America's Next Top Model season 2

America's Next Top Model season 2
Promotional photograph of the cast of Cycle 2 of America's Next Top Model
Created by	Tyra Banks
Starring	Tyra Banks
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	11 & Special
Production
Executive producers	Tyra Banks Ken Mok
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	UPN
Release	January 13 – March 23, 2004

America's Next Top Model Cycle 2, the Editorial Season, is a reality show hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, which aims to find the next top fashion model. The cycle's catch-phrase is "They Are All Gorgeous, But Only One Has What It Takes".

The first series featured a cast of 12 contestants. The international destination for the cycle was Milan, Italy. Twenty-three year old Yoanna House from Jacksonville, Florida became the oldest winner of America's Next Top Model. She won a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread within Jane magazine, and a cosmetics campaign with Sephora.

Episode Summaries

The Girl Who Overslept

Original Airdate: January 13, 2004

The girls are picked up on a decked out bus in New York where they meet each other and start sizing up the competition.

When they get off the bus, they meet Tyra for the first time, then go straight onto a show. Their first runway show is held on a US Marines ship. April makes a mistake that could cost her, until Jenascia steps in to save her. Tyra watches the girls and comments, "They really don't know what they're doing."

That evening they go to their new home. It is a funky, modern, blinged out suite. They then go to a fancy restaurant, where Camille says that the other girls were embarrassing her.

At the Adam and Eve themed nude photo shoot the girls are required to model wearing only sequins and body paint. This doesn't go over well with Anna and she decides not to participate. Jenascia oversleeps and comes in late for the shoot.

At the first judging session, the judges are put off by the fact that Jenascia was late. However, they ultimately choose to eliminate Anna for her refusal to participate in the shoot.

• Bottom two: Jenascia Chakos and Anna Bradfield
• Eliminated: Anna Bradfield

The Girl Who Floats Like A Butterfly And Stings Like A Bee

Original Airdate: January 20, 2004

After the first elimination, the remaining eleven girls receive runway training from J. Alexander.

At their photo shoot, the girls are required to style themselves using Steve Madden shoes, before they pick their own best shot for the week.

At the second meeting with the judging panel, Bethany is cut, as the judges feel that she didn't know how to correctly position her large bust in photographs.

• Bottom two: Shandi Sullivan and Bethany Harrison
• Eliminated: Bethany Harrison

The Girl Who Can Cry At The Drop Of A Hat

Original Airdate: January 27, 2004

The girls get their makeovers, then Jay Manuel tests their make-up skill by giving the girl 15 minutes to do their make-up with one mirror, set of brushes, and palette. the winner, Yoanna, gets a dinner with 3 friends, Sara, April, Xiomara, while the rest of the girl shop, prepare, and serve the dinner. After the challenge Shandi collapses on the floor from low blood sugar. During the dinner Catie and Heather bond over being alienated from the group.

The next day at the photo shoot the girls arrive at a very weird, scary looking building. The photo is shot suspended over a ledge over a giant hole in the building wearing Laundry by Shelli Segal. Catie struggles because her ultimate fear is falling to her death, but goes through with 12 frames beautifully.

While the judges are deliberating at the elimination, Catie passes out and everyone starts fanning her. Xiomara and Heather are in the bottom two, but Heather is eliminated for her lack of versatility and experience.

• Bottom two: Xiomara Frans and Heather Blumberg
• Eliminated: Heather Blumberg

The Girl Who Needs Six Months Of Modeling School

Original Airdate: February 3, 2004

Mercedes' hair started falling out from the high dosage of medication for her lupus, and Camille was late for boxing with Martin Snow, April won the workout challenge. The girls have a challenge to dress as their personal style, as they are being critiqued Catie gets a comment about looking hooker like and takes it too personally by back talking the judge and crying. The girls go to meet Betsey Johnson and test their personal style, but only allowed to use everyone else’s clothes, not their own. The winner, Shandi, gets a fabulous dinner at JL with Adrianne Curry and 2 friends, Yoanna and Xiomara.

The girls' photo shoot this week involves them being celebrities where Xiomara is offended at having to portray Grace Jones and Mercedes did an amazing job through the pain of her illness.

Model	Celebrity
April	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Camille	Diana Ross
Catie	Marilyn Monroe
Jenascia	Salma Hayek
Mercedes	Billie Holiday
Sara	Angelina Jolie
Shandi	Nicole Kidman
Xiomara	Grace Jones
Yoanna	Audrey Hepburn

At the elimination the girl all showed up in the infamous little black dress and had to accessorize in 60 seconds. Catie and Jenascia are in the bottom 2 but Jenascia is eliminated because she can't overcompensate for her shortness.

• Bottom two: Catie Anderson and Jenascia Chakos
• Eliminated: Jenascia Chakos

The Girl Who Is A Visual Orgasm

Original Airdate: February 10, 2004

The girls undergo personality coaching. One girl gets emotional over a strange guest and a judge asks some very hard questions. Secrets and relationships are revealed in this week's episode. The girls pose underwater for Quench Water. April had the best picture, Catie's pose got great reviews and Xiomara's photo looks like a "walrus wearing chiffon".

• Bottom two: Camille McDonald and Xiomara Frans
• Eliminated: Xiomara Frans

The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up

Original Airdate: February 17, 2004

The girls' photo shoot for this week is simple beauty shots, photographs taken in black and white that focus on their face. After that, the girls are taken to an acting challenge where they will have to act out a scene. Camille mixes the lines and is called hopeless by the coach. The last stop for the girls is a fast-paced action packed Matrix like commercial for Rollitos chips. April is hailed for her performance in the commercial and photo shoot. Camille and Catie fall flat in both areas. Camille is criticized for her attitude and Catie is sent home because the judges felt she was not emotionally ready to handle modeling.

• Bottom two: Camille McDonald and Catie Anderson
• Eliminated: Catie Anderson

The Girl Who Is Dripping With Hypocrisy

Original Airdate: February 24, 2004

The girls step it up in more ways then one at this week challenge. And some girls prove they are more than just great beauties, but that they also have brains.

During this episode, instead of a photo shoot, the girls perform in Tyra's music video for "Shake Ya Body". In the video April nearly succeeds in pushing Yoanna off the runway. Yoanna is in the bottom two for her poor performance in the video, wherein she fell down after her section was done. However, it was Sara who went home instead, due to the panel seeing her as more of a "commercial" model who they felt was too pin-up and sexy for the fashion world.

• Bottom two: Yoanna House and Sara Racey-Tabrizi
• Eliminated: Sara Racey-Tabrizi

The Girl With The Signature Walk

Original Airdate: March 2, 2004

The girls go to Milan. Shandi is described as the best high fashion model, Mercedes as being a bit commercial, April as photographing well but weak in other areas, Yoanna has to work on her body and Camille wins the challenge for strong presence. Camille implies that Yoanna has an eating disorder at dinner in front of Tyra, which is not true. The girls do a high fashion shoot for Solstice sunglasses. April has mixed reviews, Camille looks pigeon toed and is the photographer's least favorite, Mercedes looks commercial, Yoanna hides her body well and Shandi takes some of the photographer's best shots all year. Mercedes is in the bottom 2 for looking commercial and for lack of editorial potential and Camille is eliminated because of her attitude and gets very defensive.

• Bottom two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte and Camille McDonald
• Eliminated: Camille McDonald

The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Snakes

Original Airdate: March 9, 2004

This is the recap episode.

The Girl Who Cheated

Original Airdate: March 16, 2004

Male models come over and Shandi cheats on her boyfriend, she feels extreme guilt and makes a painful phone-call to her boyfriend. The girls must shop at a flea market and find an outfit that is high fashion. Shandi wins the challenge. The girls team up to do a sensual, romantic nude shoot. In a shocking elimination April, the frontrunner, is eliminated for taking the best pictures but for not being connecting emotionally in pictures and for being too clinical and over directing the shoot.

• Bottom two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte and April Wilkner
• Eliminated: April Wilkner

The Girl Who Is America's Next Top Model

Original Airdate: March 23, 2004

The girls' photo shoot for the day is a beauty shot where the girls are dressed opposite of their normal style. At judging Mercedes is hailed for finally looking like an editorial model. Shandi and Yoanna are in the bottom 2 for falling apart at judging, in the end Shandi is eliminated due to lack of focus. After the shoot, the girls meet up with Dsquared with whom the final 2 girls will walk in their fashion show. At the fashion show, Mercedes and Yoanna hurry to get their outfits on. At judging the judges agreed that Mercedes stole the show and that Yoanna's face is unique. After a long hard deliberation, a large television reveals the winner to be Yoanna.

• Bottom two: Yoanna House and Shandi Sullivan
• Eliminated: Shandi Sullivan
• Final two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte and Yoanna House
• America's Next Top Model: Yoanna House

Contestants

In order of elimination

(ages stated are at time of contest)

• Anna Bradfield, 24, from LaGrange, Georgia
• Bethany Harrison, 22, from Houston, Texas
• Heather Blumberg, 18, from Moreno Valley, California
• Jenascia Chakos, 21, from Burien, Washington
• Xiomara Frans, 25, from Morganville, New Jersey
• Catheryne "Catie" Anderson, 18, from Willmar, Minnesota
• Sara Racey-Tabrizi, 22, from Seattle, Washington
• Camille McDonald, 25, from Mamaroneck, New York
• April Wilkner, 23, from Miami Beach, Florida
• Shandi Sullivan, 21, from Kansas City, Missouri
• Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, 21, from Valencia, California (runner-up)
• Yoanna House, 23, from Jacksonville, Florida (winner)

Summaries

Call-out order

Tyra’s Callout Order

Order	Ep 1	Ep 2	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 7	Ep 8	Ep 10	Ep 11
01	Camille	Catie	Shandi	Mercedes	Sara	April	Shandi	Shandi	Yoanna	Mercedes	Yoanna
02	Shandi	Yoanna	April	Xiomara	Mercedes	Yoanna	Mercedes	Yoanna	Shandi	Yoanna	Mercedes
03	April	Camille	Yoanna	Shandi	April	Mercedes	Camille	April	Mercedes	Shandi
04	Mercedes	April	Mercedes	Yoanna	Yoanna	Shandi	April	Mercedes	April
05	Catie	Mercedes	Sara	Sara	Catie	Sara	Yoanna	Camille
06	Sara	Sara	Camille	April	Shandi	Camille	Sara
07	Heather	Xiomara	Jenascia	Camille	Camille	Catie
08	Yoanna	Heather	Catie	Catie	Xiomara
09	Bethany	Jenascia	Xiomara	Jenascia
10	Xiomara	Shandi	Heather
11	Jenascia	Bethany
12	Anna

  The contestant won the week's reward challenge

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant won the reward and was eliminated on the same episode

  The contestant won the competition

• Episode 9 was the recap episode.

Makeovers

This cycle's makeovers include not only hair and make-up but teeth whitening and nails.

• Heather: A bit more blonde
• Jenascia: Chopped hair to suit her height
• Xiomara: Wavy hair extensions
• Catie: Twiggy inspired haircut
• Sara: Blonde
• Camille: Braids removed, long and straight
• April: Darker hair and bangs
• Shandi: Platinum blonde and contacts
• Mercedes: Animalistic hair extensions
• Yoanna: Modern mohawk

Photo Shoot Guide

• Week 1 Photo Shoot: Eve in the Garden of Eden nude
• Week 2 Photo Shoot: Steve Madden shoes
• Week 3 Photo Shoot: Laundry by Shelli Segal
• Week 4 Photo Shoot: Celebrity impersonations
• Week 5 Photo Shoot: Quénch underwater shoot
• Week 6 Photo Shoot: Black and white beauty shot; Commercial for Rollitos Chips
• Week 7 Music Video: Dancing On Tyra's music video "Shake Ya Body"
• Week 8 Photo Shoot: Solstice Sunglasses
• Week 10 Photo Shoot: Lakeside female nude interaction shots
• Week 11 Photo Shoot: High-edge beauty shot
• Runway Finale: Dsquared Fashion Show

Judges

• Tyra Banks
• Janice Dickinson
• Nigel Barker
• Eric Nicholson

Cycle Statistics

• Total number of contestants: 12
• Oldest contestants: Xiomara Frans, 25 years old
• Youngest contestants: Catie Anderson and Heather Blumberg, both 18 years old
• Tallest contestants: Xiomara Frans and Yoanna House, both 5'11" (180 cm)
• Shortest contestant: Jenascia Chakos, 5'7" (170 cm)
• Contestant with the most consecutive challenge wins: April Wilkner, 2 wins
• Contestants with the most collective challenge wins: April Wilkner and Shandi Sullivan, both 2 wins
• Top 3's call-out mean (excluding final judging panel): Yoanna House - 3.3, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte - 2.9, Shandi Sullivan - 3.3
• Top 3's call-out median (excluding final judging panel): Yoanna House - 2.5, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte - 3, Shandi Sullivan - 2.5
• Contestant with the most collective first call outs: Shandi Sullivan, 3 times
• Contestants with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Camille McDonald, and Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, both 2 times
• Contestant with the most collective bottom two appearances: Camille McDonald, 3 times