-entered the competition to replace her.
- In episode 9 Feng quit the competition. She was replaced by Jia, who had been eliminated the previous episode. Additionally, no elimination took place.
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 1 photo shoot: Posing in bikinis
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Magazine covers
- Episode 3 photo shoot: 1930 film sets
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Swimsuits in water
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Old Shanghai singers
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Superheroes
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Olympic symbols
- Episode 8 photo shoot & commercial: Pantene Clinicare
- Episode 9 photo shoot: MGM Grand Macau
- Episode 10 photo shoots: MGM Grand Macau; self-directed
Makeovers
- Aki: Hair was curled and dyed red
- Angela: Long black hair extensions
- Diana: Flip level haircut and dyed brown
- Icy: Hair shortened
- Michele: Trimmed
- Qian: Hair was bleached and curled
- Tanya: Hair was bleached and permed wavy
- Vivian: Hair curled at bottom
Controversy
Breech of contract
Eventual winner Yin Ge didn't receive the promoted prizes of a contract with NEXT models and work with Pantene due to her violation of the rules on the show about being signed pre-show. Although she was not signed she did indeed do runway work for a Chinese agency, which was also out of bounds with the rules. Yin Ge also lied about the work in her application for China's Next Top Model but since she didn't think she was going to win, it didn't matter to her at the time. Since then it has also been revealed that Ma Shu Yi and Zhu Feng did pre-show work as well with other agencies.
Banned S&M shoot
According to many online sources, the models participated in an S&M-themed photo shoot the first week, which was consequently banned from ever being shown on television. Only Zhu Feng, Wang Jia and Yin Ge's photo were leaked to the public on the official website for a few days. They were taken down within the week. Also, the images evoke mood of war and destruction, possibly being another reason for their eventual banning, ongoing with China's Tibet controversy.
