The BEST episodes of America's Next Top Model season 12

Every episode of America's Next Top Model season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of America's Next Top Model season 12!

Created by world-renowned supermodel Tyra Banks, who executive produces the series with Ken Mok, AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL chronicles the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce supermodels. Fourteen participants will live together and vie for the incredible grand prize: an opportunity to be managed by Ford Models, a fashion spread in Elle magazine, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl. Cameras catch each moment as participants face weekly tests that determine who makes the cut. With mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion industry gurus, the finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp, a crash course that could lead to supermodel fame. Participants are asked to demonstrate both inner and outer beauty as they master complicated catwalks, intense physical fitness, fashion photo shoots and publicity skills, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL cameras.

Last Updated: 11/15/2024Network: VH1Status: Ended
The Amazing Model Race
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7.81
47 votes

#1 - The Amazing Model Race

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2009

The remaining six contestants have arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where they will be challenged to a scavenger hunt throughout the city, testing their navigational skills. The photo shoot finds the ladies posing as cultural icons.

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Take Me to the Photo Shoot
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7.22
72 votes

#2 - Take Me to the Photo Shoot

Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2009

Ciara stops by the models apartment as a surprise and will be joining them for a photo shoot. Tara reveals the site of the overseas location during panel.

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Let's Go See the City
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6.03
126 votes

#3 - Let's Go See the City

Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2009

The girls met Paulo Borges, the director of São Paulo Fashion Week before being sent on go-sees throughout the city.

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America's Next Top Model is...
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6.01
99 votes

#4 - America's Next Top Model is...

Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/2009

The three remaining ladies work a photo shoot for cosmetics before one more contestant is released. Then the remaining two models will walk and crawl along the catwalk before a winner is chosen as "America's Next Top Model."

Take Me to the Jungle
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5.99
97 votes

#5 - Take Me to the Jungle

Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/2009

The girls arrived at Águia de Ouro and met Paulina where they learned the steps in samba dance. The next day, they were put to the test and had to create an illusion of having a good time through the dance they learned.

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Do You Light the Way I Look?
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5.87
101 votes

#6 - Do You Light the Way I Look?

Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2009

Nigel Barker directs a photo shoot for the remaining 12 models using lights in creative manner, after receiving a makeover. One more contestant is eliminated.

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Cycle 12 Rewind
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5.33
3 votes

#7 - Cycle 12 Rewind

Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/8/2009

The first half of the season is recalled.

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New York's Finest
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5.25
72 votes

#8 - New York's Finest

Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2009

Miss J and two former contestants teach the models runway etiquette before taking part in a Jill Stuart fashion show. Next they will participate in a photo shoot aboard a tour bus. One person will be eliminated at panel.

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Acting Like a Model
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5.21
42 votes

#9 - Acting Like a Model

Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2009

The models take an acing class which will be judged by Clay Aiken, followed by season 11 winner McKey helps the remaining ladies in preparation for a cosmetics commercial shoot.

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Here's Your Test
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5.09
70 votes

#10 - Here's Your Test

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2009

The fallout of the previous week's elimination continues to rock the house as the girls return home, and a divide is created between Aminat, Teyona and Tahlia and the rest of the house, resulting in Aminat and Natalie getting into a verbal altercation.

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What Happens in Vegas
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5.02
47 votes

#11 - What Happens in Vegas

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2009

America's Next Top Model returns for cycle 12 with 13 new contestants eager to be crowned the next top model. To find the 13 selected, the 34 models are first put through a photo shoot at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Tyra then chooses the best 13 and sends them to the loft in New York City. Next, the ladies work a fashion show and then bring back some childhood games as they participate in another photo shoot.

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Put Your Best Face Forward
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4.70
46 votes

#12 - Put Your Best Face Forward

Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/2009

Former season 3 contestant Toccara Jones hosts a slumber party for the women and offers up tips concerning the model industry. Later, the contestants compete in a posing challenge and use images of immigrants of the early 1900's for a photo shoot at Ellis Island. One model is eliminated at the panel.

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Fun and Games
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4.68
44 votes

#13 - Fun and Games

Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2009

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