Topmodel (Belgian TV series) season 1

Topmodel, season 1 was the first season of the reality series Topmodel hosted by Ingrid Seynhaeve. Ten contestants lived together in a luxurious apartment until the top three travelled to New York City for the rest of the season.^[1]

Topmodel
Season 1
Starring	Ingrid Seynhaeve Ghislaine Nuytten Marc Douchez
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Kanaal Twee
Original release	October 1 (2007-10-01) – December 3, 2007 (2007-12-03)
Season chronology

In contrast to America's Next Top Model, the host was not part of the judging panel. Ghislaine Nuytten was the judging chairwoman and called out the girls onto the next round^{[clarification needed]} at the judging panel. The bottom two contestants were then officially nominated for elimination, with Marc Douchez from Dominique Models having the final say on who went home and who stayed.

The winner was Hanne Baekelandt, who won a €25,000 modeling contract for management and representation by Dominique Models, a campaign for L'Oréal cosmetics, and the cover on Glam*It [nl] magazine.^[2]

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Jessie Colman[3]	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Ghent	Episode 3	10
An Voorhoof[4]	22	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Drongen	Episode 4	9
Tess Gonnissen[5]	17	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Bevel	Episode 5	8
Elisa Guarraci[6]	16	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Genk	Episode 6	7–6
Kelly Van den Kerchove[7]	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Ostend
Eveline Dewinter[8]	17	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Vlierzele	Episode 7	5
Michèle Vanhooren[9]	17	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Brussels	Episode 8	4
Valérie Debeerst[10]	17	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Sint-Pieters	Episode 10	3–2
Ine Nijs[11]	18	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Hasselt
Hanne Baekelandt[12]	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Sint-Amandsberg		1

Summaries

Call-out order

Order	Episodes
	2[a]	3	4	5	6[b]	7	8	10
1	Ine	Ine	Elisa	Eveline	Ine	Michèle	Ine	Hanne
2	Tess	An	Michèle	Hanne	Valérie	Ine	Hanne	Ine Valérie
3	Eveline	Michèle	Tess	Ine	Eveline	Valérie	Valérie
4	Jessie	Hanne	Eveline	Valérie	Michèle	Hanne	Michèle
5	Hanne	Elisa	Kelly	Elisa	Hanne	Eveline
6	Michèle	Kelly	Hanne	Michèle	Elisa Kelly
7	Elisa	Eveline	Ine	Kelly
8	Kelly	Valérie	Valérie	Tess
9	An	Tess	An
10	Valérie	Jessie

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant won the competition

1. Episodes 1 and 2 were the casting episodes.
2. In Episode 6 Michèle, Hanne, Kelly and Elisa were nominated for elimination. In the end, Marc decided to save Michèle and Hanne, eliminating Elisa and Kelly.

Judges

• Ghislaine Nuytten (Head judge)
• Lieve Gerrits
• Marc Dochez
• Vasko Todorof

Coaches

• Aza Declercq [nl] (actress & presenter)
• Elise Crombez (top model)
• Ingrid Seynhaeve (top model)
• Monique Vanendert (photographer)