Supermodel Search (Cycle 1)

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Episode 1 - "Concrete Jungle"
The top 12 girls arrived in New York for the competition, where they were met by Barbara Groedorff, the host and main judge of the cycle. After being handed the keys to the apartment, the girls found that there were ten single beds and one double, which sparked a debate as to who would be sharing the bed; Christian Genoveva felt uncomfortable with it, and refused to share despite her and Anzhela being left without single beds. Ultimately, Beatrice gave up her bed and decided to share with Anzhela.

At the reward challenge, the girls were tasked with taking a usable image for a CoverGirl cosmetics in just one shot. While most girls struggled, Aliyya panicked over the quality of her skin, and let the pressure get ahead of her. Ultimately, it was Arantzazu who won the prize and was rewarded with a letter from home.

Back at the house, Anzhela was annoyed about Arantzazu's win, as she had been able to watch all the girls before her before going on set, and confronted her about what she perceived as copying the earlier girls, who had gotten good feedback. After a long fight between the two, Olga split them up and ordered Anzhela to go outside and cool off.

For the photoshoot, the girls had couture shoot in the New York City streets. Olga was overconfident about her performance and, while performing well, was reprimanded for not taking enough risks. Daniela received much criticism from creative director, Lan Yun-jin, for taking too many risks and being too over the top, but ultimately got a strong shot.

At panel, Beatrice, Haruka, Aliyya and Daniela were praised for their strong photos, though Daniela and Olga were reprimanded for their performances on set. Olga was told not to rest on being "high fashion" and Daniela for failing to embrace her high fashion look. However, it was Genoveva, Sadb, Oluwayemisi and Jodie received the most criticism. Ultimately, it was Oluwayemisi and Jodie who landed in the bottom two. However, Oluwayemisi's potential resulted in her being saved, and Jodie was eliminated, for not standing out from the crowd.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Arantzazu Bazzt
 * First Call Out: Beatrice Barros
 * Bottom Two: Jodie Leary & Oluwayemisi Adedeyenka
 * Eliminated: Jodie Leary

Episode 2 - "Grace and Glory"
After Jodie's elimination, the girls were recovering from the stressful panel. Daniela was extremely upset, after losing her closest friend in the house, and noting that Jodie was the girl who helped her with her insulin for her diabetes. Aliyya tried to comfort her, but Daniela instead went to her bed and cried.

For the reward challenge, the girls were required to style themselves as if they were going to a casting. New model, Daniela, was confused as to what casting girls were supposed to wear, and went for her own casual clothes. She was criticized for looking too made up and was told it was better to tone it down for castings. Oluwayemisi impressed the most, and was rewarded with a free supplies of three magazines of her choice; she requested Elle, Vogue and Seventeen.

Anzhela continued to ruffle feathers in the house, when she stole Oluwayemisi's copy of Elle, and refused to give it back, leading to Sadb telling her that she was a "selfish witch" and ordering her to "grow up". Anzhela's temper almost got the better of her, and she almost slapped Sadb and Oluwayemisi, but was promptly restrained by Beatrice and Haruka.

For the photoshoot, the girls had to embody the emotions of grace and glory, as embodiments of either emotion. The girls were split into two groups, with one being given "grace", and the other "glory". Beatrice was confused by her task and struggled to get into the right frame of mind. Meanwhile, Ariana revelled in her "grace" and received high praise on set. At panel, a majority of the "glory" girls received criticism; with Aliyya and Daniela being the most notable, for their failure to live up to their beauty. Oluwayemisi received praise for her performance, as did Haruka and Ariana. At panel, Anzhela's behaviour was mentioned by the judges, and she received a formal warning for violence. Shortly after, the elimination began, with Ariana receiving the first call out. Aliyya and Daniela's failures to live up to their potential landed them in the bottom, but Aliyya's fresh look ultimately saved her, and Daniela was eliminated for being too young and immature for the competition.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Oluwayemisi Adedeyenka
 * First Call Out: Ariana Garron
 * Bottom Two: Aliyya Singh-Grantham & Daniela Hendrickse
 * Eliminated: Daniela Hendrickse

Episode 3 - "Recreate Yourself"
Back at the house, Aliyya felt guilty for Daniela's elimination, stating that she tried to help her following Jodie's elimination, and she ended up sending her home. Haruka tells her that she should snap out of it, since Daniela's lack of concentration sent her home, and that Aliyya needed to keep her head in the game. Meanwhile, Arantzazu's short attention span resulted in a small fire in the kitchen, to which Beatrice had a severe reaction, and fainted. After a quick visit to the hospital, Beatrice returned to the house with an all-clear.

For the challenge, the girls were tested on their fashion knowledge, with a designer quiz. Ariana surprised the girls when she revealed that Oscar De La Renta looked like her husband, David, and then wrongly identified him. Ultimately, it was Sadb who won the challenge, and was rewarded with a spa day, which she could share with two girls; Sadb chose Oluwayemisi and Genoveva.

On their spa day, Genoveva mused that Anzhela must've had little contact with her parents as a child, because of her uneasiness when talking about their families. Oluwayemisi suggested that she may have been abused and had to be taken away from her parents. At the house, Beatrice and Anzhela were talking about their pasts, when Anzhela revealed that she had had a tumultuous relationship with her parents, because of an undisclosed event. Despite feeling unsure about sharing it with a sixteen-year-old, she revealed that she'd left the family home at sixteen, and had spent a year on the streets. They were then interrupted by the B-Mail.

Before their photoshoot, the girls were given makeovers to upgrade their looks. While most girls felt comfortable with what they were given, Haruka felt uncomfortable with being given short hair, and Arantzazu was unsure about dying her hair brown, in fear that it may damage her hair. For their photoshoot, the girls sent straight to set, for an ad for TRESemmé hair care. Haruka, with her newly short hair, immediately expressed disbelief at how she could do this with such short hair, and virtually gave up on set. Anzhela was pleased with the shot, feeling sexier and stronger with her new hair. Arantzazu, however, was tired after all the other girls doing their shoots, and failed to give her all on set.

At panel, Haruka was lambasted for her failure to accept her makeover and giving up on set, leading the judges to question her desire to be a model. Arantzazu was also criticized for letting her tiredness get the better of her. Beatrice and Anzhela received great praise for their photos. Beatrice was awarded with her second first call out, and Haruka and Arantzazu landed in the bottom. Despite her stronger performance, the judges felt that Haruka was not committed to modelling, and she was sent home.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Sadb Khan
 * First Call Out: Beatrice Barros
 * Bottom Two: Arantzazu Bazzt & Haruka Michiru
 * Eliminated: Haruka Michiru

Episode 4 - "Versatility"
Haruka's shocking elimination left all of the models in disbelief, especially Olga and Anzhela, who felt that Arantzazu deserved to go home. When Arantzazu overhead, she yelled at them both, and told them it was not their business. Olga retorted that they were permitted to discuss the competition, and Anzhela told Arantzazu that she needed a thicker skin. Beatrice agreed that Arantzazu was too sensitive and insecure and suggested that she remember that criticism is just part of life.

At challenge, the girls were tested on their ability to go from being soft and commercial, to striking and high fashion. Sadb struggled to live up to the expectations, and couldn't take a commercial photo, with Anzhela noting that she'd gone from best to worst. Ultimately, Beatrice was rewarded with the challenge win, annoying some of the other girls.

Back home, Sadb began to complain to Beatrice that the judges were treating her specially, and that she was receiving an unfair advantage to the other girls. Beatrice replied that it was not her fault that she was performing well, and that Sadb was acting immature. Arantzazu accused her of being a hypocrite for not taking her own advice, but was in turn told off by Anzhela, since Sadb was making unfair accusations. Arantzazu then accused Anzhela of being a bully, and they argued again, upsetting Beatrice, who felt responsible.

At photoshoot, the girls were given the chance to participate in a campign for Target, requiring the girls to switch into commercial mode, as opposed to the previous high fashion photoshoots. Beatrice felt pressure, after winning the challenge earlier, but was able to pull it off, impressing the judges again. Sadb against complained that Beatrice was not doing as well as the judges gave her credit for.

At panel, Sadb received criticism again for her lack of versatility, and annoyed judges, Barbara and Michalina Leszkolodewicz, for her negative attitude. Ariana also was criticized for a fall from grace from her week 2 first call out. At elimination, Beatrice received her third first call out, much to Sadb's maintained chagrin, and Ariana landed in the bottom two with the latter. While Ariana's photo was deemed the weakest, Sadb's bad attitude and inability to take criticism resulted in her going home. As she left, she lambasted the judges again for favouritism, before departing.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Beatrice Barros
 * First Call Out: Beatrice Barros
 * Bottom Two: Ariana Garron & Sadb Khan
 * Eliminated: Sadb Khan

Episode 5 - "Fall From Grace"
After the previous elimination, Beatrice remained upset about Sadb's comments. In talking to Anzhela, she revealed that it wasn't about the comments per se, but rather that she wanted to win the show on her own merit and not because of judge favouritism. Oluwayemisi told her that she is the main competition, not because of favouritism, but because she had consistently performed well on and off-set. In confessional, she also noted that while Anzhela had had conflicts with every other girl, she was always very kindly towards Beatrice, and that this side needed to come out more.

For the week's challenge, the girls had a test shoot where they would be bouncing on a trampoline and had to maintain their modelesque composure, even while bouncing and being in midair. Despite a fear of falling off, Aliyya impressed the judges with the intensity in her face, and was declared the challenge winner; her reward was an extra fifty frames at the challenge. However, when asked to take these fifty frames from the others, she refused to do such a thing, and relinquished her own extra frames.

Back at the house, Arantzazu complained to Aliyya that she should've taken the frames from Beatrice, to try and sabotage her, and see if they judges still loved her photo. Aliyya said that it felt unfair to take them, and Arantzazu replied that it felt unfair that Beatrice was favoured. Anzhela and Oluwayemisi overhead and told Arantzazu to stop being to jealous all the time, and that she was acting stupid. Arantzazu told them to stop bullying her and began to cry, which resulted in Anzhela, Aliyya and Oluwayemisi walking out and abandoning the argument. Aliyya commented in confessional that Arantzazu was manipulative.

For the photoshoot, the girls tasked with portraying the "Fall of man" as told by the Bible. Posing in elegant swathes of clothes, the girls were tasked with posing in a forest, in the rain, with a serpent and male model. Genoveva, a devout Christian, was troubled by the photoshoot, but decided to go through with it, discomfort aside. After the shoot, she stated that it was an interesting experience and that she felt God would probably appreciate the images, as long as they remained tasteful.

At elimination, Aliyya and Anzhela really impressed the judges, and head judge, Barbara, praised Aliyya's decision to relinguish her own extra frames so as not to take another girls. Genoveva was praised for her image and for being brave enough to partake, despite her original discomfort. Anzhela's edgy shot received first call out, but Oluwayemisi and Ariana landed in the bottom two. Both on their second time, the judges felt that Ariana's spark had run out, while Oluwayemisi's burned bright, and Ariana was eliminated.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Aliyya Singh-Grantham
 * First Call Out: Anzhela Segevelna
 * Bottom Two: Ariana Garron & Oluwayemisi Adedeyenka
 * Eliminated: Ariana Garron

Episode 6 - "Birds of a Feather"
Immediately after Ariana's elimination, Barbara joined the girls to reveal that they would be moving out of New York City, and would be heading overseas to Dubai, at the end of the week, after the 7th place girl had been revealed. She added that this would would be the hardest yet, since their challenge would be to score a show at New York Fashion Week. As they returned home, Genoveva noted that, at 5'7", she was aware that she was not at a height for a runway model, and hoped that if she struggled for that, the judges would not hold it against her. Olga also noted that she had to prove her worth in the competition, after many weeks being stuck in the middle.

At the challenge, Genoveva's fears were confirmed, when the agents decided not to cast her for their shows. However, she remained determined and continued to search with agents. Beatrice, Olga and Anzhela managed to book one show, while Aliyya surprised everyone, by booking three shows. After being announced the winner, she asked Lan Yun-jin to allow her to share her win with Genoveva. Lan honoured this request, because of Genoveva's determination at the challenge. For their prize, they won a $5000 shopping spree.

At home, Arantzazu was annoyed by Aliyya's choices with the challenges, and complained to Olga that she was trying to act holier-than-thou, and appear better than others. Olga told her that she was just trying to be nice, and that she should lay off everyone and stop complaining all the time. Arantzazu, however, immediately became defensive and accused Olga of turning against her like the others. After trying to explain herself, Olga eventually gave up and left the room, commenting in confessional that she felt Arantzazu just had more of a language barrier and impaired understanding, because of her basic English skills.

For the photoshoot, the girls were tasked with embodying exotic birds. While on set, Aliyya's fear of heights got the better of her and she struggled to take a strong photo, while Olga revelled in the opportunity to prove herself, and produced a stellar film. At panel, Aliyya's photo was deemed her worst yet, and was told that she should learn to overcome her phobia. Olga received high praise for finally upping her game and taking a fantastic shot. Olga's impressive performance gained her first call out, while Aliyya's impressive challenge performance saved her from the bottom two. Genoveva and Arantzazu's bad pictures landed them both in the bottom two, but Genoveva's potential triumphed, and Arantzazu's time in the competition run out, leaving the rest of the girls headed for Dubai.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Aliyyah Singh-Grantham (shared with Genoveva Gerlene)
 * First Call out: Olga Davavalova
 * Bottom Two: Arantzazu Bazzt & Genoveva Gerlene
 * Eliminated: Arantzazu Bazzt

Episode 7 - "Naked Ambition"
Arriving in Dubai, the girls were excited to see around the town, with Beatrice noting that Dubai was a rising fashion hotspot. Anzhela attracted negative reaction for her short skirt, and was requested to go home and put on less revealing clothes, which annoyed Oluwayemisi, who wanted to see the beach, but was being held up. Olga and Beatrice separated from the group to try out the local restaurants, while Aliyya, Oluwayemisi, Genoveva and Anzhela remained at the beach. While there, Oluwayemisi took the chance to speak to Anzhela about her change in behaviour around Beatrice, which Anzhela explained as Beatrice being like a younger sister to her, and the first person who really gave her a chance in the house, which Oluwayemisi hadn't. Oluwayemisi then apologized and they made up.

For the challenge, the girls received another go-see challenge, where they were tasked with finding success in the Dubai fashion scene, with Lan noting that they wanted an international model. Again, Genoveva was worried that she mihgt struggle with her height, but performed admirably without runway opportunities. However, it was Olga who booked the most jobs and subsequently won the reward challenge; she received a day of relaxation, which she shared with Beatrice.

Back at home, Genoveva noted that she had been surprised by what Dubai was like, mentioning that she expected everyone to be wearing Islamic clothing, and to be of Arab descent. Her comments were criticized by Aliyya as being outdated and ignorant, telling her that Dubai had grown a lot over the recent years. However, Genoveva took some offense to these criticisms, and argued that she'd never been there before, and it was unfair to call her ignorant.

For the photoshoot, the girls were controversially told that they'd be posing nude. Because of decency laws, the girls were kept indoors, and photographed on a private set, with the warning to not be sleezy. Beatrice and Genoveva worried about the shoot; Beatrice for her young age and Genoveva over her devout faith. Deciding to go through with the shoot, both girls produced strong films.

At panel, all the girls received praise for their photos, with the judges feeling that everyone had done a fair job at the least. In a closely fought battle, Beatrice received her fourth first call out, with Genoveva behind her, both being praised for going through with the shoot despite their misgivings. Anzhela and Oluwayemisi landed in the bottom two, after the judges felt that in a strong batch, they'd both performed as the weakest that week. Ultimately, despite her potential, it was Oluwayemisi who was eliminated, as the judges felt that she wasn't ready to take on the industry yet.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Olga Davavalova
 * First Call Out: Beatrice Barros
 * Bottom Two: Anzhela Segevelna & Oluwayemisi Adedeyenka
 * Eliminated: Oluwayemisi Adedeyenka

Episode 8 - "Covering The Basics"
Back home, Anzhela expressed sadness at the fact that after finally making up with Oluwayemisi, she had now sent her home. In a coversation with Beatrice, she expressed sadness over the fact that they'd landed in the bottom two, and pointed out that weeks before, she would've been overjoyed to see it happen. Genoveva, overhearing part of the coversation out of context, however, became annoyed at what she perceived as her comments, and expressed that she was two-faced.

For the challenge that week, the girls were to pose with a pair of eyeglasses, and would have fifty frames to take the perfect photo for a campaign. The girl who had the best and most usable photo would win the challenge. All the girls performed well, but with only 17 usable frames, Anzhela was criticised for not knowing how to model commercially. Ultimately, it was Olga who won the challenge, and won the campaign.

Back at the house, Genoveva confronted Anzhela about her negative comments about Oluwayemisi, accusing her of being two faced and rude, as well as constantly mistreating the other models. Despite trying to defend herself, Anzhela was unable to stand up to Genoveva's criticisms and eventually retreated to her room, going as far as punching a wall in anger and stress. After slightly injuring her hand in doing so, she was taken to hospital and was bandaged for her injury.

The photoshoot that week was for a makeup campaign. Anzhela was pleased to realise that she did not require the  use of her hands, following her bruised knuckle, and Genoveva felt confident, highlighting her commercial ability as her best feature. At the panel, Anzhela and Genoveva were praised, while Olga received a warning that she was coasting by on challenge wins, and had to up her game again, as it was a bad time to be mediocre in the competition. Genoveva received the first call out, and Olga was saved from the bottom two by her challenge win, leaving Beatrice and Aliyya behind. Ultimately, Aliyya was eliminated for coasting in the competition.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Olga Davavalova
 * First Call Out: Genoveva Gerlene
 * Bottom Two: Aliyya Singh-Grantham & Beatrice Barros
 * Eliminated: Aliyya Singh-Grantham

Epsiode 9 - "Race To The Finish"
After the elimination of Aliyya, the top 4 girls found themselves divided in half; Genoveva and Olga were separate from Anzhela and Beatrice, after Olga believed Genoveva's mistaken comments about Anzhela talking bad about Oluwayemisi to be true. Olga reacted with surprise that Beatrice would side with Anzhela, saying that Anzhela had probably talked bad about every girl in the cycle, including Beatrice. Genoveva called Anzhela a horrible person, who was too busy revelling in other people's failure to take note of her own. Beatrice was perturbed by the split, however, having not had anything explained to her.

For the final challenge of the competition, the girls were given runway challenge, to see which girls were ready for the finale runway; the girl who was judged to be the strongest walker would be the winner. After a strong performance from all the girls, it was Olga who won her third consecutive challenge win. She won a night out to relax, which she shared with Genoveva. At home, Beatrice and Anzhela had their own girls night in.

When Genoveva and Olga returned, they were irritated to find that the house was a mess, and criticized Beatrice and Anzhela for acting inconsiderately. Anzhela tried to shrug off the fight, but Genoveva continued to criticize her, resulting in a surprising outburst from Beatrice, who screamed at both Genoveva and Olga that since they'd decided to exclude them completely for no reason. Genoveva retorted that they'd both been talking bad about Oluwayemisi, which Beatrice called "pure lies", and revealed that Anzhela had been expressing her sadness at the elimination, not talking badly of her. Realizing that she had not heard the whole thing, Genoveva apologised and returned to her room. The next day, the girls cleaned up the house together, with Beatrice apologising for her outburst.

The photoshoot of the week was for Calvin Klein lingerie, in which the creative director was barred from giving the girls advice during their shoots. Beatrice and Olga flourished in the position, but Genoveva and Anzhela were left unsure of what to do, and struggled to get the perfect shots.

At panel, all the girls received praise for certain areas; Beatrice for her sophisticated edge in her shot, Genoveva for her seductive nature, Olga for her innovative posing and Anzhela for her strength in the shot. However, it was Olga who received the first call out, and Anzhela and Genoveva, in a cruel irony from their previous argument, landed in the bottom two. Despite Anzhela's strong portfolio, the judges felt that her spark had been run down and that she had burnt out; and she was sent home.
 * Reward Challenge Winner: Olga Davavalova
 * First Call Out: Olga Davavalova
 * Bottom Two: Anzhela Segevelna & Genoveva Gerlene
 * Eliminated: Anzhela Segevelna

Episode 10 - "The Grand Finale"
While Olga and Genoveva celebrated their top 3 placement, Beatrice felt bogged down and burnt out, and retreated to her room. She commented that she'd lost her best friend in the house and the stress of being apart from her friends and family was starting to get to her. Feeling over stressed and wanting to relax before the finale, she decided to go to bed early, while Olga and Genoveva celebrated over a few glasses of wine.

Instead of having a challenge, the next day, the girls were taken for their cosmetic ads. It was then revealed that the girls would be shooting for L'Oreal and MAC Cosmetics. On the set, Genoveva struggled to break through her commercial factors on the MAC shoot, and Olga had trouble hiding her lack of sleep, after a bout of insomnia struck her in the night. After taking their shots, they were taken to the backstage of the runway, and told that one girl would be eliminated for her performances on set at the earlier shoots. After looking at all six photos, it was announced by Barbara that the eliminated girl was, in fact, Genoveva, ultimately placing 3rd. After the elimination of Genoveva, Beatrice and Olga were both sent immediately into the preparation for the final runway, for desiger Elie Saab. They were briefed on runway conditions and were prepared by the other models as to what was going to be expected of them on the runway. The girls then stomped to the death down the runway with the intention of winning the competition. The show received an ovation at the end, with Beatrice and Olga being permitted a final walk together, to close the show.
 * Eliminated: Genoveva Gerlene

The girls returned to the Dubai panel, where they were judged on their performance throughout the show. At her young age, Beatrice was questioned on whether or not she was ready, especially with her being so stressed earlier in the competition, whereas Olga's coasting earlier in the cycle was also noted on, and the girls received one last chance to plead their cases, as to why they deserved to be the winner.

With the girls being called into the room for the final time, Barbara revealed that the winner of the first cycle, and the first supermodel scouted by the show, was Beatrice Barros.
 * Runner-up: Olga Davavalova
 * Winner: Beatrice Barros

Barbara's Call Outs

 * 1) In episode 5, Aliyya won the reward challenge, but relinquished her reward based on obligations.
 * 2) In episode 6, Aliyya won the reward challenge again, and requested to share her win with Genoveva, because of her determination at the challenge. Despite it's unorthodox nature, Mr Lan agreed to honour this request.

Stastics

 * Eldest contestant: Sadb Khan (24 years)
 * Youngest contestant: Daniela Hendrickse (15 years)
 * Tallest contestant: Sadb Khan (183cm)
 * Shortest contestant: Genoveva Gerlene (170cm)
 * Most consecutive first call outs: Beatrice Barros (2 times)
 * Most collective first call outs: Beatrice Barros (4 times)
 * Most consecutive bottom two appearances: Ariana Garron (2 times)
 * Most collective bottom two appearances: Oluwayemisi Adedeyenka (3 times)
 * Most consecutive challenge wins: Olga Davavalova (3 times)
 * Most collective challenge wins: Olga Davavalova (3 times)
 * Highest call out average: Beatrice Barros (2.4)

Photoshoot guide

 * Episode 1 photoshoot: Couture on the streets of New York
 * Episode 2 photoshoot: Embodying the emotions of "Grace" and "Glory"
 * Episode 3 photoshoot: TRESemmé hair care ads
 * Episode 4 photoshoot: Campaign for Target
 * Episode 5 photoshoot: Recreating the Biblical story of the Fall of Man
 * Episode 6 photoshoot: Embodying exotic birds
 * Episode 7 photoshoot: Nude shoot
 * Episode 8 photoshoot: Max Factor makeup campaign
 * Episode 9 photoshoot: Calvin Klein lingerie
 * Episode 10 photoshoot: MAC Cosmetics and L'Oreal ads