America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 2
	; Promotional photograph of the cast of Cycle 2 of America's Next Top Model
Format	Reality
Created by	Tyra Banks
Developed by	Ken Mok; Kenya Barris
Starring	Tyra Banks
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	11 & Special
Production
Executive; producer(s)	Tyra Banks; Ken Mok
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	UPN
Original run	January 13, 2004 – March 23, 2004
Chronology
Preceded by	Cycle 1
Followed by	Cycle 3
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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America's Next Top Model Cycle 2, which premiered on January 13, 2004, was the second season of America's Next Top Model hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, which aims to find the next top fashion model. The cycle's catch-phrase was "They are all gorgeous, but only one has what it takes".

This was the only season to feature a cast of 12 contestants. The international destination for the cycle was Milan, Italy. The winner won a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread within Jane magazine, and a cosmetics campaign with Sephora.

The winner was 23 year old Yoanna House from Jacksonville, Florida, who became the oldest and first winner with a multi-ethnic background in the show's history.

Episode Summaries

The Girl Who Overslept

First aired January 13, 2004

The girls were picked up on a bus in New York where they met each other and started sizing up the competition.

They then met Tyra and went to their first runway show, which was held on a US Navy ship. Tyra commented, "They really didn't know what they were doing."

The first photo shoot was a Garden of Eden-themed nude shoot for Fresh Look contact lenses, in which the women wore only sequins and body paint. One contestant, Anna, decided not to participate because, she said, it would insult her husband and child back home. Another, Jenascia, overslept and arrived late for the shoot, despite other girls promises to wake the contestants when needed.

Model	Eve
Anna	Eve of the Sea
April	Asian Eve
Bethany	Eve of Winter
Camille	Bird Of Paradise Eve
Catie	Heavenly Eve
Heather	Floral Eve
Jenascia	Enchanting Archer Eve
Mercedes	Egyptian Eve
Sara	Medieval Eve
Shandi	Fairy Tale Eve
Xiomara	Eve of Temptation
Yoanna	Eve of the Night

At panel, Camille, Mercedes, April, Shandi, Heather and Sara had pictures that stunned the judges, Yoanna's classic face was revered, and Bethany's bust was identified as a problem. Anna and Jenascia ended up in the bottom two. Though the judges were put off by the fact that Jenascia was late, they ultimately chose to eliminate Anna, the plus-sized girl of the cycle, for refusing to do the photo shoot.

Bottom two: Anna Bradfield & Jenascia Chakos
Eliminated: Anna Bradfield
Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
Special guests: Ed Libby, Jim De Yonker, Mike Randy, Ian Jones, Yohanea Cepeda

The Girl Who Has a Temper

First aired January 20, 2004

The remaining eleven contestants received runway training from J. Alexander. At the subsequent walking challenge, Catie's gracefulness won her a trip to Carmen Marc Valvo's cocktail party, and chose Mercedes and Camille to go with her.

At the photo shoot, the girls were required to style themselves using Steve Madden shoes, before they pick their own best shot for the week.

Despite Shandi's lack of confidence and terrible runway walk, Bethany was cut, because the judges feel that she didn't know how to pose to flatter her large bust.

Bottom two: Bethany Harrison & Shandi Sullivan
Eliminated: Bethany Harrison
Featured photographer: Ché Graham
Special guests: Martin Snow, Maggie Rizer, Carmen Marc Valvo, J. Alexander

The Girl Who Can Cry At The Drop Of A Hat

First aired January 27, 2004

The girls got their makeovers, and some are more happy then others. Afterwards, Jay Manuel tested their make-up skills by giving the girls 15 minutes to apply make-up with one mirror, set of brushes, and palette between them. The winner, Yoanna, got a dinner with 3 friends (Sara, Xiomara, and April), while the rest of the girls shopped for, prepared, and served the dinner.

After the challenge, Shandi, who had complained about the heat of the room, collapsed due to exhaustion, causing the other girls to exert concern and aid in order to remedy the situation. She turned out fine, however, and vowed to make time for sleep and to eat as much as she could to prevent it from happening again.

For the photoshoot, the contestants were suspended over a giant hole in the building wearing Laundry by Shelli Segal. Catie struggled because she feared falling to her death, but went through with 12 frames beautifully.

Xiomara and Heather were in the bottom two, but Heather was eliminated for her lack of versatility and experience.

Bottom two: Heather Blumberg & Xiomara Frans
Eliminated: Heather Blumberg
Featured photographer: Richard Dean
Special guests: Edward Tricomi, Joel Warren, Karima Casteneda, Julie Redfern, Mike Sharits, Mike Randi, Eric Niemand, Halle Bowman

The Girl Who Needs Six Months Of Modeling School

First aired February 3, 2004

The contestants met Betsey Johnson and were challenged to dress in their personal style, but were only allowed to use everyone else’s clothes, not their own. Catie was criticized for looking like a hooker. The winner, Shandi, got dinner at JL with Cycle 1 winner, Adrianne Curry and picked Yoanna and Xiomara to join her.

For the photo shoot, the contestants portrayed celebrities. Xiomara was upset that she had to become a darker color to portray Grace Jones, and Mercedes used the pain of her lupus to portray Billie Holiday's pain.

Model	Celebrity
April	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Camille	Diana Ross
Catie	Marilyn Monroe
Jenascia	Salma Hayek
Mercedes	Billie Holiday
Sara	Angelina Jolie
Shandi	Nicole Kidman
Xiomara	Grace Jones
Yoanna	Audrey Hepburn

Mercedes and Xiomara wowed the judges with their strong photos. Catie and Jenascia were in the bottom 2, but Jenascia was eliminated because she couldn't compensate for her lack of height.

Bottom two: Catie Anderson & Jenascia Chakos
Eliminated: Jenascia Chakos
Featured photographer: Andrew Eccles
Special guests: Simon Doonan, Adrianne Curry, Martin Snow, Danilo, Michael Carl, Betsey Johnson

The Girl Who Is A Visual Orgasm

First aired February 10, 2004

The girls underwent personality coaching. Shandi broke down after revealing her family treated her like the black sheep. Secrets and relationships were revealed in this week's episode. Janice asked some very hard questions as the challenge. Mercedes won the reward, a shopping spree, for answering the questions best. She took Sara. Also as part of their reward, Mercedes', Sara's, and Tyra's moms all showed up. The girls posed underwater for Quench Water. April had the best picture, Catie's pose got great reviews and Xiomara's photo looked like a "walrus wearing chiffon". This eliminated her, despite Camille's annoying personality and dominatrix tendencies.

Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Xiomara Frans
Eliminated: Xiomara Frans
Featured photographer: George Holz
Special guests: Sam Christensen, J. Alexander, Suzannah Galland, Carolyn London, Nolé Marin

The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up

First aired February 17, 2004

The photos for the week were simple black and white beauty shots that focus on their face. The contestants then participated in an acting challenge with Mark Collier. Camille decided to not follow the lines and instead, she rewrote parts of the script. Camille was then called hopeless by the coach. The winner of the acting challenge was April. The last stop was a Matrix themed commercial for Rollitos chips. April was hailed for her performance in the commercial and photo shoot, while Camille and Catie fell flat in both areas. Camille was criticized for her attitude, but Catie was sent home since judges felt that she was not yet ready emotionally to handle modeling.

Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Catie Anderson
Eliminated: Catie Anderson
Featured photographer: Bill Heuberger
Featured commercial director: James Gay
Special guests: Tasha Smith-Arqese, Mark Collier, De La Guarda, Eric Niemand, Kyle Hagler

The Girl Who Is Dripping With Hypocrisy

First aired February 24, 2004

The girls celebrated Sara's birthday, and Sara disclosed her passion for modeling, stating that she wanted it the most. The models then practiced dancing. April stepped it up for Tony Michaels and won the challenge. She took Shandi and Sara to a party with male guests. Shandi acted flirty and fun with the male guests and was called on it by her boyfriend. They previously had an argument because he wanted to go to the movies with a friend of his who happened to be a girl named Lauren. Instead of a photo shoot, the contestants performed in Tyra's music video for "Shake Ya Body". During the shoot, April nearly pushed Yoanna off the runway, Shandi performed the best in her solo, and Yoanna messed up again and fell. Yoanna was in the bottom two for her poor performance in the video, but Tyra eliminated Sara, who the panel felt was too pin-up and sexy for the fashion world. The episode was followed by the premiere of the video.

Bottom two: Sara Racey-Tabrizi & Yoanna House
Eliminated: Sara Racey-Tabrizi
Featured commercial director: Kennedy
Special guests:' Rodney Jerkins, Tony Michaels

The Girls Go to Milan

First aired March 2, 2004

The remaining girls were taken to a restaurant where Tyra introduced their international destination for the cycle, Milan, Italy. The girls then went on go-sees where Shandi was described as the best high fashion model, Mercedes as being a bit commercial, April as photographing well but weak in other areas,and Yoanna having to work on her body. Camille won the challenge for her strong presence. Camille implied that Yoanna had an eating disorder at dinner in front of Tyra, which was not true. The girls did a high fashion shoot for Solstice sunglasses. April had mixed reviews, Camille looked pigeon-toed and was the photographer's least favorite, Mercedes looked commercial, Yoanna hid her body well and Shandi took some of the photographer's best shots all year. She was also praised for her response to rather harsh designers (which turned out to be actors testing the models' attitudes) when asked why she should get booked. Shandi simply responded that if the designer would look at her photos they would possibly see something special there. Camille got the worst review, giving off an attitude that "she knew it all". While she was walking for the designers, they asked her why she walked like that, and thus Camille coined the infamous phrase "This is my signature walk, and it's the walk that's going to make me famous." Mercedes was in the bottom two for looking commercial and for a lack of editorial potential, but it was Camille who was eliminated because of her attitude and getting very defensive all the time when critiqued.

Bottom two: Camille McDonald & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
Eliminated: Camille McDonald
Special guests: Kyle Hagler, David Brown, Elena Cimarosti, Carlo De Amici, Kesia Elwin, Liliana Rolando, Nolé Marin, Michael Giannini
Featured photographer: Massimo Costoli

The Girl Who Is Afraid Of Snakes

First aired March 9, 2004

This was the cycle's recap episode. It was so named because April was afraid when they were told that they needed to handle such creatures in a photoshoot.

The Girl Who Cheated

First aired March 16, 2004

Male models were invited to come over to the house and had fun with the girls, where Shandi who was overwhelmed by loneliness of being apart with her boyfriend, ended up having sex with another male model. Lambasted by a sense of guilt, she called her boyfriend, Eric, the next day and told him what has happened. Eric got mad and yelled at her before he finally hung up. The next day, Shandi called him back and he wished her good luck in the next photo shoot.

This week, the girls learned how to compliment their body with their attire. Then, they were put into the test where they shopped at a flea market and found an outfit that was high fashion and complemented their body the best. Shandi was chosen as the winner and picked Yoanna to join in her reward.

For this week's photo shoot, the girls teamed up to do a sensual, romantic nude shoot. At panel, Mercedes impressed the judges with her ability to turn out a piece of cloth into looking like a high fashion dress. April was criticized for trying to take control of the photo shoot. In the end, she was sent home for being too technical.

Bottom two: April Wilkner & Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
Eliminated: April Wilkner
Featured photographers: Almicare Incalza, Alex Martinengo
Special guests: Jean Luc, Nolé Marin, Loris Rocchi, Stephen Fairchild

The Girl Who Is America's Next Top Model

First aired March 23, 2004

For the final photo, the final three had a beauty shot for which they were dressed in the opposite of their normal styles. At judging, Mercedes was hailed for finally looking like a true fashion model. Shandi and Yoanna landed in the bottom two, both for their inability to handle pressure and Shandi was eliminated.

After the shoot, the remaining two met up with Dean and Dan of Dsquared for whom they walked in a fashion show. During the show, Yoanna broke her high heels and had to use Mercedes' heel, but was able to successfully complete the show.

At panel, the judges were immensely impressed by Mercedes and they felt that she stole the runway show. Tyra recognized the uniqueness of Yoanna's face, and believed that Yoanna knew the modeling industry better than Mercedes. After a long and hard deliberation, both finalists were called in and Yoanna was declared the winner of Cycle Two of America's Next Top Model.

Bottom two: Shandi Sullivan & Yoanna House
Eliminated: Shandi Sullivan
Final two: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte & Yoanna House
America's Next Top Model: Yoanna House
Featured photographer: Massimo Costoli
Special guests: Nolé Marin, Gian Luca Guaitoli, Dean Caten, Dan Caten

The Runway Ahead

Mercedes has walked for many runways, including John Sakalis, Mercedes-Benz and Rock and Republic. She has signed with Nous Model Management, has an ad coming in Seventeen Magazine and has starred in an independent film.
Sara is interested in being in Sports Illustrated and has a meeting with the head of the swimsuit issue. She has also walked for Rock & Republic
Catie is enjoying her fame back home, appearing on radio, going back to her old school and walking for Louis Verdad
Anna is back at home and looking for agencies.
Shandi has reconciled with her boyfriend and her mother. She is a clerk again, trying to save money to go to New York and meet agencies
Bethany still hopes to model
Jenascia is working at Hooters and has birthed a child
April has done a photoshoot for Stuff magazine and is signed with New-York Models
Xiomara is a part-time bartender, has an agent, is signed with Boss Models, has done a spread for FHM and has been contacted by 3 cosmetics lines.
Heather is pursuing acting and modelling
Camille is enjoying her fame and promises we will see her again
Yoanna has been on numerous talk shows, collected her prizes, walked for Custo Barcelona and John Sakalis, is still very close to her family and does some weekly yoga to tone her body.

Contestants

In order of elimination

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Anna Bradfield, 24, from LaGrange, Georgia
Bethany Harrison, 22, from Houston, Texas
Heather Blumberg, 18, from Moreno Valley, California
Jenascia Chakos, 21, from Burien, Washington
Xiomara Frans, 25, from Morganville, New Jersey
Catie Anderson, 18, from Willmar, Minnesota
Sara Racey-Tabrizi, 22, from Seattle, Washington
Camille McDonald, 25, from Mamaroneck, New York
April Wilkner, 23, from Miami Beach, Florida
Shandi Sullivan, 21, from Kansas City, Missouri (2nd runner up)
Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, 21, from Valencia, California (runner up)
Yoanna House, 23, from Jacksonville, Florida (winner)

Summaries

Call-out order

Tyra’s Callout Order
Order	Episodes
Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11
1	Camille	Catie	Shandi	Mercedes	Sara	April	Shandi	Shandi	Yoanna	Mercedes	Yoanna
2	Shandi	Yoanna	April	Xiomara	Mercedes	Yoanna	Mercedes	Yoanna	Shandi	Yoanna	Mercedes
3	April	Camille	Yoanna	Shandi	April	Mercedes	Camille	April	Mercedes	Shandi
4	Mercedes	April	Mercedes	Yoanna	Yoanna	Shandi	April	Mercedes	April
5	Catie	Mercedes	Sara	Sara	Catie	Sara	Yoanna	Camille
6	Sara	Sara	Camille	April	Shandi	Camille	Sara
7	Heather	Xiomara	Xiomara	Camille	Camille	Catie
8	Yoanna	Heather	Catie	Catie	Xiomara
9	Bethany	Jenascia	Jenascia	Jenascia
10	Xiomara	Shandi	Heather
11	Jenascia	Bethany
12	Anna

The contestant won the week's reward challenge

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant won the reward and was eliminated

The contestant did not participate in the photo shoot and was eliminated

The contestant won the competition

In episodes 3 and 6 the first and second placers were switched by editing.
Episode 9 was the recap episode.

Makeovers

This cycle's makeovers also included teeth whitening and manicures

April: Dyed darker; bangs added
Camille: Braids and false nail tips removed
Catie: Twiggy style cut
Heather: Lowlights removed, more blonde added
Jenascia: Cut shoulder-length
Mercedes: Animalistic extensions
Sara: Blonde highlights added
Shandi: Dyed platinum blonde, given contact lenses
Xiomara: Longer, wavy extensions
Yoanna: Modern mohawk

Photo Shoot Guide

Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Nude in the Garden Of Eden for Fresh Look contact lenses
Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Steve Madden Shoes
Episode 3 Photo Shoot : Laundry by Shelli Segal Suspended Over a Giant Hole
Episode 4 Photo Shoot : Celebrity Impersonations
Episode 5 Photo Shoot : Quench Underwater Shoot
Episode 6 Photo Shoot & Commercial : Black and White Beauty Shots; Commercial for Rollitos Chips
Episode 7 Music Video: Tyra Banks' "Shake Ya Body"
Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Solstice Sunglasses in the Coliseum
Episode 10 Photo Shoot: Sensual, Nude Shot with a Partner
Episode 11 Photo Shoot: High Edge Beauty Shots

Judges

Tyra Banks
Nigel Barker
Janice Dickinson
Eric Nicholson

Post Top Model Careers

Yoanna House: has walked for various designers^[1]^[2] before turning to TV hosting.
Mercedes Scelba-Shorte: has done some commercial work including print^[3] and TV. is a spokesperson for the Lupus foundation.
Shandi Sullivan: was signed with Trump Model Management but has left the industry
April Wilkner: signed with Race Model Management and has done some print,,^[4] runway, corresponding and acting.
Camille McDonald: signed with Major Model Management, has appeared on the runway of several fashion shows and has appeared in many magazines. She also launched her own line of lingerie called Lingerwear, for which Naima Mora modeled.
Sara Racey-Tabrizi: has done some print work, including L'Oréal, Converse, Pulse, King and Maxim^[5] and has landed small acting roles.
Catie Anderson: has done runway^[6] and has been signed with a few different LA agencies
Xiomara Frans: signed with Boss Models and has also appeared in the New York Post Latino Issue^[7]
Jenascia Chakos: returned to her job at Hooters and gave birth to a child. She has appeared in a few Seattle calendars.
Heather Blumberg: did not pursue modeling, but expressed interest in acting
Bethany Harrison: did a few test shots^[8]
Anna Bradfield: has done some test shoots^[9]

References

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