America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1
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| America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Tyra Banks |
| Executive producer(s) | Tyra Banks, Ken Mok |
| Starring | Tyra Banks, Adrianne Curry, Shannon Niquette Stewart, Elyse Sewell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original channel | UPN |
| Original run | May 20, 2003– |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| [UPN.com Official website] | |
America's Next Top Model (retroactively America's Next Top Model Cycle 1) aka the original version features a dynamic reality show format - in that the viewers not only witness an intense competition to find a top model but also the impact of the competition on and day-to-day lives of a diverse group of contestants.
This first group of contestants included Adrianne Curry, an Illinois native who saw this competition as a chance to overcome a rough financial situation; Ebony Haith, an African-American lesbian model; Elyse Sewell, a recent college graduate who aspired to attend medical school; Giselle Samson, an 18-year-old dancer with Latina roots; Shannon Stewart, a devout Christian, all-American beauty; Robbyne Manning, another devout Christian and the only plus-sized model of this cycle; and Kesse Wallace, who was participating in the competition though her parents disapproved of her pursuit of modeling.
In the end, Adrianne Curry would beat out her competition to become the first winner of America's Next Top Model.
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[edit] Episode summaries
| # | Airdate | Title | Contestant eliminated | Photoshoot Screenshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 20, 2003 | The Girl Who Wants It Bad | Tessa Carlson |  |
| The eight girls selected at semifinals were transported to New York City and escorted to a large loft apartment that they would be sharing for the first half of the competition. A subsequent two contestants were added to the group after being scouted at a separate audition. After Brazilian bikini waxes had been administered to the contestants and initial weights had been recorded, the girls headed to their first photo shoot - a bikini shoot for J. Lo swimwear set atop a Manhattan skyscraper in chilly weather. At the first judging session, the panel of judges - led by Tyra Banks and featuring Janice Dickinson, a supermodel of the 70s, Beau Quillian, a renowned fashion editor, and Kimora Lee Simmons, owner of Baby Phat fashions - evaluated each contestant's best photograph from their shoot. The judges felt that Elyse was too thin - having weighed in at 114 pounds despite being 5"10 - and that Tessa had not learned how to pose correctly. Finally, nine contestants were called forward as safe and handed their photograph, and the judges decided to eliminate Tessa. | ||||
| 2 | May 27, 2003 | The Girls Is Here To Win | Katie Cleary |  |
| In the second installment, tension erupted in the loft between the devout Christians - Robbyne and Shannon - and several other contestants, especially due to Elyse's atheism and Ebony's homosexuality. The second photo shoot was another bikini shot for Stuff Magazine. Katie Cleary was eliminated at panel as the judges felt that she was overly sexual in her photos, which limited her appeal as a model. | ||||
| 3 | June 3, 2003 | The Girl Who Gets Rushed to the Emergency Room | Nicole Panattoni |  |
| The third episode began with makeovers of all eight remaining contestants, in which some girls were more enthusiastic about their new looks than others. Later it was announced that each contestant would be posing with a guest model in that week's shoot - a snake. While this terrified many contestants, the group managed to take strong photos as a whole. The day after the shoot, contestant Adrianne was rushed to the hosptial for severe food poisoning, and she later forced her way out of the hospital and back to the competition after being told by show producers that missing a judging session would result in automatic elimination. At panel, it was Nicole Panattoni who was ousted. Though she had taken a good photograph, she was deemed not committed enough to the competition. | ||||
| 4 | June 10, 2003 | The Girl Who Drives Everyone Crazy | Ebony Haith |  |
| The seven remaining contestants were challenged to polish their acting skills and collaborated to shoot a television commercial for contact lenses. The main source of drama in this episode revolved around contestant Ebony, whose partner came to visit her during the episode, much to the consternation of the Christians in the house. At judging, Giselle and Ebony were singled for their poor performance in the challenge, and Ebony became the fourth person eliminated from the competition. | ||||
| 5 | June 17, 2003 | The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is Killing Herself | Giselle Samson |  |
| In the week's challenge, the contestants tried to impress a tough interviewer, and Elyse's candid and outspoken remarks won her and Adrianne the opportunity to invite Elyse's boyfriend Marty and Adrianne's mother to the loft for a brief visit. In that week's photo shoot, each model was pictured with NFL Rookie of the Year Clinton Portis, and Giselle Samson was sent home at panel because she could not overcome her low self-confidence issues despite her modeling talent. | ||||
| 6 | June 24, 2003 | The Girl Who Deals with a Pervert | Kesse Wallace |  |
| The five remaining contestants - Kesse, Robbyne, Elyse, Shannon, and Adrianne - were then told that they would be flying to fashion capital Paris for the remainder of the competition. Here, they had a lingerie shoot with a male model, and each girl was given the opportunity to go on several go-sees to impress Parisian designers. Adrianne was phased by an unwanted encounter with a Parisian man while looking for a go-see destination. Kesse Wallace was cut at evaluation for not demonstrating enough desire to continue in the competition. | ||||
| 7 | July 1, 2003 | The Girls Who Get Really Naked | Robbyne Manning |  |
| The final four aspiring models tried on couture outfits for Parisian designers and were asked to pose naked in their photo shoot for diamond jewelry. Robbyne Manning and Shannon Stewart refused due to their personal sense of morality. Subsequently, these two contestants were called forward as the bottom two, and Robbyne was ousted. | ||||
| - | July 8, 2003 | How the Girls Got Here | None |  |
| This recap episode featured a summary of the episodes that already aired leading up to how Elyse Sewell, Adrianne Curry, and Shannon Stewart had beat out their competitors to become the final three. | ||||
| 8 | July 15, 2003 | The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model | Elyse Sewell, Shannon Stewart |  |
| In the first half of Cycle 1's finale, the three finalists were evaluated by Kimora Lee Simmons and again by the judging panel. In a surprising elimination, Elyse Sewell and Adrianne Curry - a pair that had become close friends through the competition - were placed in the bottom two, and Elyse was ousted because the judges felt her intelligence sometimes came across as superciliousness and that she had not taken to heart the judges' credence in modeling being a profession that required brains and beauty. Soon after this, Adrianne and Shannon faced off on the runway modeling Baby Phat fashions, and finally both girls faced the panel one last time. Tyra told the remaining girls that the winner will receive a contract with Revlon, a spread in Marie Claire magazine, and a contract with prestigious agency Wilhelmina Models. After evalulating, Tyra told that America's Next Top Model will be revealed on a large cover of fictional ANTM Magazine behind the judges' panel. The sheet draped over the picture fell down as Adrianne is declared the winner. | ||||
[edit] Callout Order
| Order | Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ebony | Shannon | Shannon | Kesse | Adrianne | Elyse | Elyse | Shannon | Adrianne |
| 02 | Elyse | Nicole | Kesse | Elyse | Kesse | Shannon | Adrianne | Adrianne | Shannon |
| 03 | Kesse | Giselle | Elyse | Adrianne | Shannon | Robin | Shannon | Elyse | |
| 04 | Adrianne | Robin | Giselle | Robin | Robin | Adrianne | Robin | ||
| 05 | Katie | Adrianne | Adrianne | Shannon | Elyse | Kesse | |||
| 06 | Nicole | Ebony | Robin | Giselle | Giselle | ||||
| 07 | Giselle | Elyse | Ebony | Ebony | |||||
| 08 | Robin | Kesse | Nicole | ||||||
| 09 | Shannon | Katie | |||||||
| 10 | Tessa |
- The model won the week's reward challenge
- The model did not participate in the photoshoot
- The model was eliminated
- The model did not participate in the photoshoot and was eliminated
- The model won the competition
[edit] "The Runway Ahead"
Since the show aired in 2003, Adrianne Curry has been better known as a cast member of VH1's The Surreal Life and love interest of former Brady Bunch star Chris Knight on another reality series, My Fair Brady. It was recently announced that her wedding to Knight would be publicly televised. Without much dispute, it has been Elyse Sewell who has enjoyed the most successful modeling career of the ten contestants of Cycle 1 and arguably the most modeling success of any Top Model alumna.
[edit] Contestants
(in order of elimination)
- Tessa Carlson
- Katie Cleary
- Nicole Panattoni
- Ebony Haith
- Giselle Samson
- Kesse Wallace
- Robbyne Manning
- Elyse Sewell
- Shannon Stewart (runner-up)
- Adrianne Curry (winner)
[edit] Makeovers
- Adrianne- Hair weave
- Ebony- Tuft of hair shaved
- Elyse- Pixie hair cut
- Giselle- Layered red hair
- Kesse- "Tyra Banks 1992" hair extensions
- Nicole- Straightened
- Robin- Brown extensions
- Shannon- Bleached and hair extensions
[edit] Photoshoots Guide
- Week 1 Photoshoot : Rooftop Swimwear Shoot
- Week 2 Photoshoot : Swimwear Shoot For Stuff Magazine
- Week 3 Photoshoot : Beauty Shot With Snakes
- Week 4 Commercial : Contact Lenses Commercial
- Week 5 Photoshoot : Dancing And Movement; Clinton Portis posed with the girls
- Week 6 Photoshoot : Wonderbra with view of the Eiffel Tower
- Week 7 Photoshoot : Merrit Diamonds nude photo shoot with coal and water in Buddha Bar; Black And White stills taken on the balcony of the Paris Hilton Hotel.
[edit] Judges
| America's Next Top Model |
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| Judges |
| Janice Dickinson | Twiggy | Tyra Banks | Nigel Barker | J. Alexander | Jay Manuel | Beau Quillian |
| Cycles & Winners |
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Please see individual cycle articles for additional contestants |
