Cambodia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 is the first installment of an upcoming reality television show hosted by Yok Chenda in which a number of women compete for the title of Cambodia's Next Top Model along with the chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. The other three judges are Kouy Chandanich, Remy Hou, and Chem Vuth Sovin.
The show's first season included 50 semi-finalists, which were revealed on a weekly basis in clusters of five on the show's official Facebook page. The same was done for the revealing of the top 35. Fifteen finalists were selected to move on to the main competition.
Casting calls and auditions were held in Cambodia from May through June 2014. Contestants were required to be between the ages of 18-27, and meet a minimum height requirement of 1.65 meters (5 ft 5 in, excluding the Maltese adaptation of the Top Model franchise, this is the lowest height cut-off in any adaptation). The show began to air on November 14, 2014.
The winner of the competition was 22-year-old Chan Kong Kar from Banteay Meanchey. Apart from winning the title of Cambodia's Next Top Model, she will receive a cash prize of $20,000, the opportunity to appear on the cover of Sovrin Magazine in Cambodia, and a one year membership with The Place Gym in Phnom Penh.
(ages stated are at start of contest)
Original Airdate: November 14, 2014
Casting episode.
Quit: Pheng Sombath Meas
Original Airdate: November 28, 2014
Quit: Heang Sreypov & Veun Ostin
Entered: Tang Sovannak Phoung & Trinh Phalla
First call-out: Moun Mich Samnang
Bottom two: Kheang Kanika & Prem Prey Sovothana
Eliminated: Kheang Kanika
Original Airdate: December 5, 2014
First call-out: Meung Sopheak
Bottom two: Peng Thida & Suon Daroth
Eliminated: Suon Daroth
Original Airdate: December 12, 2014
First call-out: Ke Chankesey
Quit: Trinh Phalla
Bottom two: Nin Malyneth & Peng Thida
Originally eliminated: Peng Thida
Original Airdate: December 19, 2014
First call-out: Chan Kong Kar
Bottom two: Peng Thida & Prem Prey Sovothana
Eliminated: Peng Thida
Original Airdate: December 26, 2014
First call-out: Ke Chankesey
Bottom two: Kim Karona & Tang Sovannak Phoung
Eliminated: Tang Sovannak Phoung
Original Airdate: January 2, 2015
First call-out: Hang Soriyan
Bottom two: Kim Karona & Meung Sopheak
Eliminated: Kim Karona
Original Airdate: January 9, 2015
First call-out: Lun Bodalis
Bottom two: Chan Kong Kar & Prem Prey Sovothana
Eliminated: Prem Prey Sovothana
Original Airdate: January 16, 2015
First call-out: Lun Bodalis
Bottom two: Nin Malyneth & Srun Kunthy
Eliminated: Srun Kunthy
Original Airdate: January 23, 2015
First call-out: Hang Soriyan
Bottom two: Meung Sopheak & Moun Mich Samnang
Eliminated: Moun Mich Samnang
Original Airdate: January 30, 2015
First call-out: Chan Kong Kar
Bottom two: Lun Bodalis & Nin Malyneth
Eliminated: None
Original Airdate: February 6, 2015
First call-out: Chan Kong Kar
Bottom two: Meung Sopheak & Nin Malyneth
Eliminated: Meung Sopheak
Original Airdate: February 13, 2015
First call-out: Chan Kong Kar
Bottom two: Lun Bodalis & Nin Malyneth
Eliminated: Nin Malyneth
Original Airdate: February 20, 2015
First call-out: Chan Kong Kar
Bottom two: Lun Bodalis & Hang Soriyan
Eliminated: Hang Soriyan
Original Airdate: February 27, 2015
Recap episode.
Original Airdate: March 6, 2015
Interview to look back to the journey of the final three contestants.
Original Airdate: March 27, 2015
Eliminated: Lun Bodalis
Final two: Chan Kong Kar & Ke Chankesey
Cambodia's Next Top Model: Chan Kong Kar
The contestant quit the competition.
The contestant was eliminated.
The contestant was the original eliminee but was saved.
The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.
The contestant won the competition.
Episode 1 began with 50 contestants. The first preliminary photo shoot determined the top 35 semi-finalists. An interview with the judges saw another 13 girls eliminated. A final photo shoot was used to narrow the pool of 22 to the final 15 contestants. Meas was originally chosen to be a part of the top fifteen, but decided to quit after the finalists had been selected. Due to the number opening, Sopheak was allowed to enter the competition.
In episode 2, Ostin and Sreypov quit the competition. Phalla and Phoung were brought in as their replacements.
In episode 4, Phalla quit the competition. As a result, Thida was allowed to remain in the competition.
In episode 11 Bodalis and Malyneth landed in the bottom two. Neither of them was eliminated.
Episode 15 was the recap episode.
Episode 16 was the interview special featuring the contestants who participated during the season. Daroth, Phalla and Karona decided not to take part in this episode.
Episode 1 photo shoot: Modeling Levi's jeans in B&W
Episode 2 photo shoot: Floating in a pool of flowers
Episode 3 photo shoot: Jewelry beauty shots with tarantulas and lizards
Episode 4 photo shoot: Motorcycles on a railroad track
Episode 5 photo shoot: Adidas boxing advertisements
Episode 6 photo shoot: Movement on a trampoline
Episode 7 photo shoot: Fairy tale couture
Episode 8 photo shoot: Covered in paint
Episode 9 photo shoot: Lost in an island with a male model
Episode 10 photo shoot: Lighting candles in a canoe
Episode 11 photo shoot: Pedro handbags over the Cambodian skyline
Episode 12 commercial: Natural republic creamy lipstick
Episode 13 photo shoot: Portraying film actresses
Episode 14 photo shoot: Cambodian goddesses
Episode 17 photo shoots: Sovrin magazine covers; posing live onstage
Yok Chenda (Host)
Kouy Chandanich (Model)
Remy Hou (Designer)
Chem Vuth Sovin (Photographer)
