America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5

America’s Next Top Model is a reality television show which pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win a modeling contract with makeup manufacturer Covergirl. Supermodel Tyra Banks hosts and produces the show. The debut season of the show premiered on the UPN network in 2003. On it, 10 female contestants were placed in a New York City apartment. Spanning a wide variety of women of various races, heights and body sizes, they had been whittled down from a pool of thousands ...

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• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5
• America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6
• America's Next Top Model - International versions

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Acclaimed by Tyra Banks as the "bling" season in which the winner will undergo a Cinderella-like transformation, the fifth cycle of America's Next Top Model started in Los Angeles, the same location in which Cycle Four commenced. The judging panel ensemble was altered - Janice Dickinson was replaced by one of the most recognizable models of the 1960s, Twiggy. In the first week, the thirteen finalists competed in a superhero-themed photoshoot in which each contestant was suspended in the air to take a 'fierce' photograph. Ashley Black ...

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America's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6, America's Next Top Model - International versions

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The first season of America's Next Top Model features a dynamic reality show format - in that the viewers not only witness an intense competition to find a top model but also the impact of the competition on and day-to-day lives of a diverse group of contestants. This first group of contestants included Adrianne Curry, an Illinois native who saw this competition as a chance to overcome a rough financial situation, Ebony Haith, an African American lesbian model, Elyse Sewell, a recent college graduate who aspired to attend medical school, Gis ...

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America's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6, America's Next Top Model - International versions

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The third season of the show debuted in fall 2004. It featured fourteen young women aspiring to be this season's America's Next Top Model, though in the end, Eva Pigford would be this cycle's winner. Notably, she is the first African-American winner of the show as well as the youngest winner at eighteen years of age during the show's production The season began with the fourteen models being jetted to Jamaica for a swimsuit shoot. Magdalena Rivas was eliminated in Jamaica the day after the shoot, and in the same episode. Leah Darrow w ...

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America's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6, America's Next Top Model - International versions

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The second season of America's Next Top Model, aired in 2004, featured twelve contestants instead of ten. Though the format was the same as Cycle 1, there were notable variations on how the show was presented. For example, the panel of judges was often much harsher in their evaluation and criticism of the contestants. In particular, one contestant, 18-year-old Catie Anderson, was repeatedly told that she looked or dressed like a prostitute. The photo shoots in this season tended to be more sexual; the first photo shoot required contes ...

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America's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6, America's Next Top Model - International versions

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For the fourth cycle, which ran in spring 2005, the shooting location was moved from New York City to Los Angeles. One of the most memorable contestants in season four was Tiffany Richardson, who had initially been a semifinalist in cycle three but had failed to make the final round, stemming from a fight she had been involved in with a woman who poured beer on her weave in a bar. She was accepted as a finalist for cycle four as she displayed a calmer and more mature attitude, though her pessimistic outlook soon caused her to be ouste ...

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America's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 2, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 3, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 4, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 5, America's Next Top Model - Cycle 6, America's Next Top Model - International versions

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