The first season of The Face premiered online on February 1, 2013 and on television on February 12, 2013 on Oxygen. The premiere season followed three supermodel coaches as they competed with each other to find 'the face' of cosmetic retail giant Ulta Beauty.
Supermodel and executive producer Naomi Campbell, together with supermodels Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha, served as supermodel mentors for the first season. Nigel Barker, a previous judge for cycles 2 to 18 of America's Next Top Model, serve as host as well. It featured 12 aspiring contestants from the United States of America, Canada, China, Belarus, and Australia.
The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Devyn Abdullah from Bronx, New York.
Casting process Aspiring contestants for the show had to pre-register themselves online, and were encouraged to attend open casting calls or send in a video and application. The deadline for all applications was August 3, 2012. The show required all contestants to be 18 years old and over at the time of auditioning in order to be eligible for the program. Contestants from any country around the world could apply, as long as they had all the required documentation in order to remain in the United States for the duration of the series.
Contestants
(Ages stated are at start of filming) Contestant Age Height Hometown Model coach Finish Rank Aleksandra Dubrovskaya 24 Murmansk, Russia Naomi Episode 2 12 Christy Nelson 25 Atascadero Karolina Episode 3 11 Marlee Nichols 22 Los Angeles Coco Episode 4 10 (quit) Brittany Mason 27 Anderson Coco 9 Madeleine Armstrong 24 Melbourne, Australia Karolina Episode 5 8 Sandra Woodley 22 Philadelphia Naomi Episode 6 7 Stephanie Lalanne 22 San Francisco Coco Episode 7 6-5 Jocelyn Chew 21 Victoria, Canada Naomi Ebony Olivia Grace Smith 22 Indianapolis Karolina Episode 8 4 Margaux Brooke Snell 22 Roswell Coco 3-2 Luo Zilin 26 Zhejiang, China Naomi Devyn Abdullah 22 The Bronx Karolina 1
Episodes
Elimination table
Team CocoTeam KarolinaTeam Naomi
Place Contestant Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81 Devyn IN WIN IN IN IN WIN WIN IN WINNER2-3 Zilin IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN LOW IN Margaux IN IN IN IN IN LOW LOW IN 4 Ebony IN WIN IN LOW IN WIN WIN OUT 5-6 Jocelyn IN IN WIN WIN WIN IN OUT Stephanie IN LOW LOW IN LOW IN OUT 7 Sandra IN IN WIN WIN WIN OUT 8 Madeleine IN WIN IN IN OUT 9 Brittany IN IN IN OUT 10 Marlee IN IN IN QUIT 11 Christy IN WIN OUT 12 Aleksandra IN OUT
The contestant was part of the winning team for the episode. The contestant was at risk of elimination. The contestant was eliminated from the competition. The contestant withdrew from the competition. The contestant was a Runner-Up. The contestant won The Face.
Episode 1 was the casting episode. The final twelve were divided into individual teams of four as they were selected. In episode 4, Marlee withdrew from the competition due to personal problems. In episode 7, both of the remaining models from the losing teams had to face Karolina for elimination. Margaux and Zi Lin were saved, while Stephanie and Jocelyn were eliminated. In episode 8, Zilin, Devyn, and Margaux were put through to the final runway show while Ebony was eliminated.
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