China's Next Top Model season 1

China's Next Top Model is a Chinese reality TV series, based on the international version and spin-off to the original, America's Next Top Model.

The show was produced by Chinese television subscription channel Sichuan Satellite TV and it is filmed in Shanghai and Macau, with the casting was held in selected cities of China - Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. It began airing on January 13, 2008.

Among the prizes for this season was a contract with NEXT Model Management and became the spokesperson for Pantene.

Yin Ge, 21 year old from Changsha, became the first winner of China's Next Top Model.

Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest)

Episode 1
Casting episode.

Episode 2

 * First call-out: Yin Ge
 * Bottom two: Ma Shu Yi & 	Yan Xue Qian
 * Eliminated: Ma Shu Yi

Episode 3

 * Quit: Liu Wen Jing
 * Returned: Ma Shu Yi
 * First call-out: Wu Mei Ting
 * Bottom two: Bao Jie & Wang Jia
 * Eliminated: Bao Jie

Episode 4

 * First call-out: Yan Xue Qian
 * Bottom two: Tanya Zy & Zhang Xiao Pei
 * Eliminated: Zhang Xiao Pei

Episode 5

 * First call-out: Ma Shu Yi
 * Bottom two: Tanya Zy & Wu Mei Ting
 * Eliminated: Tanya Zy

Episode 6

 * First call-out: Zhu Feng
 * Bottom two: Wang Jia & Wu Mei Ting
 * Eliminated: Wu Mei Ting

Episode 7

 * First call-out: Wang Jia
 * Bottom two: Ma Shu Yi & Zhu Feng
 * Eliminated: Ma Shu Yi

Episode 8

 * First call-out: Yin Ge
 * Bottom two: Wang Jia & Yan Xue Qian
 * Eliminated: Wang Jia

Episode 9

 * Quit: Zhu Feng
 * Returned: Wang Jia
 * Eliminated: None

Episode 10

 * First call-out: Wang Jia
 * Bottom two: Yan Xue Qian	& Yin Ge
 * Eliminated: Yan Xue Qian
 * Final two: Wang Jia & Yin Ge
 * China's Next Top Model: Yin Ge

Call-out order

 * The contestant was eliminated
 * The contestant was eliminated but allowed to remain in the competition
 * The contestant quit the competition
 * The contestant won the competition


 * In episode 3, Wen Jing decided to quit the competition, for pregnancy reasons. Shu Yi re-entered the competition to replace her.
 * In episode 9, It was revealed that Feng decided quit the competition, after the previous episode ended. She was replaced by Wang Jia, who had been eliminated the previous episode. Additionally, no elimination took place.

Bottom Two

 * The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two
 * The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two
 * The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two
 * The contestant quit the competition
 * The contestant was placed as the runner-up

Average call-out order
Final two are not included.

Photo shoot guide

 * Episode 1 photo shoot: Posing in bikinis
 * Episode 2 photo shoot: Magazine covers
 * Episode 3 photo shoot: 1930 film sets
 * Episode 4 photo shoot: Swimsuits in water
 * Episode 5 photo shoot: Old Shanghai singers
 * Episode 6 photo shoot: Superheroes
 * Episode 7 photo shoot: Olympic symbols
 * Episode 8 photo shoot & commercial: Pantene Clinicare
 * Episode 9 photo shoot: MGM Grand Macau
 * Episode 10 photo shoots: MGM Grand Macau; self-directed

Makeovers

 * Xiao Pei: Hair was curled and dyed red
 * Tanya: Hair was bleached and waved
 * Mei Ting: Flip level haircut and dyed brown
 * Shu Yi: Hair curled at bottom
 * Feng: Hair shortened
 * Xue Qian: Hair was bleached and curled
 * Wang Jia: Trimmed
 * Ge: Long black hair extensions