| Sims Next Top Model |
| Season 1 |
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| Format: Sims Online Reality Series |
| Produced by: Elite Productions |
Judges:
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| No. of Episodes: 8 |
| Production |
| Episodes: Weekly |
| Length 9- 20minutes |
| Broadcast |
| Original Airdate: May 1st 2009 - July 6th 2009 |
| Website for streaming: YouTube |
| External Links |
| Model Portfolios |
| Episode Streaming |
Sims Next Top Model, Cycle 1, premiered May 1st 2009. This cycle took place in New York City. It consisted of 10 finalists moving into the New York apartment. The tagline of the cycle was: "Who's Cinderella Story Will Come True?". The reception of this cycle was very positive as it was the highest rated cycle in the history of SNTM. Also, this season introduced J.Alexander, Rachel Lorentz and Martijin Van. Kessel as the 3 judges along with Tyra Banks the host of the show. The Overseas destination of this season was Athens, Greece. This season's winner was 19 year-old Brooke Stankie. This season averaged 10.6 thousand viewers.
The prizes for this cycle were:
- A modeling contract with Master Model Agency
- A cover & 6 page spread in Seventeen Magazine
- 100,000 dollar contract with Covergirl Cosmetics
Casting
This cycle had youtube viewers create the models in the competition (which is a regular protocol for most sims next top model competitions). 10 sims were chosen as finalists in the competition.
Episode Summaries
The Girls Bust A Move
First Aired: May 1st, 2009
10 finalists enter Sims 2 Next Top Model and their first assignment is to undergo their first photo shoot. The 10 girls were put into groups to evoke a certain culture of dance. Some of the girls were shocked that they had to wear lingerie on their first shoot.
| Contestants | Type Of Dance |
|---|---|
| Brooke & Hailey | Studio Ballet |
| Monica & Natalie | Street Dancers |
| Xylia & Zili | Trance Dancers |
| Jade & Loy | Dance Teach |
| Avery & Kally | Wannabe Fly Girls |
At the end of the shoot, Martijn was impressed with most of the girls performances except for a few (being Kally & Avery). Later the girls move into their Top Model house and tensions flared when Loy and Jade were dishing about the girls. At their first judging, Tyra also agrees that Kally and Avery were the weakest of the week. This landed them in the bottom two sending Kally Home.
- Bottom Two:Kally and Avery
- Eliminated:Kally Hall
- Featured Photographer: Martijn Van Kessel
- Special Guest's:None
- CoverGirl of the week: Brooke
Fresh Faces, New Looks
First Aired: May 8th, 2009
Back at the house, the girls return and see Hailey's photo on their wall as art and Hailey is in complete awe.Jade and Loy decide to gossip about the other girls and
stated why Hailey shouldn't of been called first for her "generic" photo. Jade said that Hailey was only called first because of her pretty face.The girls arrive at the Shauday Salon and recieve their makeovers although some girls strongly dislike their makeovers and are very disapointed with
the choice made for them.Later on in the day the girls have a challenge at the set of their photoshoot.They had to select the makeup for their Beauty Shots.
Zili impressed Ms.Rachel and won the challenge and 50 extra frames.
At Panel, tyra was impressed with some of the girls photos and was dissapointed with Jade, Loy and Xyila.Jade and Xyila were the worst of the week in which landed them in the bottom two and Xyila was eliminated.
- Bottom Two:Xyila Ming Lee & Jade Lopez
- Eliminated: Xyila Ming Lee
- Featured Photographer: Mike Rosenthal
- Special Guests: Hair Stylist
- CoverGirl Of The Week: Brooke Stanckie
Leave It To The Models
First Aired: May 22nd, 2009
The 8 remaining girls headed to their first runway show in which they had to model Haroz high fashion clothing.Later after the runway show the girls had a Late-night photoshoot in the High fashion Soho District.
At panel the judges were wowed by Monica and Brookes performance, in the photo shoot.But it was Natalie and Loy who truly disappointed the judges and Natalie was eliminated.
- Bottom Two: Nalalie Sayers and Loy Taylar
- Eliminated: Natalie Sayers
- Featured Photographer:Mike Ruiz
- Special Guests:Mike Ruiz
- CoverGirl Of The Week: Hailey Thiss
Pose It Off
First Aired: May 27th, 2009
The girls have a model test shot challenge with Tyra Banks , not expecting the photos to be shot in their house and evaluated at panel. The winner of the challenge would have a contract in a Top Sim Agency Division.
- Bottom Two: Jade Lopez and Monica Newport
- Eliminated: Jade Lopez
- Featured Photographer: Nigel Barker
- Special Guests: Nigel Barker
- CoverGirl Of The Week: Brooke Stanckie
Do Or Die
First Aired: June 11th, 2009
6 girls remain and the pressure in the competition is high when guest Photographer Micoux photograph's the girls for their swimsuit shoot in the hamptons. Later, the girls fid out that they will be going overseas to Athens, Greece. But only 5 girls would be able to board the plane to Greece.
- Bottom Two: Loy Taylar and Hailey Thiss
- Eliminated: Loy Taylar
- Featured Photographer: Micoux16
- CoverGirl Of The Week: Brooke
Are You A Goddess Or Are You Not?
First Aired: June 20th, 2009
The girls arrive and move into their new house in Athens, and are not expecting to have their first Go-Sees. The girls have to meet with 5 different designers and have a specific time when they have to meet back with the agency. After the go-sees the girls had a photo shoot as angels in the sky where Avery & Zili failed to impress the judges which landed them in the bottom to. Ultimately, sending Avery packing for a weaker body of work than Zili.
- Bottom Two: Zili Unaka and Avery Winthrop
- Eliminated: Avery Winthrop
- Featured Photographer: Selite Johne
- Special Guests: Leyona Jones
- CoverGirl Of The Week: Brooke
Take it all OFF!
First Aired: June 28th, 2009
The girls have 2 photo shoots 1 being a challenge again evaluated by the panel and another shoot naked. Although, Zili decided that she was opposed to posing nude. The girls were shocked by her decision. During panel the judges deliberate and look at Zili's body of work and decide that Monica's body of work is stronger than hers , thus sending Zili home.
- Bottom Two: Monica Newport & Zili Unaka
- Eliminated: Zili Unaka
- Featured Photographer:Tyra Banks, Nigel Barker
- Special Guests: Ellipse Model Management Male Models
- CoverGirl Of The Week: Brooke
The Girl Who Becomes Sims 2 Next Top Model
First Aired: July 6th, 2009
The final 3 girls are sent to a covergirl studio in greece where they are directed and photographed by Martijn Van Kessel, for covergirl.The girls had a covergirl Outlast Double Lip Shine commercial and then had a photo shoot advertising a different covergirl product Covergirl Wetslicks, Covergirl Outlast Double Lipshine or Covergirl Wetslicks Fruit Spritzers.Later at Panel , Tyra and the judges decide who will be walking in the Maison Renard Fashion Show, Haroz fashion show with models Hail, Mileena , Catarina , Natalee Aziz ,Aryn , Amanda Wright and Kalsome Yayah.
- Bottom Two: Brooke Stanckie & Monica Newport
- Eliminated: Monica Newport
- Featured Photographer:Martijn Van. Kessel
- Featured Commercial Director: Jay Manuel
After the Monica's elimination the girls are immediately sent home and in the morning the girls get ready for their final fashion show. After the show, the girls are immediately sent to judging. Tyra and the judges discuss some of their past photo shoots and their Covergirl Shoot. After a long deliberation, Tyra calls in the girls and announces which one will become Sims 2's Next Top Model
- Final Two: Hailey Thiss & Brooke Stanckie
- Sims 2 Next Top Model: Brooke Stanckie
- Featured Photographer: Martijin Van. Kessel
- Special Guests: Mileena Tisdale,Kalsome Yayah ,Catarina , Hail, & Aryn Wisp
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish |
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| Kally Hall | 21 | Franklin, Ohio | Eliminated in Episode 1 |
| Xyila Ming Lee | 19 | Little Rock, Arkensas | Eliminated in Episode 2 |
| Natalie Sayers | 18 | South Beach, Florida | Eliminated in Episode 3 |
| Jade Lopez | 25 | Brooklyn, New York | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
| Loy Taylar | 23 | Memphis, Tenessee | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
| Avery Winthrop | 22 | Wilmar, Minnesota | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Zili Unaka | 24 | Seattle, Washington | Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| Monica Newport | 19 | Harlem, New York | Eliminated in Episode 8 |
| Hailey Latiner | 20 | Orange County, California | Runner-Up |
| Brooke Stanckie | 18 | Los Angeles, California | Winner |
Summaries
Call Out Order
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 01 | Hailey | Monica | Brooke | Avery | Zili | Hailey | Brooke | Hailey | Brooke | |||||||||||
| 02 | Monica | Zili | Monica | Brooke | Brooke | Monica | Hailey | Brooke | Hailey | |||||||||||
| 03 | Brooke | Hailey | Hailey | Loy | Monica | Brooke | Monica | Monica | ||||||||||||
| 04 | Zili | Brooke | Zili | Zili | Avery | Zili | Zili | |||||||||||||
| 05 | Natalie | Natalie | Avery | Hailey | Hailey | Avery | ||||||||||||||
| 06 | Loy | Avery | Jade | Monica | Loy | |||||||||||||||
| 07 | Jade | Loy | Loy | Jade | ||||||||||||||||
| 08 | Xyila | Jade | Natalie | |||||||||||||||||
| 09 | Avery | Xyila | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Kally | |||||||||||||||||||
- In episode 6 Zili refused to participate in the photo shoot.
Judges
- Tyra Banks
- J.Alexander
- Rachel Lorentz
- Martijin Van. Kessel
Other Cast Members
- Jay Manuel - Photo Director
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Culture Of Dance
- Episode 2 Photo Shoot:Extreme Beauty Close-Up Shots
- Episode 3 Photo Shoot: High Fashion clothing in the "Soho District"
- Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Bad Girls
- Episode 5 Photo Shoot:Designer Swimsutes
- Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Angels In The Sky
- Episode 7 Photo Shoots: Romance/Nude Shot
- Episode 8 Photo Shoot:CoverGirl Cosmetics Print Ad; CoverGirl Outlast Double Lip shine Commercial
Post Top Model Careers
- Brooke Stanckie is currently signed to Star Models in New York City and in Los Angeles. She has also collected all her prizes as the winner of Sims 2 Next Top Model
- Hailey Thiss has joined a ModelVille competition , hover is still waiting to be signed to a popular agency.
- Avery Winthrop has sucessfully been signed to Immense Model Managemen, in Los Angeles. She done some work with Micoux and photographed with Brooke Stanckie
- Monica Newport has been signed to the Master Model agency in New York City, and has modeled for Simverse
- Loy Taylar is looking for an agency
- Zili Unaka has been signed to Star Models as it was her prize in episode 4's reward challenge. (A Modeling Contract with Star Models).
- Jade Lopez is looking for a agency in Hong Kong
- Kally Hall is on the waiting list for a Star Model open casting.
- Xyila Ming Lee is waiting for a Star Model open casting. And may get a spot in another modeling competition.
- Natalie Sayers has not considered modeling as a future career.
Viewers
| # | Episode | Viewers (Ten Thousands) |
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| 1 | "The Girls Bust A Move" | 8.47 |
| 2 | "Fresh Faces, New Looks" | 3.18 |
| 3 | "Leave It To The Models" | 3.28 |
| 4 | "Pose It Off" | 3.65 |
| 5 | "Do Or Die" | 0.61 |
| 6 | "Are You A Goddess Or Are You Not?" | 1.74 |
| 7 | "Take it all OFF!" | 1.11 |
| 8 | "The Girl Who Becomes Sims Next Top Model" | 2.65 |