Korea's Next Top Model season 4
| Korea's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
 Cycle 4 cast | |
| Release | |
| Original network | Onstyle |
| Original release | August 15 – November 7, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
Korea's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 (or Do-jeon Supermodel Korea, Cycle 4)is the fourth cycle of the Korean reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Korea's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry. The prize also includes a feature in W Magazine Korea and a contract for SK-II.[1]
This season featured fifteen contestants among its final cast. This season marked the first time in the Top Model franchise where a previously eliminated finalist (Ko Eun-bi from season 2) was allowed to become a regular season finalist once again. It was also the first time a deaf contestant, Seo Yeong-chae, appeared on the show. The international destinations for the series were Phuket and Las Vegas.[2]
Episode Guide
Episode 1
Original airdate: August 15, 2013
The semi-finalists set off for the casting of their lives. After being introduced to the judges that will mentor them throughout the season, the models take part in their first fashion show.
- First eliminated semi-finalists: Park Gwi-ae, Kim Ji-eun, Kang Yi-seul, Jung Jae-kyeong, Park Min-ju, Bae Yoon-yeong, Cho In-hee, Kwon Da-som, Park Bo-mi & Kim Ye-ji
The final test comes in the form of a chess inspired photo shoot. After an emotional series of eliminations, the final fifteen contestants are revealed.
- Second eliminated semi-finalists: Park So-eon, Cho Eun-jin, Park Sun-ha, Jeon Ji-hye & Jeon Eun-hye
- Featured Photographer: Jang Bok-gil
Episode 2
Original airdate: August 22, 2013
| Contestants | Trend |
|---|---|
| Eun-bi, Hyun-joo H. & Yeong-chae | Black |
| Ho-yeon, Hyun-ji & Ye-ri | |
| Eun-saem, Hye-ah & Hye-jin | Red |
| Ha-eun, Hyun-joo I. & Shin-ae | Stripe |
| Eun-hae, Il-myeong & Si-won | White |
- First call-out: Park Shin-ae
- Bottom Three: Ahn Hye-jin, Jung Ho-yeon & Ko Eun-bi
- First Eliminated: Ahn Hye-jin & Ko Eun-bi
- Bottom Two: Cho Eun-saem & Seok Il-myeong
- Second Eliminated: Seok Il-myeong
- Featured Photographer: Jang Bok-gil
Episode 3
Original airdate: August 29, 2013
- First call-out: Park Shin-ae
- Bottom Two: Jung Ho-yeon & Kim Si-won
- Eliminated: Jung Ho-yeon
- Featured Photographer: Kim Young-joon
Episode 4
Original airdate: September 5, 2013
- First call-out: Jung Ha-eun
- Bottom Two: Cho Eun-saem & Ryu Ye-ri
- Eliminated: Cho Eun-saem
Episode 5
Original airdate: September 12, 2013
- Returned: Jung Ho-yeon
| Contestants | Characters |
|---|---|
| Si-won, Eun-hae & Ha-eun | Snow White |
| Yeong-chae, Hyun-ji, Shin-ae & Ye-ri | The Little Mermaid |
| Ho-yeon, Hyun-joo I., Hyun-joo H. & Hye-ah | Sleeping Beauty |
- First call-out: Kim Si-won
- Bottom three: Kim Eun-hae, Kim Hye-ah & Seo Yeong-chae
- Eliminated: Kim Eun-hae & Seo Yeong-chae
Episode 6
Original airdate: September 19, 2013
This was the recap episode.
Episode 7
Original airdate: September 26, 2013
- First call-out: Park Shin-ae
- Bottom two: Im Hyun-joo & Ryu Ye-ri
- Eliminated: Ryu Ye-ri
Episode 8
Original airdate: October 3, 2013
- First call-out: Hwang Hyun-joo
- Bottom two: Im Hyun-joo & Kim Si-won
- Eliminated: Kim Si-won
Episode 9
Original airdate: October 10, 2013
- First call-out: Shin Hyun-ji
- Bottom two: Jung Ho-yeon & Im Hyun-joo
- Eliminated: Im Hyun-joo
Episode 10
Original airdate: October 17, 2013
- First call-out: Jung Ho-yeon
- Bottom two: Jung Ha-eun & Park Shin-ae
- Eliminated: Jung Ha-eun
Episode 11
Original airdate: October 24, 2013
- First call-out: Jung Ho-yeon
- Bottom three: Hwang Hyun-joo, Kim Hye-ah & Park Shin-ae
- Eliminated: Kim Hye-ah & Park Shin-ae
Episode 12
Original airdate: October 31, 2013
This was the reunion episode.
Episode 13
Original airdate: November 7, 2013
- Final three: Hwang Hyun-joo, Jung Ho-yeon & Shin Hyun-ji
- Korea's Next Top Model: Shin Hyun-ji
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest and use the Korean system of determining age)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안혜진 | Ahn Hye-jin | 16 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Eliminated in Episode 2 |
| 고은비 | Ko Eun-bi | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |
| 석일명 | Seok Il-myeong | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |
| 조은샘 | Cho Eun-saem | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
| 서영채 | Seo Yeong-chae | 22 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
| 김은해 | Kim Eun-hae | 17 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |
| 류예리 | Ryu Ye-ri | 30 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| 김시원 | Kim Si-won | 17 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Eliminated in Episode 8 |
| 임현주 | Im Hyun-joo | 31 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Eliminated in Episode 9 |
| 정하은 | Jung Ha-eun | 26 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Eliminated in Episode 10 |
| 박신애 | Park Shin-ae | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Eliminated in Episode 11 |
| 김혜아 | Kim Hye-ah | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| 황현주 | Hwang Hyun-joo | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Runner-up |
| 정호연 | Jung Ho-yeon | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Eliminated in Episode 3 Returned in Episode 5 Runner-up |
| 신현지 | Shin Hyun-ji | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Winner |
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Hyun-joo I. | Shin-ae | Shin-ae | Ha-eun | Si-won | Shin-ae | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-ji | Ho-yeon | Ho-yeon | Hyun-ji | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hye-ah | Hyun-joo I. | Hyun-ji | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-joo I. | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-ji | Ha-eun | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-ji | Ho-yeon | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ha-eun | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-joo H. | Yeong-chae | Shin-ae | Hye-ah | Hye-ah | Hyun-joo H. | Hye-ah | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-joo H. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Hyun-joo H. | Hyun-ji | Hyun-joo I. | Si-won | Ha-eun | Hyun-ji | Ho-yeon | Hye-ah | Hyun-ji | Hye-ah | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Eun-hae | Hye-ah | Ha-eun | Shin-ae | Ho-yeon | Ho-yeon | Shin-ae | Shin-ae | Shin-ae | Shin-ae | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Ye-ri | Ha-eun | Ye-ri | Hyun-ji | Hyun-joo H. | Ha-eun | Ha-eun | Ho-yeon | Ha-eun | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Il-myeong | Ye-ri | Yeong-chae | Eun-hae | Hyun-ji | Si-won | Hyun-joo I. | Hyun-joo I. | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Hyun-ji | Yeong-chae | Eun-saem | Hyun-joo I. | Ye-ri | Hyun-joo I. | Si-won | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Si-won | Eun-hae | Eun-hae | Hye-ah | Hye-ah | Ye-ri | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Yeong-chae | Si-won | Hye-ah | Ye-ri | Eun-hae | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Shin-ae | Ho-yeon | Si-won | Eun-saem | Yeong-chae | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Hye-jin | Eun-bi | Ho-yeon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Eun-saem | Hye-jin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ho-yeon | Eun-saem | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Eun-bi | Il-myeong | |||||||||||||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- Episodes 2, 5, and 10 featured double eliminations with a bottom three.
- Episode 1 was the casting episode. The pool of semi-finalists was reduced to the final fifteen models who moved on to the main competition.
- In episode 2, Eun-bi, Ho-yeon, and Hye-jin were called forward for elimination. Eun-bi and Hye-jin were eliminated. Eun-saem and Il-myeong landed in the bottom two, with Il-myeong being eliminated.
- In episode 5, the previously eliminated contestants participated in the challenge. For having performed the best, Ho-yeon was allowed to return to the competition.
- Episodes 5 and 11 featured double elimination with the bottom three contestants being in danger of elimination.
- Episode 6 was the recap episode.
- Episode 12 was the reunion episode.
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Chess Pawns in Simplistic Gowns
- Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Trend Colors in Groups
- Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Armageddon with a Male Model in a Construction site
- Episode 4 Music Video: Going Crazy
- Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Portraying Fairy Tales
- Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Feral Women in the Jungle with a Python
- Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Composite Couples
- Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Film Festival Actresses with Past Winners
- Episode 10 Photo Shoot: High End Fashion with Various Hairstyles
- Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Brides in Las Vegas
- Episode 13 Photo Shoot: W Magazine Covers
Makeovers
- Eun-hae: Chic Bobbed Cut
- Eun-saem: Dyed Short Cut + Bang Fringe
- Ha-eun: Layered Shaggy Hair
- Ho-yeon: Dyed Blond Bang Hair
- Hye-ah: Dyed Wave Hair
- Hyun-ji: Two-Tone Color
- Hyun-joo H.: Side Shaved Hair
- Hyun-joo L.: Extreme Short Cut
- Si-won: Boyish Short Cut
- Shin-ae: Bleached Two-tone Hair
- Ye-ri: Bobbed Bang Hair
- Yeong-chae: Lovely Bobbed Hair
Post Top Model Careers
- Hwang Hyun-joo has been signed with DCM Models in South Korea. She was featured in Vogue Korea, Vogue Girl Korea, Marie Claire Korea, Dazed&Confused Korea, LUXURY, Wedding21, Men's Health Korea, OhBoy!, Editor School and Living Sense magazine. She was also featured in a spread for First Look Korea magazine with Shin Hyun-ji and Jung Ho-yeon, and a campaign for Lucky Chouette.
- Jung Ho-yeon has been signed with ESTeem Models in South Korea. She was featured in Vogue Girl Korea, Nylon Korea, ELLE wedding, Sure, Ceci, Maps, Singles, Dazed, Allure Korea, W and Go Out magazine. She was also featured in a spread for First Look Korea magazine with Shin Hyun-ji and Hwang Hyun-joo, and a campaign for Lucky Chouette.
- Kim Hye-ah has been signed with DCM Models in South Korea. She was featured in W Korea and OhBoy! magazine.
- Kim Si-won has been signed with DCM Models in South Korea.
- Shin Hyun-ji has been signed with IMG Models worldwide. As part of her prize package, she received a cover and spread in W Magazine Korea and a contract for SK-II. She was also featured in a spread for First Look Korea magazine with Jung Ho-yeon and Hwang Hyun-joo. She was featured in Vogue Australia, Vogue Korea, Vogue Girl Korea, Harper's Bazaar Australia, Harper's Bazaar Singapore, and Elle Australia. She has also walked in Fashion Week S/S 2016 for 3.1 Phillip Lim, Coach, DKNY, Rodarte, Prada, Dries van Noten, Vionnet, Isabel Marant, Elie Saab, John Galliano, and Miu Miu among others.
- Jung Ha-eun has been featured in Gray's music video "Dangerous", featuring Jay Park.