America's Next Top Model season 19

America's Next Top Model: College Edition
Season 19
Cycle 19 cast
Release
Original network	The CW
Original release	August 24, 2012 (2012-08-24) – present (present)
Season chronology

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19 (also known as America's Next Top Model: College Edition) is the nineteenth season of America's Next Top Model and the thirteenth season to air on The CW. America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19 features thirteen new hopefuls, all of which are currently enrolled in higher education and it premiered on August 24, 2012. Cycle 19 is set to air in a new timeslot, Fridays at 8 P.M. Tyra Banks and Kelly Cutrone returned as judges for this cycle.

The international destination for this cycle is Kingston, Jamaica. This is the second time the show has traveled to Jamaica (previously visited in Cycle 3).

The catch-phrase for this cycle is "Only One Can Be Top of the Class."

Show and prize changes

The show has undergone many major changes for this season. Most notably, judge and fashion photographer Nigel Barker, runway coach Miss J. Alexander, and photo shoot creative director Jay Manuel were dismissed from the show after the previous cycle in an attempt to revitalize the show. They were replaced by British model Rob Evans and Filipino fashion blogger Bryanboy. Johnny Wujek also joins the crew as the new creative director of photo shoots. Evans and Bryanboy join the judging panel with Banks and Cutrone, marking the return of four permanent judges since Cycle 12. Another change is the incorporation of public voting as a factor in eliminations. The contestants now receive numerical scores for their performances in the challenges and photo shoots. These scores, along with an average score from the fans, are added up to determine who stays in the competition every week during eliminations. The girl with the lowest combined score is thus eliminated from the competition. However, for the first six weeks the eliminated girls will still be able to participate in the photo shoots, and their photos were also available to be voted on by the public. The girl with the highest social media score will be allowed to rejoin the competition.

This is the first cycle to feature an entire cast of all-new contestants since Cycle 16 (Cycle 17 (All-Stars) featured only returning contestants from previous cycles, while Cycle 18 (British Invasion) featured seven new American models alongside seven returning contestants from previous cycles of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model).

Additionally, casting was brought back for this season for the first time since Cycle 15. This cycle also does not feature guest judges at panel, and the episode titles were changed from the guest judge name to "The Girl..." which was applied from Cycles 1 through 9.

The prizes for this cycle are :

• A modeling contract with LA Models & NY Model Management.
• The face of the America’s Next Top Model perfume product "Dream Come True".
• A spread in Nylon magazine.
• Campaigns with Nine West and Smashbox Cosmetics.
• A US$100,000 cash prize.

The following prizes have been removed:

• A guest correspondent placement with the Extra news magazine.
• A fashion spread in Vogue Italia, and both the cover and a spread in Beauty In Vogue.
• Production of a music composition that wil be performed by the winner that will then be released as a record single by CBS Records. and
• A US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

Episode summaries

The Girl Who Makes The Grade

First aired August 24, 2012

The semi-finalists met for the first time, and enjoyed the party for the casting of Cycle 19. Tyra introduced the new judges for the cycle – Rob Evans and photo shoot director Johnny Wujek. She also revealed that the fans would take part in deciding who would be eliminated each week. The models were introduced to the public via runway, and later had a photo shoot in their bikinis. The girls met the judges for one-on-one interviews at panel. Memorable contestants included Victoria, who was home schooled her entire life, Brittany who loved Disney, Laura who is the daughter of actor John James, Jessie who accidentally flashed her booty during the runway challenge, and Kristin, who was a former mean girl in high-school. Tyra then announced the thirteen girls who would compete and live together in the top model house.

• Special guests: Taryn Manning

The Girl Who Cries Home

First aired August 31, 2012

After settling to their new sorority house, Tyra added up some new twist as part of the changes in the cycle. Rob Evans then informed the girls that they are going to Hollywood for their next challenge which is a runway show at Club Even. Leila and Maria stumbled, Brittany and Victoria shined, Kristin accidentally showed her butt, Ultimately, Yvonne won the challenge for getting the highest score. Back at the house, tensions flare when Destiny questioned her low score and Kiara noted that Destiny may have looked like a stripper which Destiny told the other girls without knowing that Kiara was listening at the other side which led to a fight between Darian and Kiara.

At the photo shoot, the girls do a beauty shot inspired by Taxidermy of wild animals hanging on the wall, Leila, Nastasia and Laura receive good feedbacks while Jessie and Destiny struggled, Kristin was noticed by her complaining attitude, and Victoria amazed Johnny by showing a lot of her personality, though Johnny was feeling annoyed by her talking. At the house, a worried Victoria call her mom and burst into tears which was noticed by some of the other girls.

At the panel, Leila, Laura and Nastasia received good comments both from the judges and the social media. Kristin wowed the fans getting the highest scores while Brittany was shocked that the social media are against her and noted her as "full of herself". Victoria received mixed feedbacks. Destiny and Jessie found themselves in the bottom two, both for having the lowest scores and for their plain photographs. However, Destiny got a higher score and Jessie was eliminated.

Shortly after Jessie's elimination, Bryanboy told her the she has a chance to get back at the competition if she got the highest scores on the social media for the comeback competition.

• First call-out: Leila Goldkuhl
• Bottom two: Destiny Strudwick & Jessie Rabideau
• Eliminated: Jessie Rabideau
• Featured photographer: Shenae Grimes
• Special guests: Iota Phi Theta Step Team, Jonti, P'Trique

The Girl Who Wants Out

First aired September 7, 2012

In this episode, the girls are taken to the Cristophe Salon, where they are greeted by the judges. They reveal that it is makeover time, but there are a few twists: girls can choose whether or not they want to receive a makeover and they will not reveal the makeovers until after everyone has made their decision to whether they want a makeover or not. Maria and Victoria refused their makeovers, while everyone else said yes. Most of the girls are satisfied with their changes, Tyra dropped by during the shoot and had a talk with Victoria, and Maria had a talk with Kelly Cutrone, then they were given a chance to look at what they would have received. Victoria appeared upset by her decision and regretted it, although Destiny (who had received one of the more dramatic makeovers) was upset, fearing that her new style made her look like a lesbian. While Maria continued to appear distant and refused the makeover. P'Trique dropped by afterwards to provide the Tyra Mail for the next shoot (there was no challenge for this episode).

For the photo shoot this week, the girls were tasked to do a nude photo shoot with Rob Evans, displaying their chemistry with him. Maria refused to do the photo shoot, citing that she had been doubting herself ever since she began the competition.

• Quit: Maria Tucker

After talking with Johnny further, Maria decided to withdraw from the competition (this is the first time since Cycle 5's Cassandra that a girl quit the competition during a photo shoot), much to the relief of some of the girls. During the photo shoot, Kiara and Darian struggled, while Nastasia accidentally kneed Rob in the groin.

At judging, Brittany, Victoria, Leila and Allyssa received praise from the judges and the social media, though Victoria apologized to the judges for her decision regarding the makeover and admitted that ever since, she had tried to curl her hair herself (which was what her makeover had been). Nevertheless, she received the first call-out for that week. Yvonne and Darian landed in the bottom two both for having the lowest score and neither the judges or the fans like their photo. However, there was a close tie and Yvonne was saved for having a higher score in the public vote and Darian was eliminated, upon discovering it, she dropped to her knees in front of Tyra, thinking Tyra was going to give her a 2nd chance (possibly because Maria quit the show). Tyra then proceeded to inform her and the other girls that Darian would have a chance to participate in the comeback photo shoots in an effort to return to the competition.

• First call-out: Victoria Henley
• Bottom two: Darian Ellis & Yvonne Powless
• Eliminated: Darian Ellis
• Featured photographer: Tony Duran
• Special guests: Christophe, P'Trique

The Girl Who Does What Tyler Perry Says

First aired September 14, 2012

Tensions flare at the top model house when Kristin goes to Destiny's bag to get a lighter without asking for her permission, Kristin then dared Destiny to punch her in the face so that she can send Destiny home. Then the girls meet 3rd Street at Tyler Perry Promenade in Santa Monica Boulevard for an acting challenge where Tyra and Tyler will tell the girls what to do with respect to the persona they've randomly picked. Kiara, Laura and Yvonne got high scores, Victoria made a tourist mad at her and thrown a food at her while Destiny and Leila struggled. Kiara won the challenge and got a role in a Tyler Perry production which some of the models predicted because she's what is she portraying already.

Role	Models
Confused and Starstruck Tourist	Destiny & Nastasia
Delusional Wannabe Diva	Kiara, Leila & Victoria
Free Spirit Street Performer	Allyssa & Laura
Superstar Rap Artist	Brittany, Kristin & Yvonne

Then, they are whisked away to Universal Studios, where they are made up as zombies for a very apocalyptic photo shoot. Laura, Leila and Brittany shone while Yvonne struggled to be a zombie. Kiara was noted as girl in a music video and Kristin irritated Johnny with her attitude and also struggled to get a shot. At panel, Laura received the highest fan votes so far and got high scores from the judges and receive the best photo, Kristin received low scores from the judges and was castigated for being too pretty and Nastasia's height was questioned. Destiny and Yvonne once again placed in the bottom two, both for having the lowest scores together with their lackluster photos. In the end, Yvonne was saved and Destiny was eliminated.

• First call-out: Laura James
• Bottom two: Destiny Strudwick & Yvonne Powless
• Eliminated: Destiny Strudwick
• Featured photographer: Ricky Middlesworth
• Special guests: Tyler Perry

The Girl Who Sings For Alicia Keys

First aired September 21, 2012

Since she got the best photo, Laura is now the president and will use the Tyra Suite, she chose Kristin to join her and talked about Leila as she might be obsessed with Laura and will be mad at her. Tyra and Alicia Keys showed up and told the girls that they will be part of a charity runway show for Alicia Keys' charity "Keep Children Alive" wearing clothes design by Mara Hoffman. Laura was then in charge of everything since she won the best picture. Kelly questioned Laura about the details which Laura assigned to each girls.

At the challenge, Kiara, Laura and Victoria got the highest scores and bids, Kiara won the challenge and chose Nastasia to accompany her in Alicia Keys' concert. Back at the house, Allyssa got the lowest score for the challenge. Kiara told Leila that Laura said that she is obsessed with her, Leila then confronted Laura and told her that she was obsessed with herself.

At the photo shoot, Jonti' teach the girls on posing while being tossed in the air as a cheerleader, Kristin, Nastasia and Victoria got praised while Allyssa, Brittany and Leila struggled. Laura, who is afraid of height conquered her fears to get a shot.

At panel, most of the girls received mixed feedback. Laura was praised for great shot and pushing through her fears, but when every scores combined, it was Nastasia who received the best photo. Leila and Brittany shockingly found themselves in the bottom two, much to the surprise of the girls and the judges. Despite a low fan and challenge score, Brittany managed to survived the elimination by a margin of 0.5 to Leila, who was eliminated despite her consistently high fan score, leaving her feeling extremely emotional.

• First call-out: Nastasia Scott
• Bottom two: Brittany Brown & Leila Goldkuhl
• Eliminated: Leila Goldkuhl
• Featured photographer: Sarah Silver
• Special guests: Alicia Keys, Mara Hoffman, Jonti'

The Girl Who Gets Pwn'd

First aired September 28, 2012

After the shocking elimination of Leila, most of the girls stepped up their game, while both Brittany and Yvonne got irritated with Bryanboy's reaction to Leila's elimination. The girls then go to The Culver Studios where they were greeted by a video game version of Rob Evans and supermodel Chrissy Teigen, they announce that they will act a video game scene. Brittany and Kristin did well while Yvonne did not look like she want to do the challenge and although Victoria's character was praised her body postures are the worries of the judges. Laura impressed them the most and she won the challenge which is a signature winning move that will be featured in the video game, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Back at the house Victoria was worried about her position in the competition so she had a emotional conversation with her mother.

For the photo shoot, the girls are styled in a Steampunk fashion in train stations where they will pose with an owl named Groovy from Harry Potter movies. Brittany asked Bryanboy about his reaction during the last panel and later clear things out with him and she received good feedbacks. Laura also delivered beautifully, Kristin had some problems posing with the owl and struggled to get a shot, Victoria struggled also although she implemented a long background story for her shoot, and on Yvonne's shoot where they have to change her skirt, Yvonne made a tongue noise which made Bryanboy scold Yvonne who fights back at him. After the tension, Yvonne then later apologized to Bryanboy.

At panel, Laura swept the victory as she got a perfect score from the judges and high score on both social media and challenge. Brittany excelled despite Kelly's remark about her Disney persona, Nastasia was again castigated for looking short in a photo. Victoria landed in the bottom two for slowly sliding down the competition with Yvonne who was eliminated for an average photo and a bad attitude on set.

• First call-out: Laura James
• Bottom two: Victoria Henley & Yvonne Powless
• Eliminated: Yvonne Powless
• Featured photographer: Mike Ruiz
• Special guests: Chrissy Teigen, Taylor Kurosaki, Mike Mukatis, P'Trique

The Girl Who Licks the Floor

First aired October 5, 2012

Most of the girls are worried about Victoria's health, as she did not eat a lot. According to Victoria, she wasn't eating as much because she missed her mom. Bryanboy told the girls that they would go on a road trip for their challenge, Divided into a teams of two.

Team	Models
One	Allyssa, Brittany, Kristin & Laura
Two	Kiara, Nastasia & Victoria

Each team had three stops on their way to Palm Springs, and each girl had to photograph themselves committing 'Random Acts of Modelling' at every stop. Most of the girls struggled to create the required shots. Victoria accidentally did not save on of Kiara's segments, which irritated her. Laura ultimately won the challenge, and as her prize she won the opportunity to have a segment as a host in Nylon TV.

After their long drive, the girls did a photo shoot where they had to pose in gross and sticky situations. Brittany, Kristin and Nastasia were praised, while Allyssa, Kiara and Laura struggled. Meanwhile, Victoria made up yet another back story for her shoot. When they returned to their sorority house, the girls were concerned about Victoria's health and confronted her for it.

At panel, Brittany, Kristin and Nastasia were praised. Even though Victoria's photo was stellar, Tyra asked the girls about her condition in the competition, and about their worries that Victoria had been losing weight. During the elimination ceremony, Nastasia received the best photo. Tyra warned Victoria that if she restricted her food intake, she would have to go home. Allyssa and Laura were placed in the bottom two for their weak shots. Tyra handed the last photo to Laura, and emotionally eliminated Allyssa.

• First call-out: Nastasia Scott
• Bottom two: Allyssa Vuelma & Laura James
• Eliminated: Allyssa Vuelma
• Featured photographer: Douglas Friedman
• Special guests: Marissa Montgomery, Marvin Scott Jarre

The Girl Who Comes Back

First aired October 19, 2012

After panel, most of the girls brought up the incident about Victoria's health which lead into the tension between Kristin and Victoria. Kelly then informed the girls that they will do a go-sees with some of the biggest designers in Los Angeles, the designers can only book one model but the models can book more than one designers. Victoria tried to impress Whitney Port and tries to outshines Kiara as her partner, Laura broke down as she wants to go to Guess but has a little time to go, but she then won the challenge while Brittany and Victoria did not book any.

Designer	Model Booked
Cecilia Cassini	Kiara
Charlotte Ronson	Kristin
Guess	Laura
Lulu Guinness	Nastasia
Whitney Port	Laura

The girls go to a prison where they will do a photo shoot which is a fashion mugshot which is also a message for young college students. Victoria got into her character, Kiara shared her experience in a prison when she tried to steal a bracelet.

At the panel, Laura redeemed herself as she get the first call-out, Brittany and Victoria (who told the judges that she feels bullied in the house) landed in the bottom two for not booking one of the designers and a bad photo from their potential. Victoria was saved and Brittany was eliminated, but after the elimination Tyra told Brittany that they will reveal the girl that will comeback to the competition but it was cut and will continue next week.

• First call-out: Laura James
• Bottom two: Brittany Brown & Victoria Henley
• Eliminated: Brittany Brown
• Featured photographer: Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter
• Special guests: Markus Barrington, Lulu Guinness, Sarah Boyer, Charlotte Ronson, Whitney Port, Cecilia Cassini, P'Trique

The Girls Go To Jamaica

First aired October 26, 2012

• Returned: Leila Goldkuhl
• First call-out: Nastasia Scott
• Bottom two: Kiara Belen & Victoria Henley
• Eliminated: Victoria Henley
• Featured photographer:
• Special guests:

The Comeback Series

For this cycle, America's Next Top Model launched a web-series called The Comeback Series. After being eliminated, the girls continued to participate in the photo shoots under the premise that the audience would select one of them to return to the competition later. One of the eliminated girls will return to the competition in episode 9.

Contestants

(Still in the running unless stated & ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant	Age	Hometown	School	Outcome
Jessie Rabideau	23	Speedway, Indiana	University of Southern California	Eliminated in Episode 2
Maria Tucker	22	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Harvard University	Quit in Episode 3
Darian Ellis	22	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Louisiana State University	Eliminated in Episode 3
Destiny Strudwick	18	Columbus, Ohio	Aveda Institute of Columbus	Eliminated in Episode 4
Yvonne Powless	20	Austin, Texas	University of Texas at Austin	Eliminated in Episode 6
Allyssa Vuelma	20	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Florida State University	Eliminated in Episode 7
Brittany Brown	18	Gilbert, Arizona	Chandler-Gilbert Community College	Eliminated in Episode 8
Victoria Henley	18	Colquitt, Georgia	Liberty University	Eliminated in Episode 9
Kiara Belen	22	Las Vegas, Nevada	University of California, Irvine
Kristin Kagay	19	Jacksonville, Florida	Florida State College at Jacksonville
Laura James	21	Cambridge, New York	Paul Smith's College
Leila Goldkuhl	20	Framingham, Massachusetts	University of Rhode Island
Nastasia Scott	19	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	East Stroudsburg University

Summaries

Call-out order

Tyra's Call-Out Order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Kristin	Leila	Victoria	Laura	Nastasia	Laura	Nastasia	Laura	Nastasia
2	Nastasia	Nastasia	Brittany	Leila	Laura	Brittany	Brittany	Kristin	Laura
3	Laura	Brittany	Allyssa	Brittany	Kristin	Allyssa	Kristin	Kiara	Leila
4	Allyssa	Laura	Leila	Allyssa	Kiara	Kristin	Victoria	Nastasia	Kristin
5	Destiny	Kristin	Laura	Kiara	Victoria	Kiara	Kiara	Victoria	Kiara
6	Kiara	Kiara	Nastasia	Nastasia	Yvonne	Nastasia	Laura	Brittany	Victoria
7	Leila	Yvonne	Kristin	Victoria	Allyssa	Victoria	Allyssa
8	Darian	Allyssa	Destiny	Kristin	Brittany	Yvonne
9	Maria	Victoria	Kiara	Yvonne	Leila
10	Jessie	Darian	Yvonne	Destiny
11	Brittany	Maria	Darian
12	Yvonne	Destiny
13	Victoria	Jessie

  The contestant that was eliminated

  The contestant returned to the competition

• In episode 3, Maria refused to participate in the photo shoot and quit the competition. She was therefore not present at panel.
• In episode 8, all the eliminated girls were brought back to panel after Brittany's elimination. The returning contestant will be revealed in episode 9

Scoring chart

Model	Rank	Episodes							Total Score	Average
		2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Kiara		4.3 + 22 + 8 = 34.3	4.1 + 20 = 24.1	4.7 + 18 + 10 = 32.7	4.3 + 23 + 10 = 37.3	4.82 + 21 + 7 = 32.8	4.89 + 24 + 7 = 35.9	4.310 + 23 + 7.5 = 34.8	231.9	33.1
Kristin		6.7 + 24 + 4 = 34.7	6.9 + 21 = 27.9	5.9 + 17 + 8 = 30.9	6.1 + 25 + 7 = 38.1	4.88 + 21 + 8 = 33.9	6.13 + 24 + 8 = 38.1	6.277 + 25 + 6.5 = 35.8	239.4	34.2
Laura		6 + 25 + 5 = 36.0	6.0 + 26 = 32.0	7.5 + 27 + 8 = 42.5	5.69 + 24 + 9 = 38.7	7.16 + 30 + 9 = 46.2	4.94 + 19 + 9 = 32.9	6.465 + 27 + 7.5 = 41.0	269.3	38.5
Nastasia		4.6 + 23 + 9 = 36.6	6.1 + 22 = 28.1	5.4 + 22 + 5 = 32.4	5.85 + 27 + 8 = 40.9	5.84 + 21 + 5 = 31.8	5.23 + 29 + 8 = 42.2	4.835 + 22 + 6.5 = 33.3	245.3	35.0
Victoria		5.2 + 19 + 7 = 31.2	6.2 + 28 = 34.2	5.2 + 18 + 8 = 31.2	5.5 + 22 + 9 = 36.5	4.7 + 21 + 6 = 31.7	5.7 + 25 + 6 = 36.7	4.326 + 21 + 7.3 = 32.6	234.1	33.4
Brittany	6	5.3 + 22 + 9 = 36.3	4.9 + 29 = 33.9	5.27 + 25 + 7 = 37.3	4.49 + 18 + 7 = 29.5	6.07 + 25 + 8 = 39.1	6.24 + 27 + 6 = 39.2	5.644 + 18 + 6.7 = 30.3	245.6	35.1
Allyssa	7	5.1 + 20 + 7 = 32.1	5.9 + 27 = 32.9	5.5 + 22 + 8 = 35.5	5.76 + 20 + 5 = 30.8	5.69 + 23 + 7 = 35.7	5.01 + 17 + 7 = 29.0		196	32.7
Yvonne	8	5.8 + 18 + 10 = 33.8	4.81 + 16 = 20.81	4.5 + 16 + 9 = 29.5	5.37 + 25 + 6 = 36.4	4.48 + 18 + 8 = 30.5			161	32.2
Leila	9	5.4 + 30 + 5 = 40.4	6.2 + 26 = 32.2	6.29 + 25 + 6 = 37.3	6.01 + 17 + 6 = 29.0				138.9	34.7
Destiny	10	4.9 + 17 + 5 = 26.9	5.1 + 20 = 25.1	5.0 + 16 + 6 = 27.0					79.0	26.3
Darian	11	4.9 + 16 + 8 = 28.9	4.78 + 16 = 20.78						49.7	24.9
Maria	12	5.1 + 17 + 6 = 28.1	Quit						28.1	28.1
Jessie	13	5.37 + 13 + 4 = 22.4							22.4	22.4

Blue numbers indicates the challenge score for each week.

Green numbers indicates the judges score for each week.

Red numbers indicates the public vote score for each week.

  Indicates best challenge score for that week.

  Indicates best judges score for that week.

  Indicates best public vote for that week.

  Indicates the model eliminated that week.

  Indicates best judges score and public vote for that week.

  Indicates best judges score, public vote, and challenge score for that week.

  Indicates that the girl has the best total score so far.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 1 photo shoot: Posing in bikinis (casting)
• Episode 2 photo shoot: Taxidermy mounted head beauty shots
• Episode 3 photo shoot: Black and white nude in a garden with Rob Evans
• Episode 4 photo shoot: Apocalyptic zombies
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Cheerleaders in the air
• Episode 6 photo shoot: Steampunk fashion with an owl on a train
• Episode 7 photo shoot: Gross and sticky situations in a motel
• Episode 8 photo shoot: Prison mugshots

Ratings

Episode	Airdate	Rating	Share	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
"The Girl Who Makes The Grade"	August 24, 2012			0.4/2	1.09
"The Girl Who Cries Home"	August 31, 2012			0.4/2	1.07
"The Girl Who Wants Out"	September 7, 2012			0.6/2	1.49
"The Girl Who Does What Tyler Perry Says"	September 14, 2012	1.0	2	0.6/2	1.41
"The Girl Who Sings For Alicia Keys"	September 21, 2012	0.9	2	0.5/2	1.32