America's Next Top Model season 5 explained

America's Next Top Model (cycle 5) was the fifth season of the popular reality TV competition America's Next Top Model. This cycle introduced Twiggy and J. Alexander as new judges. The prizes included a contract with Ford Models, a cover and spread in Elle Girl magazine, and a $100,000 USD contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

The international destination for this cycle was initially set to be London, England, making it the first time the show would be held in a primarily English-speaking international location. However, due to safety concerns following terrorist attacks in London, the final runway show was moved to Los Angeles.

The cast size was reduced from 14 to 13 contestants, a number that remained consistent until cycle 10.

The winner of cycle 5 was 19-year-old Nicole Linkletter from Grand Forks, North Dakota, with Nick Pace finishing as the runner-up.

Lisa D'Amato, who finished in sixth place, would later return and win cycle 17: All-Stars.

Contestants

(Ages listed are at start of contest)

Contestant[1]	Age	Height	Hometown	Finish	Place
Ashley Black[2]	22		Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Episode 2	13
Ebony Taylor[3]	18	nowrap		nowrap	Sylmar, California	Episode 3	12
nowrap	Cassandra Whitehead[4]	19		Houston, Texas	Episode 4	11 (quit)
Sarah Rhoades[5]	18		Boonville, Missouri	10
Diane Hernandez[6]	23		Orlando, Florida	Episode 5	9
Coryn Woitel[7]	19		Minneapolis, Minnesota	Episode 6	8
Kyle Kavanagh[8]	19		Dexter, Michigan	Episode 7	7
Lisa D'Amato[9]	24		Los Angeles, California	nowrap	Episode 10	6
Kimberly 'Kim' Stolz[10]	21		Yorkville, New York	Episode 11	5
Jayla Rubinelli[11]	20			Episode 12	4
Brittney 'Bre' Scullark[12]	20		Harlem, New York	Episode 13	3
Erika 'Nik' Pace[13]	21		Atlanta, Georgia		2
Nicole Linkletter[14]	20		nowrap		Grand Forks, North Dakota	1

Episodes

Summaries

Call-out order

Order	Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	13
1	Cassandra	Nik	Cassandra	Jayla	Kyle	Lisa	Kim		Bre	Kim	Nik	Nicole	Nik	Nicole
2	Nik	Lisa	Nicole	Kyle	Jayla	Jayla	Lisa	Kim	Bre	Jayla	Nik	Nicole	Nik
3	Kyle	Cassandra	Coryn	Nik	Nik	Kim	Nik	Nik	Nicole	Nicole	Bre	Bre
4	Ashley	Diane	Kim	Bre	Lisa	Nicole	Jayla	Lisa	Nik	Bre	Jayla
5	Bre	Jayla	Lisa	Lisa	Nicole	Kyle	Nicole	Jayla Nicole	Jayla	Kim
6	Kim	Kyle	Nik	Diane	Kim	Bre	Bre		Lisa
7	Sarah	Bre	Bre	Coryn	Coryn	Nik	Kyle
8	Jayla	Ebony	Jayla	Nicole	Bre	Coryn
9	Coryn	Coryn	Sarah	Kim	Diane
10	Nicole	Nicole	Kyle	Sarah
11	Diane	Kim	Diane	Cassandra
12	Lisa	Sarah	Ebony
13	Ebony	Ashley

Eliminated

Quit the competition

Part of a non-elimination bottom two

Won the competition

Bottom two

Episode	Contestants	Eliminated
2	Ashley & Sarah	Ashley
3	Diane & Ebony	Ebony
4	Kim & Sarah
		Sarah
5	Bre & Diane	Diane
6	Coryn & Nik	Coryn
7	Bre & Kyle	Kyle
9	Jayla & Nicole	None
10	Jayla & Lisa	Lisa
11	Bre & Kim	Kim
12	Bre & Jayla	Jayla
13	Bre & Nicole	Bre
	Nicole & Nik	Nik

Eliminated after their first time in the bottom two

Eliminated after their second time in the bottom two

Eliminated after their third time in the bottom two

Eliminated after their fifth time in the bottom two

Quit the competition

Eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up

Average call-out order

Casting call-out order and final two are not included.

Rank by average	Place	Model	Call-out total	Number of call-outs	Call-out average
1	11	Cassandra	4	2	2.00
2	2	Nik	34	11	3.09
3	6	Lisa	29	8	3.63
4	4	Jayla	38	10	3.80
5	1	Nicole	48	11	4.36
6	3	Bre	51	11	4.63
7	5	Kim	42	9	4.67
8	7	Kyle	31	6	5.17
9	8	Coryn	34	5	6.80
10	9	Diane	30	4	7.50
11	12	Ebony	20	2	10.00
12	10	Sarah	31	3	10.33
13	13	Ashley	13	1	13.00

Post–Top Model careers

• Ashley Black has modeled for hair care products and is currently an on-air personality for 93 Rock.^[15]
• Ebony Taylor walked in various fashion weeks but left modeling to return to college. She competed in the 2010 Miss California pageant, where she won one of three preliminary evening dress awards.^[16] Ebony also supported her sister, Angel Taylor, during her audition for The Voice.
• Cassandra Whitehead has worked with UPN and ventured into television acting. She appeared in films such as Fast & Furious (2009)^[17] and 2 Dudes and a Dream (2009).^[18] Cassandra later competed on 1 vs. 100, winning $500,000. She married Canadian actor Stephen Amell on December 25, 2012, while on vacation in the Caribbean.^[19]
• Sarah Rhoades returned to her career as a ballet dancer and currently works as a company artist for the Atlanta Ballet.
• Diane Hernandez signed with Wilhelmina Models and has been featured in Silhouette, Marianne,^[20] and Vogue.it.^[21]
• Coryn Woitel has modeled for FingerHut.^[22]
• Kyle Kavanagh pursued some modeling opportunities in Los Angeles.
• Lisa D'Amato signed with L.A. Models and MI Models under their talent division.^[23] She has modeled for various brands, released two singles, and appeared in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Lisa was also the winner of cycle 17, an all-star season featuring past competitors.^[24]
• Kim Stolz signed with Elite Model Management and worked for several brands before becoming a correspondent for MTVu. She has modeled for Ford Models and transitioned from modeling to working in finance as an intern at Citigroup and Bank of America.^{[25] [26]}
• Jayla Rubinelli has modeled for brands like New York Couture, Ganett, and Zitomer, and appeared in the Great Guns 2008 Calendar and Tucson Lifestyle.^[27]
• Bre Scullark signed with Ford Models and appeared in commercials and print ads.^[28] She also competed in America's Next Top Model, cycle 17, where she placed 10th.^[29]
• Nik Pace signed with Fusion Model Management and modeled for brands like Snuggle, Us Weekly, and Soft Sheen Carson.^[30] She is now signed with Ford Models and appeared in a hair styling video by the agency.^[31] In September 2009, she gave birth to a boy.^[32]
• Nicole Linkletter is signed with Nous Model Management in L.A., and various international agencies including Upfront Models in Singapore, Models in Hong Kong, Agence Presse in Tokyo, and Paragon Model Management in Mexico.^[33]

Notes and References

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2. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924181956/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/ashley.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
3. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924160547/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/ebony.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
4. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924184252/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/cassandra.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
5. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924160611/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/sarah.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
6. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924181632/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/diane.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
7. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924181550/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/coryn.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
8. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924180913/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/kyle.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
9. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924181000/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/lisa.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
10. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924160147/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/kim.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
11. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924181705/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/jayla.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
12. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924180455/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/bre.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
13. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924154657/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/nik.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
14. Web site: UPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20050924182027/http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/models/nicole.shtml. 2005-09-24. 24 September 2005.
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16. News: 2010-07-08 . Miss California preliminaries continue in Fresno.
17. http://www.redeyereview.com/movies/2009/fast_furious Red Eye Review
18. http://blog.gotomycollection.com/2-Dudes-and-a-Dream-2008 GoToMyCollection
19. News: January 12, 2013 . Stephen Amell marries Cassandra Jean in the Caribbean . January 23, 2013 . Huffington Post.
20. Web site: Print Work - All ANTM . all-antm.net.
21. Web site: Rani Zakhem - Vogue.it . dead . https://archive.today/20130218233255/http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-curvy/the-curvy-blog/2012/02/rani-zakhem . 2013-02-18 . 2012-05-30.
22. Web site: Error - All ANTM . all-antm.net.
23. Web site: Lisa D'Amato . https://archive.today/20130816110140/http://www.mi-agency.com/692.html . 16 August 2013 . www.mi-agency.com.
24. Ward . Kate . 2011-05-12 . 'Top Model All-Stars' cast reported: Lisa D'Amato, Isis King in; Jade out . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110624062532/http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/05/12/top-model-all-stars/ . 24 June 2011 . 2011-05-15 . Entertainment Weekly.
25. Web site: Ford Models . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181115154124/http://www.fordmodels.com/main.cfm?ref=M_1_026873 . 2018-11-15 . 2009-06-23.
26. Web site: Bank Of America Hires Former 'America's Next Top Model' Contestant . Business Insider.
27. Web site: Print Work - All ANTM . all-antm.net.
28. Web site: Print Work - All ANTM . all-antm.net.
29. Ward . Kate . 2011-05-12 . 'Top Model All-Stars' cast reported: Lisa D'Amato, Isis King in; Jade out . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110624062532/http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/05/12/top-model-all-stars/ . 24 June 2011 . 2011-05-15 . Entertainment Weekly.
30. Web site: Print Work - All ANTM . all-antm.net.
31. Web site: Nik as Sasha Fierce . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090214221221/http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&tab=s7&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:a54739ed-5ae3-4f2a-9f92-18638dfbea15&showPlaylist=true&from=IV2_en-us_lifestyle_makeup-skin-care-hair&fg=gtlv2 . 2009-02-14 . 2009-02-14.
32. Web site: 'Top Model' Nik Celebrates Her Baby - Essence . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090908001948/http://photos.essence.com/galleries/americas_next_top_model_contestant_nik . 2009-09-08 . 2009-09-08.
33. Web site: Women: All SMG - Seattle Models Guild . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502010944/http://www.smgmodels.com/models/index.php?cat=Women&sex=F . May 2, 2013 . www.smgmodels.com.