China's Next Top Model is a Chinese reality TV series, based on the international version and spin-off to the original, America's Next Top Model.
The show was produced by Chinese television subscription channel Sichuan Satellite TV and it is filmed in Shanghai, the casting was held in selected cities of China - Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. It began airing on January 13, 2008.
Among the prizes for this season was a contract with NEXT Model Management and a campaign for Pantene.
Yin Ge from Changsha, 21, became the inaugural China's Next Top Model.
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)
Episodes
Episode 1
Casting episode.
Episode 2
First call-out: Yin Ge
Bottom two: Ma Shu Yi & Yan Xue Qian
Eliminated: Ma Shu Yi
Episode 3
Quit: Liu Wen Jing
Returned: Ma Shu Yi
First call-out: Wu Mei Ting
Bottom two: Bao Jie & Wang Jia
Eliminated: Bao Jie
Episode 4
First call-out: Yan Xue Qian
Bottom two: Tanya Zy & Zhang Xiao Pei
Eliminated: Zhang Xiao Pei
Episode 5
First call-out: Ma Shu Yi
Bottom two: Tanya Zy & Wu Mei Ting
Eliminated: Tanya Zy
Episode 6
First call-out: Zhu Feng
Bottom two: Wang Jia & Wu Mei Ting
Eliminated: Wu Mei Ting
Episode 7
First call-out: Wang Jia
Bottom two: Ma Shu Yi & Zhu Feng
Eliminated: Ma Shu Yi
Episode 8
First call-out: Yin Ge
Bottom two: Wang Jia & Yan Xue Qian
Eliminated: Wang Jia
Episode 9
Quit: Zhu Feng
Returned: Wang Jia
Eliminated: None
Episode 10
First call-out: Wang Jia
Bottom two: Yan Xue Qian & Yin Ge
Eliminated: Yan Xue Qian
Final two: Wang Jia & Yin Ge
China's Next Top Model: Yin Ge
Summaries
Call-out order
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was eliminated but allowed to remain in the competition
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant won the competition
In episode 3, Wen Jing decided to quit the competition, for pregnancy reasons. Shu Yi re-entered the competition to replace her. In episode 9, It was revealed that Feng decided quit the competition, after the previous episode ended. She was replaced by Wang Jia, who had been eliminated the previous episode. Additionally, no elimination took place.
Bottom Two
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant was placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order
Final two are not included.