India's Next Top Model (season 1)
India's Next Top Model, season 1 was the first installment of India's Next Top Model. The series premiered on MTV India on 19 July 2015 at 7:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30).[1] Ten finalists were chosen to compete for the show.
| India's Next Top Model | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| Country of origin | India |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV India |
| Original release | 19 July 2015 – September 27, 2015 |
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Among with the prizes was a one-year contract to be the new face of TRESemmé, representation from Bling Talent Management, and the opportunity to appear in an editorial spread for Grazia magazine.
The winner of the competition was 18 year-old Danielle Canute from Mumbai.[2]
Cast
Contestants
| Contestant[3] | Age | Hometown | Finish | Place |
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| Vishakha Bharadwaj | 23 | Delhi | Episode 3 | 10 (quit) |
| Neev Marcel | 24 | Goa | 9 | |
| Sreeradhe Khanduja | 20 | Allahabad | Episode 4 | 8 |
| Anam Shaikh | 22 | Mumbai | Episode 6 | 7 |
| Malvika Sitlani | 22 | Mumbai | Episode 7 | 6 |
| Aditi Shetty | 22 | Mumbai | Episode 8 | 5 |
| Monica Gill | 25 | Boston | Episode 9 | 4 |
| Gloria Tep | 23 | Nagaland | Episode 11 | 3 |
| Rushali Rai | 20 | Delhi | 2 | |
| Danielle Canute | 18 | Mumbai | 1 |
Judges & Mentors
- Lisa Haydon - presenter / head judge
- Dabboo Ratnani - judge
- Neeraj Gaba - mentor / image consultant
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 19 July 2015 | |
| The chosen 13 semi-finalists converged in Mumbai and met the panel for one on one interviews. At the end of the sessions, Lisa Haydon revealed that only 10 contestanst would be selected to continue on in the competition. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 26 July 2015 | |
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The final 13 took part in a self styled rooftop photo shoot with judge Dabboo Ratnani. After deliberating on the final photos, the judges chose the top 10.
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| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 2 August 2015 | |
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The remaining contestants moved into the model house, and had an underwater photo shoot challenge. They were later paired off for a photo shoot in which they had to mimic each other's poses on opposite sides of a mirror frame as they tried to sell Lakmé's new matte lipstick.
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| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 9 August 2015 | |
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The models arrived at a fish market, and were introduced to model Alesia Raut for a catwalk lesson. In a runway show that would replace the week's photo shoot, the contestants had to walk wearing headdresses designed by Little Shilpa as they avoided swinging pendulums.
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| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 16 August 2015 | |
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The final seven received makeovers, and later had to model outrageous hairstyles on miniature sets for a beauty shoot.
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| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 23 August 2015 | |
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The models met Neeraj Gaba and makeup expert Clint Fernandes at the Lakmé Absolute Salon for a makeup lesson and challenge, and later shot TV commercials for TRESemmé's new Keratin Smooth shampoo.
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| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 30 August 2015 | |
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 6 September 2015 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 13 September 2015 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Episode 10" | 20 September 2015 | |
| 11 | 11 | "Episode 11" | 27 September 2015 | |
Results
| Order | Episodes | |||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| 1 | Rushali | Monica Sreeradhe | Danielle | Rushali | Monica | Danielle | Gloria | Danielle | Danielle | |||||
| 2 | Anam | Anam | Aditi | Rushali | Gloria | Monica | Gloria | Rushali | ||||||
| 3 | Danielle | Gloria | Malvika | Gloria | Gloria | Rushali | Rushali | Rushali | Gloria | |||||
| 4 | Malvika | Danielle Rushali | Rushali | Danielle | Danielle | Aditi | Danielle | Monica | ||||||
| 5 | Aditi | Aditi | Malvika | Aditi | Monica | Aditi | ||||||||
| 6 | Monica | Aditi Anam | Gloria | Anam Monica | Malvika | Malvika | ||||||||
| 7 | Vishakha | Monica | Anam | |||||||||||
| 8 | Neev | Malvika | Sreeradhe | |||||||||||
| 9 | Sreeradhe | Neev | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Gloria | Vishakha | ||||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two
- The contestant won the competition