Make Me a Supermodel (season 2)
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Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2, premiered on March 4, 2009, is the second season of Make Me a Supermodel
Make Me a Supermodel (U.S. TV series)
Make Me a Supermodel was an American reality television modeling competition series based on the British reality series of the same name. Following an audition preview on January 2, 2008, the series premiered January 10 on the cable television network Bravo...

. It is broadcast on Bravo.

The new season started with higher than expected ratings after a much publicized campaign on blog sites, bus stops, and shopping malls. A casting special aired prior to the second season opener, featuring many models being photographed, critiqued on the runway, and sent away until only the final choices for the season remained. The casting special premiered in February 2009.

Major changes were made the second season, including viewer voting taken out, with the judges deciding who's eliminated and the winner of the entire show. The number of contestants was also increased from 14 to 16 and reduced the final 4 to only 3 finalists in the finale episode. The judging panel was also completely revamped. Former model Jenny Shimizu
Jenny Shimizu
Jenny Lynn Shimizu is an American model and actress. She was born in San Jose, California.- Career :While working as a mechanic she was approached to model for the Calvin Klein CK1 fragrance ads and model Calvin Klein fashions...

, along with fashion photographer Perou
Perou
thumb|perou by frances|rightRalph John Perou , known professionally as Perou, is a British fashion, portrait and music photographer who has also appeared as a judge on Make Me a Supermodel UK and on season 2 of Bravo TV's American Make Me a Supermodel...

, one of the judges in the original British version, French fashion designer Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino is a fashion designer. She was born in Grenoble, France and now works in New York City as well as in Paris.-Profile:...

 and international model scout Marlon Stoltzman all joined as judges. Beckford was no longer a judge, and instead became the sole host of the show and the mentor of the male competitors. Australian model Nicole Trunfio
Nicole Trunfio
Nicole Trunfio is an Australian model from Merredin, a small country town in Western Australia.-Personal life:Trunfio is the youngest girl in a family of four children. She attended St. Mary's Primary School in Merredin...

 replaced Niki Taylor
Niki Taylor
Nicole Renee "Niki" Taylor is an American model.-Early life:Taylor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Ken and Barbara Taylor, a highway patrol lieutenant and a photographer, respectively. She was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and attended Cooper City High School...

 and became the mentor of the female competitors. Lastly, every week, the featured photographer would choose a model they felt worked the photo shoot the best, and that winning model and their pick would get to go on a casting.

The winner of the competition would receive a $100,000, a fashion pictorial in Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...

, and a 1-year contract with New York Model Management
New York Model Management
New York Model Management is a modeling agency based in New York City. New York Models started when Heinz Holba started L.A. Models in 1985. After operating international agencies, he opened New York Models in 1997...

.

The winner was Branden Rickman
Branden Rickman
Branden Rickman is an American fashion model. Raised in Central Point, Oregon, he is perhaps best known as the winner of Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2.- Early life :...

, 18 from Central Point, Oregon
Central Point, Oregon
Central Point is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 17,165 as of July 1, 2009 The city shares its southern border with Medford and is a part of the Medford metropolitan area...

, making him the youngest and first male model to win the show.

Photo shoot

  • Episode 1: Let The Games Begin

The models work in pairs regardless of gender, modeling sleepwear outside, in a suspended Plexiglas box.

Featured photographer - Perou
Perou
thumb|perou by frances|rightRalph John Perou , known professionally as Perou, is a British fashion, portrait and music photographer who has also appeared as a judge on Make Me a Supermodel UK and on season 2 of Bravo TV's American Make Me a Supermodel...



Winner - Salome

Winner's pick - CJ
  • Episode 2: Eye Candy

The models act out as various types of candy. Contestants were assigned to represent either pixie sticks, lollipops, chocolate, gumballs, candy canes, rock candy, or sprinkles.

Featured photographer - Suza Scalora
Suza Scalora
Suza Scalora is an award-winning photographic artist and author focusing on the ethereal world of fairies and angels.Scalora's photographs have appeared in fashion magazines, news magazines, television, book covers, on-line art auctions, and websites. She wrote bestseller The Fairies in which her...



Winner - Jordan

Winner's pick - Mountaha
  • Episode 3: High Wire Act

The models are suspended by wires and have to pull off sports action shots, in groups.

Featured photographer - Justin Steele

Winner - Amanda

Winner's pick - Kerryn
  • Episode 4: Mirror, Mirror On The Wall...

The photo shoot is all about reflections; the models have to pose with mirrors and evoke different emotions.

Featured photographer - Indira Cesarine

Winners - Amanda & Branden

Winner's pick - Mountaha & Colin
  • Episode 5: Menage A Models

The photo shoot was all about capturing a sexual fantasy. The models were portraying military personnel sneaking off to engage in illicit erotic encounters. The models posed in groups of three.

Featured photographer - Joshua Kogan

Winner - Jonathan

Winner's pick - Gabriel
  • Episode 6: Take A Deep Breath

The models were challenged to pose underwater, entangled in nets.

Featured photographer - Howard Schatz
Howard Schatz
Howard Schatz is an American ophthalmologist and photographer. After an academic career as a retina specialist, primarily in the San Francisco area, he turned his photography hobby into a successful second career. The photographs of Howard Schatz are exhibited in museums and photography...



Winner - Jordan

Winner's pick - Salome
  • Episode 7: Ready To Rumble

The models were paired in a 60s themed, mod photo shoot, where they had to emulate the essence of night life and having a good time.

Featured photographer - Roxanne Lowit
Roxanne Lowit
Roxanne Lowit is a New York-based fashion and celebrity photographer who is said to have "become as much a celebrity as those she photographed." She is represented by Stockland Martel.- Career :...



Winner - Salome

Winner's pick - Mountaha
  • Episode 8: The Simple Life

The models were sent to a ranch, where they had to pose with farm animals.

Featured photographer - Aliya Naumoff

Winner - Sandhurst

Winner's pick - Branden
  • Episode 9: Naked Ambition

The models posed nude, working with one chosen accessory.

Featured photographer - Bill Diodato
Bill Diodato
Bill Diodato is an American-based commercial and fine-art photographer whose work has received world-wide exposure in many different media platforms including magazines, books, and movies....



Winner - Salome

Winner's pick - Jordan
  • Episode 10: Rocking and Rolling

The models were pictured wearing Rowdy clothing, and had to embody the punk, grunge and urban aspects of the brand.

Featured photographer - Patrik Andersson

Winner - Salome

Winner's pick - Mountaha
  • Episode 11: Beach Blondes

The models had to capture a hot swimsuit shot in cold weather, while posing with various dead animals from the sea. Sports Illustrated model Jessica Gomes was brought in to individually give the models advice, prior to their shoots.

Featured photographer - Markus Klinko and Indrani
Indrani (photographer)
Indrani is an Indian-Canadian director, photographer, and digital artist. She is known for her work for celebrities, beauty firms, advertising agencies, and fashion magazines...

, Stylist GK Reid
GK Reid
GK Reid is an American fashion stylist best known for his fashion styling work with celebrities and top fashion photographers, as well as for creating his own designs.-Career:...



Winner - Salome

Winner's pick - Mountaha
  • Episode 12: Blowin' Up

The models had one chance to capture a shot embodying the "rocker" look, while flames exploded around them in a warehouse at night.

Featured photographer - Clay Patrick McBride

Winner - Sandhurst

Winner's pick - None: All models worked as informal models for Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's is an American department store owned by Macy's, Inc. .Bloomingdale's started in 1861 when brothers Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale started selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions' Shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side...

. As a group prize, each model was rewarded a $ 2000 shopping spree, while Sandhurst won an additional $ 2000 for his spree.
  • Episode 13: Finale


Featured photographer - Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is an American portrait photographer known for his strikingly intimate portraits of world leaders and major cultural figures. The majority of his work is shot in large format, 11x14 inch black-and-white film and 8x10 color film...



Winner - None.

Catwalk challenge

  • Episode 1: The models present clothing from four high fashion designer lines.
  • Episode 2: Walking in pairs (or solo in Kerryn's case), and using candy as a prop.
  • Episode 3: The models wear sports underwear with wire shoulder pads and must pose like athletes.
  • Episode 4: The models are styled as "freaks"; their walks should juxtapose the elegance of their outfit and their shocking make up.
  • Episode 5: The models wore cross-over styles usually worn by the opposite gender. The men had to appear masculine, while the women were challenged to maintain femininity, on the runway
  • Episode 6: The catwalk was all about embodying specific emotions brought out by the clothing. The female models were dressed in deep scarlet clothing and had to portray sensuality and "fire", while the male models were dressed in white and had to embody "ice", or smoothness.
  • Episode 7: The models had a walk-off against their partners from the photo shoot, wearing improv Couture clothing.
  • Episode 8: The models wore classic tweed, high society outfits with western themes.
  • Episode 9: The catwalk was all about being an art showcase. The models wore form-fitting clothing, while wearing a large, monarch-filled plastic bubble on their heads.
  • Episode 10: The models wore bright, playful street outfits, and had the added but optional challenge of walking in Heelys
    Heelys
    Heelys is a brand of roller shoes that have one or more wheels embedded in each sole, similar to inline skates. Thus, the wearer can walk, run, or, by shifting their weight to their heels, roll. Braking can be achieved by lowering the back of the foot so that sole contacts the ground...

     (which all of the models accepted).
  • Episode 11: The models modeled two looks designed by celebrity designer The Blonds: high glamour and goth. The models were expected to create a character and bring these characters to life.
  • Episode 12: The models wore high class looks. The male models hit the catwalk in tuxedos and were challenged to embody James Bond, while Mountaha walked in an evening gown by designer and judge Catherine Malandrino
    Catherine Malandrino
    Catherine Malandrino is a fashion designer. She was born in Grenoble, France and now works in New York City as well as in Paris.-Profile:...

    .

Episode Guide

Episode Episode Title Original Air Date Summary
Casting "Meet the Models" February 7, 2009 The Season 2 cast of models is spotlighted.
1 "Let the Games Begin" March 4, 2009 Sixteen aspiring models arrive in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 to compete for $100,000, a modeling contract and a fashion pictorial in Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...

 magazine.
2 "Eye Candy" March 11, 2009 The models must use candy as their inspiration for their next photo shoot.
3 "High Wire Act" March 18, 2009 The models head back to high school to test their wire work as they capture an authentic sports moment.
4 "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" March 25, 2009 The models learn their prize for winning the photo shoot is a trip to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 and the opportunity to walk in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 Fashion Week
Fashion Week
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know...

.
5 "Menage a Models" April 1, 2009 The remaining models compete in a military-themed challenge; photographer Kelly Klein serves as a guest judge.
6 "Take a Deep Breath" April 8, 2009 The models compete in an underwater photo shoot with photographer Howard Schatz
Howard Schatz
Howard Schatz is an American ophthalmologist and photographer. After an academic career as a retina specialist, primarily in the San Francisco area, he turned his photography hobby into a successful second career. The photographs of Howard Schatz are exhibited in museums and photography...

; guest judge Alexandre Herchcovitch
Alexandre Herchcovitch
Alexandre Herchcovitch is a Brazilian fashion designer. He's of Jewish descent, his grandparents emigrated from Poland and Romania.-Overview:...

.
7 "Ready to Rumble" April 22, 2009 The models flash back to the 1960s with photographer Roxanne Lowit
Roxanne Lowit
Roxanne Lowit is a New York-based fashion and celebrity photographer who is said to have "become as much a celebrity as those she photographed." She is represented by Stockland Martel.- Career :...

; stylist Rebecca Weinberg serves as a guest judge.
8 "The Simple Life" April 29, 2009 The models head to the country for a photo shoot with photographer Aliya Naumoff; supermodel Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer is an American model, actress, and AIDS activist. She is also ambassador for Operation Smile.-Personal life:...

 returns as a guest judge.
9 "Naked Ambition" May 6, 2009 The seven remaining models carefully choose their accessories for a revealing photo shoot with Bill Diodato.
10 "Rocking and Rolling" May 13, 2009 The models display music producer Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes, Anastacia, Namie Amuro, Kim...

's fashion line and take part in a photo shoot with Patrik Andersson.
11 "Beach Blondes" May 20, 2009 The models have an outdoor winter photo shoot in New York City; the models wear fashions from the design team The Blonds.
12 "Blowin' Up" May 27, 2009 The final four models participate in an explosive session with photographer Clay Patrick McBride, then hit the catwalk in tuxedos and evening gowns by designer Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino is a fashion designer. She was born in Grenoble, France and now works in New York City as well as in Paris.-Profile:...

.
13 "Finale" June 3, 2009 The final three models take part in two major photo shoots and a catwalk challenge; family members accompany the models to a SoHo art gallery; the judges make a decision.

Contestants

Eliminated (in order of elimination)
  • Ken Thompson, 24, Winterville, North Carolina
  • Chris Cohen, 22, Libertyville, Illinois
  • Karen Kelly, 22, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
  • Shawn Nishikawa, 30, Seattle, Washington
  • CJ Kirkham, 18, San Ramon, California
  • Gabriel Zadok Everett, 22 Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Laury Prudent, 23, Miami, Florida (jointly eliminated)
  • Kerryn Johns, 24, Russellville, Arkansas (jointly eliminated)
  • Colin Steers, 21, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Amanda Crop, 21, Banks, Oregon
  • Jordan Condra, 21, Tucson, Arizona
  • Salome Steinmann, 19, Altamont, Tennessee
  • Mountaha Ayoub, 23, Londrina, Brazil
  • Jonathan Waud, 26, Southampton, UK (2nd Runner-Up)
  • Sandhurst Tacama Miggins
    Sandhurst Tacama Miggins
    Sandhurst Tacama Miggins in Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago, is best known as a contestant and 1st runner-up of the show Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2. He was named after the Sandhurst Royal British Military Academy...

    , 22, Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago (1st Runner-Up)
  • Branden Rickman
    Branden Rickman
    Branden Rickman is an American fashion model. Raised in Central Point, Oregon, he is perhaps best known as the winner of Make Me a Supermodel, Season 2.- Early life :...

    , 18, Central Point, Oregon (Winner)

Contestant Elimination Progress

Model Elimination Progress
Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Episode
Branden SAFE WIN SAFE HIGH SAFE SAFE HIGH HIGH WINNER 13 - Finale
Sandhurst HIGH SAFE HIGH HIGH LOW WIN HIGH HIGH WIN HIGH WIN OUT
Jonathan SAFE HIGH HIGH WIN HIGH SAFE SAFE WIN HIGH WIN HIGH OUT
Mountaha SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE HIGH HIGH WIN HIGH OUT
Salome HIGH SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH WIN SAFE LOW OUT
Jordan WIN HIGH SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH HIGH SAFE LOW OUT
Amanda SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE SAFE OUT
Colin LOW SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Kerryn SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE OUT
Laury SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE OUT
Gabriel SAFE SAFE OUT
CJ SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Shawn SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Karen SAFE SAFE OUT
Chris OUT
Ken OUT

Cornflower Blue background and WIN means that the model won the overall week challenge, with the photo shoot and runway combined.
Light Blue background and HIGH means the model had one of the highest scores for that challenge.
Orange background and BTM3 means the model was in the bottom three and was given another chance by the judges to stay in the competition.
Dark Orange background and BTM2 means the model was in the bottom two and was given another chance by the judges to stay in the competition.
Tomato background and OUT means the model was in the bottom three, but was not given another chance by the judges, and was sent home.
Yellow Green background and OUT means the model was a runner up for the competition.
Green background and WINNER means this model won the entire competition, and was chosen by the judges to become a Supermodel.

Pre-show careers

  • Amanda: Mode Models in Oregon
    Oregon
    Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

    .
  • Branden: Image Modeling Development in Oregon
    Oregon
    Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

    .
  • Gabriel: MAJOR Models in Milan.
  • Jonathan: L.A. Models (Runway Division) & Front Management in Miami.
  • Jordan: Ford Models
    Ford Models
    The Ford Modeling Agency, or as it is known today Ford Models, is a modeling agency in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen and the late Gerard W. Ford.-Company:...

  • Ken: Mint Model Management in New York City
    New York City
    New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

     & The Block Agency in Nashville.
  • Kerryn: Color Agency in Memphis
    Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

     & Dan-Wilhelmina Agency in Memphis
    Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

    .
  • Salome: Click Models in Atlanta.

Post-show careers

  • Branden: is currently signed with New York Model Management
    New York Model Management
    New York Model Management is a modeling agency based in New York City. New York Models started when Heinz Holba started L.A. Models in 1985. After operating international agencies, he opened New York Models in 1997...

     in New York, Wilhelmina Models
    Wilhelmina Models
    Wilhelmina Models is a modeling agency founded in 1967 by the model Wilhelmina Cooper and her husband Bruce Cooper in Manhattan Starting in 2010, Wilhelmina Models started a sub-brand called "Digital Empire Modeling" for new digital-era modeling talents....

     in Los Angeles and Image Modeling Development in Medford.
  • Jonathan: is currently signed with Nous Model Management
    Nous Model Management
    Nous Model Management is a modeling agency in Los Angeles founded by Kenya Knight in February 1998 and specializing in both new male and female high fashion print and runway models as well as representing many notable established models in the industry for their West Coast activities, the most...

     in Los Angeles and L.A. Model Management in Los Angeles. He has since signed a job with Forever 21
    Forever 21
    Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....

    , appearing in the first issue of Forever 21 magazine.
  • Mountaha: is currently signed with New York Model Management
    New York Model Management
    New York Model Management is a modeling agency based in New York City. New York Models started when Heinz Holba started L.A. Models in 1985. After operating international agencies, he opened New York Models in 1997...

     in New York.
  • Salome: is currently signed with Click Models in Atlanta.
  • Jordan: is currently signed with Ford Models in Arizona and APM Model Management in New York.
  • Amanda: did not pursue a modeling career after the show.
  • Colin: is currently signed with Basic Model Management in New York.
  • Ken: is currently signed with PGK Men in New York, The Block Agency in Nashville, and Fuse Models in Raleigh, NC.

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