China's Next Top Model (season 3)
China's Next Top Model Cycle 3 is the third Cycle of the Chinese reality TV series, based on the international version and spin-off to the original, America's Next Top Model.
| China's Next Top Model | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 | |
| Starring | Li Ai Grace Han Li Dong Tian Deng Li Han Huo Huo |
| Country of origin | China |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sichuan Satellite TV |
| Original release | June 13 – September 4, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
The show was produced by Chinese television subscription channel Sichuan Satellite TV and it is filmed in Shanghai, the casting was held in selected cities of China - Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Nanning, Dalian, Wuhan, Changsha, and Chengdu. It began airing on June 13, 2010.
Among the prizes for this season was: a contract with Hengdian World Studios, an appearance on the cover of Marie Claire China plus will join the yearly Marie Claire China fashion ceremony, become a spokesperson of Wahaha products, represent China on the World Supermodel Finals 2011 and act in a charitable fashion drama "美麗模坊之明日天後" (the day after the competition).
The winner of the competition was 18-year-old Mao Chu Yu from Chengdu, Sichuan.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Finish | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhu Yan | 23 | Shanghai | Episode 4 | 10 |
| Sun Yue | 21 | Qingdao, Shandong | Episode 5 | 9 |
| Zhao Yi Fei | 19 | Dalian, Liaoning | Episode 6 | 8 (quit) |
| Shi Yu | 20 | Chengdu, Sichuan | 7 | |
| Chaochang Yi Lan | 19 | Wuhan, Hubei | Episode 7 | 6 |
| Zhu Yue | 18 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | Episode 8 | 5 |
| Huang Qi | 20 | Changsha, Hunan | Episode 10 | 4 |
| Wang Sheng Jie | 21 | Qingdao, Shandong | Episode 11 | 3 |
| Lin Jia Yi | 20 | Guangzhou, Guangdong | Episode 12 | 2 |
| Mao Chu Yu | 18 | Chengdu, Sichuan | 1 |
Episodes
Episode 1
First casting episode.
Episode 2
Second casting episode
Episode 3
Third casting episode
- Quit: Ling & Jia An Qi
Episode 4
- First call-out: Zhu Yue
- Bottom two: Huang Qi & Zhu Yan
- Eliminated: Zhu Yan
Episode 5
- First call-out: Zhao Yi Fei
- Bottom two: Sun Yue & Wang Sheng Jie
- Eliminated: Sun Yue
Episode 6
- Quit: Zhao Yi Fei
- First call-out: Wang Sheng Jie
- Bottom two: Lin Jia Yi & Shi Yu
- Eliminated: Shi Yu
Episode 7
- First call-out: Lin Jia Yi
- Bottom two: Chaochang Yi Lan & Huang Qi
- Eliminated: Chaochang Yi Lan
Episode 8
- First call-out: Wang Sheng Jie
- Bottom two: Lin Jia Yi & Zhu Yue
- Eliminated: Zhu Yue
Episode 9
- First call-out: Lin Jia Yi
- Bottom two: Huang Qi & Mao Chu Yu
- Eliminated: None
Episode 10
- First call-out: Mao Chu Yu
- Bottom two: Huang Qi & Lin Jia Yi
- Eliminated: Huang Qi
Episode 11
- First call-out: Mao Chu Yu
- Bottom two: Lin Jia Yi & Wang Sheng Jie
- Eliminated: Wang Sheng Jie
Episode 12
- Final two: Lin Jia Yi & Mao Chu Yu
- China's Next Top Model: Mao Chu Yu
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 1 | Chu Yu | Yue Z. | Yi Fei | Sheng Jie | Jia Yi | Sheng Jie | Jia Yi | Chu Yu | Chu Yu | Chu Yu | ||
| 2 | Jia Yi | Jia Yi | Chu Yu | Chu Yu | Chu Yu | Qi | Sheng Jie | Sheng Jie | Jia Yi | Jia Yi | ||
| 3 | Sheng Jie | Yi Fei | Jia Yi | Qi | Yue Z. | Chu Yu | Chu Yu Qi | Jia Yi | Sheng Jie | |||
| 4 | Yi Lan | Yi Lan | Yi Lan | Yi Lan | Sheng Jie | Jia Yi | Qi | |||||
| 5 | Yan | Chu Yu | Yu | Yue Z. | Qi | Yue Z. | ||||||
| 6 | Ling An Qi | Sheng Jie | Yue Z. | Jia Yi | Yi Lan | |||||||
| 7 | Yu | Qi | Yu | |||||||||
| 8 | Yue Z. | Yue S. | Sheng Jie | Yi Fei | ||||||||
| 9 | Qi | Qi | Yue S. | |||||||||
| 10 | Yue S. | Yan | ||||||||||
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 3, Ling and Jia An Qi, quit the competition, they were replaced by Yi Fei and Yu the next episode.
- In episode 6, Yi Fei quit the competition.
- In episode 9, there was a non-elimination.
Photo shoot guide
- Episode 4 photo shoot: Glamorous gowns in an ice cellar
- Episode 5 photo shoot: Wahaha water in sportswear
- Episode 6 photo shoot: Wahaha goddesses
- Episode 7 photo shoot: Emotional Moulin Rouge
- Episode 8 commercial: Sichuan tourism
- Episode 8 photo shoot: Phantoms of ancient Chinese princesses
- Episode 9 photo shoot: Army fighters in groups
- Episode 10 photo shoot: Marie Claire covers
- Episode 11 commercial: Wahaha commercial
Makeovers
- Chu Yu: Cut to the collarbone, dyed darker, and highlights added
- Jia Yi: Ombre style long weave and dyed platinum blonde
- Qi: Scruffier and dyed two tones
- Sheng Jie: Cut into a bob, dyed blonde on one side
- Yi Lan: Cut chin-length and China Doll bangs added
- Yu: Cut shorter with blunt ends
- Yue Z.: Mia Farrow haircut (Rosemary's Baby) and dyed dark violet