America's Next Top Model (season 6)
The sixth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on March 8, 2006, which would be the last cycle to air on UPN before merging with The WB to create The CW. The catchphrase for this cycle was "Fairy Tales Come True." This cycle was filmed from October through December 2005.[1]
America's Next Top Model | |
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Season 6 | |
Judges | |
No. of contestants | 13 |
Winner | Danielle Evans |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | UPN |
Original release | March 8 – May 17, 2006 |
Season chronology | |
The prizes for this cycle were:
- A modeling contract with Ford Models.
- A fashion spread and cover in Elle magazine.
- A US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.
The international destination during this cycle was Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand.
The winner was 20-year-old Danielle Evans from Little Rock, Arkansas with Joanie Dodds placing as the runner-up.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)
Contestant[2] | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
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Kathy Hoxit[3] | 20 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Brevard, North Carolina | Episode 2 | 13 |
Wendy Wiltz | 22 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | New Orleans, Louisiana | Episode 3 | 12 |
Kari Schmidt[4] | 18 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Brookings, South Dakota | Episode 4 | 11 |
Gina Choe[5] | 21 | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) | Odessa, Florida | Episode 5 | 10 |
Mollie Sue Steenis[6] | 25 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Tampa, Florida | Episode 6 | 9 |
Leslie Mancia[7] | 18 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Higley, Arizona | Episode 7 | 8 |
Brooke Staricha[8] | 22 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Corpus Christi, Texas | Episode 8 | 7 |
Nnenna Agba[9] | 24 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Houston, Texas | Episode 9 | 6 |
Furonda Brasfield[10] | 24 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Stuttgart, Arkansas | Episode 11 | 5 |
Sara Albert[11] | 22 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Davis, California | Episode 12 | 4 |
Jade Cole | 26 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | New York, New York | Episode 13 | 3 |
Joanie Dodds[12] | 24 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | 2 | |
Danielle Evans[13] | 20 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Little Rock, Arkansas | 1 |
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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60 | 1 | "The Girl Who Learns How to Dance" | March 8, 2006 | |
The 32 hopeful contestants arrived in a Pasadena hotel to start a runway challenge. Yvonne, a 27-year-old doctor, who won the catwalk challenge and impressed both of the Jays. The contestants who were driven to impress Tyra & the Jays. Memorable contestants included Wendy, who revealed that she hasn't been able to speak with her family since they evacuated Hurricane Katrina, Jade, who gave the judges something to talk about after being a little cocky, Joanie, who showed the judges her rebellious side by showing her cage dancer moves, and as well as telling the judges she was the daughter of a preacher and Dani tells the judges over her personality in debates during her audition video. They were then trimmed down to 20 contestants, and they have to participate in their photoshoot. Tyra selected the 13 finalists to enter the competition. There were many older girls in this cycle, as 9 out of the 13 contestants were 21 years old and over, while Jade was the only 26-year-old contestant since Robyn Manning of cycle 1. | ||||
61 | 2 | "The Girls Go Bald" | March 8, 2006 | |
The girls were taken to Bel Age hotel for an interview challenge with Janice Dickinson. Nnenna won the challenge due to her personality and chose Jade, Gina, and Sara to be the first four to enter the house to choose their bedrooms. The rest of the contestants moved into their house in Los Angeles with four fashion-inspired rooms and one "Top Model" room. Jade claimed she was "the undiscovered supermodel" and declared herself the front runner of the competition. They had dinner together and Gina got over drunk in alcoholism. The girls arrived at Warren Tricomi salon and thought they were having makeovers and believed that they would all be shaved bald as a way to level the competition for the photoshoot, when in fact they were fitted with skull caps and posed wearing Swarovski crystals in an array of mannequin heads. Many of the girls' photos impressed the judges, particularly Kari, Danielle and Sara, who Tyra commended by saying her photo was "one of the best photos in the history of America's Next Top Model." Furonda and Kathy landed in the bottom two, but Kathy was eliminated over Furonda, (whose photo Tyra said was the worst in the group) because the judges felt that Kathy looked lost in her photo and because the judges didn't feel she had model potential.
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62 | 3 | "The Girl Who is a True Miss Diva" | March 15, 2006 | |
The remaining 12 contestants were taken back to Warren Tricomi salon and got their makeovers. During the makeover process, Jay spoke with each of the girls to help them to establish their individual styles, Jade thought she looked bad in short hair and wanted to choose long hair extensions instead. The following day, they participated in the Gen Art Fashion Show and they had to embody in a clothing challenge. Nnenna won her second challenge for her interpretation of the "new African queen," and once again chose Jade and Gina to accompany her for a $5,000 shopping spree at Nanette Lepore. She chose these two because they did not get along and hoped the interaction would help their relationship. For the photoshoot, the contestants posed with ice sculptures. Many girls did well, especially Danielle and Kari. Furonda was commended for her improvement, and Brooke's high fashion look and photo earned her the first call-out. Jade and Wendy ended up in the bottom two. Although Jade made a poor impression with the judges while taking a poor photograph, she was spared over Wendy (whose family had been affected by Hurricane Katrina) was sent home due to her inability to transfer her modeling potential to photographs, as well as lack of focus.
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63 | 4 | "The Girl Who Kissed a Roach" | March 22, 2006 | |
The eleven finalists participated in a challenge where they walked in a show with cockroaches for Jared Gold, with the winner being Jade. The photoshoot had them portraying modern fairytales while falling. The judging saw Kari become the third model eliminated.
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64 | 5 | "The Girl Who Kissed a Male Model" | March 29, 2006 | |
The ten finalists participated in a challenge where they had to take seasonal commercial photos for Sears, with the winner being Nnenna. The photo shoot had them posing with male models while portraying their future careers. The judging saw Gina become the fourth model eliminated.
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65 | 6 | "The Girl With Two Bad Takes" | April 5, 2006 | |
The nine finalists participated in a challenge where they performed improv with the cast of MTV's Wild 'n Out, with the winner being Furonda. They shot a commercial for Cover Girl Clean Liquid Foundation where they were attendees at a pool party. The judging saw Mollie Sue become fifth model eliminated.
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66 | 7 | "The Girl Who Has a Temper" | April 12, 2006 | |
The eight finalists participated in a challenge where they modeled in a church fashion show, with the winner being Jade. The photo shoot had them krumping while modeling shoes for Payless. The judging saw Leslie become the sixth model eliminated.
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67 | 8 | "The Girl Who Has a Surgery" | April 19, 2006 | |
The seven finalists participated in a challenge where they were tested to see how much criticism they could take, with the winner being Jade. The photoshoot was for Pantene had them posing as various types of dolls. Whilst Jade, Danielle and Joanie excelled, Brooke struggled. They did a second photoshoot with Tyra as the photographer where they had to cry. The judging saw Brooke become the seventh model eliminated.
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68 | 9 | "The Girl Who is a Masseuse, Not a True Model" | April 26, 2006 | |
The six finalists participated in a challenge where they had to be interviewed, with the winner being Nnenna. The girls were visited by Sutan, who came in drag impersonating Tyra. This led to Tyra announcing to the girls that they would be going to Thailand for the remainder of the completion, The models went to Bangkok, Thailand, where Nnenna and Jade we’re treated to a spa treatment, with Furonda, Sara, Joanie and Danielle acting as masseuses. Whilst Joanie took her responsibility seriously, explaining how important respect is in Thai culture, Danielle was too tired from the journey to Bangkok to do her job properly and Furonda did her job with minimal effort. The girls had a photoshoot which had them portray mermaids caught in a net above the floating market for Banana Boat Suntan Lotion. The judging saw Nnenna become the eighth model eliminated.
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69 | 10 | "The Girl Who is Going to the Moon" | April 26, 2006 | |
This episode was an overview of the past nine episodes of the cycle which featured previously unseen footage. | ||||
70 | 11 | "The Girl Who is Rushed to the Emergency Room" | May 3, 2006 | |
The five finalists participated in a challenge where the learned and performed Thai classical dance, with Joanie being the winner. During the challenge however, Joanie accused Jade of being defensive and they got into a heated argument about the latter’s attitude. Meanwhile, Danielle was rushed to the hospital after suffering from dehydration and some food poisoning, meaning she was unable to complete the challenge. Despite still being ill, she left the hospital to participate in the photo shoot. The photo shoot had them posing on elephants for Gillette's line of Venus razors. Joanie and Danielle did extremely well, whereas Jade and Furonda were criticised for being too stiff. Joanie and Jay Manuel also criticised Sara for copying her poses. The judging saw Furonda become the ninth model eliminated.
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71 | 12 | "The Girls Go to Phuket" | May 10, 2006 | |
The four finalists participate in a challenge where they go on go-sees. However, not a single girl made to back in time to the hotel. Jade was purposefully late, explaining that seeing all the designers was more important to her than making it make on time, making her an hour and 10 minutes late. Danielle was praised for her strong walk and the designers liked her the most out. But since she and all the other girls were late, she did not collect her prize. The girls received a Tyra mail that revealed to them that they were travelling to Phuket, Thailand. Before the photoshoot, Tyra visited them, and talked about the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami had on Thailand and Phuket in particular. They then did a photoshoot for Elle Girl and Amp'd Mobile that had them modeling Ocean Pacific swimwear on a beach. Jade and Joanie did well despite the rough conditions but Danielle found it hard to concentrate as she couldn’t get the image of the tsunami out of her head. The judging saw Sara become the tenth model eliminated.
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72 | 13 | "The Girl Who Walked Through the Ancient City" | May 17, 2006 | |
The final three contestants—Joanie, Jade, and Danielle—shot photographs and a commercial for Cover Girl Lash Exact Mascara. Jade became the eleventh finalist to be eliminated at panel. Joanie and Danielle walked in Roj Singkakul's fashion show for his line Issue. During the final deliberation, Joanie was praised for her strong and versatile portfolio, whereas Danielle was commended for her unique look and strong runway walk. The final judging saw Danielle crowned America's Next Top Model.
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Summaries
Call-out order
Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||
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1[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
1 | Jade | Nnenna | Brooke | Jade | Furonda | Furonda | Joanie | Joanie | Danielle | Joanie | Joanie | Joanie | Danielle | |
2 | Sara | Sara | Danielle | Danielle | Joanie | Sara | Jade | Furonda | Jade | Sara | Jade | Danielle | Joanie | |
3 | Mollie Sue | Leslie | Nnenna | Brooke | Danielle | Leslie | Nnenna | Nnenna | Sara | Danielle | Danielle | Jade | ||
4 | Leslie | Joanie | Kari | Joanie | Leslie | Danielle | Furonda | Sara | Joanie | Jade | Sara | |||
5 | Joanie | Kari | Furonda | Mollie Sue | Jade | Nnenna | Danielle | Danielle | Furonda | Furonda | ||||
6 | Nnenna | Danielle | Gina | Sara | Mollie Sue | Joanie | Brooke | Jade | Nnenna | |||||
7 | Kari | Jade | Mollie Sue | Furonda | Sara | Brooke | Sara | Brooke | ||||||
8 | Brooke | Mollie Sue | Leslie | Leslie | Nnenna | Jade | Leslie | |||||||
9 | Danielle | Brooke | Sara | Nnenna | Brooke | Mollie Sue | ||||||||
10 | Kathy | Gina | Joanie | Gina | Gina | |||||||||
11 | Furonda | Wendy | Jade | Kari | ||||||||||
12 | Gina | Furonda | Wendy | |||||||||||
13 | Wendy | Kathy |
- The contestant won the challenge and was eliminated
- The contestant won the challenge and was covergirl of the week
- The contestant was covergirl of the week
- The contestant won the challenge
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 1, the pool of 32 girls was reduced to 13. This call-out order does not reflect their performances that week.
Bottom two
Episode | Contestants | Eliminated |
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2 | Furonda & Kathy | Kathy |
3 | Jade & Wendy | Wendy |
4 | Gina & Kari | Kari |
5 | Brooke & Gina | Gina |
6 | Jade & Mollie Sue | Mollie Sue |
7 | Leslie & Sara | Leslie |
8 | Brooke & Jade | Brooke |
9 | Furonda & Nnenna | Nnenna |
11 | Furonda & Jade | Furonda |
12 | Danielle & Sara | Sara |
13 | Danielle & Jade | Jade |
Danielle & Joanie | Joanie |
- 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 fifth time in the bottom two
- The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order
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 |
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1 | 2 | Joanie | 35 | 11 | 3.18 |
2 | 1 | Danielle | 36 | 3.27 | |
3 | 4 | Sara | 46 | 10 | 4.60 |
4 | 3 | Jade | 51 | 11 | 4.63 |
5 | 5 | Furonda | 42 | 9 | 4.67 |
6 | 6 | Nnenna | 38 | 8 | 4.75 |
7 | 8 | Leslie | 34 | 6 | 5.67 |
8 | 7 | Brooke | 42 | 7 | 6.00 |
9 | 11 | Kari | 20 | 3 | 6.67 |
10 | 9 | Mollie Sue | 35 | 5 | 7.00 |
11 | 10 | Gina | 36 | 4 | 9.00 |
12 | 12 | Wendy | 23 | 2 | 11.50 |
13 | 13 | Kathy | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 2 photo shoot: Bald covered in Swarovski crystals
- Episode 3 photo shoot: Ice princesses in a magazine
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling fairy tale princesses
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Future Careers with male models
- Episode 6 Commercial: CoverGirl Clean Liquid Foundation at a pool party
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Krumping
- Episode 8 photo shoots: Dolls; emotional black & white beauty shots
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Mermaids hanging in the Floating Market
- Episode 11 photo shoot: Posing on an elephant for Venus razors
- Episode 12 photo shoot: Ocean Pacific swimwear on the beaches of Phuket
- Episode 13 photo shoot & commercial: CoverGirl lash exact mascara commercial and print ad
Makeovers
- Wendy - Honey blonde highlights
- Kari - Brigitte Bardot inspired big curls with bangs
- Gina - Layers and angles added
- Mollie Sue - Mia Farrow inspired pixie cut
- Leslie - Thick luscious extensions
- Brooke - Gisele Bundchen inspired blonde highlights
- Nnenna - Shaved bald
- Furonda - Long straight black weave
- Sara - Brigitte Nielsen inspired cut and dyed platinum blonde
- Jade - Blonde pixie cut and eyebrows dyed to match
- Joanie - Dyed icy blonde, and later, snaggletooth removed and porcelain crowns added
- Danielle - Extra-long wavy weave, and later, front tooth gap adjusted
Post–Top Model careers
- Nnenna Agba has signed with OmodelAfrica, eSensual Models, and Bookings Model Agency. She has been on the cover of True Love, Clam, Onyx Style, and Time Out London magazines. She has appeared in Essence, Jewel and Arise magazine and has modeled for Red and Lulu. She also appeared in a commercial for McDonald's.[14] She can be seen in the music video "Girlfriend" by Sergey Lazarev.[15][16]
- Sara Albert had some test shoots with Elite Models Management and appeared in the cover and a spread in Engaged! Magazine. She has since left the industry, and is now married, took the name of her husband and now goes by Sara Hallmark and lives in Washington, D.C. She is currently working at Hogan Lovells as a law firm associate.[17]
- Furonda Brasfield has a contract with VMH Models in Vancouver that she received through the model scouting firm ModelScouts.com. She had her own show, Model Me TV.[18] She has also appeared in a few ads and numerous runway shows.[19] She also appeared in one episode of Cycle 10. She has since left modeling and now works as a real estate agent. Furonda is now a licensed attorney in Arkansas.
- Gina Choe has taken a few test shots, is currently in school and lives in Florida. She has signed with Ford Models Miami under the Lifestyle division.
- Jade Cole has opened up a production company, the Biracial Butterfly Productions. She has also been featured in several ads for Nelly's Apple Bottoms Clothing Line. She was signed to Diva Models, Singapore; Dream Models, Hong Kong; Uber-Warning Models, Los Angeles; VMH Models, Vancouver; and SMG Models, Seattle by the model scouting firm ModelScouts.com and to Elite Model Management in Hong Kong in 2009.[20] She has appeared in the music videos "Go On Girl" by Ne-Yo and "Digital Girl" by Jamie Foxx ft. Kanye West, The-Dream, and Drake.[21] Cole was asked to be a contestant on America's Next Top Model: All-Stars, but declined due to contract agreement.[22]
- Joanie Dodds has been featured in several magazines. She appeared in one episode of Cycle 8 posing for a photograph with contestant Renee Alway and she later appeared in Cycle 10. She was also a guest judge on the Vietnamese Modeling Project, its format is related to ANTM. She has been signed to Elite Model Management in New York, Über-Warning Models and Elite Model Management in Hong Kong.[23][24] Also a licensed contractor, Joanie was co-host of DIY Network's Run My Renovation for four seasons. In 2018, she joined the cast of Trading Spaces as a carpenter under her married name of Sprague.
- Danielle Evans has collected all of her prizes and appeared in campaigns with Sephora, Tory Burch, and Akademiks. She was signed with Ford Models and has had her Covergirl contract renewed multiple times. She is currently signed with Click Model Management. She was featured on Project Runway and the series' Top Model in Action during Cycles 11 and 13.
- Kathy Hoxit is looking for agencies in New York.
- Leslie Mancia is signed to Ford Models in Los Angeles, Muse Management in New York City, and The Arizona Agency. She used to be signed with Elite Model Management in Los Angeles and Miami, Nous Model Management, Major Model Management, and Percent Model Management.[25] She recently walked for Anya Ayoung Chee in the Project Runway season 9 finale. She also modeled for Michael Costello in Project Runway: All Stars.
- Kari Schmidt has returned to school, but plans to model when she is done with school.
- Brooke Staricha has been with various agencies and is signed with I Model and Talent in New York.
- Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi is signed to several modeling agencies, including Elite in New York and Barcelona, Storm Model Management, and Why Not Model Agency. She has been featured in Vogue, has modeled for Levi's, Vision, Winners F06, Florida International, Out, D La Repubblica Delle Donne, Mixte, Tush, ANNA, Madame Figaro, eLuxury.com, Zink, Madame, Cosmopolitan, CopCopines, Fashion, Self, Diesel, The Lake & Stars F/W 07, Adorn W 07, Grazia, Vanidad, Avant-Garde, Sang Bleu, Gondi Ishiko, Soon, Rene Furterer International Magazine, Style Mag, Intersection, and appeared in Top Model in Action in Cycle 11.
- Wendy Wiltz is represented by I.D. Model Management.
Trivia
- J. Alexander revealed that he actually didn’t want Furonda in the house but Jay Manuel and Tyra did, which is why she made it into the house.
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