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China's Next Top Model (cycle 1)

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Country of origin
  
China

Original network
  
Sichuan Satellite TV

Final episode date
  
23 March 2008

Program creator
  
Tyra Banks

No. of episodes
  
10

First episode date
  
13 January 2008

Number of episodes
  
10

Genre
  
Reality television

Original release
  
January 13 – March 23, 2008

Similar
  
Canada's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model, Asia's Next Top Model, Philippines' Next Top Model, Korea's Next Top Model

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.

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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.

21-year-old Yin Ge from Changsha became the first winner of China's Next Top Model.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

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

    • Call-out order

         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

  • Feng: Hair shortened
  • Ge: Long black hair extensions
  • Jia: Trimmed
  • Mei Ting: Flip level haircut and dyed brown
  • Shu Yi: Hair curled at bottom
  • Tanya: Hair was bleached and permed wavy
  • Xiao Pei: Hair was curled and dyed red
  • Xue Qian: Hair was bleached and curled

    • References

    China's Next Top Model (cycle 1) Wikipedia
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