Season 1

Season Overview

Next Top Model, Cycle 1 was the first cycle of Next Top Model. It premiered on February 3, 2011. The competition is hosted by Romanian fashion designer Cătălin Botezatu making him the fifth male host of the Next Top Model franchise after Fyodor Bondarchuk, Alexander Tsekalo, Jay Manual and Nathan Lee. The panel is completed by photographer Gabriel Hennessey, make-up artist Mirela Vascan, hair stylist Laurent Tourette and model agent Liviu Ionescu. The winner, Emma, received a lucrative 4-year-long modelling contract with MRA Models worth 50.000 Euros. The international destinations were Gizeh, Rovaniemi, Dubai and Paris, France.