WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

“AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL”

(8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) Season 12

“Let’s Go See The City” THE GIRLS GO ON “GO SEES”

The five remaining girls learn they will have to go on “go sees” with five different designers around the city. In a race against the clock, the girls try to wow the designers and navigate their way around the foreign land, both high above and below the city (#1210).

Last week upon arrival in São Paulo, Brazil, the remaining six contestants were greeted by Brazil’s Next Top Model host Fernanda Motta and had to race in pairs to deliver flowers to Helô Pinheiro, “the girl from Ipanema.” Natalie and Fo were the first to arrive and they received prizes as well as the keys to their new home.

The following day, the girls learned the martial art of Capoeira and Celia accidentally kicked Aminat in the face during practice. They were then challenged to perform while attempting to produce a good photograph and most girls struggled, such as Celia who rerpeatedly blocked her face, Teyona who does capoeira more than she modeled and Natalie who didn’t push through. Fo’s photo was chosen as the best, granting her 50% more frames during the next photo shoot while another contestant would lose 50%. Fo, still bitter that Teyona did not choose her to share in her reward during the previous episode, chose Teyona to lose half of her frames.

For the photo shoot, the models must embody Brazilian icon Carmen Miranda. Allison surprised Jay with her creativity and Teyona exceled despite having only 25 frames for the photo shoot. On the other hand, Aminat and Fo struggled to deliver a shot with Jay criticizing Fo as interpreting the Brazilian icon too literally that she lost her model sense.

At panel, Allison’s photo received praise for her successful embodiment of the icon and Teyona’s photo was deemed as the only “model” shot in the bunch. Despite the good photo, Teyona’s wardrobe was criticized while Celia’s photo was chastised for not looking fresh. In the end, it was Natalie and Aminat whom were lambasted for their boring pictures and they consequently landed in the bottom two. The judges saw more potential in Aminat and eliminated Natalie for having an uninspiring personality and portfolio throughout the competition.

AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL” CYCLE 12 PARTICIPANTS:

Name: ALLISON
Age: 20
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisana
Occupation: Artist

Name: AMINAT
Age: 21
Hometown: Union, New Jersey
Occupation: Student

Name: CELIA
Age: 25
Hometown: Cynthiana, Kentucky
Occupation: Designer Fashion Sales

Name: FO
Age: 19
Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Occupation: Student

Name: ISABELLA (Eliminated in Week Two)
Age: 19
Hometown: Barboursville, Virginia
Occupation: Aspiring Model

Name: JESSICA (Eliminated in Week Three)
Age: 18
Hometown: Bradenton, Florida
Occupation: Student

Name: KORTNIE (Eliminated in Week Five)
Age: 24
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Occupation: Non-Profit Organizer

Name: LONDON (Eliminated in Episode Nine)
Age: 18
Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Occupation: Student

Name: NATALIE (Eliminated in Week Ten)
Age: 19
Hometown: Palos Verdes, California
Occupation: Student

Name: NIJAH (Eliminated in Week Four)
Age: 18
Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, California
Occupation: Aspiring Model

Name: SANDRA (Eliminated in Week Six)
Age: 19
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland
Occupation: Student

Name: TAHLIA (Eliminated in Week Seven)
Age: 18
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Occupation: Student

Name: TEYONA
Age: 20
Hometown: Woodstown, New Jersey
Occupation: Loss Prevention Representative

During this cycle, the 13 participants live together and ferociously vie for the grand prize, competing in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp. The participants abilities are tested each week as they strive to master the runway and fashion photo shoots, perfect publicity skills and learn the business aspects of becoming a supermodel, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL cameras. Throughout the series, supermodel Tyra Banks, art director of photo shoots Jay Manuel, and runway guru J. Alexander mentor the participants.

Banks leads the panel of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL judges, comprised of leading fashion industry experts. The panel consists of supermodel Paulina Porizkova, along with photographer Nigel Barker and runway expert J. Alexander, who closely evaluate the progress of the models to narrow the field each week. In addition, special guest judges appear to critique the participants within his or her area of expertise.

The winner of The CW’s AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL will be managed by Elite Model Management. She also receives a $100,000 contract with cosmetics giant CoverGirl. Finally, the winner will appear on the cover and six-page fashion spread in Seventeen magazine.

AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment, in association with Bankable Productions. Tyra Banks is the creator and executive producer along with Ken Mok (“Making the Band”) and Daniel Soiseth (“Hell’s Kitchen“).

Source: The CW Press Release