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Colombia's Next Top Model (season 3)
2026-11-15 15:02:08 · The Daily Ledger
Colombia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 is the third cycle of the Colombian reality show based on the popular American format America's Next Top Model in which a number of women compete for the title of Colombia's Next Top Model and an opportunity to start her career in the modeling industry. The premiere of the third season was January 10, 2017.
The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Alejandra Merlano from Armenia.

Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)

Episodes
Episode 1
First aired January 10, 2017
Immune: María Camila Giraldo
Episode 2
First aired January 11, 2017
Bottom two: Dana Ceballos & Sasha Palma
Eliminated: Dana Ceballos
Episode 3
First aired January 12, 2017
Immune: Valentina Caicedo
Episode 4
First aired January 13, 2017
Challenge winner: Alejandra Merlano
Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
Bottom two: Paula Zamudio & Catherine Peña
Eliminated: Catherine Peña
Episode 5
First aired January 16, 2017
Immune: Paula Zamudio
Episode 6
First aired January 17, 2017
Challenge winner: Karen Soto
Best photo: Valentina Lagarejo
Bottom two: Valentina Londoño & Valentina Ortiz
Eliminated: Valentina Londoño
Episode 7
First aired January 18, 2017
Immune: Sasha Palma
Episode 8
First aired January 19, 2017
Challenge winner: Paula Zamudio
Best photo: Alejandra Merlano
Bottom two: Sofia Cuello & Valentina Ortiz
Eliminated: Valentina Ortiz
Episode 9
First aired January 20, 2017
Immune: Alejandra Merlano
Episode 10
First aired January 26, 2017
Challenge winner: Alejandra Merlano
Best photo: Karen Soto
Bottom two: Laura Espada & Valentina Lagarejo
Eliminated: Valentina Lagarejo
Episode 11
First aired January 27, 2017
Immune: Alejandra Merlano
Episode 12
First aired January 30, 2017
Challenge winner: Alejandra Merlano
Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
Bottom two: Laura Espada & Valentina Caicedo
Eliminated: Laura Espada
Episode 13
First aired January 31, 2017
Immune: Karen Soto
Episode 14
First aired February 1, 2017
Challenge winner: Sofia Cuello
Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
Bottom two: Paula Zamudio & Valentina Caicedo
Eliminated: Valentina Caicedo
Episode 15
First aired February 2, 2017
Immune: Karen Soto
Episode 16
First aired February 3, 2017
Challenge winner: Sofia Cuello
Best photo: Sasha Palma
Bottom two: Paula Zamudio & Sofia Cuello
Eliminated: Paula Zamudio
Episode 17
First aired February 6, 2017
Episode 18
First aired February 7, 2017
Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
Bottom three: Karen Soto, Sasha Palma & Sofia Cuello
Eliminated: Sofia Cuello
Episode 19
First aired January 8, 2017
Immune/Best photo: Sasha Palma
Episode 20
First aired February 9, 2017
Bottom two: Karen Soto & María Camila Giraldo
Eliminated: Karen Soto
Episode 21
First aired February 10, 2017
Colombia's Next Top Model: Alejandra Merlano
Call-out order
The contestant was put through collectively to the next round
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was immune from elimination
The contestant won the competition
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 was eliminated and placed as the runner-up
Photo shoot guide
Episode 2 photo shoots: Underwater embodying Houdini, promo shots
Episode 3 photo shoot: Pillow fight in lingerie with male models
Episode 4 photo shoot: Zombies in a cemetery
Episode 5 photo shoot: Sexy fire fighters
Episode 6 photo shoot: Posing in a bath of flowers and ice
Episode 7 photo shoot: Colonial beauties
Episode 8 photo shoot: Golden goddesses embodying Bachué
Episode 9 photo shoot: Beauty shots with jewelry for Masglo
Episode 10 photo shoot: Farm style posing with a piggy
Episode 11 photo shoot: In the circus
Episode 12 photo shoot: Covered in oil
Episode 13 photo shoot: Seven deadly sins
