The nineteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: College Edition), consisted of thirteen episodes and was broadcast on The CW. It aired from August 24, 2012, until November 16, 2012, and was promoted by the catchphrase "Only One Can Be Top of the Class". This was the final season to feature thirteen contestants. All of the contestants were enrolled in higher education. They competed for the title of America's Next Top Model, providing them with an opportunity to begin their career in the modeling industry. Its premise was originated with model Tyra Banks, who additionally serves as the cycle's executive producer and presenter.

The international destination during the cycle was Ocho Rios, Jamaica, becoming the second occasion in which the series traveled to the country, after cycle 3.

The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Paul Smith's College student Laura James from Cambridge, New York with Kiara Belen placing as the runner up.

Format changes Casting This was the first season to feature a cast of all-new contestants since Cycle 16 (Cycle 17 (All-Stars) featured only returning contestants from previous cycles, while Cycle 18 (British Invasion) featured seven new American contestants alongside seven returning contestants from previous cycles of Britain's Next Top Model). This is also the last season to feature only female contestants until Cycle 23.

Judges Judge and fashion photographer Nigel Barker, runway coach Miss J. Alexander and photo shoot creative director Jay Manuel were dismissed from the show after the previous cycle in an attempt to revitalize the show. They were replaced by British model Rob Evans and Filipino fashion blogger Bryanboy. Johnny Wujek also joined the crew as the new creative director of photo shoots. Evans and Bryanboy joined the judging panel with Banks and Cutrone, marking the return of four permanent judges since cycle 12. This cycle did not feature guest judges at panel

Public voting Another change was the incorporation of public voting as a factor in eliminations. A 1–10 scoring system was implemented to determine the merits of each contestant's performances at challenges and photo shoots, and the results for each week were calculated on a 50-point scale, with a maximum possible score of 10 from each of the three judges (Banks, Cutrone and Evans) and for each challenge and a maximum possible average social media score of 10.0. Each week, the girl with the lowest combined score was eliminated from the competition.

Comeback series The eliminated contestants still participated in every photo shoot (including those taking place after the comeback competition was finished), and their photos were also still available to be voted on by the public. This separate competition was documented on the "Comeback series", which was untelevised and instead shown on The CW's official website. It lasted for six weeks, and the winning contestant, with the highest average social media score throughout the cycle (Leila Goldkuhl), was allowed to rejoin the main competition.

Prizes The prizes for this cycle were a modeling contract with LA Models and NY Model Management, a position the face of the America's Next Top Model fragrance Dream Come True, a fashion spread in Nylon magazine, campaigns with Nine West and Smashbox cosmetics and a $100,000 cash prize. The following prizes were removed: A position as guest correspondent for Extra, a fashion spread in Vogue Italia, a cover of and fashion spread in Beauty In Vogue, a single produced and released by CBS Records and a 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, the series' long-time sponsor.

Contestants The cast includes Laura James, who is the daughter of Dynasty actor John James.

(ages stated are at start of contest) ContestantAgeHeightHometownUniversity/CollegeOutcomePlaceJessie Rabideau23 Speedway, Indiana University of Southern CaliforniaEpisode 213Maria Tucker22Las Cruces, New Mexico Harvard University Episode 312 (quit)Darian Ellis22 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana State University11Destiny Strudwick18 Columbus, Ohio Aveda Institute ColumbusEpisode 410Yvonne Powless20 Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Texas at Austin Episode 69Allyssa Vuelma20 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Florida State University Episode 78Brittany Brown18Gilbert, Arizona Chandler–Gilbert Community CollegeEpisode 87Victoria Henley18Colquitt, Georgia Liberty University Episode 96Kristin Kagay19 Jacksonville, Florida Florida State College at Jacksonville Episode 105Nastasia Scott19East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg University Episode 114Leila Goldkuhl20 Framingham, Massachusetts University of Rhode Island Episode 123Kiara Belen22 New Jersey University of California, Irvine 2Laura James21 Cambridge, New York Paul Smith's College 1

Episodes No episode aired on October 12 due to the network's re-airing of the pilot episode of Arrow.

Comeback series For this cycle, America's Next Top Model launched a web-series called The Comeback Series. After being eliminated, the girls continued to participate in the photo shoots under the premise that the audience would select one of them to return to the competition later. Leila returned to the competition in episode 9 for having accumulated the highest average fan score for her photographs.

NºModelPublic vote average7Destiny4.536Darian4.645Yvonne4.764Jessie5.043Brittany5.412Allyssa5.44 1 Leila 5.84

Summaries Results OrderEpisodes1234567891011121KristinLeilaVictoriaLauraNastasiaLauraNastasiaLauraNastasiaLeilaKiaraLaura2NastasiaNastasiaBrittanyLeilaLauraBrittanyBrittanyKristinLauraKiaraLeilaKiara3LauraBrittanyAllyssaBrittanyKristinAllyssaKristinKiaraLeilaNastasiaLauraLeila4AllyssaLauraLeilaAllyssaKiaraKristinVictoriaNastasiaKristinLauraNastasia5DestinyKristinLauraKiaraVictoriaKiaraKiaraVictoriaKiaraKristin6KiaraKiaraNastasiaNastasiaYvonneNastasiaLauraBrittanyVictoria7LeilaYvonneKristinVictoriaAllyssaVictoriaAllyssa8DarianAllyssaDestinyKristinBrittanyYvonne9MariaVictoriaKiaraYvonneLeila10JessieDarianYvonneDestiny11BrittanyMariaDarian12YvonneDestiny13VictoriaJessie

The contestant won the challenge The contestant was eliminated The contestant failed to return to the competition The contestant returned to the competition The contestant won the competition The contestant quit the competition

Bottom two EpisodeContestantsEliminated2Destiny&JessieJessie3Darian&YvonneDarian4Destiny&YvonneDestiny5Brittany&LeilaLeila6Victoria&YvonneYvonne7Allyssa&LauraAllyssa8Brittany&VictoriaBrittany9Kiara&VictoriaVictoria10Kristin&LauraKristin11Laura&NastasiaNastasia15LauraKiaraLeilaLaura&KiaraKiara

The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed third. The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed second.

Average call-out order Casting call-out order and final three are not included. Rank byaverage Place Model Call-outtotal Number ofcall-outs Call-outaverage 1 1 Laura 29 10 2.90 2 3 Leila 22 7 3.14 3 4 Nastasia 34 10 3.40 4 7 Brittany 26 7 3.71 5 2 Kiara 45 10 4.50 6 5 Kristin 41 9 4.56 7 8 Allyssa 32 6 5.33 8 6 Victoria 44 8 5.50 9 9 Yvonne 40 5 8.00 10 10 Destiny 30 3 10.00 11 11 Darian 21 2 10.50 12 12 Maria 11 1 11.00 13 13 Jessie 13 13.00

Scoring chart Place Model Episodes Average 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Laura 36.0 32.0 42.5 38.7 46.232.9 41.0 38.935.935.8 41.2 429.1 39.0 2 Kiara 34.3 24.1 32.7 37.3 32.8 35.9 34.832.5 42.2 39.0 36.6 388.2 35.3 3 Leila 40.4 32.2 37.329.0 34.9 46.4 37.1 35.2 300.6 37.6 4 Nastasia 36.6 28.1 32.4 40.9 31.8 42.2 33.3 39.3 40.3 35.5 367.4 36.7 5 Kristin 34.7 27.9 30.9 38.1 33.9 38.1 35.8 33.3 34.0 313.7 34.9 6 Victoria 31.2 34.2 31.2 36.531.7 36.732.6 31.3 274.0 34.2 7 Brittany 36.3 33.9 37.329.5 39.1 39.2 30.3 254.1 36.3 8 Allyssa 32.1 32.9 35.5 30.8 35.7 29.0 204.2 34.0 9 Yvonne 33.820.829.5 36.4 30.5 156.2 31.2 10 Destiny26.9 25.1 27.0 85.3 28.4 11 Darian 28.9 20.8 54.9 27.5 12 Maria 28.1Quit 28.1 28.1 13 Jessie 22.4 22.4 22.4

Indicates the contestant won the competition. The contestant received the highest score of the week The contestant was eliminated The contestant was in the bottom two The contestant quit the competition

Photo shoot guide

Episode 1 photo shoot: Posing in bikinis (casting) Episode 2 photo shoot: Taxidermy mounted head beauty shots Episode 3 photo shoot: Black and white nude in a garden with Rob Evans Episode 4 photo shoot: Apocalyptic zombies Episode 5 photo shoot: Cheerleaders in the air Episode 6 photo shoot: Steampunk fashion with an owl on a train Episode 7 photo shoot: Gross and sticky situations in a motel Episode 8 photo shoot: Prison mugshots Episode 9 photo shoot: River raft love triangle Episode 10 photo shoot: Waterfall warriors Episode 11 photo shoot: Dream Come True fragrance in a beach Episode 12 photo shoots: Nine West advertisements; Nylon Magazine spreads

Makeovers

Maria – Refused makeover (planned for curly layered hair with highlights) Darian – Long layered brown weave Destiny – Cut short with caramel highlights Yvonne – Long black extensions Allyssa – Trimmed and dyed darker Brittany – Bob cut and dyed light red Victoria – Refused makeover (planned for red, long, curly extensions) Kristin – Shoulder length cut with bangs Nastasia – Volumized curls with blonde highlights Leila – Dyed brown with blonde highlights Kiara – Long straight black weave with fixed eyebrows Laura – Trimmed and dyed ice blonde with bleached eyebrows

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