Korea's Next Top Model (season 4)

*Korea's Next Top Model*
Korea's Next Top Model
Season 4
Country of origin	South Korea
Release
Original network	Onstyle
Original release	August 15 –; November 7, 2013
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 3 Next →; Season 5
	List of episodes

Korea's Next Top Model, season 4 (or Do-jeon Supermodel Korea, season 4) is the fourth season of the Korean reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Korea's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry.^[1]

This season featured fifteen contestants among its final cast. This season marked the first time in the Top Model franchise where a previously eliminated finalist (Ko Eun-bi from season 2) was allowed to become a regular season finalist once again. It was also the first time a deaf contestant, Seo Young-chae, appeared on the show. The international destinations for the series were Phuket and Las Vegas.^[2]

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 modelling contract with YGKPlus and a modelling contract with NEXT Model Management in New York.

The winner of the competition was 18-year-old Shin Hyun-ji who became one of the most successful contestants from the Top Model Franchise. Runner Up Jung Ho-yeon also achieved a successful career after the series.

Episode Guide[]

Episode 1[]

Original airdate: August 15, 2013

The semi-finalists set off for the casting of their lives. After being introduced to the judges that will mentor them throughout the season, the models take part in their first fashion show.

First eliminated semi-finalists: Park Gwi-ae, Kim Ji-eun, Kang Yi-seul, Jung Jae-kyeong, Park Min-ju, Bae Yoon-yeong, Cho In-hee, Kwon Da-som, Park Bo-mi & Kim Ye-ji

The final test comes in the form of a chess inspired photo shoot. After an emotional series of eliminations, the final fifteen contestants are revealed.

Second eliminated semi-finalists: Park So-eon, Cho Eun-jin, Park Sun-ha, Jeon Ji-hye & Jeon Eun-hye
Featured Photographer: Jang Bok-gil

Episode 2[]

Original airdate: August 22, 2013

Contestants	Trend
Eun-bi, Hyun-joo H. & Young-chae	Black
Ho-yeon, Hyun-ji & Ye-ri	Print
Eun-saem, Hye-ah & Hye-jin	Red
Ha-eun, Hyun-joo L. & Shin-ae	Stripe
Eun-hae, Il-myeong & Si-won	White

First call-out: Park Shin-ae
Bottom Three: Ahn Hye-jin, Jung Ho-yeon & Ko Eun-bi
First Eliminated: Ahn Hye-jin & Ko Eun-bi
Bottom Two: Cho Eun-saem & Seok Il-myeong
Second Eliminated: Seok Il-myeong
Featured Photographer: Jang Bok-gil

Episode 3[]

Original airdate: August 29, 2013

First call-out: Park Shin-ae
Bottom Two: Jung Ho-yeon & Kim Si-won
Eliminated: Jung Ho-yeon
Featured Photographer: Kim Young-joon

Episode 4[]

Original airdate: September 5, 2013

First call-out: Jung Ha-eun
Bottom Two: Cho Eun-saem & Ryu Ye-ri
Eliminated: Cho Eun-saem

Episode 5[]

Original airdate: September 12, 2013

Returned: Jung Ho-yeon

Contestants	Characters
Si-won, Eun-hae & Ha-eun	Snow White
Young-chae, Hyun-ji, Shin-ae & Ye-ri	The Little Mermaid
Ho-yeon, Hyun-joo L., Hyun-joo H. & Hye-ah	Sleeping Beauty

First call-out: Kim Si-won
Bottom three: Kim Eun-hae, Kim Hye-ah & Seo Young-chae
Eliminated: Kim Eun-hae & Seo Young-chae

Episode 6[]

Original airdate: September 19, 2013

This was the recap episode.

Episode 7[]

Original airdate: September 26, 2013

First call-out: Park Shin-ae
Bottom two: Lim Hyun-joo & Ryu Ye-ri
Eliminated: Ryu Ye-ri

Episode 8[]

Original airdate: October 3, 2013

First call-out: Hwang Hyun-joo
Bottom two: Lim Hyun-joo & Kim Si-won
Eliminated: Kim Si-won

Episode 9[]

Original airdate: October 10, 2013

First call-out: Shin Hyun-ji
Bottom two: Jung Ho-yeon & Lim Hyun-joo
Eliminated: Lim Hyun-joo

Episode 10[]

Original airdate: October 17, 2013

First call-out: Jung Ho-yeon
Bottom two: Jung Ha-eun & Park Shin-ae
Eliminated: Jung Ha-eun

Episode 11[]

Original airdate: October 24, 2013

First call-out: Jung Ho-yeon
Bottom three: Hwang Hyun-joo, Kim Hye-ah & Park Shin-ae
Eliminated: Kim Hye-ah & Park Shin-ae

Episode 12[]

Original airdate: October 31, 2013

This was the reunion episode.

Episode 13[]

Original airdate: November 7, 2013

Final three: Hwang Hyun-joo, Jung Ho-yeon & Shin Hyun-ji
Korea's Next Top Model: Shin Hyun-ji

Contestants[]

(ages stated are at start of contest and use the Korean system of determining age)

Contestant	Age	Height	Finish	Place
Ahn Hye-jin	16	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Episode 2	15–14
Ko Eun-bi	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)		15–14
Seok Il-myeong	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)		13
Cho Eun-saem	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Episode 4	12
Seo Young-chae	22	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Episode 5	11–10
Kim Eun-hae	17	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Episode 5	11–10
Ryu Ye-ri	30	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Episode 7	9
Kim Si-won	17	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Episode 8	8
Lim Hyun-joo	31	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Episode 9	7
Jung Ha-eun	26	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Episode 10	6
Park Shin-ae	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Episode 11	5–4
Kim Hye-ah	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Episode 11	5–4
Hwang Hyun-joo	22	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Episode 13	3–2
Jung Ho-yeon	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)		3–2
Shin Hyun-ji	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)		1

Summaries[]

Call-out order[]

Yoon Ju's call-out order
Order	Episodes
Order	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	11	13
1	Hyun-joo L.	Shin-ae	Shin-ae	Ha-eun	Si-won	Shin-ae	Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-ji	Ho-yeon	Ho-yeon	Hyun-ji
2	Hye-ah	Hyun-joo L.	Hyun-ji	Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-joo L.	Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-ji	Ha-eun	Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-ji	Ho-yeon Hyun-joo H.
3	Ha-eun	Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-joo H.	Young-chae	Shin-ae	Hye-ah	Hye-ah	Hyun-joo H.	Hye-ah	Hyun-joo H.	Ho-yeon Hyun-joo H.
4	Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-ji	Hyun-joo L.	Si-won	Ha-eun	Hyun-ji	Ho-yeon	Hye-ah	Hyun-ji	Hye-ah Shin-ae
5	Eun-hae	Hye-ah	Ha-eun	Shin-ae	Ho-yeon	Ho-yeon	Shin-ae	Shin-ae	Shin-ae	Hye-ah Shin-ae
6	Ye-ri	Ha-eun	Ye-ri	Hyun-ji	Hyun-joo H.	Ha-eun	Ha-eun	Ho-yeon	Ha-eun
7	Il-myeong	Ye-ri	Young-chae	Eun-hae	Hyun-ji	Si-won	Hyun-joo L.	Hyun-joo L.
8	Hyun-ji	Young-chae	Eun-saem	Hyun-joo L.	Ye-ri	Hyun-joo L.	Si-won
9	Si-won	Eun-hae	Eun-hae	Hye-ah	Hye-ah	Ye-ri
10	Yeong-chae	Si-won	Hye-ah	Ye-ri	Eun-hae Young-chae
11	Shin-ae	Ho-yeon	Si-won	Eun-saem	Eun-hae Young-chae
12	Hye-jin	Eun-bi Hye-jin	Ho-yeon
13	Eun-saem	Eun-bi Hye-jin
14	Ho-yeon	Eun-saem
15	Eun-bi	Il-myeong

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant won the competition

In episode 1, the pool of 20 semifinalists was reduced to 15.
In episode 2 Eun-bi, Ho-yeon & Hye-jin were called in the first elimination, Eun-bi & Hye-jin were Eliminated. Then Eun-saem & Il-myeong were called in the bottom two, where Il-myeong was eliminated
Episodes 5, and 10 featured double eliminations with the bottom three contestants being in danger of elimination.
In episode 5, the previously eliminated contestants participated in the challenge. For having performed the best, Ho-yeon was allowed to return to the competition.
Episode 6 was a recap episode.
Episode 12 was a reunion episode.

Average call-out order[]

Casting call & Episode 13 is not included.

Rank by average	Place	Model	Call-out total	Number of call-outs	Call-out average
1	2-3	Hyun-joo H.	25	9	2.78
2	4-5	Shin-ae	30	9	3.33
3	1	Hyun-ji	32	9	3.56
4	6	Ha-eun	36	8	4.50
5	7	Hyun-joo L.	38	7	5.43
6	4-5	Hye-ah	50	9	5.56
7	2-3	Ho-yeon	45	8	5.63
8	8	Si-won	41	6	6.83
9	10-11	Young-chae	28	4	7.00
10	9	Ye-ri	40	5	8.00
11	10-11	Eun-hae	35	4	8.75
12	12	Eun-saem	31	3	10.33
13	13	Il-myeong	13	1	13.00
14-15	14-15	Eun-bi	14	1	14.00
14-15	14-15	Hye-jin	14	1	14.00

Bottom two/three[]

Episode	Contestants	Eliminated
2	Eun-bi, Ho-yeon & Hye-jin	Eun-bi
	Eun-bi, Ho-yeon & Hye-jin	Hye-jin
	Eun-saem & Il-myeong	Il-myeong
3	Ho-yeon & Si-won	Ho-yeon
4	Eun-saem & Ye-ri	Eun-saem
5	Eun-hae, Hye-ah & Young-chae	Eun-hae
5	Eun-hae, Hye-ah & Young-chae	Young-chae
7	Hyun-joo L. & Ye-ri	Ye-ri
8	Hyun-joo L. & Si-won	Si-won
9	Ho-yeon & Hyun-joo L.	Hyun-joo L.
10	Ha-eun & Shin-ae	Ha-eun
11	Hye-ah, Hyun-joo H. & Shin-ae	Hye-ah
11	Hye-ah, Hyun-joo H. & Shin-ae	Shin-ae
13	Ho-yeon, Hyun-ji & Hyun-joo H.	Ho-yeon
13	Ho-yeon, Hyun-ji & Hyun-joo H.	Hyun-joo H.

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

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

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

Photo Shoot Guide[]

Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Chess Pawns in Simplistic Gowns
Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Trend Colors in Groups
Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Armageddon with a Male Model in a Construction site
Episode 4 Music Video: Going Crazy
Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Portraying Fairy Tales
Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Feral Women in the Jungle with a Python
Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Composite Couples
Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Film Festival Actresses with Past Winners
Episode 10 Photo Shoot: High End Fashion with Various Hairstyles
Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Brides in Las Vegas
Episode 13 Photo Shoot: W Magazine Covers

Makeovers[]

Eun-hae: Chic Bobbed Cut
Eun-saem: Dyed Short Cut + Bang Fringe
Ha-eun: Layered Shaggy Hair
Ho-yeon: Dyed Blond Bang Hair
Hye-ah: Dyed Wave Hair
Hyun-ji: Two-Tone Color
Hyun-joo H.: Side Shaved Hair
Hyun-joo L.: Extreme Short Cut
Si-won: Boyish Short Cut
Shin-ae: Bleached Two-tone Hair
Ye-ri: Bobbed Bang Hair
Young-chae: Bobbed Hair

Post Top Model Careers[]

Hwang Hyun-joo has been signed with YGKPlus in South Korea and DNA Model Management in New York. She was featured in Vogue Korea, Vogue Girl Korea, Marie Claire Korea, Dazed&Confused Korea, LUXURY, Wedding21, Men's Health Korea, OhBoy!, Editor School and Living Sense magazine. She was also featured in a spread for First Look Korea magazine with Shin Hyun-ji and Jung Ho-yeon, and a campaign for Lucky Chouette.
Jung Ho-yeon has been signed with ESTeem Models in South Korea and The Society Management in New York. She was featured in Vogue Girl Korea, Nylon Korea, ELLE wedding, Sure, Ceci, Maps, Singles, Dazed, Allure Korea, W and Go Out magazine. She was also featured in a spread for First Look Korea magazine with Shin Hyun-ji and Hwang Hyun-joo, and a campaign for Lucky Chouette. She has been on the cover of Vogue Korea. She has also walked for shows such as Marc Jacobs, Alberta Ferretti, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton. She also played Kang Sae-byeok in Squid Game. ^[3]
Kim Hye-ah has been signed with DCM Models in South Korea. She was featured in W Korea and OhBoy! magazine.
Kim Si-won has been signed with DCM Models in South Korea.
Shin Hyun-ji has been signed with IMG Models worldwide. As part of her prize package, she received a cover and spread in W Magazine Korea and a contract for SK-II. She was also featured in a spread for First Look Korea magazine with Jung Ho-yeon and Hwang Hyun-joo. She was featured in magazines American Vogue, British Vogue, Italian Vogue, Vogue China, Vogue Korea, Vogue Australia, Harper's Bazaar Australia, Harper's Bazaar Singapore, and Elle Australia. She has also walked in shows such as 3.1 Phillip Lim, Anna Sui, Burberry, Chanel, Coach, DKNY, Rodarte, Prada, Isabel Marant, Elie Saab, John Galliano, and Miu Miu. She has been in campaigns for Chanel, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana and Max Mara. She has also been on the cover of Vogue Korea.
Jung Ha-eun has been featured in Gray's music video "Dangerous", featuring Jay Park.

References[]

[1] KNTM4 Official Website. OnStyle.

[2] ttp://www.nbcnews.com/id/52201543/n.../#.Ubw57ufilXF

[3] ttps://www.insider.com/squid-game-detail-kang-sae-byeok-actress-accent-north-korea-2021-10

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