The twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on March 4, 2009, and was the sixth season to air on The CW network. The cycle's catchphrase was "Get in the Fold." The cycle's promotional song was Lady Gaga's "The Fame."
The prizes for this cycle were:
- A modelling contract with Elite Model Management.
- A fashion spread and cover in Seventeen.
- A US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.
The first half of the cycle took place in New York City; the prior season was located in Los Angeles. The international destination for this cycle was São Paulo, Brazil, the show's first and only visit to South America.
The number of girls was reduced to thirteen for the first time since Cycle 9, after being maintained at fourteen in the last two cycles. This was the last time Paulina Porizkova participated as judge.
The winner was 20-year-old Teyona Anderson from New Jersey, with Allison Harvard placing as the runner up. This season averaged 4.35 million viewers per episode.
Contestants[edit]
[Ages stated are at start of contest]
Contestant Age Height Hometown Finish Place Kelly 'Isabella' Falk 195 ft 11 in [1.80 m]Barboursville, VirginiaEpisode 213 Jessica Santiago 18 5 ft 10 in [1.78 m] Bradenton, Florida Episode 3 12 Nijah Harris 18 6 ft 0 in [1.83 m]Rancho Cucamonga, California Episode 4 11 Kortnie Coles 24 5 ft 11 in [1.80 m] Houston, Texas Episode 5 10 Sandra Nyanchoka 19 6 ft 0 in [1.83 m] Rockville, Maryland Episode 6 9 Tahlia Brookins 185 ft 10 in [1.78 m]Phoenix, Arizona Episode 7 8Lauren 'London' Levi-Nance185 ft 8.5 in [1.74 m]Arlington, Texas Episode 9 7 Natalie Pack 19 6 ft 0 in [1.83 m] Palos Verdes, CaliforniaEpisode 106 Felicia 'Fo' Porter 19 5 ft 8 in [1.73 m]Albuquerque, New Mexico Episode 11 5 Celia Ammerman 25 6 ft 0 in [1.83 m] Cynthiana, Kentucky Episode 12 4 Aminat Ayinde 21 6 ft 1 in [1.85 m] Union, New Jersey Episode 13 3 Allison Harvard 20 5 ft 10 in [1.78 m] New Orleans, Louisiana 2 Teyona Anderson 20 5 ft 9.5 in [1.77 m] Woodstown, New Jersey 1
Episodes[edit]
Summaries[edit]
Call-out order[edit]
Order Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 1 Aminat Allison Teyona Sandra Tahlia Fo Celia Teyona Allison Teyona Allison Allison Teyona 2 Natalie Fo Celia Aminat Teyona Teyona Natalie Fo Teyona Allison Teyona Teyona Allison 3 Fo Teyona Allison Tahlia Allison Tahlia Teyona Natalie Fo Aminat Aminat Aminat 4 Allison London Natalie Fo Natalie Aminat Fo Celia Celia Celia Celia 5 Tahlia Celia London Celia London Allison London Allison Aminat Fo 6 Celia Nijah Nijah Kortnie Aminat Natalie Aminat Aminat Natalie 7 Nijah Kortnie Tahlia London Celia London Allison London 8 London Natalie Sandra Teyona Fo Celia Tahlia 9 Teyona Aminat Kortnie Natalie Sandra Sandra 10 Kortnie Tahlia Aminat Allison Kortnie 11 Isabella Jessica Fo Nijah 12 Jessica Sandra Jessica 13 Sandra Isabella The contestant was eliminated The contestant won the competition
Bottom two[edit]
Episode Contestants Eliminated 2 Isabella & Sandra Isabella 3 Fo & Jessica Jessica 4 Allison & Nijah Nijah 5 Kortnie & Sandra Kortnie 6 Celia & Sandra Sandra 7 Allison & Tahlia Tahlia 9 Aminat & London London 10 Aminat & Natalie Natalie 11 Celia & Fo Fo 12 Aminat & Celia Celia 13 Aminat & Teyona Aminat Allison & Teyona Allison The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order[edit]
Casting call-out order and final two are not included.
Rank by average Place Model Call-out total Number of call-outs Call-out average 1 1 Teyona 27 11 2.45 2 2 Allison 39 3.55 3 4 Celia 44 10 4.40 4 5 Fo 40 9 4.44 5 3 Aminat 57 11 5.18 6 6 Natalie 42 8 5.25 7 8 Tahlia 32 6 5.33 8 7 London 40 7 5.71 9 11 Nijah 23 3 7.67 10 9 Sandra 39 5 7.80 11 10 Kortnie 32 4 8.00 12 12 Jessica 23 2 11.50 13 13 Isabella 13 1 13.00
Photo Shoot Guide[edit]
- Episode 1 photo shoot [casting]: Goddess profile/type of goddess
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Childhood games
- Episode 3 photo shoot: Lighting oneself in a warehouse
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Couture New York City sight-seeing in pairs
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Ellis Island immigrants
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Beauty shots evoking different colors
- Episode 7 Commercial: CoverGirl micro mineral foundation
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Crazed Ciara fans tangled in wires
- Episode 10 photo shoot: Embodying Carmen Miranda on a Favela
- Episode 11 photo shoot: Swimsuits on a tourist beach
- Episode 12 photo shoot: Exotic birds
- Episode 13 photo shoot & Commercial: CoverGirl outlast lipstain print ad and commercial & Seventeen Magazine covers
Makeovers[edit]
- Jessica - Cut to shoulder-length with dark red highlights
- Nijah - Long black weave
- Kortnie - Trimmed and dyed red
- Sandra - Buzz cut and dyed blonde
- Tahlia - Shoulder-length golden blonde weave
- London - Agyness Deyn inspired cut and dyed platinum blonde
- Natalie - No makeover
- Fo - Pixie cut
- Celia - Cut short and dyed platinum blonde
- Aminat - Naomi Campbell inspired long black weave
- Allison - Long blonde extensions and eyebrows lightened
- Teyona - Slicked-back jheri curl weave; later, long curly weave
Post-Top Model careers[edit]
- Isabella Falk is currently signed with Elite Model Management in Chicago under her real name, Kelly Marie.
- Jessica Santiago is currently signed with Ford Models in Los Angeles. She participated in Nuestra Belleza Latina, but was eliminated before the contestants were chosen. She also competed in where she finished as the runner-up. She was a contestant in Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011, and placed as the second runner-up.
- Nijah Harris has modeled for That Girl.
- Sandra Nyanchoka was signed with Major Model Management in New York.
- Tahlia Brookins has modeled for People.
- Natalie Pack is currently signed with NEXT Model Management in Miami and Ford Models in Los Angeles. She has modeled for Jockey and BL!SSS' July 2009 issue. She walked for Billabong and Dona Daneshi's "I Am Mystic". She later crowned Miss California USA 2012 and competed in Miss USA 2012.
- Fo Porter is currently signed with Nous Model Management in Los Angeles. She has modeled for H&M, Revolve clothing and Nylon. She also had campaigns with Reebok, Nike, Abercrombie & Fitch, Billabong, Target and Payless. She was featured in the music videos for Justin Timberlake's "Tunnel Vision" and Usher's "Good Kisser". She is currently a Playboy Playmate, being named Miss April in 2019 and one of the 2020 Playmates of the Year.
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- Celia Ammerman has modeled for the New York Post and Vogue Italia. She has also been featured on Racked.com, in the September 2009 issue of Allure and in Short Hair. She has appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, and walked in New York Fashion Week 2011 for Marlon Globel.
- Aminat Ayinde has modeled for Zulu Rose and walked in the This Day/Arise: African Fashion Collection S/S 10 show. She is signed to MMG Models in New York. She modeled on season 2 of Project Runway All Stars for Emilio Sosa and on season 14 for Edmond Nelson for his finale collection wearing his first look.
- Allison Harvard was signed with Nous Model Management in Los Angeles. She competed in cycle 17 among other previous contestants, finishing in second place to Lisa D'Amato. She appeared in the final episode of cycle 21. She has walked in New York Fashion Week 2012 for Malan Breton, Gemma Khang, and Richie Rich. She also walked in Philippine Fashion Week for Michael Cinco. She is the face of Cinco's fragrance "Impalpable". She also modeled for Bench in "Bench Universe". She runs an art and photography studio in Brooklyn. On September 21, 2012, it was announced that Harvard would be making her acting debut as the character Carina in the independent feature film Insensate. On October 6, 2012, Harvard made an appearance in an episode of "I Am Meg: Own the World in Style", a Philippines TV modeling competition.
- Teyona Anderson was signed was Elite Model Management in New York, United States and Cape Town, South Africa. She is currently signed with Mega Models in Miami, and Base Model Agency in Cape Town under the name "Asia Anderson".
- London Levi appeared in the October 2009 issue of Playboy.
Notes[edit]
- Angelea would later come back for the fourteenth cycle where she would become a contestant. She also competed with Allison Harvard in the All-Stars cycle. In episode 1, the pool of 34 girls was reduced to 13. This call-out order does not reflect their performances that week.