America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4

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America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4
Format	Reality TV
Created by	Tyra Banks
Developed by	Ken Mok Kenya Barris
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tyra Banks
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	UPN
Original run	March 2, 2005 – May 18, 2005
External links
Official website

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 aired in spring 2005, with the shooting location being moved from New York City to Los Angeles. The catch-phrase of the season was "Dive In".

The international destination during this cycle was Cape Town, South Africa. The winner was 20 year old Naima Mora. She won a contract for representation with Ford Models, a fashion spread within ELLE magazine, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

Episode summaries

The Girl Who Is A Lady Kat... Reow!

Original Airdate: March 2, 2005

Both Tiffany and Mary from last cycle were back. At panel, Tiffany revealed she has taken anger management classes, Kahlen impressed everyone, Brittany was compared to Janice, Lluvy revealed she was part of a gang and Naima recounted her dysfunctional childhood. In between auditions, the girls took part in a truth or dare, enjoyed a night at a club/bowling (depending on their age) and celebrated two of the girls's birthdays, where Lady Kat made a few enemies among the girls. After the first cut, the girls were told they were going to do their shoot in a photomachine. Eventually, 14 girls were called and Mary was once again left out, despite showing more personality and confidence, and told Tyra that she broke her heart.

The Girls Who Hate Their Makeovers

Original Airdate: March 9, 2005

The cycle began with Jay Manuel, the show's director of photography, taking the 14 contestants to an LA movie, where they met the judges, Nigel Barker, Janice Dickinson and Nolé Marin. The judges were dressed as the "fashion police" and introduced the contestants to their first photo shoot, Aliens In Manhattan. Many contestants impressed the judges, but the situation quickly soured when Brandy complained about having had to wait, irking photographer Nigel.

After the shoot, the girls were driven to the luxurious house that would be their residence for the rest of the cycle, before heading to a salon for makeovers. Brandy and Keenyah both complained throughout the process; Brandy because her eyebrows were to be bleached orange, and that her boyfriend would be disappointed with her new look.

At the first judging, Brandy and Keenyah's bad attitudes were frowned upon. Brandy was in the bottom two with Brita. In the end, Brita was eliminated because the judges think that Brandy still had much room for improvement, but Brita was unable to mask her age in photo shoots.

• Bottom two: Brandy Rusher & Brita Petersons
• Eliminated: Brita Petersons
• Featured photographer: Nigel Barker
• Special guests: J. Alexander, Redell Scafé

The Girl Who Suddenly Collapsed

Original Airdate: March 16, 2005

The girls met runway coach Miss J. Alexander at a stadium, where they were taught how to walk in a straight line, up and down gradients while carrying items. While most girls adapted well, Sarah struggled and walked awkwardly throughout the entire duration.

The next day, they were brought to K-Mart for their reward challenge. They each had to pick an item to use while walking down the supermarket aisle, and evaluation was elimination style. Rebecca won the challenge, and was rewarded with designer shoes by Stuart Weitzman, along with five friends. She picked Kahlen, Sarah, Noelle, Lluvy, and Naima to share her prize. The girls who didn't win the challenge had to serve the other girls while at the Stuart Weitzman store which caused a rift between the girls.

This week's photo shoot was for 1-800-Flowers. Rebecca, Michelle, Keenyah, Lluvy, Tiffany & Tatiana all excelled while Brittany, Kahlen & Sarah had a hard time fitting the character. While Rebecca's photo was being evaluated, she experienced a relapse of her childhood balance disorder and fainted. She was sent to the hospital, but Tyra decided to continue on with judging and elimination. Keenyah was criticized for her poor choice in wardrobe, but made up for her previous week's poor performance with a stellar photo.

Brittany was criticized for being sexy to the point where it was pornographic in her photos, but Sarah was eliminated for her poor runway walk.

• Bottom two: Brittany Brower & Sarah Dankleman
• Eliminated: Sarah Dankleman
• Featured photographer: Danielle Levitt
• Special guests: J. Alexander, Stuart Weitzman, Danilo, Mathu Anderson, Sandi Bass
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl With The Worst Photo In History

Original Airdate: March 23, 2005

The girls were given a ballet lesson. They went to dinner one night and Tiffany drank too much and threw up. The next day, they talked with Beverly Johnson. Later, they were taken to a tennis court, where they were told that they were shooting various tennis shots for a big client. Unknown to them, this was actually a test to gauge their response to being under pressure. The "client" was actually an actor who was told to give the girls a hard time. Almost all the girls got frustrated, and Brandy later took out her irritation on Tatiana. After the shoot, Jay Manuel finally revealed that the photo shoot was a test, and Naima was crowned the winner for being the only one who stayed calm under pressure. She picked Kahlen and Tiffany to accompany her on her reward, which was dinner with tennis star Serena Williams. Naima was also given an autographed tennis racquet.

In this week's photo shoot, the 12 remaining girls became the 12 signs of the zodiac and were featured in a Warneco calendar. Brandy once again showed her bad attitude on set.

Brittany redeemed herself by producing a stellar Sagittarius picture. Michelle, Keenyah, Kahlen, and Christina were praised for their pictures. Conversely, Lluvy's Pisces photo was deemed as "the worst photo in the history of America's Next Top Model", which landed her in the bottom two along with Brandy. Brandy was eliminated because of her continuous bad attitude.

• Bottom two: Brandy Rusher & Lluvy Gomez
• Eliminated: Brandy Rusher
• Featured photographer: Tracy Bayne
• Special guests: Serena Williams, Stefan Wenta, Mike Li, Mathu Anderson, Beverly Johnson
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl Who Is Contagious

Original Airdate: March 30, 2005

The theme for the week was makeup application, and Jay Manuel met the girls at an art studio, and introduced the task. They each had a limited amount of time to rush over to the various CoverGirl stations to apply makeup resembling "haute couture". Naima was the only one to fully grasp the concept, and won the challenge. She chose Christina and Lluvy to share in her prize of Lauren Scherr custom made handbags.

Noelle called her mother, describing Michelle's facial blemishes which would not go away. These were suggested to be a "deadly and contagious flesh eating bacteria that would cause certain death", which caused a wave of fear among the girls who had previously shared makeup with Michelle. The pandemonium continued all the way to the photo shoot, where the girls had to pose as different ethnicities while holding a child for a GOT MILK? ad, and Jay quickly sent Michelle for medical attention. The different ethnicities were as follows:

Michelle's blemish problem was revealed to be impetigo, a common bacterial skin infection usually caused by the same strain of bacteria that causes strep throat (Streptococcus pyogenes), and she began a course of topical antibiotic treatments. Because of the possible skin-to-skin contact with children, Michelle ended up posing with a doll, which caused some jealousy among the other contestants who had to pose with heavy, unwieldy children. However, Mr. Jay did recognize the fact that it was still hard for Michelle to pose, even with a doll, because the doll could not interact like a real human child.

At judging, Noelle and Lluvy landed in the bottom two. The judges felt that Noelle didn't dress like a model in person (despite strong shots), and Lluvy just couldn't deliver a good picture, but Lluvy was spared.

• Bottom two: Lluvy Gomez & Noelle Staggers
• Eliminated: Noelle Staggers
• Featured photographers: Delaney & Gitte
• Special guests: Lauren Scherr, Paul Thompson, Mathu Anderson, Danilo, Dr Ronald Moy, Jim De Yonker
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl With The Deliciously Tacky Dance

Original Airdate: April 6, 2005

Tyra taught the girls about the business side of modeling, and introduced her parents. Tyra talked about the ins and outs of the industry, and warned the girls against signing a contract without reading or understanding it.

After this session, the girls were invited to a CoverGirl Cosmetics industry party, where they were given time to converse with guests and possibly gain contacts. Unknown to them, the party was a secret challenge to see who could leave the best impression. Keenyah won the challenge and chose Brittany to accompany her for a stay at a hotel and spa.

For the week's photo shoot, the girls had to pose at an old gas station while being blasted with cold rain and strong winds. Many girls succumbed to the surroundings. To add tension, another girl was added in the background of each model.

During judging, while the judges were wowed by Kahlen's strong, fierce photo, they were fed up that Lluvy and Rebecca were both not making any progress. Lluvy was eliminated in her third consecutive appearance in the bottom two, due to her inability to translate her unique beauty into film.

• Bottom two: Lluvy Gomez & Rebecca Epley
• Eliminated: Lluvy Gomez
• Featured photographer: Mathu Anderson
• Special guests: Kiara, Eva Chen, Anaïs Lombard, Rachel Hayes, Paul Yocum, Danilo
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl Who Pushes Tyra Over The Edge

Original Airdate: April 13, 2005

The girls were given scripts to read and memorize before having to act in a scene with male model Boris Kodjoe. While many girls flubbed their lines due to anxiety, Naima once again won the challenge. She picked Michelle and Tatiana to share in her prize, which is $10,000 worth of diamonds.

For the week's photo shoot, the girls modeled for Wonderbra while depicting a pillow fight scene in bed with male model Rib Hillis. Most of the girls struggled with the awkward situation, most notably Rebecca, who was in constant worry about her fiance's reaction.

For this week's pre-evaluation test, the girls read a passage filled with fashion-related jargon, testing their improvisational skills as well as fashion knowledge. Tiffany did not even attempt the challenge, and gives up. Tyra showed her disappointment in Tiffany, prompting a weak try from Tiffany before she gave up. This negative response landed Tiffany in the bottom two with Rebecca, whose high fashion appeal pleased the panel, but had clearly struggled with the photo shoot. In the end, both Rebecca and Tiffany were eliminated when Tyra pulled out a blank photo, to the shock of all of the girls. This marked the only episode in any ANTM cycle in which both girls in the bottom two were eliminated.

Tyra called Rebecca and Tiffany back. While she commended Rebecca on her emotion, she chastised Tiffany for her joking attitude. When Tiffany started to explain in a combative manner, Tyra lost her cool and exploded at Tiffany, yelling at her to stop defeating herself and take responsibility for her own actions.

• Bottom two: Rebecca Epley & Tiffany Richardson
• Eliminated: Rebecca Epley & Tiffany Richardson
• Featured photographer: Kwaku Alston
• Special Guests: Rib Hillis, Andrea Nachreiner, Larry Moss, Boris Kodjoe
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl Who Gets Bad News

Original Airdate: April 20, 2005

The girls were taught how to not conduct interviews. They were then put to the test as they interviewed rapper Eve. Christina was chosen as the winner because of her preparedness and clarity of speech, and won an exclusive interview on Entertainment Tonight.

Right before they left for the photo shoot, Kahlen received a message that her best friend from high school has just passed away. Shaken by this sudden news, Kahlen was further disturbed when it turned out that the next shoot would be at a cemetery, where the models portrayed the seven deadly sins while posing in a casket at the bottom of a grave. Jay Manuel learned of this and allowed Kahlen to opt out of the shoot, though it would affect her placement in the competition. After some consideration, Kahlen decided to go ahead, and was able to channel her depression into her "sin" - wrath. The models' portrayal of the seven sins were as follows:

For the judging challenge this week, the panel posed as journalists asking the girls questions in a mock press conference for the America's Next Top Model clothing line. The judges found most of the girls let the judges get the better of them.

At judging, the judges learned about Kahlen's news and were stunned by her incredible picture. Michelle and Tatiana produced bland shots, however, which landed them in the bottom two. The judges felt that Michelle had more potential and desire to win and sent Tatiana home.

• Bottom two: Michelle Deighton & Tatiana Dante
• Eliminated: Tatiana Dante
• Featured photographer: Johann Wolff
• Special guests: Eve, Jann Carl
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girls The Lionesses Are Hunting

Original Airdate: April 27, 2005

The girls were driven to an empty parking lot, where their challenge for the week required them to show their "wild side" and posed as animals. The girls were told that they were flying to Cape Town, South Africa. Since Brittany posed the best and had the best facial expressions, her enthusiasm won her the challenge.

Upon landing in South Africa, the girls were treated to a scenic safari ride that ended at a clearing. Brittany was then told that she could pick two friends to share in her prize and chose Christina and Keenyah.- The three of them had a luxury accommodation at a hotel, while the other three had to rough it out in the wilderness. As Kahlen, Naima and Michelle bonded in their tents, Brittany, Christina and Keenyah had to deal with a cockroach problem at their hotel.

For the week's photo shoot, the girls had to pose as animals in the South African safari with a crocodile for Lubriderm.

The judges were once again amazed with Kahlen and her portrayal of the springbok, the national animal of South Africa. Keenyah's weight issue and Michelle's inability to handle pressure landed them in the bottom two. Despite having a strong photograph, Michelle was eliminated as she was deemed not strong enough to handle the tough modeling industry.

• Bottom two: Keenyah Hill & Michelle Deighton
• Eliminated: Michelle Deighton
• Featured photographer: Gerda Gennis
• Special guests: J. Alexander, Pierre Kameel, Shelton, Mathu Anderson
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl Who Flops In The Mud

Original Airdate: May 4, 2005

For their challenge, the girls went on go-sees and met several important people in the fashion industry. Several made comments about Keenyah's weight problem, but in the end, she won the challenge and picked Brittany to accompany her to designer Craig Port's house. Naima was the only one who missed the 4:30 deadline, and got criticized for it, because she felt it was important to see everyone.

This episode revealed the first crack in Brittany and Keenyah's seemingly solid friendship. Brittany unwittingly stole the show from Keenyah at Craig Port's party, getting drunk off many glasses of wine and ending the evening mimicking the doggy style sexual position with Craig Port while the other guests looked on and laugh. Keenyah regretted bringing Brittany along.

For this week's photo shoot, the girls were taken deep into the South African jungle, and they stopped at a picturesque waterfall for their shoot. They had to make their own outfits from their surroundings, including leaves and mud. Brittany flopped around in mud to make her outfit.

At judging, the girls were told to critique each others photos, and state who they felt had the most and least amount of potential, Kahlen receiving most praise and Christina the least. Kahlen and Naima amazed the judges with their acute fashion-based analysis, while Brittany's comments lacked insight, landing her in the bottom two with Christina who found herself in the bottom two for the first time because although Tyra referred to Christina as "the girl with a heart of an angel", the judges found her persona "icy cold". Her inability to mask this in front of the panel got her eliminated.

• Bottom two: Brittany Brower & Christina Murphy
• Eliminated: Christina Murphy
• Featured photographer: Anton Robert
• Special guests: Craig Port, Jackie Berger, Jim De Yonker, Mathu Anderson, Paolo De Vito
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

The Girl Who Is Special

Original Airdate: May 11, 2005

The reward challenge this week required the contestants to learn the traditional South African dance and performed it in front of a live audience. Keenyah told the South African dancers that she felt like she was "home," and that she had much more of a connection with South Africa since she is the only black girl, which Naima took offense to as she was half-black. Naima got her fourth challenge win of the season, and won 30 extra frames for the photo shoot. She was allowed to pick friends to share with her the reward of extra frames, and Kahlen was strategically left out due to Naima perceiving her as the biggest threat.

The girls were brought to see Nelson Mandela's cell afterwards. Keenyah, who felt a connection with her roots in Africa, and hearing of Mandela's ordeal for democracy, cried, even though she knew nothing about Mandela. This irked the girls, most notably Brittany, who was irritated that Keenyah whined to her how great Mandela was but did not even know whether he was alive or dead. At the prison, the guide passed a key to Naima to open the cell, which upset Keenyah because she thought that it was her "birthright". The bad air was cleared momentarily as the final four soaked in the history of the location.

After this, the girls were brought to Mandela's residence, where they listen to Mandela's advice and philosophy.

For the photo shoot, the girls posed while dancing with male models. Naima and Brittany excelled, but Keenyah got disturbed when her male model touched her and grunted in her ear, and confronted him after the shoot. Kahlen, who up until now was producing stellar photos, had her worst photo shoot ever, and admitted that she still wasn't comfortable "being sexy". On the drive back, Keenyah complained about the incident with the male model. The girls, already irritated by her actions throughout the day, ignored her. When she touched on the subject about the cell, Brittany finally let loose and gave Keenyah a severe verbal lashing.

This confrontation took its toll on Brittany, who landed in the bottom two for her dwindling personality with Naima, for her stifled personality, despite both having great pictures. In the end, the judges felt that Brittany's defeated demeanor was too obvious to ignore and she was eliminated.

• Bottom two: Brittany Brower & Naima Mora
• Eliminated: Brittany Brower
• Featured photographer: Johan Wilke
• Special guests: J. Alexander, Alfred Hinkle, Modise Phekouyane, Jackie Manyepelo, Lee-Roy, Bertini, Mark, Mandela, Bebe
• CoverGirl of the Week: Naima Mora

What The Girls Did That You've Never Seen Before

Original Airdate: May 17, 2005

This was the recap episode of the cycle, which aired one day before the finale. Never before seen footage included Christina and Naima being "passionate" with Kahlen, Christina and Brittany's moms coming to visit and some indoor roughhousing.

The Girl Who Walks On Water

Original Airdate: May 18, 2005

The final three met Jay Manuel and shot a commercial and print ad for CoverGirl. Naima breezed through both rounds and was the first selected for the final two. Kahlen produced a stunning CoverGirl shot, but her performance in the commercial was moderate. Keenyah, on the other hand, had a decent commercial and photo. Keenyah's weight problem and arrogant attitude got her eliminated, as the judges felt that Kahlen's stunning portfolio showed more potential.

For their final runway walk, the girls met Ms. J at a runway partially submerged underwater and were given a course about how to stomp on water. At night, the show began as Kahlen and Naima emerged from behind a waterfall and strutted down the runway together with a bevy of other models. The judges were torn between the high fashion appeal of Kahlen and Naima's commercial appeal. While they felt Kahlen's pictures had been consistently stronger,Naima was solid in her final runway assessment and did own it. Tyra compared Kahlen to a girl who "did good all semester, but kinda failed the final exams", and Naima to a girl who "did fair during the semester, and killed the final exams."

Kahlen and Naima were brought back into panel where it was then announced that Naima was the fourth winner of America's Next Top Model.

• Bottom two: Keenyah Hill & Kahlen Rondot
• Eliminated: Keenyah Hill
• Final two: Kahlen Rondot & Naima Mora
• America's Next Top Model: Naima Mora
• Featured photographer: Helmut Rautenbach
• Featured commercial director: Russel Underhill
• Special guests: J. Alexander, Mathu Anderson, Gretha Scholtz

Return To The Runway

The Return To The Runway special aired on September 20, 2005, preceding the premiere of the fifth cycle. In this "Where are they now?" episode, we learned:

• Naima shot an episode of Veronica Mars
• Kahlen is doing test shoots to expand her portfolio and began working in different fashion capitals in the world like Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris and many more
• Keenyah appeared on an episode of The Bold and The Beautiful
• Brittany is represented by NEXT Model Management
• Christina has walked runways for San Francisco fashion week
• Michelle is working on her body, and has signed with Wilhelmina in New York
• Tatiana has moved to New York; gave birth to a baby girl
• Rebecca signed with VNY Model Management and has appeared in various magazines, including Cosmopolitan
• Tiffany has been featured on the cover of an International hair magazine
• Lluvy shot a bridal magazine cover; gave birth to a baby boy
• Noelle is staying at home and taking care of her son
• Brandy is continuing to meet with various agencies
• Sarah, who doesn't appear, has modeled in Paris and Tokyo
• Brita has signed with Ford Models and has her own billboard

It also focused on the ANTM tour featuring Shannon Stewart, Mercedes Scelba - Shorte, Shandi Sullivan, Catie Anderson, Ann Markley, Norelle Van Herk, Eva Marcille, Amanda Swafford, Toccara Jones, Kahlen Rondot, Brittany Brower, Tiffany Richardson, Keenyah Hill and Naima Mora.

• Special guests: Nia Mora

Contestants

In order of elimination

(ages stated are at time of contest)

• Brita Petersons, 25, from La Cañada, California
• Sarah Dankleman, 21, from Baltimore, Maryland
• Brandy Rusher, 19, from Houston, Texas
• Noelle Staggers, 20, from Reno, Nevada
• Lluviana "Lluvy" Gomez, 21, from Modesto, California
• Rebecca Epley, 22, from Stillwater, Minnesota; (jointly eliminated)
• Tiffany Richardson, 21, from Miami, Florida; (jointly eliminated)
• Tatiana Dante, 18, from Maui, Hawaii
• Michelle Deighton, 18, from Terre Haute, Indiana
• Christina Murphy, 24, from Tallahassee, Florida
• Brittany Brower, 22, from Tallahassee, Florida
• Keenyah Hill, 19, from Compton, California (2nd runner up)
• Kahlen Rondot, 21, from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (runner up)
• Naima Mora, 20, from Detroit, Michigan (winner)

Summaries

Call-out order

     The contestant won the reward challenge

     The contestant was CoverGirl of the Week

     The contestant was CoverGirl of the Week & won the reward challenge

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant won the competition

• In episode 1, the field of 20 girls was reduced to 14 that would move on to the main competition. This first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.
• Episode 7 featured the only double elimination during a regular judging panel in ANTM history.
• Episode 12 was the recap episode.
• Naima is the only contestant ever to be voted CoverGirl of the Week from start to finish.

Makeovers

• Brandy: Afro weave removed and eyebrows dyed orange
• Brita: The Princess Bride inspired curls
• Brittany: Trimmed slightly and heavy bangs
• Christina: Deeper, fuller hair
• Kahlen: Blunt Carmen Kass weave
• Keenyah: Vidal Sassoon bob cut; later, hair extensions
• Lluvy: Dyed Shelley Duvall red
• Michelle: Dyed Icy bleached blonde
• Naima: Dyed Honey blonde
• Noelle: Blown-out
• Rebecca: Thick, long, luscious extensions
• Sarah: Peter Pan inspired haircut
• Tatiana: Paulina Porizkova inspired weave
• Tiffany: Long hair extensions

Photo Shoot Guide

• Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Aliens in Manhattan
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: 1-800-Flowers Dog-Walkers
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Warneco Calendar f/ Signs of the Zodiac
• Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Got Milk? with Switched Ethnicities
• Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Gas Attendants
• Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Wonderbra Pillow Fight
• Episode 8 Photo Shoot: 7 Deadly Sins
• Episode 9 Photo Shoot: African Animals for Lubriderm
• Episode 10 Photo Shoot: Kloofing
• Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Dancing for Caress Body Wash
• Episode 13 Photo Shoot & Commercial: CoverGirl Outlast Foundation Ad

Judges

• Tyra Banks
• Nigel Barker
• Janice Dickinson
• Nolé Marin

References