Albania's Next Top Model is a reality

Reality television

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 and the albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

n version of Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...

' America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

. It pits contestant

Contestant

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s against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of Albania's Next Top Model.

Castings have been held in October 2010 where the applicants were narrowed down to 32 semifinalists out of which the top 20 was chosen.

The first Cycle was hosted by Aurela Hoxha and aired on Top Channel

Top Channel

Top Channel is a commercial television station with national frequency coverage in Tirana, Albania founded by media mogul Dritan Hoxha, and part of Top Media Group. Since September 2003, Top Channel became present on satellite broadcasting all over Europe through DigitAlb, and North America through...

. Two girls were disqualified for a physical fight and two new girls were added during the contest. The winner is the 15 years-old Erida Lama.

The second cycle began in June 2011.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International Destination
1	December 6, 2010	Erida Lama	Tatjana Ramadani	Marianthi Koci, Enkelejda Dukaj, Odeta Cuedari, Franceska Jocaj (disqualified), Florinda Marashi (disqualified), Alsona Ivani (quit), Ksela Lara, Eralda Hoxhaj, Esterina Tafili, Stela Cara, Valbona Shahini, Jehona Krasniqi (quit), Adela Veizi, Nina Zeneli, Sonia Mulaj, Edna Cane, Ergi Ceka, Erkida Hunci, Keidi Jashari, Lorena Skana	22	Pristina Pristina Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
2 Albania's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 Albania's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 was the second Cycle of the reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model.-Contestants:-Call-out order:* Episode 3 Photoshoot:...	June 15, 2011	Elena	Sara	Lume, Dorisa, Anisa, Eranda, Erma, Esterina, Artiola, Sidorela, Enxhi, Dorina, Sonja, Alisa, Greis, Ina, Franceska, Rezina	18	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...