America's Next Top Model 5 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is the fifth cycle of America's Next Top Model. The judging panel ensemble was altered - Janice Dickinson was replaced by one of the most recognizable models of the 1960s, Twiggy, and Nolé Marin was replaced by runway coach J. Alexander. The cycle's catch-phrase is "Bling It On".

The international destination during this cycle was London, United Kingdom. 19 year-old Nicole Linkletter, from Grand Forks, North Dakota, won the grand prize of a photo shoot for the cover of Elle Girl, a fashion spread within Elle, a contract for representation with Ford Models, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

The cast size was reduced from 14 to 13, which has been maintained up until Cycle 10. The house that the girls stayed in the first half of the competition was later used for the first season of the VH1 show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels.

Episode Summaries

The Girl With The Twisted Catch Phrase (Part 1) / The Girls Become Superheroes (Part 2)

Original Airdate: September 21, 2005

In the first week, the thirteen girls moved into a Los Angeles home, a Top Model first. The whole house was a boutique theme, with the rooms having the themes of The Perfume room, The Stilleto Salon, and the Bag Ladies' room. Then, the thirteen girls competed in a superhero-themed photo shoot in which each contestant was suspended in the air to take a 'fierce' photograph. While Nik and Lisa shone brightly, Ashley was eliminated in this episode because, though her photograph was not among the weakest in the group, nor her runway walk, the judges felt that she was not a model and was just trying to get by as a pretty girl.

Bottom two: Ashley Black & Sarah Rhoades
Eliminated: Ashley Black
Featured photographer: Mike Ruiz
Special guests:: Robin Leach, Nate Dogg

The Girl Who Needs A Miracle

Original Airdate: September 28, 2005

In the makeover episode, Cassandra, a former beauty pageant competitor who was very attached to her long brown hair, was given the most dramatic makeover. Tyra had doubts about whether Cassandra was more dedicated to pageants or modeling, so she decided to test Cassandra's resolve by giving her a very short blond hairdo similar to Mia Farrow's character in Rosemary's Baby. Despite much consternation, Cassandra went through with the makeover and shined in the next shoot, in which each contestant partnered with another contestant of her choice, and the two were photographed separately in the same couture-inspired outfit.

Pairings	Couture
Bre vs. Nik	Vintage Mod
Cassandra vs. Jayla	Mod
Coryn vs. Sarah	Country
Diane vs. Nicole	High Fashion
Ebony vs. Lisa	Commercial
Kim vs. Kyle	Formalwear

While Cassandra, Lisa, Nik and Nicole shone on their shoots, it was Ebony who was eliminated because of her poor performance in the shoot.

Bottom two: Diane Hernandez & Ebony Taylor
Eliminated: Ebony Taylor
Featured photographer: Craig De Cristo
Special guests: Louis Licari, James St. James
CoverGirl of the Week: Lisa D'Amato

The Girl Who Makes A Disclaimer

Original Airdate: October 5, 2005

In the next episode, the girls pose as fashion victims being chased by "Miss J" as a fashion police witch. The shoot was taken on a moving platform in front of a green screen. The contestants did not know what was on the green screen. During the shoot, unwilling to have her hair cut shorter, Cassandra refused this assignment and was the first contestant ever to quit. At the house, Sarah and Kim made out in bed. In panel, the judges placed Kim and Sarah in the bottom two. Sarah was eliminated due to a poor photo, a bad runway walk and a lack of self-confidence.

Quit: Cassandra Whitehead
Bottom two: Kim Stolz & Sarah Rhoades
Eliminated: Sarah Rhoades
Featured photographer: Mike Rosenthal
Special guest: Sue Wong
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girl Who Gets A Boob Job

Original Airdate: October 12, 2005

Janice Dickinson, a former panel judge, photographed the remaining contestants in the following plastic surgery-themed photo shoot. Each contestant was photographed as if she had undergone a surgical beauty enhancement procedure gone over the top, as follows:

Model	Plastic surgery procedure
Bre	Cheek Implant
Coryn	Botox
Diane	Breast Reduction
Jayla	Butt Implant
Kim	Breast Implant
Kyle	Lip Implant
Lisa	Face Lift
Nicole	Fake Tan
Nik	Hair Extensions

At panel, Nik, Lisa, and Kyle impressed the judges, but Diane failed to show her personality more and landed in the bottom two together with Bre, who wasn't strong enough. In the end Bre was saved and Diane was eliminated in her second bottom two appearance.

Bottom two: Bre Scullark & Diane Hernandez
Eliminated: Diane Hernandez
Featured photographer: Janice Dickinson
Special guests: Jay Goldman, Dean Factor, David Factor
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girl Who Loves Bubbles And Talks To Plants

Original Airdate: October 19, 2005

The next episode's challenge was to complete a commercial shoot, photo shoot, and press interview, all advertising Secret deodorant, in the space of thirty minutes. Behind the scenes, there was a lot of drama, because Jayla stole Nik's secret, on camera; this caused Nik to lose sight of her objective and ultimately deliver a bad interview. The undeclared prize was that the girl with the strongest photograph would have her picture run as an actual advertisement for the product in print media. The judges agreed that Lisa had the strongest performance this week, but they chose Nicole's photo as the best one, and selected it. Nik's lack of focus and poor performance during her commercial landed her in the bottom two with Coryn. Coryn was eliminated because she could not overcome her melancholy demeanor.

Bottom two: Coryn Woitel & Nik Pace
Eliminated: Coryn Woitel
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girls Who Are 1940s Pin-ups

Original Airdate: October 26, 2005

The contestants shot advertisements for Ford Fusion dressed as Vargas "pin-up" girls. That same week the 7 girls were coached in a black and white photo shoot with Tyra assisting them. Many girls, notably Kim and Lisa impressed the judges, while Kyle was eliminated in this round as she failed to be expressive in her face in the pin-up shot and use the potential she had to stand out in photo shoots.

Bottom two: Bre Scullark & Kyle Kavanagh
Eliminated: Kyle Kavanagh
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girl Who Wants To Step On The Pretty Flower

Original Airdate: November 2, 2005

This was the recap episode of the season. Revealed during the episode was a bird that almost became the girls' mascot. They named it Mr. Bojangles, and upon Kyle's revelation that the bird kept flying into things, Nicole suggested that all non-domesticated birds were blind. The episode's title was taken from a quote by Cassandra, regarding fellow contestant Kyle - who Cassandra remarked was "like a pretty flower that someone wanted to step on".

The Girl Whose Boyfriend Is Cheating On Her

Original Airdate: November 9, 2005

For the following week's episode, the final six contestants shot with the Wild Boyz. Steve-O's immature personality does not sit well with Bre, and neither does Lisa's proclamation that she is going to urinate in a diaper while on-set. Though Nicole and Jayla failed to impress the judges with their photographs and were called forward as the bottom two, Tyra shocked the contestants by announcing that both girls were "packing their bags", then revealing a picture of the Union Jack: both girls were still in the running to becoming Americas next top model because everyone would be going to London. This was the first (and to date, only) non-recap episode in Top Model history in which no contestant was eliminated.

Bottom two: Jayla Rubinelli & Nicole Linkletter
Eliminated: None
Special guests: Benny Medina, Kristen Bell, Eva Pigford, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason Acuna
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girl Who Talks Behind Everyone's Back

Original Airdate: November 16, 2005

Soon after the final six arrived in London, they competed in a risqué photo shoot in which all six girls at once posed in a London phone booth wearing only panties, galoshes and a newspaper, as if hiding from the paparazzi. Kim and Bre engaged in a fight after Kim spotted Bre and Nik talking about her behind her back. Bre retaliated saying that Kim talked about every single person in the house behind their back. Kim denies this comment and Bre refers to her as "an ugly person" At judging, Bre is noted for taking another strong shot. Jayla is in the bottom two because she has done mediocre photographs. Lisa was eliminated for her confidence was perceived as spitfire arrogance, despite having the strongest shot.

Bottom two: Jayla Rubinelli & Lisa D'Amato
Eliminated: Lisa D'Amato
Special Guest: Jenny Shimizu
CoverGirl of the Week: Bre Scullark

The Girl Who Retaliates

Original Airdate: November 23, 2005

For this week's challenge, the girls had to pose as statues in a park. Nicole struggled as pigeons surrounded her, while Nik won, and chose Jayla and Bre for the prize - a shopping spree. The five remaining contestants then posed as modern interpretations of classical art in an advertisement for Quench body lotion by Olay.

Model	Recreated Painting
Bre	Mona Lisa
Jayla	Whistler's Mother
Kim	The Birth of Venus
Nicole	Girl with a Pearl Earring
Nik	Vitruvian Man

An argument brewed between Bre and Nicole over Bre's stolen "Granola Bar". All of the girls, with the exception of Kim, impressed the judges at panel, and Kim was subsequently eliminated due to a lack of consistency during the competition.

Bottom two: Bre Scullark & Kim Stolz
Eliminated: Kim Stolz
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girl Who Takes A Pill

Original Airdate: November 30, 2005

The girls go on go-sees they have to dress mod, bollywood, preppy, and punk. Nik wins the challenge and chooses Nicole to share in the prize. Nicole then picks Jayla. Nik wins 100 frames. Nicole wins 80 frames. Jayla wins 60 frames. Bre only gets 50 frames and can't see herself before the photo shoot.

The final four were photographed in a Bollywood-inspired shoot, reflecting the Indian influence on British fashion in recent years. At panel, Nik and Nicole, once again, wowed the judges, and Jayla was eliminated because, despite her previous strong performance, her more recent photographs were mediocre, and she had blended into the background of the last shoot.

Bottom two: Bre Scullark & Jayla Rubinelli
Eliminated: Jayla Rubinelli
CoverGirl of the Week: Nik Pace

The Girl Who Is On The Cover

Original Airdate: December 7, 2005

In the season finale, Bre, Nik, and Nicole shot a CoverGirl commercial and stills. While Nik's strong performance was an improvement from her previous showing in the Secret shoot, both Bre and Nicole struggled. Nik was chosen first to continue on in the final round, and then Nicole was chosen over Bre, who became the eleventh girl to get sent home.

Nik and Nicole then shot a magazine cover with Tyra Banks, photographed by Gilles Bensimon, knowing that the winner's cover would be published in the February 2006 issue of Elle Girl. They then competed in the final runway competition, in which previous Top Model winners Eva Pigford and Naima Mora participated. At the final elimination panel, the judges favored Nicole's final performance over Nik's, both in the final runway challenge and in the covergirl shoot, and subsequently Nicole Linkletter was selected to be the fifth winner of America's Next Top Model.

Bottom two: Bre Scullark & Nicole Linkletter
Eliminated: Bre Scullark
Final two: Nicole Linkletter & Nik Pace
America's Next Top Model: Nicole Linkletter
Special guests: Eva Pigford, Naima Mora

Contestants

In order of elimination

(ages listed are at time of contest)

Ashley Black, 22, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ebony Taylor, 18, from Sylmar, California
Cassandra Whitehead, 19, from Houston, Texas (quit)
Sarah Marie Rhoades, 18, from Boonville, Missouri
Diane Hernández, 23, from Orlando, Florida
Coryn Woitel, 19, from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kyle Kavanagh, 19, from Dexter, Michigan
Lisa D'Amato, 24, from Los Angeles, California
Kimberly "Kim" Stolz, 21, from New York City, New York
Jayla Rubinelli, 20, from Tucson, Arizona
Brittany "Bre" Scullark, 20, from Harlem, New York
Erika "Nik" Pace, 21, from Atlanta, Georgia (runner up)
Nicole Linkletter, 19, from Grand Forks, North Dakota (winner)

Summaries

Call-out order

Tyra"s call-out order
Order	Ep 1	Ep 2	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 8	Ep 9	Ep 10	Ep 11	Ep 12	Ep 13
01	Cassandra	Nik	Cassandra	Jayla	Kyle	Lisa	Kim	Bre	Kim	Nik	Nicole	Nik	Nicole
02	Nik	Lisa	Nicole	Kyle	Jayla	Jayla	Lisa	Kim	Bre	Jayla	Nik	Nicole	Nik
03	Kyle	Cassandra	Coryn	Nik	Nik	Kim	Nik	Nik	Nicole	Nicole	Bre	Bre
04	Ashley	Diane	Kim	Bre	Lisa	Nicole	Jayla	Lisa	Nik	Bre	Jayla
05	Bre	Jayla	Lisa	Lisa	Nicole	Kyle	Nicole	Jayla	Jayla	Kim
06	Kim	Kyle	Nik	Diane	Kim	Bre	Bre	Nicole	Lisa
07	Sarah	Bre	Bre	Coryn	Coryn	Nik	Kyle
08	Jayla	Ebony	Jayla	Nicole	Bre	Coryn
09	Coryn	Coryn	Sarah	Kim	Diane
10	Nicole	Nicole	Kyle	Sarah
11	Diane	Kim	Diane	Cassandra
12	Lisa	Sarah	Ebony
13	Ebony	Ashley

The contestant won the week's reward challenge

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant was CoverGirl of the Week

The contestant was CoverGirl of the Week & reward winner

The contestant quit the compitition

The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two

The contestant won the competition

In episode 1, the pool of 20 girls is reduced to 13 that will move on to the actual competition. This first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.
In episode 4, Cassandra quit the competition.
Episode 8 was the recap episode.
Episode 9 was a non-elimination episode, the first and only in top model history.

Makeovers

Ebony: Waist-length domino braided hair
Cassandra: Mia Farrow Incomplete hairstyle
Sarah: Asymmetric cut
Diane: Dyed wheat color
Coryn: Dyed blonde and eyebrows thinned and shaped
Kyle: Dyed chocolate brown
Lisa: Dyed chocolate brown; later, believable blonde cut
Kim: Dyed red
Jayla: Long hair extensions; later, bob cut
Bre: Straightened
Nik: Sun-kissed blonde
Nicole: Long and wavy hair extensions

Photo Shoot Guide

Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Superheroes
Episode 3 Photo Shoot: High-Fashion Country Couture
Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Fashion Victims Chased by the Fashion Police
Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Decadent Plastic Surgery
Episode 6 Photo Shoot, Commercial & Interview: Secret Platinum Endorsement
Episode 7 Photo Shoots: Natural Black & White / 1940's Vargas Pin-Up Girls
Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Getting Wild with the Wildboyz
Episode 10 Photo Shoot: Paparazzi Phonebooth
Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Timeless Art Masterpieces Recreated
Episode 12 Photo Shoot: Stars of Bollywood
Episode 13 Photo Shoot & Commercial: CoverGirl TruBlend Endorsement

Judges

Cycle statistics

Total number of contestants: 13
Oldest contestant: Lisa D'Amato, 24 years old
Youngest contestants: Ebony Taylor & Sarah Rhoades, both 18 years old
Tallest contestant: Diane Hernandez, 5'11" (180 cm)
Shortest contestant: Cassandra Whitehead, 5'7" (170 cm)
Heaviest contestant: Diane Hernandez, 172 lbs (78 kg)
Contestants with the most consecutive challenge wins: Kyle Kavanagh & Nik Pace, both 2 wins
Contestants with the most collective challenge wins: Bre Scullark, Kyle Kavanagh, Lisa D'Amato & Nik Pace, all 2 wins
Top 3's call-out mean (excluding semifinals and last judging panel): Nicole Linkletter - 4.36, Nik Pace - 3.09, Bre Scullark - 4.64
Top 3's call-out median (excluding semifinals and last judging panel): Nicole Linkletter - 4, Nik Pace - 3, Bre Scullark - 4
Contestant with the most collective first callouts: Nik Pace, 3 times
Contestant with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Bre Scullark, 3 times
Contestant with the most collective bottom two appearances: Bre Scullark, 5 times
Contestant with the most consecutive CoverGirl of the Week wins: Nik Pace, 5 wins
Contestant with the most collective CoverGirl of the Week wins: Nik Pace, 6 wins

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