New Zealand's Next Top Model, Season 1 is the first season of New Zealand's Next Top Model, a reality TV show based on America's Next Top Model. This season aired on TV3 in New Zealand and FOX8 in Australia. It was hosted by Colin Mathura-Jeffree, Sara Tetro, and Chris Sisarich.
Thirteen young women competed for the title and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The prize was a contract with 62 Model Management, a 1-year contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, an 8-page editorial in CLEO Magazine, an all expenses paid trip to Sydney to meet with Ursula Hufnagl of Chic Model Management and a trip to New York to meet with NEXT Model Management.
The international destinations for this season were Sydney, Australia, where the final seven judging panel was held, and then Los Angeles, United States for one episode with six contestants.
The winner was 16-year-old Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie from Auckland, New Zealand. After the show was broadcast, Grierson-Ryrie criticised the editing of the series, stating it differed from her experience of the show.
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest) NameAgeHeightHometownFinishPlaceTiffany Butler17Episode 213Sarah Yearbury19Episode 312Olivia Murphy19Episode 411Rhiannon Lawrence16Episode 510Ajoh Chol22Episode 69Rebecca-Rose Harvey19Episode 88Lucy Murphy22Episode 97Teryl-Leigh Bourke23Episode 106Victoria Williams21Episode 115Ruby Higgins17Episode 124Hosanna Horsfall19Episode 133Laura Scaife202Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie161
Episodes
Episode 1: (Casting) Original Airdate: 13 March 2009
The 33 contestants are told via home video to pack their bags and go to Queenstown. There they meet model and judge Colin Mathura Jeffree, who introduces them to special guest Angela Dunn. The girls strut on an impromptu runway.
The next day, all 33 contestants head to the lake for a photo shoot in swimsuits. The number of contestants is reduced from 33 to 13. The top 13 contestants then move into the top model house in Auckland.
Featured Photographer: Monty Adams Special Guest: Angela Dunn
Episode 2: The Girls Fly High Original Airdate: 20 March 2009
The contestants complete their first challenge with Colin. The girls have to pose in a wind tunnel in 60 km wind. The second challenge involves putting together a model look at a Max Store in five minutes. The winner will get an exclusive Max Merino Ad Campaign shown all over New Zealand. Teryl-Leigh comes out as the winner. She selects Ajoh and Sarah to share her prize.
The contestants go to their first photo shoot, which is an homage to a New Zealand aviation great, Jean Batten. The girls had to embody a 1930s aviatrix on a plane.
At judging, the prizes include an 8-page editorial spread in Cleo, a CoverGirl cosmetics contract, and New Zealand representation with Sara Tetro's agency, 62 Models. The prize also includes a trip to Sydney and New York to meet with top agencies there. Teryl-Leigh gets the first call out; Hosanna and Tiffany end up in the bottom two. Hosanna is given a second chance and Tiffany was the first girl eliminated.
First Call-Out: Teryl-Leigh Bourke Bottom Two: Hosanna Horsfall & Tiffany Butler Eliminated: Tiffany Butler Featured Photographer: Jackie Meiring Special Guest: Stacy Gregg (Editor-at-Large of New Zealand's Fashion Quarterly magazine)
Episode 3: The Girls Take The Streets Original Airdate: 27 March 2009
The remaining 12 contestants visit a hip hop studio and get a lesson from hip hop dance group, Urban Beat. All the girls feel uncomfortable and awkward, especially Sarah who leaves and refuses to participate. Laura impresses Colin with her effort and participation.
The contestants partake in a rooftop hip hop inspired runway show in front of Colin and guest judge Angela Dunn. Christobelle, Teryl-Leigh and Sarah were praised for their performance and for following the brief of the challenge, which was to strike three hip hop poses at the end of the runway, while the rest got carried away and danced on the runway.
The contestants go to SnowPlanet for their photo shoot to test their stamina and ability to translate their personality into a photograph. Laura, Victoria, Rebecca-Rose, Christobelle and Hosanna impressed the photographer while Ruby's attitude at the photoshoot was questioned. Olivia struggled while Sarah refused to do the photoshoot because of a headache.
At panel, Sarah and Olivia end up in the bottom two but Sarah's unreliability sends her home.
First Call-Out: Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie Bottom Two: Olivia Murphy & Sarah Yearbury Eliminated: Sarah Yearbury Featured Photographer: Craig Owen Special Guests: Angela Dunn and Urban Beat Dancers
Episode 4: The Girls Get Transformed Original Airdate: 3 April 2009
The contestants receive makeovers at a Newmarket Salon.
The challenge takes the girls to Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium where they have to showcase Australian fashion designer Kirrily Johnston's latest designs. Teryl-Leigh offends the designer saying she doesn't know what she's wearing whilst Laura describes her outfit as comfortable, making Colin laugh at her unprofessionalism.
At the photoshoot, the girls are turned into underwater creatures and pose in a beauty shot. Chris is impressed with most of the girls who embrace their new looks well but is disappointed with Olivia, Teryl-Leigh and Rhiannon.
During judging, Olivia and Teryl-Leigh end up in the bottom two, but Teryl-Leigh is spared and Olivia is sent home for her weak photos and inability to showcase her beauty on set.
First Call-Out: Rebecca-Rose Harvey Bottom Two: Olivia Murphy & Teryl-Leigh Bourke Eliminated: Olivia Murphy Featured Photographer: Hannah Richards Special Guests: Kirrily Johnston and Paul Serville
Episode 5: The Girls Pose in Haute Couture Original Airdate: 10 April 2009
The show opens with the contestants recalling the elimination of the previous episode. Lucy's struck by the fact she's truly in this competition alone now and Teryl-Leigh realises she can't keep coasting and needs to step it up if she wants to stay in the competition.
Sara stops by the house for a visit and a game of "most potential/least potential". Christobelle and Ajoh turn out to be early favourites, as lots of girls pick them to be in the top two. Teryl-Leigh turns out to be everyone's favourite to go, which really surprises her.
The challenge this week is a five-minute make-up challenge. The judges like some of the girls' make-up, and declare Ruby the winner. Her prize is exclusive make-up products and a one-on-one session with a professional make-up artist.
At panel, the judges are impressed with Christobelle, Hosanna, and Ajoh, they are mixed about Laura, Teryl-Leigh, Rebecca Rose, Victoria and Ruby, and are disappointed with Lucy & Rhiannon. In the end, Ajoh's improvements put her on top and Victoria and Rhiannon are on the bottom. The judges send Rhiannon home.
First Call-Out: Ajoh Chol Bottom Two: Rhiannon Lawrence & Victoria Williams Eliminated: Rhiannon Lawrence Featured Photographer: Karen Inderbitzen-Waller Special Guests: Stefan Knight and Chris Kennedy-Grant
Episode 6: The Girls Are Diamonds in the Rough Original Airdate: 17 April 2009
The remaining contestants are tested on their poise and grace when they are asked to pose on gymnastic items. Ajoh refuses to participate because she claims that in her culture it is not okay for girls to open up their legs wide apart. The winner of this challenge is Laura.
For this week's photoshoot, the girls are asked to do a commercial photo for Michael Hill Jeweller in a car and wearing a Michael Hill watch.
At the judging panel, the judges praise Laura's shot as well as Teryl-Leigh & Victoria, and say that Lucy's shot looks like a mannequin. In the end, Rebecca-Rose and Ajoh land in the bottom two, which shocks Sara as they were both front-runners in the competition. However, Rebecca-Rose is spared and Ajoh is sent home.
First Call-Out: Laura Scaife Bottom Two: Ajoh Chol & Rebecca-Rose Harvey Eliminated: Ajoh Chol Featured Photographer: Jackie Meiring Special Guest: Ngahuia Williams, Makaia Carr and Pieter Stewart
Episode 7: Cycle One Rewind (Recap) Original Airdate: 24 April 2009
A recap on the first season of the show, looking over the journey's each of the 8 contestants remaining have been through to make it this far into the competition including never before seen confessions, secrets, and arguments that happened in the first 6 weeks of the competition.
Episode 8: The Girls Get Dirty Original Airdate: 1 May 2009
The contestants took part in a music video for the New Zealand band Autozamm. Dancing and acting was required of them. They first wore 1960's style dresses, then circus costumes. Rebecca-Rose was told to wear a leopard costume and Teryl-Leigh, a gorilla costume. Victoria was the leading lady who got to kiss one of the musicians at the end of the video.
The girls also practiced their VJ skills on the set of C4 with Jermaine Leef of the show Select. Ruby won the competition and her prize was to be a VJ on Monday with Jermaine.
The photoshoot was with boys from the Cleo Bachelor of the Year competition.
At panel, Christobelle, Ruby, and Laura are praised for their photos while Laura and Hosanna's clips get praised. However, the rest of the girls (Rebecca-Rose, Lucy, Teryl-Leigh, and Victoria) get highly criticised for their photos and clips in the music video. Rebecca-Rose and Lucy end up in the bottom two, Rebecca-Rose for not living up to her high fashion potential and Lucy for her almost too commercial appeal, and Lucy is ultimately saved and Rebecca-Rose, one of the former front runners, is sent home.
First Call-Out: Laura Scaife Bottom Two: Lucy Murphy & Rebecca-Rose Harvey Eliminated: Rebecca-Rose Harvey Featured Photographer: Russ Flatt Special Guests: Ed Davis, AutoZaam, Shelley Ferguson, Jaquie Brown and Jermaine Leef
Episode 9: The Girls Go Down Under Original Airdate: 8 May 2009
Each contestant was paired with a student designer, whose task it was to create an outfit out of secondhand clothes for less than $40. The girls then modelled their outfit down a catwalk. There were two winners of the challenge for this week: Ruby and Christobelle. They were treated to a spa visit.
For their photoshoot, this week the girls were asked to portray an emotion. The emotion was to replace the often-seen cigarette that featured in photos and in film in the circa 1950s era.
ContestantEmotionChristobelleAngerHosannaFearLauraGriefLucyDespairRubyJoy Teryl LeighSurpriseVictoriaLust
The contestants travel to Sydney, Australia for the elimination. Here they were told that Australia was merely a pit-stop; the remaining girls would travel on to Los Angeles. Most of the girls photo's were praised especially Ruby, Laura & Victoria but Lucy had the weakest photo. Lucy and Hosanna were in the bottom two. The wink which Hosanna gave at the end of her catwalk did not go down well with Sara and she was called out for being too fake. Lucy's photo was given negative feedback. Lucy was eliminated.
First Call-Out: Ruby Higgins Bottom Two: Hosanna Horsfall & Lucy Murphy Eliminated: Lucy Murphy Featured Photographer: Craig Owen Special Guests: Abby, Scott, Celine , April, Jeremy, Ivana, Priyanka and Morgan McGlone
Episode 10: The Girls Hit The Runway To L.A Original Airdate: 15 May 2009
The 6 remaining contestants arrive in Los Angeles. They go to the Los Angeles Division of NEXT Model Management to meet with manager, Alexis Borges. He gives the girls advice - Hosanna is too short for the agency hence they would not accept her; Victoria is considered ordinary; Teryl-Leigh and Ruby need to lose weight if they want a high fashion career; Christobelle is wearing too much makeup, and Laura is to work on her posture. At breakfast the next morning, Teryl-Leigh makes a healthy choice and eats wedges instead of chips.