Korea's Next Top Model season 1
| Korea's Next Top Model | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| Release | |
| Original network | Onstyle |
| Original release | September 18 – December 11, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of Korea's Next Top Model (or Do-jeon Supermodel Korea) aired from September to December 2010 on OnStyle. The international destination was Paris.
This season featured fourteen contestants in its final cast. The prizes for this season included: A cash prize of 100,000,000 Korean won, a cover shoot and editorial in W Magazine Korea, a contract with SK-II and a modelling contract with ESteem Entertainment.
The winner was 20-year-old Lee Ji-min.[1]
Episode summaries
Episode 1
- Original airdate: September 18, 2010
The final 24 contestants were chosen from the pool of 50 during the auditions.
Episode 2
- Original airdate: September 25, 2010
The final 24 were introduced to the host, Jang Yoon-ju, and competed in a runway challenge. They were introduced to a wildcard contestant, Min-sun. After a photo shoot with male models, 14 contestants were chosen as finalists.
Episode 3
- Original airdate: October 2, 2010
The 14 girls moved into the model apartment – a penthouse overlooking the city. After receiving makeovers, they did their first official photo shoot, in which they posed as pin-up girls. Yu-ri and Hyo-kyeong's performances landed them in the bottom two and Yu-ri was the first girl eliminated.
- First call-out: Kim Na-rae
- Bottom two: Kim Hyo-kyeong & Kim Yu-ri
- Eliminated: Kim Yu-ri
Episode 4
- Original airdate: October 9, 2010
The remaining girls did a high fashion recreation.
| Contestant | Recreation |
|---|---|
| Dan-bi | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK |
| Doo-hee | Death Defying Acts |
| Eun-young | V |
| Hye-ji | Pearl Harbor |
| Hye-lim | The Chronicles of Narnia |
| Hyo-kyeong | Galaxy Express 999 |
| Il-hong | Marie-Antoinette |
| Ji-min | Chicago |
| Min-sun | Chief Priest |
| Na-rae | Catwoman |
| Ye-ji | Cats |
| Yoo-kyung | The Road |
| Young-eun | Avatar |
- First call-out: Kim Na-rae
- Bottom two: Lee Eun-young & Seon Hye-lim
- Eliminated: Lee Eun-young
Episode 5
- Original airdate: October 16, 2010
The girls participated in a paparazzi-themed photo shoot. At panel, it was revealed that two girls would be sent home. The bottom three contestants were Dan-bi, Il-hong and Young-eun. Young-eun was the first to be eliminated. The episode ended on a cliffhanger, with Dan-bi and Il-hong's verdicts being revealed the following episode.
- First call-out: Lee Yoo-kyung
- Bottom three: Seok Dan-bi, Baek Il-hong & Shin Young-eun
- First eliminated: Shin Young-eun
Episode 6
- Original airdate: October 23, 2010
Dan-bi was revealed as the second eliminee of the previous week.
- Second eliminated: Seok Dan-bi
The girls worked in conjunction with Project Runway Korea for this week's episode.
- First call-out: Oh Hye-ji
- Bottom two: Park Doo-hee & Kim Ye-ji
- Eliminated: Kim Ye-ji
Episode 7
- Original airdate: October 30, 2010
- First call-out: Oh Hye-ji
- Bottom two: Seon Hye-lim & Kim Hyo-kyeong
- Eliminated: Seon Hye-lim
Episode 8
- Original airdate: November 6, 2010
- First call-out: Kim Min-sun
- Bottom three: Kim Hyo-kyeong, Baek Il-hong & Lee Ji-min
- Eliminated: Kim Hyo-kyeong & Baek Il-hong
Episode 9
- Original airdate: November 13, 2010
- First call-out: Lee Ji-min
- Bottom two: Park Doo-hee & Kim Min-sun
- Eliminated: Kim Min-sun
Episode 10
- Original airdate: November 20, 2010
- First call-out: Lee Yoo-kyung
- Bottom two: Oh Hye-ji & Kim Na-rae
- Eliminated: Oh Hye-ji
Episode 11
- Original airdate: November 27, 2010
- First call-out: Kim Na-rae
- Bottom two: Park Doo-hee & Lee Yoo-kyung
- Eliminated: Park Doo-hee
Episode 12
- Original airdate: December 4, 2010
Episode 13
- Original airdate: December 11, 2010
- Final three: Lee Ji-min, Kim Na-rae & Lee Yoo-kyung
- Korea's Next Top Model: Lee Ji-min
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest and use the Korean system of determining age)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Outcome | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Yu-ri | 17 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Episode 3 | 14 |
| Lee Eun-young | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Episode 4 | 13 |
| Shin Young-eun | 24 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Episode 5 | 12 |
| Seok Dan-bi | 22 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | 11 | |
| Kim Ye-ji | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Episode 6 | 10 |
| Seon Hye-lim | 18 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Episode 7 | 9 |
| Kim Hyo-kyeong | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Episode 8 | 8–7 |
| Baek Il-hong | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Kim Min-sun | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Episode 9 | 6 |
| Oh Hye-ji | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Episode 10 | 5 |
| Park Doo-hee | 28 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Episode 11 | 4 |
| Lee Yoo-kyung | 24 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Episode 13 | 3–2 |
| Kim Na-rae | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Lee Ji-min | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | 1 |
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 1 | Yoo-kyung | Na-rae | Na-rae | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Hye-ji | Min-sun | Ji-min | Yoo-kyung | Na-rae | Ji-min | ||
| 2 | Na-rae | Doo-hee | Min-sun | Hye-lim | Ji-min | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Yoo-kyung | Ji-min | Ji-min | Na-rae Yoo-kyung | ||
| 3 | Hye-lim | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Hyo-kyeong | Hye-lim | Na-rae | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Doo-hee | Yoo-kyung | |||
| 4 | Min-sun | Min-sun | Yoo-kyung | Ye-ji | Na-rae | Il-hong | Doo-hee | Na-rae | Na-rae | Doo-hee | |||
| 5 | Eun-young | Dan-bi | Doo-hee | Na-rae | Il-hong | Doo-hee | Na-rae | Doo-hee | Hye-ji | ||||
| 6 | Young-eun | Ji-min | Ji-min | Min-sun | Yoo-kyung | Min-sun | Ji-min | Min-sun | |||||
| 7 | Ji-min | Il-hong | Dan-bi | Ji-min | Min-sun | Ji-min | Hyo-kyeong Il-hong |
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| 8 | Doo-hee | Hye-ji | Hyo-kyeong | Doo-hee | Hyo-kyeong | Hyo-kyeong | |||||||
| 9 | Il-hong | Young-eun | Young-eun | Hye-ji | Doo-hee | Hye-lim | |||||||
| 10 | Dan-bi | Eun-young | Il-hong | Il-hong | Ye-ji | ||||||||
| 11 | Ye-ji | Ye-ji | Ye-ji | Dan-bi | |||||||||
| 12 | Hyo-kyeong | Hye-lim | Hye-lim | Young-eun | |||||||||
| 13 | Yu-ri | Hyo-kyeong | Eun-young | ||||||||||
| 14 | Hye-ji | Yu-ri | |||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- Episode 1 was a casting episode. In episode 2, the pool of 24 girls were reduced to the final 13 who would move on to the main competition. This first call-out does not reflect their performance. Hye-ji was added to the competition in a last-minute decision, making 14 girls who made it in the competition.
- Episode 5 ended with a cliffhanger with Il-hong and Dan-bi in the bottom two. The elimination was shown the following episode.
- Episode 8 featured a double elimination with the bottom three contestants being in danger of elimination.
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Jean Shoot with Male Models
- Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Pin-Up Girls
- Episode 4 Photo Shoot: High Fashion Recreations
- Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Paparazzi Shoot
- Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Upcycle Dress Fashion Shoot
- Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Silky Hair Heroes vs Poor Hair Heroes
- Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Underwater Muses
- Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Paris Attractions
- Episode 10 Commercial: SK-II Commercial
- Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Homage to The Birds
- Episode 13 Photo Shoot: Cover of Korean W Magazine