America's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 premiered on March 8, 2006, which would be the last cycle to air on UPN before merging with the The WB to create the The CW. The catch-phrase for this cycle was "Fairy Tales Come True". The international destination during this cycle was Bangkok, Thailand. The winner was 20 year old Danielle Evans from Little Rock, Arkansas, who won a photo shoot for Elle magazine, a contract for representation with Ford Models, and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.
Episode summaries
The Girl Who Learns How to Dance
First aired March 8, 2006
The casting process started out with 32 hopeful contestants who were driven to impress Tyra, Mr. & Miss J. They were then trimmed down to 20 contestants, which included Wendy, who revealed that she hasn't been able to speak with her family since they evacuated Hurricane Katrina; Joanie, who showed the judges her rebellious side by showing her cage dancer moves, and as well as telling the judges she was the daughter of a preacher; Jade, who gave the judges something to talk about after being a little cocky. Yvonne, a 27-year-old doctor, who won the catwalk challenge and impressed both of the Jays.
After their semi-final photoshoot, 13 finalists were selected to enter the competition. There were many older girls in this cycle, as 9 out of the 13 contestants were 21 years old and over, while Jade was the only 26-year-old contestant since Robyn Manning of Cycle 1.
The Girls Go Bald
First aired March 8, 2006
As the girls moved into their house in Los Angeles, Jade claimed she was "the undiscovered supermodel" and declared herself front runner of the competition. Nnenna won an interview challenge and chose Jade, Gina and Sara to be the first four to enter the house to choose their bedrooms.
The girls were led to believe that they would all be shaved bald as a way to level the competition for the photo shoot, when in fact they were fitted with skull caps and posed wearing Swarovski crystals in an array of mannequin heads. Many of the girls' photos impressed the judges, particularly Nnenna, Leslie, Joanie, Kari, Danielle and Sara, who Tyra commended by saying her photo was "one of the best photos in the history of America's Next Top Model". Furonda and Kathy landed in the bottom two, but Kathy was eliminated over Furonda, (whose photo Tyra said was the worst in the group) because the judges felt that Kathy looked lost in her photo, and because the judges didn't feel she had model potential.
- First call-out: Nnenna Agba
- Bottom two: Furonda Brasfield & Kathy Hoxit
- Eliminated: Kathy Hoxit
- Featured photographers: Jay Lawrence Goldman, Pascal Demeester
- Special guests: Janice Dickinson, Ève Salvail, Todd Newton, Trish Moreno, Rolanda Watts, Trey Smith, Tina Frazier, Sarah Gold
The Girl Who Is A True Miss Diva
First aired March 15, 2006
The remaining 12 contestants received their makeovers. During the makeover process, Jay spoke with each of the girls to help them to establish their individual styles, which they later had to embody in a clothing challenge. Nnenna won her second challenge for her interpretation of the "new African queen", and once again chose Jade and Gina to accompany her for a $5,000 shopping spree at Nanette Lepore. She chose these two because they did not get along and hoped the interaction would help their relationship.
For the photo shoot, the contestants posed with ice sculptures. Many girls did well, especially Danielle and Kari. Furonda was commended for her improvement, and Brooke's high fashion look and photo earned her the first call-out. Jade and Wendy ended up in the bottom two. Although Jade made a poor impression with the judges while taking a poor photograph, she was spared over Wendy (whose family had been affected by Hurricane Katrina) was sent home due to her inability to transfer her modeling potential to photographs, as well as lack of focus.
- First call-out: Brooke Staricha
- Bottom two: Jade Cole & Wendy Wiltz
- Eliminated: Wendy Wiltz
- Featured photographer: Richard Reinsdorf
- Special guests: Joel Warren, Edward Tricomi, Naima Mora, Rachel Zoe
- CoverGirl of the Week: Nnenna Agba
The Girl Who Kissed A Roach
First aired March 22, 2006
This episode featured the eleven remaining contestants practicing the runway. The girls had to do a runway with cockroaches for Jared Gold's spring collection. Gina was terrified about the cockroaches while Jade tried to impress the judges by kissing the cockroach at the end of the runway. She won the challenge and picked Danielle, Mollie Sue, Nnenna & Leslie to join her in a trip to the Sheri Bodell fashion show, which was a part of Los Angeles' fashion week.
For the photo shoot, the girls had to take a photo while falling and were posed as a character from a popular fairy tale:
At panel, several girls tripped or fell during the challenge during an impromptu Vivienne Westwood style runway challenge at judging. While Joanie received praise for maintaining a model's walk and her steadiness on the 10-inch heels, Danielle fell twice — the second time which she sprained her toe and was on crutches during panel deliberation. Jade and Danielle were praised by the judges for having the top photos.
Gina and Kari landed in the bottom two. The judges said Gina lacked the confidence she needed to get by as a model and her photos had been some of the worst in the bunch. Despite that, Kari was sent home, leaving Gina, as well as other girls in shock.
- First call-out: Jade Cole
- Bottom two: Gina Choe & Kari Schmidt
- Eliminated: Kari Schmidt
- Featured photographer: Tracy Bayne
- Special guests: Fern Mallis, Sheri Bodell, Sutan, Jared Gold
- CoverGirl of the Week: Nnenna Agba
The Girl Who Kissed A Male Model
First aired March 29, 2006
This episode featured the girls receiving lessons on commercial and high-fashion posing from Janice Dickinson and Lisa from Cycle 5. After the lessons, they have a dinner in a Korean restaurant with Janice. Their challenge was to model for a Sears catalog, using the four seasons as their back-drop. Nnenna easily won her third challenge and her prize was the entire wardrobe used for the shoot. Meanwhile, problems between Gina and Jade escalated into an argument at dinner, instigated by Janice. Back at home, Gina finally had enough and stood up for herself.
The next day, the girls met with Tyra during taping of The Tyra Banks Show discussed the girls' future goals. Then, they have a photo shoot involved the contestants posing as their future goals, as follows:
Nnenna was kissed by the model Vaughn Lowery, with whom she was posing, creating some on-air problems with Nnenna and her boyfriend. At judging, Tyra was impressed with Jade, Furonda, Joanie, Danielle, and Leslie's photos, but then questioned Gina about her stiff performance and Brooke on her awkward photo. In the end, Brooke & Gina landed in the bottom two and Tyra chose Brooke over Gina, crediting Brooke with still having potential, while the judges had felt that Gina had mentally left the competition.
- First call-out: Furonda Brasfield
- Bottom two: Brooke Staricha & Gina Choe
- Eliminated: Gina Choe
- Featured photographer: Thomas Klementsson
- Special guests: Janice Dickinson, Lisa D'Amato, Lawrence Zarian, Russel Baer, Christian Marc, John Thomas, Skyler, Vaughn Lowery, Steven Bruns, Zane
- CoverGirl of the Week: Danielle Evans
The Girl With Two Bad Takes
First aired April 5, 2006
The girls spent the week learning about acting and improv. They had a shock at first; while Tyra was talking to them, she suddenly became lightheaded and fainted. All the girls rushed to her aid, but Tyra bounced up and yelled that she staged the faint to show them how to really commit and convince an audience. Furonda was especially distraught by Tyra's trick and the girls then attended a workshop at The Groundlings. Later, the girls put their skills to use in a challenge led by Nick Cannon. Furonda's quick wit impressed Cannon and his friends, and she won a guest role on Veronica Mars . Furonda also won the opportunity to record a public service announcement about HIV prevention, which she shared with Nnenna.
In place of a photo shoot that week, the girls once again had to utilize their improvisation skills in a commercial shoot for CoverGirl.
Most of the girls had flaws in their commercials, but Furonda stood out and impressed the judges. Mollie Sue and Jade ended up in the bottom two for their bad commercials. Although Jade still had a bad attitude, Mollie Sue was ultimately sent home for failing to show any personality in front of panel.
- First call-out: Furonda Brasfield
- Bottom two: Jade Cole & Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi
- Eliminated: Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi
- Featured commercial director: Mike Rosenthal
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