Asia's Next Top Model

Asia's Next Top Model
Asia's Next Top Model
	Asia's Next Top Model logo
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Tyra Banks
Based on	America's Next Top Model
Presented by	Former Cindy Bishop (S4–6); Georgina Wilson (S3); Nadya Hutagalung (S1–2);
Judges	Former Yu Tsai (S4–6); Cara G. McIlroy (S5); Kelly Tandiono (S4); Alex Perry (S3); Joey Mead King (S1–3); Adam Williams (S2); Mike Rosenthal (S2); Daniel Boey (S1); Todd Anthony Tyler (S1);
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	75
Production
Executive producers	Karen Seah; Mark Arbitrario; Sam Gollestani; Glenn Sims
Running time	43–45 minutes
Production companies	Refinery Media (S5)(S6); FremantleMedia Asia (S4); Beach House Pictures (S3); activeTV (S2); Ice-TV (S1)
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution (International)
Release
Original network	Star World (2012–2017) ; Fox Life (2018)
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	25 November 2012 –; 24 October 2018
External links
	Website

Asia's Next Top Model (abbreviated as "ASNTM") is a reality television show based on the American franchise America's Next Top Model in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of Asia's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The show features models from the entire Far East region (East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia).

Search for contestants[]

An extensive online search takes place for the selection process. Models of Asian descent or nationality are all allowed to apply, but they must be able to speak and write in English. All applicants are required to be at least 16 and no older than 27 years of age, and at least 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall. Contestants who have previously participated in another Top Model franchise can still apply for the competition as long as they were not the winner, and are not currently under contractual obligations with an agency or endorsing any product or brand.^[2]

Format[]

Show logo used from 2012–2017

Each season of Asia's Next Top Model has about 12-13 regular episodes, with a special recap episode which airs near the end of each season. Each season generally begins with about 14–16 contestants. Contestants are judged weekly on their overall appearance, participation in challenges, and their best photos from that week's photo shoot.

Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though in rare cases a double elimination or non-elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel. Makeovers are given to contestants early in the season (usually after the first or second elimination) and a trip to an international destination is sometimes scheduled about two-thirds of the way through the season.

In contrast the American version, the contestants receive instruction from a mentor who helps coach them in various aspects of the modelling industry and acts as a general assistant during photo shoots and challenges. Past mentors have included Joey Mead King (seasons 1–3), Kelly Tandiono (season 4) and Cara G. McIlroy (season 5). Beginning with season 4, the show adapted the scoring system introduced in the American version. The scores included the judges' scores of photoshoot and the challenge scores.

Judges[]

For the sixth season, Cindy Bishop and Yu Tsai returned to the panel as the host and creative consultant of the show, respectively. Cara G. McIlroy did not return for the sixth season. Instead, she was replaced by Monika Sta. Maria from season 3, Shikin Gomez and Minh Tu Nguyen from season 5 as model mentors throughout the sixth season.^[3]^[4] However, they did not participate in the judging panel.

Previous judges of the show include photographers Todd Anthony Tyler (season 1), Mike Rosenthal (seasons 2–3), creative director Daniel Boey (season 1 & 4) and fashion designer Alex Perry (season 3), model mentor Joey Mead King (seasons 1–3), Kelly Tandiono (season 4), and Cara G. McIlroy (season 5), catwalk coach Adam Williams (season 2), and head judges/hosts Nadya Hutagalung (seasons 1–2), and Georgina Wilson (season 3).

Judge/Mentor	Seasons
Judge/Mentor	1 (2012-2013)	2 (2014)	3 (2015)	4 (2016)	5 (2017)	6 (2018)
Hosts
Nadya Hutagalung	Main
Georgina Wilson			Main	Guest
Cindy Bishop				Main
Judging Panelists
Daniel Boey	Main			Recurring
Joey Mead King	Main
Todd Anthony Tyler	Main
Mike Rosenthal		Main	Recurring
Adam Williams	Guest	Main
Alex Perry		Guest	Main
Kelly Tandiono				Main
Yu Tsai				Main
Cara G. McIlroy	Guest		Guest		Main	Guest

Seasons[]

Season	Premiere date	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International Destination(s)
1 Singapore	25 November 2012	Jessica Amornkuldilok	Kate Ma Stephanie Retuya	Kyla Tan, Monica Benjaratjarunun (quit), Bei Si Liu, Jee Choi & Filantropi Witoko, Nguyen Thuy Trang, Rachel Erasmus, Melissa Th'ng, Helena Chan, Aastha Pokharel, Sofia Wakabayashi	14	Batam Hong Kong
2 Malaysia	8 January 2014	Sheena Liam	Jodilly Pendre	Jessie Yang, Elektra Yu, Bona Kometa, Jihye Moon, Phan Nhu Thao, Poojaa Gill, Sneha Ghosh & Janice Hermijanto, Tia Taveepanichpan, Natalie Pickles, Josephine Tan, Nicole Lee, Marie Nakagawa, Katarina Rodriguez	16	Hong Kong
3 Singapore	25 March 2015	Ayu Gani	Monika Sta. Maria	Shareeta Selvaraj, Kiana Guyon, Rani Ramadhany, Lorretta Chow & Celine Duong, Franchesca Lagua, Melissa Tan, KB Barlow, Tahlia Raji, Amanda Chan, Barbara Katsuki, Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw	14	None
4 Singapore	9 March 2016	Tawan Kedkong	Patricia Gunawan Sang In Kim	Maya Goldman, Tugs Saruul, Mai Ngo Quynh, Gwen Ruais, Alaiza Malinao (quit), Jessica Lam, Aldilla Zahraa, May Htet Aung, Tuti Noor, Angie Watkins, Julian Flores	14	None
5 Singapore	5 April 2017	Maureen Wroblewitz	Nguyen Minh Tu Shikin Gomez	Anjelica Santillan, Heidi Grods, Jennica Sanchez, Layla Ong, Alicia Amin, Randhawa Nametha (disqualified), Valerie Krasnadewi & Dorothy Petzold, Veronika Krasnasari, Cindy Chen, Clara Sutantio	14	Kuala Lumpur
6 Thailand	22 August 2018	Dana Slosar	Adela Marshall Mia Sabathy	Lena Saetiao & Hody Yim, Sharnie Fenn, Iko Bustomi, Jesslyn Lim, Rubini Sambanthan, Yi Han Si, Jachin Manere, Nguyen Thanh Vy, Pim Bubear & Beauty Thet Thinn	14	None

Contestants per country[]

*Asia's Next Top Model* contestants per country show
Country/Region	Season
Country/Region	1	2	3	4	5	6
China	Bei Si Liu	Jessie Yang	N/A
Hong Kong	Helena Chan	Elektra Yu	KB Barlow Lorretta Chow	Jessica Lam	N/A	Hody Yim
India	Rachel Erasmus	Sneha Ghosh	N/A
Indonesia	Filantropi Witoko	Janice Hermijanto Bona Kometa	Ayu Gani Tahlia Raji Rani Ramadhany	Patricia Gunawan Aldilla Zahraa	Clara Tan Veronika Krasnasari Valerie Krasnadewi	Jesslyn Lim Iko Bustomi
Japan	Sofia Wakabayashi	Marie Nakagawa	Barbara Katsuki	N/A		Sharnie Fenn
Malaysia	Melissa Th'ng	Sheena Liam Josephine Tan	Melissa Tan Shareeta Selvaraj	Tuti Noor	Shikin Gomez Alicia Amin	Rubini Sambanthan
Mongolia	N/A			Tugs Saruul	N/A
Myanmar	N/A			May Myat Noe	N/A	Beauty Thet Thinn
Nepal	Aastha Pokharel	N/A
Philippines	Stephanie Retuya	Jodilly Pendre Katarina Rodriguez	Monika Sta. Maria Amanda Chan Franchesca Lagua	Julian Flores Alaiza Malinao^[a] Gwen Ruais	Maureen Wroblewitz Jennica Sanchez Anjelica Santillan	Adela Marshall Jachin Manere
Singapore	Kyla Tan	Nicole Lee Poojaa Gill	Aimee Cheng-Bradshaw	Angie Watkins	R Nametha^[b] Layla Ong	Yi Han Si
South Korea	Jee Choi	Jihye Moon	N/A	Sang In Kim	N/A
Taiwan	Kate Ma	Natalie Pickles	N/A		Cindy Chen
Thailand	Jessica Amornkuldilok Monica Benjaratjarunun^[a]	Tia Taveepanichpan	Kiana Guyon	Tawan Kedkong Maya Goldman	Dorothy Petzold Heidi Grods	Dana Slosar Pim Bubear Lena Saetiao
Vietnam	Nguyen Thuy Trang	Phan Nhu Thao	Celine Duong	Mai Ngo Quynh	Nguyen Minh Tu	Nguyen Thanh Vy

The contestant in bold won in her respective season.

The contestant in italic placed as a runner-up in her respective season.

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The contestant decided to quit the competition.
^ The contestant was disqualified in her respective season.

Controversies[]

Glenn Tan[]

Subaru executive Glenn Tan, who was a guest panelist in the fourth episode of season 4, sparked backlash on social media after reprimanding South Korean contestant Sang In Kim. Kim, who was told by Tan, "Who the fuck do you think you are to roll your eyes at me? If I'm the client, I am never, ever going to hire you!", was defended by fans of the show on Facebook. Executive producer of Asia's Next Top Model Sam Gollestani told the BBC, "Glenn provides the perspective of a client when choosing a model to front campaigns for products, which is why he was invited to be a guest judge this season. This scene is reflective of what considerations go into making these decisions when working in the fashion and modelling industry."^[5]

Mai Ngo[]

In May 2016, twelfth-placing contestant Mai Ngo Quynh, from Vietnam, was fined VND22,500,000 (US$1,000) by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), after it was ruled that she had entered Asia's Next Top Model illegally. Vietnam's official rules specify that all people who participate in beauty competitions abroad must obtain secure permission from the MCST and have won at least one national title.^[6] Mai had previously competed on the Vietnamese version of Top Model^[7] and in Miss Universe Vietnam, but had not won any titles. It was reported that she was summoned to report to the MCST three times but had failed to do so.^[6] The MCST had previously banned her from walking in Vietnam International Fashion Week in April. Mai claimed she did not know that the rule applied to non-professional models, and applied for mitigation of penalty.^[8]

Viewership[]

Season	Timeslot (UTC+08/+07)	Season premiere	Season finale	Network	Season	Regional viewers (in millions)
1	Sun 8:55/7:55 pm	25 November 2012 (2012-11-25)	17 February 2013 (2013-02-17)	Star World	2012-2013	39^[9]
2	Wed 9:40/8:40 pm^[9]	8 January 2014 (2014-01-08)	9 April 2014 (2014-04-09)		2014	N/A
3	Wed 8:45/7:45 pm^[10]	25 March 2015	17 June 2015		2015
4	Wed 9:00/8:00 pm	9 March 2016	1 June 2016		2016
5		5 April 2017	28 June 2017		2017	15	Television^[11]
5		5 April 2017	28 June 2017		2017	23	YouTube^[11]
6		22 August 2018	24 October 2018	Fox Life	2018	N/A

International broadcasts[]

Asia's Next Top Model is broadcast in all parts of Asia via cable channel Star World (then Fox Life). The first and fifth seasons of the series are free to watch on the show's official YouTube channel, but the videos are currently set to private viewing.^[12]^[13]^[14] All other local free-to-air channels air the series on a one-week delayed schedule.

Country/Region	Channel	Date	Translated title	Dub/Subtitle
Arab World	OSN Al Yawm (season 1)	12 January 2013	N/A	N/A
Hong Kong	TVB	TBA		N/A
Indonesia	RCTI (season 1)	7 December 2012		Subtitled in Indonesian
	TV One (season 4, 5)	20 March 2016 – 15 April 2017
	NET. (season 2, 6)	8 February 2014 – 22 Agustus 2018
	INews (season 3)	25 Maret – 17 Juni 2015
Japan	TV Asahi (season 1)	9 March 2013		Dubbed in Japanese
Philippines	Studio 23^[a] (season 1)	9 December 2012 – 3 March 2013		N/A
	Velvet^[b] (season 1)	9 December 2012 – 3 March 2013
	TV5 (seasons 2, 4-5)	16 January 2014 – 24 April 2014
	TV5 (seasons 2, 4-5)	23 March 2016
	GMA Network (season 3)	19 April 2015 – 12 July 2015
Singapore	Channel 5 (season 1)	2 December 2012
	Mio (season 3)	22 May 2015
	StarHub (season 3)	15 May 2015
South Korea	OnStyle (season 3)	13 December 2015
Thailand	Channel 8 (season 1)	4 December 2012		Dubbed and subtitled in Thai
	Channel V Thailand (season 2)	15 January 2014
	3 SD (season 3)	21 April 2015
	3 Family (season 4,5)	20 March 2016
	3 Family (season 4,5)	15 April 2017
	Fox Thailand (season 5,6)	5 April 2017
	Fox Thailand (season 5,6)	22 August 2018
	GMM 25 (season 6)	24 August 2018
Vietnam	VTC – Let's Viet (season 1)	2 December 2012	Dubbed in Vietnamese	N/A
	VTC1 (season 4)	27 March 2016
	VTV3 (season 5)	April 2017

^ Defunct, channel succeeded by ABS-CBN Sports and Action
^ Defunct, channel succeeded by Jeepney TV

References[]

^ "Fox International Channels announces season 4 of Asia's Next Top Model". FremantleMedia. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "The search for Asia's next top model returns". www.thesundaily.my. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ Post, The Jakarta. "Asia's Next Top Model 6 reveals names of contestants". The Jakarta Post.
^ "Outrage after S Korean contestant lambasted on Asia's Next Top Model". BBC News. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vietnamese model fined for entering 'Asia's Next Top Model' without permission". Thanh Nien Daily. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ "Trước Asia's Next Top Model, Quỳnh Mai là ai?". SaoStar.vn (in Vietnamese). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ VCCorp.vn. "Thi chui tại Asia's Next Top Model, Quỳnh Mai chính thức bị xử phạt 22,5 triệu đồng". kenh14.vn. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Star World to Premiere Asia's Next Top Model S2 In January '14" Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Paris, date: 3 October 2013.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ""Thanks for making Season 5 a big success..."". Asia's Next Top Model Facebook. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "AsiasNextTopModel's channel".^{[unreliable source]}
^ "AsiasNextTopModel". YouTube. Retrieved 3 June 2014.^{[unreliable source]}
^ "Asia's Next Top Model s2 – EPISODE #2". YouTube. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

External links[]

Official website

[quit-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b The contestant decided to quit the competition.

[DQ-6] The contestant was disqualified in her respective season.

[DF1-17] Defunct, channel succeeded by ABS-CBN Sports and Action

[DF2-18] Defunct, channel succeeded by Jeepney TV

[1] "Fox International Channels announces season 4 of Asia's Next Top Model". FremantleMedia. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "The search for Asia's next top model returns". www.thesundaily.my. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[4] Post, The Jakarta. "Asia's Next Top Model 6 reveals names of contestants". The Jakarta Post.

[7] "Outrage after S Korean contestant lambasted on Asia's Next Top Model". BBC News. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[:0-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vietnamese model fined for entering 'Asia's Next Top Model' without permission". Thanh Nien Daily. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[9] "Trước Asia's Next Top Model, Quỳnh Mai là ai?". SaoStar.vn (in Vietnamese). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[10] VCCorp.vn. "Thi chui tại Asia's Next Top Model, Quỳnh Mai chính thức bị xử phạt 22,5 triệu đồng". kenh14.vn. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[CASBAA-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Star World to Premiere Asia's Next Top Model S2 In January '14" Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Paris, date: 3 October 2013.

[12] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[views-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ""Thanks for making Season 5 a big success..."". Asia's Next Top Model Facebook. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[14] "AsiasNextTopModel's channel".^{[unreliable source]}

[15] "AsiasNextTopModel". YouTube. Retrieved 3 June 2014.^{[unreliable source]}

[16] "Asia's Next Top Model s2 – EPISODE #2". YouTube. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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