Super Model Centroamérica is a reality

Reality television

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 documentary

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 that features contestants from the participating countries Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

, El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

, Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

, Honduras

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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 and Panama

Panama

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 that are living in a villa in Heredia

Heredia, Costa Rica

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, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

 and do a variety of model-business-based competitions to determine who will win title Super Model Centroamérica as well as a modelling

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 contract

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 with Ford Models

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 and the participation of the Super Model of the World contest in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry.

In cycle one which premiered in 2007 and was won by Lisseth Cáceres from Panama

Panama

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, the show followed the format of America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

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, with Costa Rican model Leonora Jiménez

Leonora Jiménez

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 taking the role of Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

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 in the original series as the head of the search as well as a mentor for the finalists.

In its second year the show became a beauty-pageant style search where all significant factors of a typical "Next Top Model" show got removed. Instead, each country had its own model search where all of the national winners got a ticket for the Super Model of the World contest. Therefore the show can no longer be considered a part of the Next Top Model franchise.

Cycle summary

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International destination
1	August, 2007	Lisseth Cáceres	Nadine Maxwell	Gabriela Rubio, Iva Grijalva Iva Grijalva Pashova Iva Karlos Grijalva Pashova is a beauty pageant contestant and model from Managua, Nicaragua, her mother is a Bulgarian and father is Nicaraguan. In 2007 she was one of the 12 finalists of Super Model Centroamérica, a spin-off from America's Next Top Model. She was crowned Miss Earth Nicaragua... , Mariel Lagos, Graciela Monetenegro, Marcela Alger, Jessica Sánchez, Leslie Lino, Iris Vega, Nadege Herrera Nadege Herrera Nadege Elena Herrera Vásquez, born 17 November 1986, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant. Her career started in 2004 when at age 17, she joined Panama's leg of the Ford Supermodel of the World contest, called "Chica and Chico Modelo"... , Denisse Rivas	12	None

Contestants

Contestant	Home Country
Lisseth Cáceres (Winner)	Panama
Nadine Maxwell (Runner-up)	Costa Rica
Denisse Rivas	El Salvador
Nadege Herrera	Panama
Iris Vega	Nicaragua
Leslie Lino	Honduras
Jessica Sánchez	Costa Rica
Marcela Alger	El Salvador
Graciela Montenegro	Guatemala
Mariel Lagos	Honduras
Iva Grijalva Iva Grijalva Pashova Iva Karlos Grijalva Pashova is a beauty pageant contestant and model from Managua, Nicaragua, her mother is a Bulgarian and father is Nicaraguan. In 2007 she was one of the 12 finalists of Super Model Centroamérica, a spin-off from America's Next Top Model. She was crowned Miss Earth Nicaragua...	Nicaragua
Gabriela Rubio	Guatemala