Cambodia's Next Top Model, Season 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 and 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 talent contract with MYTV, a cash prize of $10,000, the opportunity to appear on the cover of Sovrin Magazine in Cambodia, and a one year membership with The Place Gym in Phnom Penh.
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest)
ContestantAgeHeightHometownFinishPlacePheng Sombath Meas19Phnom Penh Episode 1 18 (quit)Veun Ostin19Phnom PenhEpisode 217–16 (quit)Heang Sreypov27Phnom PenhKheang Kanika22Phnom Penh15Suon Daroth23Siem ReapEpisode 314Trinh Phalla26Phnom PenhEpisode 413 (quit)Peng Thida 24PailinEpisode 512Tang Sovannak Phoung27SenmonoromEpisode 611Kim Karona19SihanoukvilleEpisode 710Prem Prey Sovothana22TakéoEpisode 89Srun Kunthy20Phnom PenhEpisode 98Moun Mich Samnang 18PursatEpisode 107Moeung Sopheak22Phnom PenhEpisode 126Nin Malyneth 21Phnom PenhEpisode 135Hang Soriyan21Phnom PenhEpisode 144Lun Bodalis23Koh KongEpisode 173Ke Chankesey25Kampong Thom2Chan Kong Kar22 Banteay Meanchey1
Episodes
Episode 1 Original Airdate: November 14, 2014
Casting episode.
Quit: Pheng Sombath Meas Featured photographer: Cheky Athiporn
Episode 2 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 Featured photographer: Jack Malipan
Episode 3 Original Airdate: December 5, 2014
First call-out: Meung Sopheak Bottom two: Peng Thida & Suon Daroth Eliminated: Suon Daroth Featured photographer: Alex Tee
Episode 4 Original Airdate: December 12, 2014
First call-out: Ke Chankesey Quit: Trinh Phalla Bottom two: Nin Malyneth & Peng Thida Originally eliminated: Peng Thida
Episode 5 Original Airdate: December 19, 2014
First call-out: Chan Kong Kar Bottom two: Peng Thida & Prem Prey Sovothana Eliminated: Peng Thida Featured photographer: Cheky Athiporn
Episode 6 Original Airdate: December 26, 2014
First call-out: Ke Chankesey Bottom two: Kim Karona & Tang Sovannak Phoung Eliminated: Tang Sovannak Phoung Featured photographer: Alex Tee
Episode 7 Original Airdate: January 2, 2015
First call-out: Hang Soriyan Bottom two: Kim Karona & Meung Sopheak Eliminated: Kim Karona Featured photographer: Mars Mario
Episode 8 Original Airdate: January 9, 2015
First call-out: Lun Bodalis Bottom two: Chan Kong Kar & Prem Prey Sovothana Eliminated: Prem Prey Sovothana Featured photographer: Balazs Maar
Episode 9 Original Airdate: January 16, 2015
First call-out: Lun Bodalis Bottom two: Nin Malyneth & Srun Kunthy Eliminated: Srun Kunthy Featured photographer: Natacha Van
Episode 10 Original Airdate: January 23, 2015 First call-out: Hang Soriyan Bottom two: Meung Sopheak & Moun Mich Samnang Eliminated: Moun Mich Samnang Featured photographer: Natacha Van
Episode 11 Original Airdate: January 30, 2015 First call-out: Chan Kong Kar Bottom two: Lun Bodalis & Nin Malyneth Eliminated: None
Episode 12 Original Airdate: February 6, 2015 First call-out: Chan Kong Kar Bottom two: Moeung Sopheak & Nin Malyneth Eliminated: Moeung Sopheak
Episode 13 Original Airdate: February 13, 2015 First call-out: Chan Kong Kar Bottom two: Lun Bodalis & Nin Malyneth Eliminated: Nin Malyneth Featured photographer: Chem Vuth Sovin
Episode 14 Original Airdate: February 20, 2015 First call-out: Chan Kong Kar Bottom two: Lun Bodalis & Hang Soriyan Eliminated: Hang Soriyan
Episode 15 Original Airdate: February 27, 2015
Recap episode.
Episode 16 Original Airdate: March 6, 2015
Interview to look back to the journey of the final three contestants.
Episode 17 Original Airdate: March 27, 2015
Eliminated: Lun Bodalis Final two: Chan Kong Kar & Ke Chankesey Cambodia's Next Top Model: Chan Kong Kar
Summaries
Call-out order OrderEpisodes123456789101112131417 1KunthySamnangSopheakChankeseyKong KarChankeseySoriyanBodalisBodalisSoriyanKong KarKong KarKong KarKong KarKong Kar 2SovothanaSoriyanMalynethPhallaSoriyanSopheakMalynethSoriyanSopheakKong KarChankeseyBodalisChankeseyChankeseyChankesey 3ThidaKong KarSoriyanKong KarSopheakSoriyanBodalisChankeseySoriyanBodalisSopheakSoriyanSoriyanBodalisBodalis 4DarothMalynethChankeseyBodalisChankeseyBodalisKong KarKunthyChankeseyChankeseySoriyanChankeseyBodalisSoriyan5KaronaThidaKunthySamnangKunthyKong KarChankeseyMalynethSamnangMalynethBodalisMalynethMalynethMalyneth 6SoriyanPhallaSamnangSopheakSamnangSamnangSamnangSopheakKong KarSopheakSopheak 7OstinChankeseySovothanaKaronaKaronaKunthySovothanaSamnangMalynethSamnang 8BodalisKunthyBodalisSoriyanMalynethMalynethKunthyKong KarKunthy 9Sreypov SopheakPhallaSovothanaBodalisSovothanaSopheakSovothana 10MalynethBodalis Kong KarKunthyPhoungKaronaKarona 11KanikaKaronaPhoung PhoungSovothanaPhoung 12MeasDarothKaronaMalynethThida 13ChankeseyPhoungThidaThida 14SamnangSovothanaDaroth 15Kong KarKanika 16SopheakOstinSreypov 17
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.
Photo shoot guide 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
Judges Yok Chenda (Host) Kouy Chandanich (Model) Remy Hou (Designer) Chem Vuth Sovin (Photographer)
References
External links Official website