America's Next Top Model season 12

America's Next Top Model season 12
Promotional photograph of the cast of Cycle 12 of America's Next Top Model
Created by	Tyra Banks
Developed by	Ken Mok Kenya Barris
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Tyra Banks Ken Mok Daniel Soiseth
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	The CW
Release	March 4, 2009

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12 is the twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the sixth season to air on The CW network. It premiered on March 4, 2009. The cycle's catch phrase is "Get In The Fold." The cycle's promotional song is Lady Gaga's "The Fame".

The show will take place in New York City, moving the show back from Los Angeles last season.

The number of girls was once again reduced to 13, the first time since Cycle 9, after being maintained at 14 in the last two cycles.

Episode summaries

What Happens In Vegas

Aired: March 4, 2009

34 semi-finalists arrive at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they are dressed up as "goddesses" and take a profile shot before showing off their walks. Later that night, Tyra arrives dressed up as the "Goddess of Fierce", and tells the models that she is looking for a successor.

Notable interviews include London revealing that she is a street preacher, Tahlia showing her burn scars, Kathryn disappointing the panel for not knowing 5 working models, but then impressed them by citing 3 designers, and Monique confessing that she is a conspiracy theorist. In between interviews, Angelea reveals she had a daughter who passed away, and that she slept in the New York Port Authority bus terminal just so she could audition.

Later, a first cut is made, and 21 girls remain, each having to portray a certain goddess. During the shoot, Sandra and Angelea fight, greatly affecting the latter's performance. Tyra then selects the final 13.

• Featured photographer: Jessica Brooks

Fun and Games

Aired: March 4, 2009

After a trip to the roof of the Empire State Building where Celia is handed the key to the house (and the right to choose her bed) by Nigel and Paulina, the 13 girls move into their New York City loft but quickly realize there are only 12 beds available. Celia takes Sandra's bed, and Sandra starts stirring up trouble by claiming it back until London gives up hers.

The ladies participate in their first fashion show for Abaeté and Sandra only walks half the runway. Tahlia's confidence is crushed when the designer dresses her up fully so as to cover her scars. They later head to Central Park for their first photo shoot where they bring well-known childhood games to life.

Contestant	Childhood Game
Allison	Double Dutch
Aminat	London Bridge
Celia	Hula hoop
Fo	Ring Around the Rosie
Isabella	Dodgeball
Jessica	Jacks
Kortnie	Monkey bars
London	Tug of War
Natalie	Leapfrog
Nijah	Musical chairs
Sandra	Hide and seek
Tahlia	Tag
Teyona	Hopscotch

Allison, Celia and London impressed the judges with their photos, whilst Sandra, Isabella, Tahlia and Jessica struggled to make it work. Allison's picture was unanimously rated the best and, just like in Cycle 11, her picture would be displayed as digital art in their house. The bottom two came down to Isabella and Sandra, where, despite Sandra's poor performances on the runway and in the photo shoot, Isabella was eliminated for failing to know even model basics.

• Bottom two: Isabella Falk & Sandra Nyanchoka
• Eliminated: Isabella Falk
• Featured photographer: Fadil Berisha
• Special guests: Laura Poretzky, Sutan

Do You Light The Way I Look?

Aired: March 11, 2009

It is makeover time. Most of them are pleased by their new looks, but Fo is saddened by the loss of her hair and her presumed femininity. In a Top Model first, Natalie is not given a makeover, as she is deemed to be sufficiently modelesque the way she is. That night the girls go to a bar and Sandra causes tension with Aminat by insinuating that she could get drunk.

The next day, the girls are introduced to their first reward challenge. In teams of 3, they have to search the streets of New York for a woman that embodies the spirit of CoverGirl and act as spokesmodels for the brand, as well as help her do her makeup. Team 1 consisting of Aminat, Celia and Sandra wins the reward of doing a photo shoot that will be displayed on Walmart.com.

The week’s photo shoot requires the girls to direct their own lighting using glowsticks. Fo’s discomfort over her makeover causes her to cry on set, disrupting the shoot. The judges are impressed by Teyona, Celia, Allison, Natalie and London, but are disappointed with a large majority of the rest. Despite a good photo, Fo lands in the bottom two because the judges are concerned that she is unable to be a chameleon, but it is Jessica who is sent home for being unable to translate her beauty into photos.

• Bottom two: Fo Porter & Jessica Santiago
• Eliminated: Jessica Santiago
• Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
• Special guests: Nolé Marin, John Barrett, Elyssa Starkman

New York's Finest

Aired: March 18, 2009

The 11 remaining models attend Miss J's Charm School to practice their runway walks. Cycle 9 contestants Bianca and Chantal were there to give advice to the girls. Back at the house, tension arose when Natalie claimed that Tahlia's picture last week was the worst in the entire group. Teyona received a new weave after Tyra admitted in the last panel that it wasn't what she wanted.

The girls were challenged to walk for Jill Stuart, wearing her Spring Collection and carrying large shopping bags. Despite making a mistake on the runway, Natalie wins the challenge and received a selection of items from the Jill Stuart collection.

The photo shoot involved posing in groups as different characters in famous Manhattan locations:

Contestants	Role and location
Allison & London	Socialites on Fifth Avenue
Aminat & Fo	Stockbrokers on Wall Street
Celia & Sandra	Nannies
Kortnie & Nijah	Artists in SoHo
Natalie, Tahlia and Teyona	Tourists in Times Square

Sandra impressed the judges with her editorial posing and received the first callout. Aminat, Fo and Tahlia also impressed the judges having their photos being their best so far. In the end, Allison, having disappointed the judges by over-analysing her shot, landed in the bottom two with Nijah. However, it was Nijah who was cut for her lackluster photos and relying too much on being beautiful to get by in the competition.

• Bottom two: Allison Harvard & Nijah Harris
• Eliminated: Nijah Harris
• Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
• Special guests: Jill Stuart, Ann Shoket, Bianca Golden, Chantal Jones
• Top Model in Action: Bianca Golden (Cycle 9)

Put Your Best Face Forward

Airs: March 25, 2009

• Bottom two: Kortnie Coles & Sandra Nyanchoka
• Eliminated: Kortnie Coles
• Featured photographer: Brian Edwards
• Special guests: Benny Ninja, David Blond, Sky Nellor & Toccara Jones (Cycle 3)
• Top Model in Action: April Wilkner (Cycle 2)

Here's Your Test

Airs: April 1, 2009

• Bottom two:
• Eliminated:
• Featured photographer:
• Special guests:
• Top Model in Action:

Acting Like a Model

Airs: April 8, 2009

• Bottom two:
• Eliminated:
• Featured commercial director:
• Special guests: Clay Aiken, McKey Sullivan
• Top Model in Action:

Cycle 12 Rewind

Airs: April 8, 2009 as a special at 9:00 ET/8:00 C

TBA

Airs: April 15, 2009

• Bottom two:
• Eliminated:
• Featured photographer:
• Special guests: Ciara
• Top Model in Action:

Contestants

In Order Of Elimination

(ages stated are at time of contest)

• Kelly "Isabella" Falk, 19, Barboursville, Virginia
• Jessica Santiago, 18, Caguas, Puerto Rico
• Nijah Harris, 18, Rancho Cucamonga, California
• Kortnie Coles, 24, Houston, Texas

Still in the Running

• Celia Ammerman, 25, Cynthiana, Kentucky
• Teyona Anderson, 20, Woodstown, New Jersey
• Aminat Ayinde, 21, Union, New Jersey
• Tahlia Brookins, 18, Phoenix, Arizona

• Allison Harvard, 20, Houston, Texas
• Lauren "London" Levi, 18, Arlington, Texas
• Sandra Nyanchoka, 19, Rockville, Maryland
• Natalie Pack, 19, Palos Verdes, California
• Felicia "Fo" Porter, 19, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Summaries

Call-out order

Tyra's call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13
1	Aminat	Allison	Teyona	Sandra	Tahlia
2	Natalie	Fo	Celia	Aminat	Teyona
3	Fo	Teyona	Allison	Tahlia	Allison
4	Allison	London	Natalie	Fo	Natalie
5	Tahlia	Celia	London	Celia	London
6	Celia	Nijah	Nijah	Kortnie	Aminat
7	Nijah	Kortnie	Tahlia	London	Celia
8	London	Natalie	Sandra	Teyona	Fo
9	Teyona	Aminat	Kortnie	Natalie	Sandra
10	Kortnie	Tahlia	Aminat	Allison	Kortnie
11	Isabella	Jessica	Fo	Nijah
12	Jessica	Sandra	Jessica
13	Sandra	Isabella

  The contestant(s) won the reward challenge

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant won the competition

• In episode 1, the pool of 21 girls was reduced to 13 who moved on to the main competition. However, this first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.

Makeovers

• Allison: Long blonde weave
• Aminat: Long, Naomi Campbell weave
• Celia: Cut short
• Fo: Cut very short
• Jessica: Cut, volumized, and red highlights added
• Kortnie: Dyed red
• London: Cut short and dyed blonde
• Natalie: No change
• Nijah: Long weave
• Sandra: Buzzed off and dyed blonde
• Tahlia: Blonde weave
• Teyona: Long, back curly weave; later, Beverly Peele inspired weave

Photo Shoot Guide

• Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Goddess Profile, Types of Goddesses (casting)
• Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Childhood Games
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Group shots using light
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: New York City Sightseeing (Group shots)
• Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Ellis Island Immigrants
• Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Famous Images of Tyra
• Episode 7 Commercial: CoverGirl Cosmetics

Judges

• Tyra Banks
• J. Alexander
• Nigel Barker
• Paulina Porizkova

External links

• Official website
• America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12 at IMDb
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