Cambodia's Next Top Model season 1 explained

Season Number:1
Num Episodes:16
Network:MYTV

Cambodia's Next Top Model, Season 1 is the first installment of an upcoming reality television show hosted by Yok Chenda in which a number of women compete for the title of Cambodia's Next Top Model along with the chance to begin their career in the modeling industry. The other three judges are Kouy Chandanich, Remy Hou, and Chem Vuth Sovin.

The show's first season included 50 semi-finalists, which were revealed on a weekly basis in clusters of five on the show's official Facebook page. The same was done for the revealing of the top 35. Fifteen finalists were selected to move on to the main competition.[1]

Casting calls and auditions were held in Cambodia from May through June 2014. Contestants were required to be between the ages of 18 and 27, and meet a minimum height requirement of 1.65 meters (5 ft 5 in, excluding the Maltese adaptation of the Top Model franchise, this is the lowest height cut-off in any adaptation). The show began to air on November 14, 2014.[2] [3] [4]

The winner of the competition was 22-year-old Chan Kong Kar from Banteay Meanchey. Apart from winning the title of Cambodia's Next Top Model, she will receive; a talent contract with MYTV, a cash prize of $10,000, the opportunity to appear on the cover of Sovrin Magazine in Cambodia, and a one year membership with The Place Gym in Phnom Penh.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)[2]

ContestantAgeHeightHometownFinishPlace
Pheng Sombath Meas19Phnom PenhEpisode 118 (quit)
Veun Ostin19Phnom PenhEpisode 217–16 (quit)
Heang Sreypov27Phnom Penh
Kheang Kanika22Phnom Penh15
Suon Daroth23Siem ReapEpisode 314
Trinh Phalla26Phnom PenhEpisode 413 (quit)
Peng Thida 24PailinEpisode 512
Tang Sovannak Phoung27SenmonoromEpisode 611
Kim Karona19SihanoukvilleEpisode 710
Prem Prey Sovothana22TakéoEpisode 89
Srun Kunthy20Phnom PenhEpisode 98
Moun Mich Samnang 18PursatEpisode 107
Moeung Sopheak22Phnom PenhEpisode 126
Nin Malyneth 21Phnom PenhEpisode 135
Hang Soriyan21Phnom PenhEpisode 144
Lun Bodalis23Koh KongEpisode 173
Ke Chankesey25Kampong Thom2
Chan Kong Kar22 Banteay Meanchey1

Episodes

Episode 1

Original Airdate: November 14, 2014

Casting episode.

Episode 2

Original Airdate: November 28, 2014

Episode 3

Original Airdate: December 5, 2014

Episode 4

Original Airdate: December 12, 2014

Episode 5

Original Airdate: December 19, 2014

Episode 6

Original Airdate: December 26, 2014

Episode 7

Original Airdate: January 2, 2015

Episode 8

Original Airdate: January 9, 2015

Episode 9

Original Airdate: January 16, 2015

Episode 10

Original Airdate: January 23, 2015

Episode 11

Original Airdate: January 30, 2015

Episode 12

Original Airdate: February 6, 2015

Episode 13

Original Airdate: February 13, 2015

Episode 14

Original Airdate: February 20, 2015

Episode 15

Original Airdate: February 27, 2015

Recap episode.

Episode 16

Original Airdate: March 6, 2015

Interview to look back to the journey of the final three contestants.

Episode 17

Original Airdate: March 27, 2015

Summaries

Call-out order

OrderEpisodes
123456789101112131417
1KunthySamnangSopheakChankeseyKong KarChankeseySoriyanBodalisBodalisSoriyanKong KarKong KarKong KarKong KarKong Kar
2SovothanaSoriyanMalynethPhallaSoriyanSopheakMalynethSoriyanSopheakKong KarChankeseyBodalisChankeseyChankeseyChankesey
3ThidaKong KarSoriyanKong KarSopheakSoriyanBodalisChankeseySoriyanBodalisSopheakSoriyanSoriyanBodalisBodalis
4DarothMalynethChankeseyBodalisChankeseyBodalisKong KarKunthyChankeseyChankeseySoriyanChankeseyBodalisSoriyan
5KaronaThidaKunthySamnangKunthyKong KarChankeseyMalynethSamnangMalynethBodalis
Malyneth		MalynethMalyneth
6SoriyanPhallaSamnangSopheakSamnangSamnangSamnangSopheakKong KarSopheakSopheak
7OstinChankeseySovothanaKaronaKaronaKunthySovothanaSamnangMalynethSamnang
8BodalisKunthyBodalisSoriyanMalynethMalynethKunthyKong KarKunthy
9Sreypov SopheakPhallaSovothanaBodalisSovothanaSopheakSovothana
10MalynethBodalisKong KarKunthyPhoungKaronaKarona
11KanikaKaronaPhoung PhoungSovothanaPhoung
12MeasDarothKaronaMalynethThida
13ChankeseyPhoungThidaThida
14SamnangSovothanaDaroth
15Kong KarKanika
16SopheakOstin
Sreypov
17

The contestant quit the competition.

The contestant was eliminated.

The contestant was the original eliminee but was saved.

The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two.

The contestant won the competition.

Bottom two/three

EpisodeContestantsEliminated
1None
2Kanika&Sovothana
Kanika
3Daroth&ThidaDaroth
4Malyneth&Thida
5Sovothana&ThidaThida
6Karona&PhoungPhoung
7Karona&SopheakKarona
8Kong Kar&SovothanaSovothana
9Kunthy&MalynethKunthy
10Samnang&SopheakSamnang
11Bodalis&MalynethNone
12Malyneth&SopheakSopheak
13Bodalis&MalynethMalyneth
14Bodalis&SoriyanSoriyan
17BodalisChankeseyKong KarBodalis
Chankesey&Kong KarChankesey

The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two/three

The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two/three

The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two/three

The contestant was eliminated after their fifth time in the bottom two/three

The contestant was eliminated in the first round of elimination and placed third

The contestant was eliminated and placed as the runner-up

Photo shoot guide

Judges

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Cambodia's Next Top Model' Starts Shooting. The Cambodia Daily. June 16, 2014.
  2. Web site: Top Model. Sabay News. November 12, 2014.
  3. Web site: Top model will begin competing fiercely. The Phnom Penh Post. November 12, 2014.
  4. Web site: Cambodia's Next Top Model: Is this the real life? TV talent shows on the rise. Khmerization. 4 October 2014. November 13, 2014.

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