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America’s Next Top Model–Cycle 11

11.01: The Notorious Fierce Fourteen & 11.02: Top Model Inauguration

Original Air Date: September 3, 2008
Challenge: N/A
Challenge Winner: N/A
Photo Shoot: Voting is Sexy
Guest Judge: N/A
Called First: Marjorie
Eliminated: ShaRaun

In the cycle 11 season premiere, 30 girls are selected to strike their fiercest pose at the Top Model Institute of Technology. A hi-tech runway analyzes the girls strut & Tyra, Miss J and Jay Manuel assess which 14 show the most Top Model potential. One of the models making waves causes a stir when she reveals that she’s transgender! Once the finalists have been hand picked, the ladies move into their house and tackle their first photo challenge: turning hot button political issues into hot pictures. After the judges deliberate, the first of the fourteen is sent packing. Tyra Banks, Paulina Porizkova, J. Alexander and Nigel Barker are the judges.

Live Blog | Photos | ShaRaun Interview
Bonus Clips 11.01 | Bonus Clips 11.02
My Live as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.03: The Ladder of Model Success

Original Air Date: September 10, 2008
Challenge: pose off for Tarina Taratina
Challenge Winner: Elina
Photo Shoot: Air Balloon Ladder
Guest Judge: Tarina Taratina
Called First: Lauren Brie
Eliminated: Nikeysha

Benny Ninja is back to educate the girls about posing, but one girls takes contorting her body a little too far. Back at the house, the models bond in the hot tub where two girls get close and others have a confrontation about discrimination. The girls literally climb the ladder of success when this week’s challenge finds them swinging on a hanging rope ladder. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent packing. Tyra Banks, Paulina Porizkova, J. Alexander and Nigel Barker are the judges.

Live Blog | Photos | Nikeysha Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.04: You’re Beautiful, Now Change

Original Air Date: September 17, 2008
Challenge: Covergirl 30-second spot
Challenge Winner: Hannah
Photo Shoot: Swimsuit
Guest Judge: Susan Holmes
Called First: Elina
Eliminated: Brittany

The ladies are excited when Tyra reveals it’s time for makeovers. Hair is cut and tears are shed when the girls see their new looks for the first time. The models head to Malibu for a swimsuit shoot with supermodel & designer Susan Holmes. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent packing. Tyra Banks, Paulina Porizkova, J. Alexander and Nigel Barker are the judges.

Live Blog | Photos | Brittany Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.05: Fierce Eyes

Original Air Date: September 24, 2008
Challenge: Jeremy Scott Fashion Show
Challenge Winner: Joslyn
Photo Shoot: Water Serpents
Guest Judge: Jeremy Scott
Called First: Clark
Eliminated: Hannah (mid-episode) and Isis

The ladies practice their strut down a catwalk while wearing blindfolds and one girl shocks the judges when she decides to lift her dress while posing. The winner of the blindfold challenge will pose for designer Kira Plastinina in a Seventeen Magazine advertorial. In this week’s photo challenge, the girls pose with their eyes. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent packing. Tyra Banks, Paulina Porizkova, J. Alexander and Nigel Barker are the judges.

11.06: Natural Beauty

Original Air Date: October 1, 2008
Challenge: Making catalogue clothes fit
Challenge Winner: McKey
Photo Shoot: Natural disasters
Guest Judge: Bill Edwards
Called First: Samantha
Eliminated: Clark

The contestants are thrilled when Paulina shows up to show them how to model unflattering clothing with style. Jay takes the girls to a new level when he asks them to pose as Los Angeles’ “natural” disasters including an earthquake, tidal wave, heat wave and a traffic jam. Tyra Banks, Paulina Porizkova, J. Alexander and Nigel Barker are the judges.

Live Blog | Photos | Clark Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.07: The Fiercee Awards

Original Air Date: October 8, 2008
Challenge: Signature pose
Challenge Winner: Marjorie
Photo Shoot: Scenes from an awards show
Guest Judge: Mike Rosenthal
Called First: Marjorie
Eliminated: Lauren Brie

Tyra surprises the remaining girls with a one-on-one photo shoot to teach each girl how to find their most flattering pose. Back in the house, some girls question whether or not they have the look and drive to continue in the competition. This week’s photo challenge takes the girls to Los Angeles’ famous Orpheum Theatre, where they show off their best backstage award show snafu pose. The ladies do their best to replicate being caught in the restroom as well as revealing raw emotions during a phony acceptance speech. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent home.

Live Blog | Photos | Lauren Brie Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.08: Top Model 11 Confidential

A look at never-before-seen footage of the cycle 11 contestants that includes the ladies improvising a rap in the hot tub, one girl revealing a hidden talent and a very candid chat between Tyra and the model wannabes.

Top Models in Action

11.09: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

Original Air Date: October 22, 2008
Challenge: Invisible Fashion Show
Challenge Winner: Elina
Photo Shoot: Cover Girl Commercial
Called First: Analeigh
Eliminated: Joslyn

The ladies pull a disappearing act for this week’s challenge. As is Top Model tradition, the remaining girlstest theiron-cameratalents when they shoot their CoverGirl commercial with the help of cycle 10 winner, Whitney Thompson. During judging, Tyra reveals this cycle’s overseas destination and one girl is sent home.

Live Blog | Commercials | Joslyn Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.10: Planes, Trains and Slow Automobiles

Original Air Date: October 29, 2008
Challenge: Window modeling
Challenge Winner: McKey and Sam
Photo Shoot: Sixteenth century women on a boat
Guest Judge: Daphne Deckers
Called First: McMey
Eliminated: Sheena

The ladies pack their bags and head overseas to their European destination. Upon arrival in the foreign land, the ladies are sent on a scavenger hunt throughout the city and must find their way to their temporary home. Upon arrival at the house, three of the girls decide to fight jet lag by taking a bath together. The first challenge finds the ladies in a famous section of town where they model clothing in storefront windows. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent home.

Live Blog | Photos | Sheena Interview | Bonus Clips
Top Models in Action

11:11 The Final Five

Original Air Date: November 5, 2008
Challenge: Go sees
Challenge Winner: Analeigh
Photo Shoot: Before/After
Guest Judge: Jay Manuel
Called First: Samantha
Eliminated: Elina

The remaining five girls travel around town by boat for their go sees. Tyra shoots this week’s photo challenge and during elimination one girl screams at the judges. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent home.

Live Blog | Photos | Elina Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

11.12: Good Times & Windmills

Original Air Date: November 12, 2008
Challenge: Commercial audition
Challenge Winner: Marjorie
Photo Shoot: Windmills
Guest Judge: Ann Shoket
Called First: Analeigh
Eliminated: Marjorie

Paulina offers the girls advice on how to successfully model with a variety of items, including fish and toilet paper. Back at the house the girls decide to unwind by inviting some local guys over for an evening full of games. After the judges deliberate, one girl is sent home.

Live Blog | Photos | Marjorie Interview | Bonus Clips
My Life as a CoverGirl | Top Models in Action

America’s Next Top Model Is…

Original Air Date: November 19, 2008
Challenge: Cover Girl Commercial & photo shoot
Called First: McKey
Eliminated: Analeigh
Final Two: McKey and Analeigh
Runway challenge: Addy von Dermakker
Guest Judge: Jay Manuel
Winner: McKey

In the cycle 11 finale, the three finalists put their Top Model experience to the test when they shoot their final CoverGirl commercial & print ad. During one of the most memorable catwalks in Top Model history, the ladies deliver a winning, winding strut, but only one will become America’s Next Top Model.