America's Next Top Model: Cycle 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of America's Next Top Model Season 11.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
What Happens in Vegas
Mar 4, 2009 · 42 min
America's Next Top Model returns for cycle 12 with 13 new contestants eager to be crowned the next top model. To find the 13 selected, the 34 models are first put through a photo s
Fun and Games
Mar 4, 2009 · 42 min
America's Next Top Model returns for cycle 12 with 13 new contestants eager to be crowned the next top model. To find the 13 selected, the 34 models are first put through a photo s
Do You Light the Way I Look?
Mar 11, 2009 · 42 min
Nigel Barker directs a photo shoot for the remaining 12 models using lights in creative manner, after receiving a makeover. One more contestant is eliminated.
New York's Finest
Mar 18, 2009 · 42 min
Miss J and two former contestants teach the models runway etiquette before taking part in a Jill Stuart fashion show. Next they will participate in a photo shoot aboard a tour bus.
Put Your Best Face Forward
Mar 25, 2009 · 42 min
Former season 3 contestant Toccara Jones hosts a slumber party for the women and offers up tips concerning the model industry. Later, the contestants compete in a posing challenge
Here's Your Test
Apr 1, 2009 · 42 min
The fallout of the previous week's elimination continues to rock the house as the girls return home, and a divide is created between Aminat, Teyona and Tahlia and the rest of the h
Acting Like a Model
Apr 8, 2009 · 42 min
The models take an acing class which will be judged by Clay Aiken, followed by season 11 winner McKey helps the remaining ladies in preparation for a cosmetics commercial shoot.
Take Me to the Photo Shoot
Apr 15, 2009 · 42 min
Ciara stops by the models apartment as a surprise and will be joining them for a photo shoot. Tara reveals the site of the overseas location during panel.
The Amazing Model Race
Apr 22, 2009 · 42 min
The remaining six contestants have arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where they will be challenged to a scavenger hunt throughout the city, testing their navigational skills. The photo
Let's Go See the City
Apr 29, 2009 · 42 min
The girls met Paulo Borges, the director of São Paulo Fashion Week before being sent on go-sees throughout the city.
Take Me to the Jungle
May 6, 2009 · 42 min
The girls arrived at Águia de Ouro and met Paulina where they learned the steps in samba dance. The next day, they were put to the test and had to create an illusion of having a go
America's Next Top Model is...
May 13, 2009 · 42 min
The three remaining ladies work a photo shoot for cosmetics before one more contestant is released. Then the remaining two models will walk and crawl along the catwalk before a win