Asia's Next Top Model

Asia's Next Top Model

Asia's Next Top Model logo
Created by Tyra Banks
Presented by Cindy Bishop (4-)
Former
Nadya Hutagalung (1-2)
Georgina Wilson (3)
Judges
Country of origin Singapore
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 46 - 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Glenn Sims (4-)
Running time 41 - 43
Production company(s) Ice-TV (s 1)
FIC (s 2-)
activeTV (s 2)
Beach House Pictures (s 3)
FremantleMedia (s 4)[1]
Distributor CBS Television Distribution (International)
Release
Original network Star World
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)
External links
Website

Asia's Next Top Model (abbreviated as "AsNTM") is a reality television show, based on the American franchise America's Next Top Model, in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of Asia's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The show features models from the entire Far East region, including South Asia.

Search

An extensive online search takes place for the selection process. Models of Asian descent are encouraged to apply, but are required to speak and write in perfect English. All applicants are required to be at least 16 and no older than 27 years of age, and at least 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall. Contestants who have previously participated in another Top Model franchise can still apply for the competition as long as they were not the winner, and are not currently under contractual obligations endorsing any product or brand.

Link with Vietnam's Next Top Model

For the first cycle, Vietnam's Next Top Model was appointed for scouting aspiring models throughout Vietnam. Trang Nguyen, who placed fourth on the second cycle of the show, made it into the final round and represented Vietnam in the main competition.[2] Mai Ngo, a finalist from the fourth cycle, is currently participating on the fourth cycle of Asia's Next Top Model.

Judges

For the fourth season, Thai fashion model and beauty queen Cindy Bishop replaced Georgina Wilson as host and head judge of the show. Indonesian model Kelly Tandiono and former America's Next Top Model creative consultant Yu Tsai, together with Bishop, make up the all-new judging panel for the fourth season.

Previous judges of the show include photographers Todd Anthony Tyler (cycle 1) and Mike Rosenthal (cycles 2-3), creative director Daniel Boey (cycle 1) and fashion designer Alex Perry (cycle 3), model mentor Joey Mead King (cycle 1-3) and catwalk coach Adam Williams (cycle 2), and head judge Nadya Hutagalung (cycle 1-2).

Judge Cycle
1
(2012-2013)		 2
(2014)		 3
(2015)		 4
(2016)
Nadya Hutagalung
 Host/Head Judge
Daniel Boey
 Main Recurring
Todd Anthony Tyler
 Main
Joey Mead-King
 Recurring Main/Mentor
Adam Williams
 Guest Main
Mike Rosenthal
 Main Recurring
Alex Perry
 Guest Main
Georgina Wilson
 Host/Head Judge Guest
Cindy Bishop
 Host/Head Judge
Kelly Tandiono
 Main/Mentor
Yu Tsai
 Main

Differences from the American version

There are a few key differences between Asia's Next Top Model and America's Next Top Model. While the height standards are the same as the American version,[3] they aren't as heavily enforced, as some girls have been allowed to enter despite being slightly under the cut-off.[4][5][6][7] There is also the introduction of a 'mentor' for the girls, Joey Mead King (cycles 1-3) and Kelly Tandiono (cycle 4), who helps coach the girls in various aspects of the modelling industry and acts as a general assistant to the girls during the photo shoots and challenges.

Cycles

Cycle Premiere date Winner Runner(s)-up Other contestants in order of elimination Number of contestants Destination(s)
1
 Singapore		 November 25, 2012 Thailand
Jessica Amornkuldilok		 Taiwan
Kate Ma
Philippines
Stephanie Retuya		 Kyla Tan, Monica Benjaratjarunun (quit), Bei Si Liu, Jee Choi & Filantropi Witoko, Trang Nguyen, Rachel Erasmus, Melissa Th'ng, Helena Chan, Aastha Pokharel, Sofia Wakabayashi 14 Indonesia
Batam
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
2
 Malaysia		 January 8, 2014 Malaysia
Sheena Liam 		Philippines
Jodilly Pendre		 Jessie Yang, Elektra Yu, Bona Kometa, Ji-hye Moon, Thao Phan, Poojaa Gill, Sneha Ghosh & Janice Hermijanto, Tia Taveepanichpan, Natalie Pickles, Josephine Tan, Nicole Lee, Marie Nakagawa, Katarina Rodriguez 16 Hong Kong
Hong Kong
3
 Singapore		 March 25, 2015 Indonesia
Ayu Gani		 Philippines
Monika Sta. Maria		 Shareeta Selvaraj, Kiana Guyon, Rani Ramadhany, Lorretta Chow & Celine Duong, Franchesca Lagua, Melissa Tan, KB Barlow, Tahlia Raji, Amanda Chan, Barbara Katsuki, Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw 14 None
4
 Singapore		 March 9, 2016 TBA TBA Maya Goldman, Tugs Saruul, Mai Ngo, Gwen Ruais, Alaiza Malinao (quit), Jessica Lam, Aldilla Zahraa, May Htet Aung, Tuti Noor
Still in the running:
Angie Watkins, Julian Flores, Patricia Gunawan, Sang-in Kim, Tawan Kedkong		 14 TBA

Contestants per country

East and South Asia

Cycle China
China		 Hong Kong
Hong Kong		 India
India		 Japan
Japan		 Mongolia
Mongolia		 Nepal
Nepal		 South Korea
South Korea		 Taiwan
Taiwan
1 Bei Si Liu Helena Chan Rachel Erasmus Sofia Wakabayashi N/A Aastha Pokharel Jee Choi Kate Ma
2 Jessie Yang Elektra Yu Sneha Ghosh Marie Nakagawa N/A N/A Ji-hye Moon Natalie Pickles
3 N/A KB Barlow
Lorretta Chow		 N/A Barbara Katsuki N/A N/A N/A N/A
4 N/A Jessica Lam N/A N/A Tugs Saruul N/A Sang-in Kim N/A

Southeast Asia

Cycle Indonesia
Indonesia		 Malaysia
Malaysia		 Myanmar
Myanmar		 Philippines
Philippines		 Singapore
Singapore		 Thailand
Thailand		 Vietnam
Vietnam
1 Filantropi Witoko Melissa Th'ng N/A Stephanie Retuya Kyla Tan Jessica Amornkuldilok
Monica Benjaratjarunun		 Trang Nguyen
2 Janice Hermijanto
Bona Kometa		 Sheena Liam
Josephine Tan		 N/A Jodilly Pendre
Katarina Rodriguez		 Nicole Lee
Poojaa Gill		 Tia Taveepanichpan Thao Phan
3 Ayu Gani
Tahlia Raji
Rani Ramadhany		 Melissa Tan
Shareeta Selvaraj		 N/A Monika Sta. Maria
Amanda Chan
Franchesca Lagua		 Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw Kiana Guyon Celine Duong
4 Patricia Gunawan
Aldilla Zahraa		 Tuti Noor May Htet Aung Julian Flores
Alaiza Malinao
Gwen Ruais		 Angie Watkins Tawan Kedkong
Maya Goldman		 Mai Ngo

Controversy

Ice-TV

According to some crew members and judges, such as Daniel Boey, Ice-TV did not pay them for their work on the show. Many crew members stated that they were not hired to work on a second cycle. Ice-TV stated that they were not able to hire them due to a withdrawal from two European sponsors.[8] Daniel Boey explained that this was the reason for his departure from the show. Ice-TV was replaced by activeTV as the production company for the show's second cycle.

Omitted episode

Cycle 2's eleventh episode featured the remaining five contestants, (Jodilly Pendre, Katarina Rodriguez, Marie Nakagawa, Nicole Lee and Sheena Liam) participating in a photo shoot for Malaysia Airlines.[9] After the show took two weeks off to prolong the gap between the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 incident and the airing of the episode, the producers of the show decided to omit the episode entirely to respect those affected by the tragedy.[10] The season picked up again with the following episode, the beginning of which featured the events of the previous episode, revealing that Lee had been eliminated.[11][12] The omitted episode was later broadcast one month after the season ended, on May 8, 2014, during a re-run in Indonesia.

Television ratings

Cycle Timeslot (UTC+08/+07) Season premiere Season finale Network Season Regional viewers
(in millions)
1 Sun 8:55/7:55 pm November 25, 2012 February 17, 2013 Star World 2012-2013 39[13]
2 Wed 9:40/8:40 pm[13] January 8, 2014 April 9, 2014 2014 35
3 Wed 8:45/7:45 pm[14] March 25, 2015 June 17, 2015 2015 30
4 Wed 9:00/8:00 pm March 9, 2016 TBA 2016 TBA

International broadcasts

Asia's Next Top Model is broadcast in all parts of Asia via the cable channel Star World. In the past, the series was free to watch on the show's official YouTube channel, but the videos are currently set to private viewing.[15][16][17] All other local free-to-air channels air the series on a one-week delayed schedule.

Country/Region Channel Date Translated title Dub/Subtitle
Asia Star World November 25, 2012 N/A Subtitled in various languages in selected regions
Arab League Arab World OSN Al Yawm January 12, 2013 N/A
 Hong Kong TVB TBA
 Indonesia RCTI December 7, 2012 Subtitled in Indonesian
NET. February 8, 2014
 Japan TV Asahi March 9, 2013 Dubbed in Japanese
 Philippines Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action) (season 1) December 9, 2012 - March 3, 2013 N/A
Velvet (season 1) (now defunct)
TV5
(season 2)
(season 4)
January 16, 2014 - April 24, 2014
March 23, 2016
GMA Network (season 3) April 19, 2015 - July 12, 2015
 Singapore Channel 5 December 2, 2012
Mio May 22, 2015
StarHub May 15, 2015
 South Korea OnStyle December 13, 2015
 Thailand
Channel 8 (season 1) December 4, 2012
 Dubbed in Thai
3SD (season 3) April 21, 2015
3 Family (season 4) March 20, 2016
 Taiwan Star World Taiwan November 25, 2012 亞洲超級名模生死鬥 N/A
 Vietnam Star World Vietnam November 25, 2012 Người mẫu hàng đầu châu Á Subtitled in Vietnamese
VTC - Let's Viet December 2, 2012 Dubbed in Vietnamese
VTC1 March 27, 2016

See also

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