Africa's Next Top Model season 1

Africa's Next Top Model, cycle 1 is the first installment of a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Africa's Next Top Model along with the chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. The show features aspiring models from the entire African continent.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Africa's Next Top Model
Season 1
Judges	Oluchi Onweagba Remi Adetiba Josie Borain
No. of contestants	12
Winner	Aamito Lagum
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	M-net Africa Magic
Original release	10 November 2013 (2013-11-10) – 12 January 2014 (2014-01-12)
List of episodes

The prize package for this cycle included a 1-year modeling contract with New York-based modelling agency DNA Model Management, a product endorsement deal with P&G, a 1-year contract as an ambassador for South African Tourism, SNAPP, Etisalat, and Verve, and a cash prize of 50,000 USD.

The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Aamito Lagum, representing the nation of Uganda.

Series summary

Auditions

Casting calls and auditions were held in several countries and on different dates, listed below:

• 6 July at Polana Serena Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
• 9 July at Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 14 July at Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
• 20 July at M Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana
• 23 July at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria
• 28 July at Centro Cultural Paz Flor (Paz Flor Convention Centre), Luanda, Angola
• 1 August at Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

After the selection process, 12 models were chosen to participate in the competition.

Requirements

All applicants were required to be between 18–27 years old at the time they auditioned or applied for the show. Additional requirements stated that if a model was being represented by a modeling agency at the time she applied, she had to terminate that representation prior. Contestants from any country in Africa were encouraged to apply. The minimum height requirement was 170 cm, or 5'7".^[8]

Cast

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)^[9]

Country	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Height	Finish	Place
Kenya	Steffi Reti	20	Mombasa	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Episode 2	12-11
Tunisia	Marwa Faiza	22	Nairobi	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Mozambique	Safira Mariquele	20	Maputo	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Episode 3	10
Nigeria	Omowunmi Wanyonyi	23	Lagos	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Episode 4	9
South Africa	Rhulani Kubayi	20	Johannesburg	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Episode 5	8
Nigeria	Joyce Zi Chidebe	24	Lagos	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Episode 6	7
South Africa	Michelle Allen	22	Pietermaritzburg	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Episode 7	6
Ghana	Roselyn Ashkar	22	Accra	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Episode 8	5-4
South Africa	Cheandre van Blerk	20	Johannesburg	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nigeria	Opeyemi Awoyemi	25	Lagos	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Episode 10	3-2
Angola	Michaela Pinto	21	Luanda	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Uganda	Aamito Lagum	20	Kampala	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)		1

Judges

• Oluchi Onweagba (host)
• Remi Adetiba
• Josie Borain

Other cast members

• Carl Isaacs
• Crystal Birch

Episodes

Episode 1

First aired 10 November 2013

Episode 2

First aired 17 November 2013

• Guest judge: Carl Isaacs

Episode 3

First aired 24 November 2013

• Guest judge: Thula Sindi

Episode 4

First aired 1 December 2013

• Guest judge: Malibongwe Tyilo

Episode 5

First aired 8 December 2013

• Guest judge: Annabel Onyango

Episode 6

First aired 15 December 2013

• Guest judge: Marianne Fassler

Episode 7

First aired 22 December 2013

• Guest judge: Craig Port

Episode 8

First aired 29 December 2013

• Guest judge: David Tlale

Episode 9

First aired 5 January 2014

• Guest judge: Jackie Burger

Episode 10

First aired 12 January 2014

• Guest judge: Butterfly Cayley

Results

Order	Episodes
	2[a]	3	4	5	6	7	8[b]	9[c]	10
1	Aamito	Cheandre	Joyce	Opeyemi	Roselyn	Aamito	Aamito	Aamito	Aamito
2	Michaela	Rhulani	Cheandre	Joyce	Aamito	Opeyemi	Michaela	Opeyemi	Michaela Opeyemi
3	Opeyemi	Michelle	Rhulani	Roselyn	Opeyemi	Cheandre	Opeyemi	Michaela
4	Safira	Joyce	Roselyn	Michaela	Michelle	Michaela	Cheandre Roselyn
5	Roselyn	Omowunmi	Michaela	Michelle	Cheandre	Roselyn
6	Rhulani	Michaela	Michelle	Aamito	Michaela	Michelle
7	Michelle	Aamito	Aamito	Cheandre	Joyce
8	Joyce	Opeyemi	Opeyemi	Rhulani
9	Cheandre Omowunmi	Roselyn	Omowunmi
10		Safira
11	Marwa Steffi
12

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom two

  The contestant won the competition

1. In episode 2, Cheandre, Marwa, Omowunmi and Steffi landed in the bottom four. Cheandre and Omowunmi were declared safe and Marwa and Steffi were eliminated.
2. In episode 8, Cheandre, Opeyemi and Roselyn landed in the bottom three. Oluchi handed the final photograph to Opeyemi, eliminating Cheandre and Roselyn.
3. In episode 9, Michaela and Opeyemi landed in the bottom two. After handing Opeyemi her photograph, Oluchi revealed that there would be no elimination.

Average call-out order

Final episode is not included.

Rank by average	Place	Model	Call-out total	Number of call-outs	Call-out average
1	1	Aamito	27	8	3.38
2	2–3	Opeyemi	30		3.75
3		Michaela	31		3.88
4	7	Joyce	22	5	4.40
5–6	4–5	Cheandre	31	7	4.43
		Roselyn
7	8	Rhulani	19	4	4.75
8	6	Michelle	31	6	5.17
9	10	Safira	14	2	7.00
10	9	Omowunmi	23	3	7.67
11–12		Marwa	11	1	11.00
		Steffi