Korea's Next Top Model (season 1)
The first season of Korea's Next Top Model (or Do-jeon Supermodel Korea) aired from September to December 2010 on OnStyle. The international destination was Paris.
| Korea's Next Top Model | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Release | |
| Original network | Onstyle |
| Original release | September 18 – December 11, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
This season featured fourteen contestants in its final cast. The prizes for this season included: A cash prize of 100,000,000 Korean won, a cover shoot and editorial in W Magazine Korea, a contract with SK-II and a modelling contract with ESteem Entertainment.
The winner was 20-year-old Lee Ji-min.[1]
Episode summaries
Episode 1
- Original airdate: September 18, 2010
The final 24 contestants were chosen from the pool of 50 during the auditions.
Episode 2
- Original airdate: September 25, 2010
The final 24 were introduced to the host, Jang Yoon-ju, and competed in a runway challenge. They were introduced to a wildcard contestant, Min-sun. After a photo shoot with male models, 14 contestants were chosen as finalists.
Episode 3
- Original airdate: October 2, 2010
The 14 girls moved into the model apartment – a penthouse overlooking the city. After receiving makeovers, they did their first official photo shoot, in which they posed as pin-up girls. Yu-ri and Hyo-kyeong's performances landed them in the bottom two and Yu-ri was the first girl eliminated.
- First call-out: Kim Na-rae
- Bottom two: Kim Hyo-kyeong & Kim Yu-ri
- Eliminated: Kim Yu-ri
Episode 4
- Original airdate: October 9, 2010
The remaining girls did a high fashion recreation.
| Contestant | Recreation |
|---|---|
| Dan-bi | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK |
| Doo-hee | Death Defying Acts |
| Eun-young | V |
| Hye-ji | Pearl Harbor |
| Hye-lim | The Chronicles of Narnia |
| Hyo-kyeong | Galaxy Express 999 |
| Il-hong | Marie-Antoinette |
| Ji-min | Chicago |
| Min-sun | Chief Priest |
| Na-rae | Catwoman |
| Ye-ji | Cats |
| Yoo-kyung | The Road |
| Young-eun | Avatar |
- First call-out: Kim Na-rae
- Bottom two: Lee Eun-young & Seon Hye-lim
- Eliminated: Lee Eun-young
Episode 5
- Original airdate: October 16, 2010
The girls participated in a paparazzi-themed photo shoot. At panel, it was revealed that two girls would be sent home. The bottom three contestants were Dan-bi, Il-hong and Young-eun. Young-eun was the first to be eliminated. The episode ended on a cliffhanger, with Dan-bi and Il-hong's verdicts being revealed the following episode.
- First call-out: Lee Yoo-kyung
- Bottom three: Seok Dan-bi, Baek Il-hong & Shin Young-eun
- First eliminated: Shin Young-eun
Episode 6
- Original airdate: October 23, 2010
Dan-bi was revealed as the second eliminee of the previous week.
- Second eliminated: Seok Dan-bi
The girls worked in conjunction with Project Runway Korea for this week's episode.
- First call-out: Oh Hye-ji
- Bottom two: Park Doo-hee & Kim Ye-ji
- Eliminated: Kim Ye-ji
Episode 7
- Original airdate: October 30, 2010
- First call-out: Oh Hye-ji
- Bottom two: Seon Hye-lim & Kim Hyo-kyeong
- Eliminated: Seon Hye-lim
Episode 8
- Original airdate: November 6, 2010
- First call-out: Kim Min-sun
- Bottom three: Kim Hyo-kyeong, Baek Il-hong & Lee Ji-min
- Eliminated: Kim Hyo-kyeong & Baek Il-hong
Episode 9
- Original airdate: November 13, 2010
- First call-out: Lee Ji-min
- Bottom two: Park Doo-hee & Kim Min-sun
- Eliminated: Kim Min-sun
Episode 10
- Original airdate: November 20, 2010
- First call-out: Lee Yoo-kyung
- Bottom two: Oh Hye-ji & Kim Na-rae
- Eliminated: Oh Hye-ji
Episode 11
- Original airdate: November 27, 2010
- First call-out: Kim Na-rae
- Bottom two: Park Doo-hee & Lee Yoo-kyung
- Eliminated: Park Doo-hee
Episode 12
- Original airdate: December 4, 2010
Episode 13
- Original airdate: December 11, 2010
- Final three: Lee Ji-min, Kim Na-rae & Lee Yoo-kyung
- Korea's Next Top Model: Lee Ji-min
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest and use the Korean system of determining age)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Outcome | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Yu-ri | 17 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | Episode 3 | 14 |
| Lee Eun-young | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Episode 4 | 13 |
| Shin Young-eun | 24 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Episode 5 | 12 |
| Seok Dan-bi | 22 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | 11 | |
| Kim Ye-ji | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Episode 6 | 10 |
| Seon Hye-lim | 18 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | Episode 7 | 9 |
| Kim Hyo-kyeong | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Episode 8 | 8–7 |
| Baek Il-hong | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Kim Min-sun | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Episode 9 | 6 |
| Oh Hye-ji | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Episode 10 | 5 |
| Park Doo-hee | 28 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Episode 11 | 4 |
| Lee Yoo-kyung | 24 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Episode 13 | 3–2 |
| Kim Na-rae | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Lee Ji-min | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | 1 |
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 1 | Yoo-kyung | Na-rae | Na-rae | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Hye-ji | Min-sun | Ji-min | Yoo-kyung | Na-rae | Ji-min | ||
| 2 | Na-rae | Doo-hee | Min-sun | Hye-lim | Ji-min | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Yoo-kyung | Ji-min | Ji-min | Na-rae Yoo-kyung | ||
| 3 | Hye-lim | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Hyo-kyeong | Hye-lim | Na-rae | Yoo-kyung | Hye-ji | Doo-hee | Yoo-kyung | |||
| 4 | Min-sun | Min-sun | Yoo-kyung | Ye-ji | Na-rae | Il-hong | Doo-hee | Na-rae | Na-rae | Doo-hee | |||
| 5 | Eun-young | Dan-bi | Doo-hee | Na-rae | Il-hong | Doo-hee | Na-rae | Doo-hee | Hye-ji | ||||
| 6 | Young-eun | Ji-min | Ji-min | Min-sun | Yoo-kyung | Min-sun | Ji-min | Min-sun | |||||
| 7 | Ji-min | Il-hong | Dan-bi | Ji-min | Min-sun | Ji-min | Hyo-kyeong Il-hong | ||||||
| 8 | Doo-hee | Hye-ji | Hyo-kyeong | Doo-hee | Hyo-kyeong | Hyo-kyeong | |||||||
| 9 | Il-hong | Young-eun | Young-eun | Hye-ji | Doo-hee | Hye-lim | |||||||
| 10 | Dan-bi | Eun-young | Il-hong | Il-hong | Ye-ji | ||||||||
| 11 | Ye-ji | Ye-ji | Ye-ji | Dan-bi | |||||||||
| 12 | Hyo-kyeong | Hye-lim | Hye-lim | Young-eun | |||||||||
| 13 | Yu-ri | Hyo-kyeong | Eun-young | ||||||||||
| 14 | Hye-ji | Yu-ri | |||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the competition
- Episode 1 was a casting episode. In episode 2, the pool of 24 girls were reduced to the final 13 who would move on to the main competition. This first call-out does not reflect their performance. Hye-ji was added to the competition in a last-minute decision, making 14 girls who made it in the competition.
- Episode 5 ended with a cliffhanger with Il-hong and Dan-bi in the bottom two. The elimination was shown the following episode.
- Episode 8 featured a double elimination with the bottom three contestants being in danger of elimination.
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Jean Shoot with Male Models
- Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Pin-Up Girls
- Episode 4 Photo Shoot: High Fashion Recreations
- Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Paparazzi Shoot
- Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Upcycle Dress Fashion Shoot
- Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Silky Hair Heroes vs Poor Hair Heroes
- Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Underwater Muses
- Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Paris Attractions
- Episode 10 Commercial: SK-II Commercial
- Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Homage to The Birds
- Episode 13 Photo Shoot: Cover of Korean W Magazine