Korea's Next Top Model (season 1)

Korea's Next Top Model
Season 1
Season 1's cast
Starring	Jang Yoon-ju Lee Hye-ju Woo Jong-wan Logan Kang
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	Onstyle
Original release	September 18 (2010-09-18) – December 11, 2010 (2010-12-11)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2
List of episodes

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.

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[]

Yoon Ju's 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

Average call-out order[]

Casting call and Episode 13 is not included.

Rank by average	Place	Model	Call-out total	Number of call-outs	Call-out average
1	2-3	Yoo-kyung	25	9	2.78
2	2-3	Na-rae	29	9	3.22
3	5	Hye-ji	32	8	4.00
4	1	Ji-min	39	9	4.33
5	6	Min-sun	32	7	4.57
6	4	Doo-hee	45	9	5.00
7	7-8	Il-hong	43	6	7.17
8	9	Hye-lim	38	5	7.60
9	11	Dan-bi	23	3	7.67
10	7-8	Hyo-kyeong	47	4	7.83
11	10	Ye-ji	36	4	9.00
12	12	Young-eun	30	3	10.00
13	13	Eun-young	23	2	11.50
14	14	Yu-ri	14	1	14.00

Bottom two/three[]

Episode	Contestants	Eliminated
3	Hyo-kyeong & Yu-ri	Yu-ri
4	Eun-young & Hye-lim	Eun-young
5	Dan-bi, Il-hong & Young-eun	Young-eun
		Dan-bi
6	Doo-hee & Ye-ji	Ye-ji
7	Hye-lim & Hyo-kyeong	Hye-lim
8	Hyo-kyeong, Il-hong & Ji-min	Hyo-kyeong
		Il-hong
9	Doo-hee & Min-sun	Min-sun
10	Hye-ji & Na-rae	Hye-ji
11	Doo-hee & Yoo-kyung	Doo-hee
13	Ji-min, Na-rae & Yoo-kyung	Na-rae
		Yoo-kyung

  The contestant was eliminated after her first time in the bottom two

  The contestant was eliminated after her second time in the bottom two

  The contestant was eliminated after her third time in the bottom two

  The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

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