Benelux' Next Top Model, Cycle 1 was the first cycle of Benelux' Next Top Model

Benelux' Next Top Model

Benelux' Next Top Model is a Dutch reality television show aired in Flanders and the Netherlands. The show is Dutch writer and former top model Daphne Deckers. Despite the reference in the title to the Benelux, no Luxembourger or Walloon contestants are participating, nor is the program being...

and the first season which include Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 and Flemish

Flemish people

The Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...

 contestants. It premiered on September 14, 2009 and lasted until November 16 of the same year.

Given the show was a merge between Holland's Next Top Model

Holland's Next Top Model

Holland's Next Top Model is a Dutch reality television show hosted by writer and former model Daphne Deckers, who also serves as the lead judge...

 and the belgian Topmodel

Topmodel

Topmodel is a Flemish reality television show which pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win a modeling contract with Dominique Models...

 which both follow the same format, the panel of judges as well as the contestants were representing both nations for one half.

Dutch Rosalinde Kikstra

Rosalinde Kikstra

Rosalinde Kikstra is a Dutch fashion model, and the winner of Benelux' Next Top Model, Cycle 1.-Benelux' Next Top Model:...

 won a $75,000 contract with MTA Models and a cover on an eminent fashion

Fashion

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 magazine

Magazine

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.

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Name	Age	Hometown	Eliminated
Rosalinde Kikstra Rosalinde Kikstra Rosalinde Kikstra is a Dutch fashion model, and the winner of Benelux' Next Top Model, Cycle 1.-Benelux' Next Top Model:...	21	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...	Winner
Maxime van Steenvoort	17	Brasschaat Brasschaat Brasschaat is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 2006 for the most liveable municipality in the world....	Episode 10
Denise de Menes	21	Haarlem Haarlem Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...	Episode 10
Lianne Bakker	21	Leeuwarden	Episode 8
Catharina Elias	21	Bruges Bruges Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....	Episode 7
Bianca Kortzorg	23		Episode 6
Justine Desmet	16	Bruges Bruges Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....	Episode 5
Tessa Kort	17	Doesburg Doesburg Doesburg Doesburg Doesburg (Dutch is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Doesburg received city rights in 1237 and currently has 11,602 inhabitants (1 January 2007, source: CBS). The city is situated on the right bank of river IJssel, at the...	Episode 4
Melanie Weterings	22		Episode 4
Sarah van der Meer	22	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...	Episode 3
Roxanne De Craene	20	Haasrode Oud-Heverlee Oud-Heverlee is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Blanden, Haasrode, Oud-Heverlee proper, Sint-Joris-Weert and Vaalbeek. On January 1, 2006 Oud-Heverlee had a total population of 10,863...	Episode 2
Adinda Jane Kennedy	17	Baarn Baarn Baarn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.-The municipality Baarn :The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn, Eembrugge, Lage Vuursche.- The town Baarn :...	Episode 2
Alexandra Carnewal	22	Hasselt Hasselt Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg...	Episode 1

Call-out order

Daphne's Call-out order

Order	|Episodes
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10
1	Catharina	Maxime	Denise	Denise	Bianca	Denise	Rosalinde	Maxime	Rosalinde
2	Bianca	Catharina	Tessa	Rosalinde	Maxime	Lianne	Lianne	Denise	Maxime
3	Lianne	Melanie	Melanie	Justine	Rosalinde	Maxime	Maxime	Rosalinde	Denise
4	Roxanne	Sarah	Maxime	Maxime	Catharina	Rosalinde	Denise	Lianne
5	Denise	Tessa	Bianca	Lianne	Denise	Catharina	Catharina
6	Adinda	Justine	Catharina	Bianca	Lianne	Bianca
7	Rosalinde	Rosalinde	Lianne	Catharina	Justine
8	Justine	Lianne	Rosalinde	Tessa
9	Maxime	Bianca	Justine	Melanie
10	Sarah	Denise	Sarah
11	Alexandra	Roxanne
12	Tessa	Adinda
13	Melanie

The contestant won the reward challenge

The contestant won the reward challenge and was exempt from elimination

The constestant was eliminated

The contestant was eliminated outside of the judging panel

The contestant was scouted at a separate audition and entered the competition as well

The contestant won the competition

• In episode 1, the pool of 20 girls was reduced to 12 who moved on to the main competition. However, this first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Garbage shot (Casting); Promotional shot
• Episode 2 Photo Shoot: One foot in the grave
• Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Advertising shoes with other people or animals
• Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Advertising fragrance with male model
• Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Beauty shot with a tarantula
• Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Romantic shot with male model
• Episode 7 Photo Shoot: End of the road trip
• Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Bikini shoot

Judges

• Daphne Deckers
  Daphne Deckers
  Daphne Muriël Deckers is a Dutch model, host, writer and occasional actress.Deckers began her career as a model. Later, she also did a few acting jobs, notably in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. In 1999, she co-presented the first series of Big Brother...
  
  
• Ghislaine Nuytten
• Geert De Wolf
• Bastiaan van Schaik
• Mariana Verkerk

Special guests

• Janice Dickinson
  Janice Dickinson
  Janice Doreen Dickinson is an American actress, author, fashion photographer, model and talent agent.Initially notable as a model, she has described herself as the first supermodel. One of the most successful models throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she expanded her profession to reality television...
  
   - Episode 2
• Olcay Gulsen
  Olcay Gulsen
  Olcay Gulsen, also known as OJ Gulsen, is a Dutch fashion designer of Kurdish descent and owner of the SuperTrash fashion label.-Life and career:...
  
   - Episode 2
• Doutzen Kroes - Episode 3
• Victoria Koblenko
  Victoria Koblenko
  Victoria Koblenko is a Dutch actress, presenter and columnist of Ukrainian descent.-Biography:...
  
   - Episode 4
• Nigel Barker - Episode 10

External links

• Official 2BE website
• Official RTL5 website
• http://wiki.jaydotcom.com/Adinda_Kennedy