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 and Macau, with the casting was held in selected cities of China - Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. It began airing on January 13, 2008.
Among the prizes for this season was a contract with NEXT Model Management and became the spokesperson for Pantene.
Yin Ge, 21 year old from Changsha, became the first winner of China's Next Top Model.
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest) Contestant Age Hometown FinishPlaceLiu Wen Jing 26ChongqingEpisode 310 (quit)Bao Jie 21Anhui9Zhang Xiao Pei 20ShanghaiEpisode 48Tanya Zy 28Belarus Episode 57Wu Mei Ting 21GuangzhouEpisode 66Ma Shu Yi 21GuangzhouEpisode 75Zhu Feng 19ShanghaiEpisode 94 (quit)Yan Xue Qian 19Shanghai Episode 103Wang Jia 21Harbin2Yin Ge 21Changsha1
Episodes 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
Summaries Call-out order +Ai's call-out orderOrderEpisodes1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101 Ge Feng Jia GeGe Jia Ge2 Tanya Ge Ge Jia Ge FengJia Ge Jia3Ge Feng Feng Shu Yi 4 Jie Mei Ting Shu Yi Shu Yi Ge Ge Feng Jia Feng5 Xiao Pei Xiao Pei Mei Ting Feng Jia Shu Yi 6 Shu Yi Feng Tanya Jia Mei Ting Mei Ting 7 Jia Xiao Pei Tanya Tanya 8 Jia Jie Jia Xiao Pei 9 Tanya Jie 10 Feng Shu Yi
The contestant was eliminated The contestant was eliminated but allowed to remain in the competition The contestant quit the competition The contestant won the competition
In episode 3, Wen Jing decided to quit the competition, for pregnancy reasons. Shu Yi re-entered the competition to replace her. In episode 9, It was revealed that Feng decided quit the competition, after the previous episode ended. She was replaced by Wang Jia, who had been eliminated the previous episode. Additionally, no elimination took place.
Bottom Two
EpisodesContestantsEliminated2Shu Yi&Xue QianShu Yi3Jia&JieJie4Tanya&Xiao PeiXiao Pei5Mei Ting&TanyaTanya6Jia&Mei TingMei Ting7Feng&Shu YiShu Yi8Jia&Xue QianJia9None10Ge&Xue QianXue QianGe&JiaJia
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two The contestant quit the competition The contestant was placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order Final two are not included. Rank byaverage Place Model Call-outtotal Number ofcall-outs Call-outaverage 1 1 Ge 19 9 2.11 2 10 Wen Jing 3 1 3.00 3 4 Feng 24 7 3.42 4 3 Xue Qian 32 9 3.55 5 2 Jia 36 9 4.00 6 6 Mei Ting 22 5 4.40 7 5 Shu Yi 27 6 4.50 8 7 Tanya 22 4 5.50 9 8 Xiao Pei 20 3 6.67 10 9 Jie 17 2 8.50
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 Xiao Pei: Layered and dyed dark red Tanya: Volumized waves and dyed light brown Mei Ting: Bob cut and dyed brown Shu Yi: Trimmed and volumized curls Feng: Cut shorter and dyed dark brown Xue Qian: Layered bob cut and dyed dark brown Wang Jia: Shoulder-length bob Ge: Long straight black extensions
References
External links Official Site Article on China's Next Top Model