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America's Next Top Model 2


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America's Next Top Model Cycle 2, which premiered on January 13, 2004, is the second season of America's Next Top Model hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, which aims to find the next top fashion model. The cycle's catch-phrase is "They Are All Gorgeous, But Only One Has What It Takes".

This was the first and only season to feature a cast of 12 contestants. The international destination for the cycle was Milan, Italy. The winner won a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread within Jane magazine, and a cosmetics campaign with Sephora.

The winner was 23 year old Yoanna House from Jacksonville, Florida, who became the oldest and first bi-racial winner of America's Next Top Model.

Episode Summaries

The Girl Who Overslept

Original Airdate: January 13, 2004

The girls are picked up on a decked out bus in New York where they meet each other and start sizing up the competition.

When they get off the bus, they meet Tyra for the first time, then go straight onto a show. Their first runway show is held on a US Navy ship. April puts on the wrong clothes, until Jenascia steps in to help her take them off. Tyra watches the girls and comments, "They really don't know what they're doing."

That evening they go to their new home. It is a funky, modern, blinged out suite. They then go to a fancy restaurant, where Camille says that the other girls were embarrassing her, especially Yoanna, who had never been to such a fancy place and stole a roll of toilet paper.

For their first photo shoot, the girls are cast into Garden of Eden nude photo shoot for Adlib Fresh Look contacts, where they are wearing only sequins and body paint. This doesn't go over well with Anna and she decides not to participate.

Jenascia oversleeps and comes late for the shoot. She gets angry at April for not waking her up, after she helps her at the runway show.

At the first judging session, the judges are put off by the fact that Jenascia was late. However, they ultimately choose to eliminate Anna for refusing to do the photo shoot and not being 100% clear when asked why.

  • Bottom two: Jenascia Chakos & Anna Bradfield
  • Eliminated: Anna Bradfield

The Girl Who Has a Temper

Original Airdate: January 20, 2004

After the first elimination, the remaining eleven girls receive runway training from J. Alexander. At a walking reward challenge, Catie's gracefulness won her a trip to Carmen Marc Valvo's cocktail party.

At their photo shoot, the girls are required to style themselves using Steve Madden shoes, before they pick their own best shot for the week.

At the second meeting with the judging panel, Bethany is cut, as the judges feel that she didn't know how to correctly position her large bust in photographs, despite Shandi's lack of confidence and terrible walk.

  • Bottom two: Shandi Sullivan & Bethany Harrison
  • Eliminated: Bethany Harrison

The Girl Who Can Cry At The Drop Of A Hat

Original Airdate: January 27, 2004

The girls get their makeovers, then Jay Manuel tests their make-up skill by giving the girl 15 minutes to do their make-up with one mirror, set of brushes, and palette. The winner, Yoanna, gets a dinner with 3 friends, Sara, April, Xiomara, while the rest of the girls shop, prepare, and serve the dinner. After the challenge Shandi collapses on the floor from low blood sugar. During the dinner Catie and Heather bond over being alienated from the group.

The next day at the photo shoot the girls arrive at a very weird, scary looking building. The photo is shot suspended over a ledge over a giant hole in the building wearing Laundry by Shelli Segal. Catie struggles because her ultimate fear is falling to her death, but goes through with 12 frames beautifully.

While the judges are deliberating at the elimination, Catie has a fight with Xiomara. Xiomara claims that her poor photo was due to Jay's attention to Catie, claiming that he had to prepare her for when her turn was and he didn't really pay a lot of attention to Xiomara's shoot. In front of the judges, Catie's attitude is defensive and strong, but backstage, she passes out and everyone starts fanning her. Xiomara and Heather are in the bottom two, but Heather is eliminated for her lack of versatility and experience.

  • Bottom two: Xiomara Frans & Heather Blumberg
  • Eliminated: Heather Blumberg

The Girl Who Needs Six Months Of Modeling School

Original Airdate: February 3, 2004

Mercedes' hair starts falling out from the high dosage of medication for her lupus, and Camille is late for boxing with Martin Snow, April wins the workout challenge. The girls have a challenge to dress in their personal style. As they are being critiqued, Catie gets a comment about looking hooker-like and takes it too personally by back-talking the judge and crying. The girls go to meet Betsey Johnson and test their personal style, but are only allowed to use everyone else"s clothes, not their own. The winner, Shandi, gets a fabulous dinner at JL with Adrianne Curry and two friends, Yoanna and Xiomara. Before Xiomara leaves, however, she gets mad at Camille for breaking one of her earrings.

The girls' photo shoot this week involves them being celebrities where Xiomara is offended at having to portray Grace Jones. Xiomara is upset that she has to become a darker color. Mercedes uses the pain of her illness to portray Billie Holiday's pain.

Model Celebrity
April Catherine Zeta-Jones
Camille Diana Ross
Catie Marilyn Monroe
Jenascia Salma Hayek
Mercedes Billie Holiday
Sara Angelina Jolie
Shandi Nicole Kidman
Xiomara Grace Jones
Yoanna Audrey Hepburn
At the elimination the girl all show up in a little black dress and have to accessorize in 60 seconds. Catie and Jenascia are in the bottom 2, but Jenascia is eliminated because she can't compensate for her lack of height.

  • Bottom two: Jenascia Chakos & Catie Anderson
  • Eliminated: Jenascia Chakos

The Girl Who Is A Visual Orgasm

Original Airdate: February 10, 2004

The girls undergo personality coaching. Janice asks some very hard questions for the reward. Shandi breaks down after revealing her family treats her like the black sheep. Secrets and relationships are revealed in this week's episode. Mercedes wins the reward, a shopping spree, for answering the questions best. She takes Sara. Also as part of their reward, Mercedes', Sara's, and Tyra's moms all show up. The girls pose underwater for Quench Water. April has the best picture, Catie's pose gets great reviews and Xiomara's photo looks like a "walrus wearing chiffon". This eliminates her, despite Camille's annoying personality.

  • Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Xiomara Frans
  • Eliminated: Xiomara Frans

The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up

Original Airdate: February 17, 2004

The girls' photo shoot for this week is simple beauty shots, photographs taken in black and white that focus on their face. After that, the girls are taken to an acting challenge where they will have to act out a scene. Camille mixes the lines and is called hopeless by the coach. The last stop for the girls is a fast-paced action packed Matrix-like commercial for Rollitos chips. April is hailed for her performance in the commercial and photo shoot. Camille and Catie fall flat in both areas. Camille is criticized for her attitude and Catie is sent home because the judges feel she is not emotionally ready to handle modeling.

  • Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Catie Anderson
  • Eliminated: Catie Anderson

The Girl Who Is Dripping With Hypocrisy

Original Airdate: February 24, 2004

The girls step it up in more ways then one at this week's challenge. And some girls prove they are more than just great beauties, but that they also have brains.

During this episode, instead of a photo shoot, the girls perform in Tyra's music video for "Shake Ya Body". In the video April nearly succeeds in pushing Yoanna off the runway. Surprisingly, Shandi performs the best in her solo, while Yoanna messes up again and falls. Yoanna is in the bottom two for her poor performance in the video for the fall. However, after tearfully thanking the girls for being part of her dream of starting a music career, Tyra eliminated Sara, who the panel felt was too pin-up and sexy for the fashion world. The episode was followed by the premiere of Tyra's video, "Shake Ya Body."

  • Bottom two: Sara Racey-Tabrizi & Yoanna House
  • Eliminated: Sara Racey-Tabrizi

The Girl With The Signature Walk

Original Airdate: March 2, 2004

The remaining girls are taken to a restaurant where Tyra introduces their international destination for the cycle, Milan, Italy. The girls then go on go-sees where Shandi is described as the best high fashion model, Mercedes as being a bit commercial, April as photographing well but weak in other areas, Yoanna has to work on her body and Camille wins the challenge for strong presence. Camille implies that Yoanna has an eating disorder at dinner in front of Tyra, which is not true. The girls do a high fashion shoot for Solstice sunglasses. April has mixed reviews, Camille looks pigeon-toed and is the photographer's least favorite, Mercedes looks commercial, Yoanna hides her body well and Shandi takes some of the photographer's best shots all year. She is also praised for her response to rather harsh designers (which turned out to be an actors testing the models' attitudes) when asked why she should get book. Shandi simply responds that maybe if the designer would look at her photos and possibly see something special there. Camille gets the worst review, giving off an attitude that "she knows it all". While she's walking for the designers, they ask her why she walks like that, and thus Camille coins the infamous phrase "This is my signature walk, and it's the walk that's going to make me famous." Mercedes is in the bottom two for looking commercial and for a lack of editorial potential, but it is Camille who is eliminated because of her attitude and getting very defensive all the time when critiqued.

  • Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
  • Eliminated: Camille McDonald

The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Snakes

Original Airdate: March 9, 2004

This is the recap episode. The episode is named for April, whose fear of snakes was revealed in this episode after a Tyra Mail hinted that the girls may have to deal with such creatures.

The Girl Who Cheated

Original Airdate: March 16, 2004

The male models are invited to come over to the house and have fun with the girls, where Shandi who is overwhelmed by loneliness of being apart with her boyfriend, ends up having sex with another male model. Lambasted by a sense of guilt, she calls her boyfriend, Eric, the next day and tells him what has happened. Eric goes mad and yells at her before finally hangs up. The following day, Shandi calls him back and he wishes her luck in the next photo shoot.

This week, the girls learn how to compliment their body with their attire. Then, they are put into test where they must shop at a flea market and find an outfit that is high fashion and complements their body the best. Shandi is chosen as the winner and picks Yoanna to join in her reward.

For this week's photo shoot, the girls team up to do a sensual, romantic nude photo shoot. At panel, Mercedes impress the judges with her ability to turn out a piece of cloth into looking like a high fashion dress. April is criticized for trying to take control of the photo shoot. In the end, she is sent home in her first appearance in the bottom two for being too technical.

  • Bottom two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte & April Wilkner
  • Eliminated: April Wilkner

The Girl Who Is America's Next Top Model

Original Airdate: March 23, 2004

For the final photo shoot, the final three girls have a beauty shot where they are dressed in the opposite of their normal style. At judging, Mercedes is hailed for finally looking like a true fashion model. Shandi and Yoanna land in the bottom two, both for their inability to handle pressure. In the end, Shandi becomes the next girl to be eliminated while Yoanna moves on to the final two.

After the shoot, the girls meet up with Dean and Dan of Dsquared with whom they will walk in their fashion show. During fashion show, Yoanna breaks her high heels and has to use Mercedes' heel. Despite that, she successfully works out the runway show.

At panel, the judges are immensely impressed by Mercedes and they feel that she stole the runway show. Tyra recognizes the uniqueness of Yoanna's face, saying that it hardly comes by. She also feels that Yoanna knows the modeling industry better than Mercedes. After a long and hard deliberation, both finalists are called in and Yoanna is declared America's Next Top Model.

  • Bottom two: Shandi Sullivan & Yoanna House
  • Eliminated: Shandi Sullivan
  • Final two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte & Yoanna House
  • America's Next Top Model: Yoanna House

Contestants

In order of elimination

(ages stated are at time of contest)

  • Anna Bradfield, 24, from LaGrange, Georgia
  • Bethany Harrison, 22, from Houston, Texas
  • Heather Blumberg, 18, from Moreno Valley, California
  • Jenascia Chakos, 21, from Burien, Washington
  • Xiomara Frans, 25, from Morganville, New Jersey
  • Catie Anderson, 18, from Willmar, Minnesota
  • Sara Racey-Tabrizi, 22, from Seattle, Washington
  • Camille McDonald, 25, from Mamaroneck, New York
  • April Wilkner, 23, from Miami Beach, Florida
  • Shandi Sullivan, 21, from Kansas City, Missouri
  • Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, 21, from Valencia, California (runner up)
  • Yoanna House, 23, from Jacksonville, Florida (winner)

Summaries

Call-out order

Tyra"s Callout Order
Order Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 10 Ep 11
01 Camille Catie Shandi Mercedes Sara April Shandi Shandi YoannaMercedesYoanna
02 Shandi Yoanna April XiomaraMercedes Yoanna Mercedes YoannaShandiYoanna Mercedes
03 April Camille YoannaShandi April Mercedes Camille AprilMercedes Shandi
04 Mercedes April Mercedes Yoanna Yoanna Shandi AprilMercedes April
05 Catie Mercedes Sara Sara Catie SaraYoannaCamille
06 Sara Sara Camille April ShandiCamille Sara
07 Heather Xiomara Jenascia Camille Camille Catie
08 Yoanna Heather Catie Catie Xiomara
09 Bethany Jenascia Xiomara Jenascia
10 Xiomara ShandiHeather
11 Jenascia Bethany
12 Anna
The contestant won the reward challenge
The contestant won the reward challenge and was eliminated
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant did not participate in the photo shoot and was eliminated
The contestant won the competition
  • Episode 9 was the recap episode.

Makeovers

This cycle's makeovers also included teeth whitening and nails

  • Heather: Dyed sandy blonde and teeth whitened
  • Jenascia: Flip level haircut
  • Xiomara: Long and wavy jet-black hair extensions
  • Catie: Twiggy inspired hair cut
  • Sara: Dyed blonde and weave tracks added
  • Camille: Braids removed, given an ebony-black hair weave, and artificial nails removed
  • April: Dyed black and bangs added
  • Shandi: Dyed platinum blonde, contact lenses added, and teeth whitened
  • Mercedes: Curly dark brown hair extensions
  • Yoanna: Modern mohawk haircut and teeth whitened

Photo Shoot Guide

  • Episode 1 Photo Shoot: FreshLook Contact Lenses - Garden of Eden
  • Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Steve Madden Shoes
  • Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Laundry by Shelli Segal - Suspended in Air
  • Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Celebrity Impersonations
  • Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Quénch Underwater Shoot
  • Episode 6 Photo Shoot & Commercial: Black & White Beauty Shot; Rollitos Chips Commercial
  • Episode 7 Music Video: Tyra Banks - "Shake Ya Body"
  • Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Solstice Sunglasses
  • Episode 10 Photo Shoot: Lakeside Nude Female Interaction Shots
  • Episode 11 Photo Shoot: High-edge Beauty Shot

Judges

Cycle Statistics

  • Total number of contestants: 12
  • Oldest contestants: Camille McDonald & Xiomara Frans, both 25 years old
  • Youngest contestants: Catie Anderson & Heather Blumberg, both 18 years old
  • Tallest contestants: Xiomara Frans & Yoanna House, both 5'11" (180 cm)
  • Shortest contestant: Jenascia Chakos, 5'7" (170 cm)
  • Heaviest contestant: Anna Bradfield
  • Lightest contestant: Shandi Sullivan, 106 lb (48 kg)
  • Contestant with the most consecutive challenge wins: April Wilkner, 2 wins
  • Contestants with the most collective challenge wins: April Wilkner & Shandi Sullivan, both 2 wins
  • Top 3's call-out mean (excluding final judging panel): Yoanna House - 3.3, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte - 2.9, Shandi Sullivan - 3.3
  • Top 3's call-out median (excluding final judging panel): Yoanna House - 2.5, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte - 3, Shandi Sullivan - 2.5
  • Contestant with the most consecutive first call outs: Shandi Sullivan, 2 times
  • Contestant with the most collective first call outs: Shandi Sullivan, 3 times
  • Contestants with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Camille McDonald & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, both 2 times
  • Contestant with the most collective bottom two appearances: Camille McDonald, 3 times


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