Season 3 (Top Model)

Top Model Season 3 was the third season of Top Model, which was a spin-off of the hit show Top Designer.

It was the first season of the reboot of the franchise, which featured both male and female models and a public vote to determine the weekly eliminee.

The season featured 12 models from all over USA.

The winner of the third season received the winning prize of $100,000, a modeling contract with IMG Model Management, and a feature and a six page fashion spread in Vogue Magazine.

The judges for the third season were model and host, Heidi Klum, fashion photographer, Victor Demarchelier, and bookers and scouts from IMG Model Management, Jeni Rose and David Cunningham.

Contestants
Ages stated are at start of competition.

Photo shoot guide

 * Episode 1 photo shoot: Test Shoot
 * Episode 3 photo shoot: Motion posing in the rain
 * Episode 5 photo shoot: Editorial beauty shoot
 * Episode 7 photo shoot: Nude photo shoot
 * Episode 9 photo shoot: Calvin Klein Lookbook
 * Episode 11 photo shoot: Barnyard couture
 * Episode 13 photo shoot: Couture on a yacht
 * Episode 15 photo shoot: Gender beding editorial.
 * Episode 17 photo shoot: Vogue editorial mock-up.

Makeovers

 * Brianne - Trimmed.
 * Chloe - Blunt cut and blonder.
 * Danijel T - Trimmed.
 * Eisha - Long volumnious weave.
 * Emma - Strawberry blonde hair and eyebrows.
 * Grace - Darkened.
 * Kelsey - Shaved off.
 * Raelyn - Pixie cut.
 * Ronald - Buzz cut.
 * Sumiya - Dyed ice blonde.

Episode 1: Return of the Top Model
First aired May 4, 2016

The twelve aspiring models move into a New York City loft and are greeted welcome to the competition by model and host, Heidi Klum.

They meet with Jeni Rose and David Cunningham - Jeni will be the girls's booker and David will be the boys's booker.

The models are all weighed and measured and polaroids are taken for their set-cards who will be updated each week as the models continue on in the competition.

Their first photo shoot is a classic test shoot, which will determine the aspirings models's natural modeling skills.

The judges evaluate the models's photo shoot and potential and select a winner of the week, and determine a bottom three who will be put up for the public vote.


 * WINNER: Grace
 * BOTTOM FOUR: Alic, Brianne, Chloe, Emma
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Alic, Brianne, Chloe

Episode 2: Result of Episode 1 Vote
First aired May 5, 2016


 * SAFE: Brianne
 * BOTTOM TWO: Alic and Chloe
 * ELIMINATED: Alic

Episode 3: Singing In The Rain
First aired May 11, 2016

The eleven remaining models receive runway lesson. Some excel where many of the boys get critiqued.

Back at the house, Kelsey explains to the other models how he dropped out of school and how he has to win this for the money, because he is broke.

In a New York themed photo shoot, the models must pose in motion in the pouring rain.


 * WINNER: Sumiya
 * BOTTOM FOUR: Daniel A, Danijel T, Kelsey, Ronald
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Daniel A, Kelsey, Ronald

Episode 4: Result of Episode 3 Vote
First aired May 12, 2016


 * SAFE: Ronald
 * BOTTOM TWO: Daniel A and Kelsey
 * ELIMINATED: Daniel A

Episode 5: Model Makeovers
First aired May 18, 2016

The remaining ten models receive fashionable makeovers, which lead some of the models perplexed about their new looks. Most of the models embrace they new looks, but especially Chloe, Kelsey and Raelyn are unhappy with their new looks.

Back at the house tension begin to brew between Raelyn and Brianne, and Ronald leave the other models confused by his arrogant personality. Where romance begin to spark between Danijel T and Brianne.

At the photo shoot the models must bring their best feature forward in an editorial beauty shoot.


 * WINNER: Ronald
 * BOTTOM FOUR: Brianne, Chloe, Emma, Kelsey
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Chloe, Emma, Kelsey

Episode 6: Result of Episode 5 Vote
First aired May 19, 2016


 * SAFE: Kelsey
 * BOTTOM TWO: Chloe and Emma
 * ELIMINATED: Emma

Episode 7: Baring All
First aired May 25, 2016

The remaining nine models go to a casting for a TV commercial. Brianne, Danijel and Eisha win the spot and are featured in an ad for T-Mobile.

Back at the house Ronald keeps rubbing people the wrong way, which leads him into a fight with Brianne and Kelsey, leading Kelsey to break down and call his family.

At the weekly photo shoot challenge, the models must pose for a nude photo shoot.


 * WINNER: Brianne
 * BOTTOM FOUR: Chloe, Danijel T, Eisha, Raelyn
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Chloe, Eisha, Raelyn

Episode 8: Result of Episode 7 Vote
First aired May 26, 2016


 * SAFE: Chloe
 * BOTTOM TWO: Eisha & Raelyn
 * ELIMINATED: Eisha

Episode 9: Do You Like The Way I Look (Book)?
First aired June 1, 2016

In the house the models are angry with Chloe still being in the competition, where Chloe defends herself by saying America sees potential in her. Ronald and Brianne is especially verbal about it.

Brianne and Danijel continues their romance, with Danijel saying to Brianne she was being rude to Chloe, which lead her to apologize.

At the photo shoot the models must pose for a Calvin Klein lookbook.


 * WINNER: Grace
 * BOTTOM FOUR: Danijel T, Kelsey, Raelyn, Ronald
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Danijel T, Kelsey, Ronald

Episode 10: Result of Episode 9 Vote
First aired June 2, 2016


 * SAFE: Danijel T
 * BOTTOM TWO: Kelsey and Ronald
 * ELIMINATED: Kelsey

Episode 11: Old McModel Had A Farm
First aired June 8, 2016

The house is somber after Kelsey's elimination. Ronald takes his frustration out on Chloe, where Brianne chimes in. This leads to tensions between Brianne and Danijel, leading Danijel to say in confessional, that he may have misjudged Brianne and that she maybe is a bit of a bitch.

At the photo shoot the models have to pose with barnyard animals in a couture photo shoot.


 * WINNER: Raelyn
 * BOTTOM FOUR: Brianne, Chloe, Danijel T, Ronald
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Chloe, Danijel T, Ronald

Episode 12: Result of Episode 11 Vote
First aired June 9, 2016


 * SAFE: Chloe
 * BOTTOM TWO: Danijel T and Ronald
 * ELIMINATED: Danijel T

Episode 13: The Glamorous Life of a Model
First aired June 15, 2016

Tensions explode when Chloe returns to the house safe and Danijel is eliminated. Brianne begins a huge argument leaving Ronald in a position of middle-man. Grace and Sumiya bond as they feel they are the only two focusing on the competition, and how the other models would never be a strong representation for IMG Models.

Jeni and David come to visit the house and gives the models lecture on model behaviour. They talk to their models one-on-one, where Grace reveals a struggle with her father, as he was killed in a car accident only a year earlier.

At the photo shoot the models go all glam in a couture photoshoot on a yacht.


 * WINNER: Brianne
 * BOTTOM THREE: Chloe, Grace, Ronald
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Chloe, Ronald

Episode 14: Result of Episode 13 Vote
First aired June 16, 2016


 * ELIMINATED: Chloe

Episode 15: Gender Benders
First aired June 22, 2016

The house has a sigh-of relief as Chloe is eliminated, causing Brianne to host a party. This rubs Grace the wrong way, and thought silent an argument breaks out between the two.

At a gender bending photo shoot, the female models must pose as men, and the male models must pose as women.


 * WINNER: Sumiya
 * BOTTOM THREE: Brianne, Grace, Ronald
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Brianne, Ronald

Episode 16: Result of Episode 15 Vote
First aired June 23, 2016


 * ELIMINATED: Brianne

Episode 17: Am I In Vogue?
First aired June 29, 2016

The models meet with IMG Models and are shown their set-cards at the IMG Wall.

The four remaining models attend go-sees for New York Fashion week.

The photo shoot is a mock-up for their final editorial in Vogue. Grace's is in a clean, posh setting, Raelyn in a modern setting, Sumiya's in a edgy avant-garde setting, and Ronald's in a sporty, urban setting.


 * WINNER: Ronald
 * UP FOR THE VOTE: Raelyn, Sumiya

Episode 18: Result of Episode 17 Vote
First aired June 30, 2016


 * ELIMINATED: Sumiya

Episode 19: New York Fashion Week
First aired July 6, 2016

The final three models shoot their cover for Vogue Magazine and walk in New York Fashion Week.

Episode 20: Live Finale
First aired July 7, 2016


 * 3RD PLACE: Ronald
 * FINAL TWO: Grace and Raelyn
 * WINNER: Grace
 * RUNNER-UP: Raelyn