America's Next Top Model season 12

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Template otherTemplate:Ensure AAA contrast ratio The twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on March 4, 2009, and was the sixth season to air on The CW network. The cycle's catchphrase was "Get in the Fold." The cycle's promotional song was Lady Gaga's "The Fame."

The prizes for this cycle were:

• A modelling contract with Elite Model Management.
• A fashion spread and cover in Seventeen.
• A Template:USD100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

The first half of the cycle took place in New York City; the prior season was located in Los Angeles. The international destination for this cycle was São Paulo, Brazil, the show's first and only visit to South America.

The number of girls was reduced to thirteen for the first time since Cycle 9, after being maintained at fourteen in the last two cycles. This was the last time Paulina Porizkova participated as judge.

It was the first season that the last contestant to be eliminated has no first call-out.

The winner was 20-year-old Teyona Anderson from New Jersey, with Allison Harvard placing as the runner up. This season averaged 4.35 million viewers per episode.

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Kelly 'Isabella' Falk	19	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Barboursville, Virginia	Episode 2	13
Jessica Santiago	18	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Bradenton, Florida	Episode 3	12
Nijah Harris	18	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Rancho Cucamonga, California	Episode 4	11
Kortnie Coles	24	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Houston, Texas	Episode 5	10
Sandra Nyanchoka	19	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Rockville, Maryland	Episode 6	9
Tahlia Brookins	18	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Phoenix, Arizona	Episode 7	8
Lauren 'London' Levi-Nance	18	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Arlington, Texas	Episode 9	7
Natalie Pack	19	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Palos Verdes, California	Episode 10	6
Felicia 'Fo' Porter	19	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Episode 11	5
Celia Ammerman	25	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Cynthiana, Kentucky	Episode 12	4
Aminat Ayinde	21	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Union, New Jersey	Episode 13	3
Allison Harvard	20	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	New Orleans, Louisiana		2
Teyona Anderson	20	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)	Woodstown, New Jersey		1

Summaries

Call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1Template:Efn	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	13
1	Aminat	Allison	Teyona	Sandra	Tahlia	Fo	Celia	Teyona	Allison	Teyona	Allison	Allison	Teyona
2	Natalie	Fo	Celia	Aminat	Teyona	Teyona	Natalie	Fo	Teyona	Allison	Teyona	Teyona	Allison
3	Fo	Teyona	Allison	Tahlia	Allison	Tahlia	Teyona	Natalie	Fo	Aminat	Aminat	Aminat
4	Allison	London	Natalie	Fo	Natalie	Aminat	Fo	Celia	Celia	Celia	Celia
5	Tahlia	Celia	London	Celia	London	Allison	London	Allison	Aminat	Fo
6	Celia	Nijah	Nijah	Kortnie	Aminat	Natalie	Aminat	Aminat	Natalie
7	Nijah	Kortnie	Tahlia	London	Celia	London	Allison	London
8	London	Natalie	Sandra	Teyona	Fo	Celia	Tahlia
9	Teyona	Aminat	Kortnie	Natalie	Sandra	Sandra
10	Kortnie	Tahlia	Aminat	Allison	Kortnie
11	Isabella	Jessica	Fo	Nijah
12	Jessica	Sandra	Jessica
13	Sandra	Isabella

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant won the competition

Bottom two

Episode	Contestants	Eliminated
2	Isabella & Sandra	Isabella
3	Fo & Jessica	Jessica
4	Allison & Nijah	Nijah
5	Kortnie & Sandra	Kortnie
6	Celia & Sandra	Sandra
7	Allison & Tahlia	Tahlia
9	Aminat & London	London
10	Aminat & Natalie	Natalie
11	Celia & Fo	Fo
12	Aminat & Celia	Celia
13	Aminat & Teyona	Aminat
	Allison & Teyona	Allison

  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 after their fourth time in the bottom two

  The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Photo Shoot Guide

• Episode 1 photo shoot (casting): Goddess profile/type of goddess
• Episode 2 photo shoot: Childhood games
• Episode 3 photo shoot: Lighting oneself in a warehouse
• Episode 4 photo shoot: Couture New York City sight-seeing in pairs
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Ellis Island immigrants
• Episode 6 photo shoot: Beauty shots evoking different colors
• Episode 7 Commercial: CoverGirl micro mineral foundation
• Episode 9 photo shoot: Crazed Ciara fans tangled in wires
• Episode 10 photo shoot: Embodying Carmen Miranda on a Favela
• Episode 11 photo shoot: Swimsuits on a tourist beach
• Episode 12 photo shoot: Exotic birds
• Episode 13 photo shoot & Commercial: CoverGirl outlast lipstain print ad and commercial & Seventeen Magazine covers

Makeovers

• Jessica - Cut to shoulder-length with dark red highlights
• Nijah - Long black weave
• Kortnie - Trimmed and dyed red
• Sandra - Buzz cut and dyed blonde
• Tahlia - Shoulder-length golden blonde weave
• London - Agyness Deyn inspired cut and dyed platinum blonde
• Natalie - No makeover
• Fo - Pixie cut with baby bangs
• Celia - Cut short and dyed platinum blonde
• Aminat - Naomi Campbell inspired long wavy black weave
• Allison - Long wavy blonde extensions and eyebrows lightened
• Teyona - Long slicked-back jheri curl black weave; later, Beverly Peele inspired long curly black weave

External links

• Official website
• Template:IMDb episodes