The second season of Top Model aired on weekdays from October to December 2007, with a total of 41 episodes broadcast. This season follows 14 girls as they compete with each other to become the new face of Dessange Paris for 1 year.
Slovak-born model Adriana Karembeu hosted the competition, and the judging panel consisted of Dutch model and journalist Rosalie Afflelou, model scout and agency director Brice Compagnon and fashion designer Benjamin Galopin.
The international destinations for this season were London, Milan and Moscow. The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Karen Pillet from Maintenon.
Format changes This season, the episodes will broadcast daily from Monday to Friday for 8 weeks, with 41 episodes broadcast. Each day, the members of the jury give the girls their personalized schedule. On the program: photoshoot, sports lessons with Gregory Bouchelaghem, theater lessons with Rodolphe Sand, dentist with Philippe Chpindel, makeover with Dany Sanz, Julia Fisher or Vincent McDoom, personal development course with Marine Méchin.
On Mondays, the girls will have a challenge to find to is the best and the worst of the challenge. On Tuesdays, the girl who fails the challenge yesterday is challenged again, in a more embarrassing or humiliating way. The girl who has best succeeded in her challenge yesterday is rewarded. On Wednesday, the jury chooses three of the girls, and elects the "Top of the week", which gives her immune from elimination that week. On Thursday, the girls will have the photoshoot. On Friday, The best photo of each that the girls from yesterday photoshoot will be judged on the judging room and one of them will be eliminated.
Contestants (ages stated are at start of contest)
Contestant Age Height Hometown FinishPlace Anne-Sophie Acker 17 Saint-Clément-de-RivièreEpisode 414–13 (quit) Anna Jacobe 22 Villeurbanne Alice Cournille 18 Aix-en-Provence Episode 512 Cynthia Lancien 19 Marseille Episode 1011 Léa Peyruse-Boroffka 17 MontalivetEpisode 2110 Stéphanie Lémains 18 Vaulx-en-Velin9 Anaïs Monory 17 ToulouseEpisode 26 8 Alina Herzegova 18 Vignieu Episode 327 Julie Ricci 21 Lyon Episode 366 Laura Milazzo 19 MontpellierEpisode 385–4 Célia Nicolas 22 Lausanne, Switzerland Agnès Bouréalis 20 Chatou Episode 413 Charlie Gaffarel 22 Paris2 Karen Pillet 17 Maintenon1
Summaries
Call-out order OrderEpisodes510152126313638411Stéphanie Célia Karen Agnès Célia Julie Charlie Karen Karen Karen2Célia Alina Célia Karen Julie Célia Karen Charlie Charlie Charlie3Karen Charlie Julie Alina Agnès Karen Laura Agnès Agnès4Alina Agnès Laura Julie Charlie Charlie Célia CéliaLaura 5Charlie Karen Alina Célia Karen Agnès Agnès 6Julie AnaïsAnaïs Charlie AlinaLaura Julie 7Agnès Julie Charlie Laura Laura Alina 8Laura Stéphanie Agnès Anaïs Anaïs 9CynthiaLéa Stéphanie Stéphanie10AliceLauraLéaLéa11 Cynthia 12
The contestant was "Top of the week" and was immune from elimination The contestant was eliminated The contestant was quit The contestant was the original eliminee, but was saved The contestant won the competition
In episode 4, Anna and Anne-Sophie quit the competition. They were replaced by Anaïs and Léa in episode 6. In episode 15, Léa was eliminated, but the judges decided to keep her in the competition. Episodes 21 and 38 featured double eliminations. Episode 31 ended on a cliffhanger, with the elimination being shown the following episode.
Judges Adriana Karembeu Rosalie Afflelou Brice Compagnon Benjamin Galopin
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