America's Next Top Model season 11
| America's Next Top Model season 11 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | Tyra Banks |
| Developed by | Ken Mok Kenya Barris |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Tyra Banks Ken Mok Daniel Soiseth |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CW network |
| Release | September 3, 2008 |
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11 is the eleventh cycle of the reality series America's Next Top Model created by supermodel and television personality Tyra Banks. This is the fifth season to air on The CW network. The promotional catchphrase of this cycle is "Feel The Love".[1]
The competition takes place in Los Angeles, moving back from New York City the cycle before. The international destination for the final episodes of the cycle is Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The show features 14 contestants, similar to cycles 3, 4 and 10. The winner of this cycle, similar to the past four cycles, will win management and representation by Elite Model Management, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, and the cover and six-page fashion spread in Seventeen.
This cycle included a first for the series - having a transgender contestant named Isis King participate and qualify for the final fourteen. The inclusion has been noted as an "unprecedented opportunity" by Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD, a national LGBT media advocacy group.[2]
Episode summaries
The Notorious Fierce Fourteen
Original Airdate: September 3, 2008
The 33 semifinalists are driven to San Fernando Valley, California, where they meet Alpha J and Beta J (Jay Manuel and Miss J.) at the fictitious “Top Model Institute of Technology”. Inside, they go through a series of reviews and catwalk analysis. Later, Tyra-bot (Tyra Banks) meets the contestants and individual interviews begin. In between, Isis reveals that she is transgender, surprising some of the other contestants. Twenty of those vying continue and they take part in the first photo shoot – posing in blue metallic catsuits. After final deliberations, fourteen contestants are chosen.
Top Model Inauguration
Original Airdate: September 3, 2008
The fourteen finalists are driven to their homebase loft in Los Angeles, California. The contestants ask Isis questions regarding her gender transition, drawing both empathy and disdain. The next day, they visit Magic Castle, a private club for magicians, where judges Nigel Barker, Paulina Porizkova and the Jays conduct one-to-one interviews with the contestants. The photo shoot theme was voting with each model portraying a political issue:
| Contestant | Political Issue |
|---|---|
| Analeigh | Healthcare |
| Brittany | Military |
| Clark | Bureaucracy |
| Elina | Foreign Policy |
| Hannah | Nuclear Weapons |
| Isis | Privacy |
| Joslyn | Unemployment |
| Lauren Brie | Education |
| Marjorie | Immigration |
| McKey | Environment |
| Nikeysha | Cloning |
| Samantha | Economy |
| ShaRaun | Homeland Security |
| Sheena | Energy |
During judging, a new twist is revealed - whoever gets called first would have her picture up in the house for the whole week, and the first honor goes to Marjorie. The judges are unimpressed with ShaRaun’s photo, interview and over-the-top personality, and are put off by Nikeysha’s excuses, landing them in the bottom two, but it is ShaRaun’s lack of potential that sends her home.
- Bottom two: Nikeysha Clarke & ShaRaun Brown
- Eliminated: ShaRaun Brown
- Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
- Special guests: Ed Alonzo, Christian Marc, Sutan
- Top Model in Action: Toccara Jones (Cycle 3)
The Ladder of Model Success
Original Airdate: September 10, 2008
The contestants meet posing coach Benny Ninja and contortionist Bree Robertson for a lesson on extreme posing inside fabric tubes. The following day, the posing challenge features Tarina Tarantino jewelry and handbags. Many of the girls utilize awkward poses, but Sheena's inappropriately suggestive pose gets criticized. Elina wins the challenge, and receives a handbag full of the featured jewelry for being the best.
At the house, Isis is shown injecting hormones to aid in her gender transition; they make her nauseous. Elina kisses Clark during a game of truth or dare. Tensions rise when Hannah pushes Isis in the jacuzzi, and later says seemingly racist remarks, and is confronted.
The photo shoot has the models hanging from a rope ladder, the images are later digitally composited to photos of a hot air balloon. At judging, after first denying that she had surgery, Sheena admits she did have breast augmentation. Elina, Joslyn, Marjorie and Lauren Brie are praised for their photos, with Lauren Brie's being deemed as one of the best in the show's history. Isis' plain appearance at the judging panel and uninspiring close-up photo lands her in the bottom two with Nikeysha, who is admonished for an unsatisfactory photo and interrupting the judges as part of her verbosity. With that, Nikeysha is eliminated.
- Bottom two: Isis King & Nikeysha Clarke
- Eliminated: Nikeysha Clarke
- Featured photographer: Mike Ruiz
- Special guests: Benny Ninja, Tarina Tarantino, Bree Robertson, Christian Marc, Sutan
- Top Model in Action: Shannon Stewart (Cycle 1)
You’re Beautiful, Now Change
Original Airdate: September 17, 2008
Tyra joins the models over pizza, after which she announces that makeovers will commence the following day. Unlike most previous cycles, the girls are not aware of their new looks until after they are completed. Many of them love their new look, but Elina breaks down into tears, feeling that her new look does not fit the image she has of herself.
Afterwards, the girls are taken to Wal Mart for a CoverGirl makeup challenge in which they have to record a 30-second commercial without a script. Hannah's commercial is deemed the best, earning her a featured spot on the CoverGirl website and a $1000 Wal Mart gift card.
The girls takes part in a Sports Illustrated-style photo shoot featuring Susan Holmes swimwear. As some added pressure to the situation, Holmes herself is present for the shoot, and Jay Manuel holds back all critique and direction.
At judging, Elina is praised for her edgy, racially ambiguous look. Analeigh and Brittany land in the bottom two; Analeigh for not utilizing her posing potential, and Brittany for continuing to come across as too commercial and not exhibiting intensity in her photos. In the end, Brittany is eliminated.
- Bottom two: Analeigh Tipton & Brittany Rubalcaba
- Eliminated: Brittany Rubalcaba
- Featured photographer: Russell James
- Special guests: Susan Holmes, Neil Weisberg, Amanda George, Sutan, Christian Marc, Kiyah Wright, Cristen Chin Barker
- Top Model in Action: Lisa Jackson (Cycle 9)
Fierce Eyes
Original Airdate: September 24, 2008[3]
- Eliminated outside of judging:
- Bottom two:
- Eliminated:
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
- Top Model in Action:
Natural Beauty
Original Airdate: October 1, 2008[4]
- Bottom two:
- Eliminated:
- Featured photographer:
- Special guests:
- Top Model in Action:
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
In order of elimination
- Brittney "ShaRaun" Brown, 18, from Chicago, Illinois
- Nikeysha Clarke, 19, from The Bronx, New York[5]
- Brittany Rubalcaba, 19, from Henderson, Nevada[6]
- Hannah May, 19, from Fairbanks, Alaska[7][unreliable source?]
- Analeigh Tipton, 19, from Sacramento, California[8]
Still in the running
- Clark Gilmer, 19, from Pawleys Island, South Carolina[9]
- Elina Ivanova, 19, from Seattle, Washington[10][original research?]
- Isis King, 22, from Prince George's County, Maryland[11]
- Joslyn Pennywell, 23, from Lucky, Louisiana[12][13][original research?]
- Lauren Brie Harding, 20, from Charlottesville, Virginia[14]
- Marjorie Conrad, 19, from San Francisco, California[15] [16][original research?]
- Brittany "McKey" Sullivan, 19, from Lake Forest, Illinois[17][18][unreliable source?]
- Samantha Potter, 18, from Woodland Hills, California[19][unreliable source?][original research?]
- Sheena Sakai, 21, from Harlem, New York[20] [21]
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheena | Marjorie | Lauren Brie | Elina | Elina | |||||||||
| 2 | Analeigh | Isis | Elina | Lauren Brie | McKey | |||||||||
| 3 | Nikeysha | McKey | Joslyn | Samantha | Marjorie | |||||||||
| 4 | Marjorie | Joslyn | Marjorie | McKey | Samantha | |||||||||
| 5 | Samantha | Elina | McKey | Sheena | Isis | |||||||||
| 6 | Elina | Samantha | Samantha | Joslyn | Sheena | |||||||||
| 7 | Brittany | Brittany | Sheena | Marjorie | Clark | |||||||||
| 8 | McKey | Sheena | Hannah | Clark | Lauren Brie | |||||||||
| 9 | ShaRaun | Analeigh | Clark | Isis | Joslyn | |||||||||
| 10 | Hannah | Clark | Brittany | Hannah | Analeigh | |||||||||
| 11 | Lauren Brie | Lauren Brie | Analeigh | Analeigh | Hannah | |||||||||
| 12 | Isis | Hannah | Isis | Brittany | ||||||||||
| 13 | Clark | Nikeysha | Nikeysha | |||||||||||
| 14 | Joslyn | ShaRaun | ||||||||||||
- The contestant won the reward challenge
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- The contestant was eliminated outside of the judging panel
- In episode 1, the group of 20 girls was reduced to 14 that would move on to the main competition. This first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.
- Episode 8 will be the recap episode.
Makeovers
- Analeigh: Dyed blonde
- Brittany: Long, wavy weave
- Clark: Dyed brown
- Elina: Curly bright red weave
- Hannah: Short brunette bob with bangs
- Isis: Long, dark brown weave
- Joslyn: Long, wavy weave
- Lauren Brie: Dyed platinum blonde
- Marjorie: Dyed brown
- McKey: Cut short and dyed black
- Samantha: Cut short
- Sheena: Dark blonde highlights
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Posing in Metallic Blue Catsuits (Casting)
- Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Political Voting Issues Made Sexy
- Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Posing on a Rope Ladder
- Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Malibu Bikini Shoot
- Episode 5 Photo Shoot: "Posing" With Your Eyes[22]
- Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Natural Disasters[23]
Judges
Cycle statistics
- Total number of contestants: 14
- Oldest contestant: Joslyn Pennywell, 23 years old
- Youngest contestants: Samantha Potter & ShaRaun Brown, both 18 years old
- Shortest contestant: Isis King, 5'7" (170 cm)
- Contestant with the most collective bottom two appearances: Nikeysha Clarke, 2 times
- Contestant with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Nikeysha Clarke, 2 times
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