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America's Next Top Model: Cycle 13

13 episodes Premiered Sep 9, 2009 Updated Oct 19, 2026
Previously on America's Next Top Model

Season 13 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 12.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 13 Episodes

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Season 13: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S13·E1 Mytharc

How Short Can You Go

Sep 9, 2009 · 42 min

Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model finally gives short girls their chance to shine...all contestants this time around are five-foot seven and shorter! Fourteen petite beauties ar

S13·E2 Core

The Early Bird Gets A Makeover

Sep 9, 2009 · 42 min

Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model finally gives short girls their chance to shine...all contestants this time around are five-foot seven and shorter! Fourteen petite beauties ar

S13·E3 Mytharc

Fortress of Fierceness

Sep 16, 2009 · 42 min

There is a special double elimination this week on America's Next Top Model. Plus, a day at the races reveals more than the contestants bargained for when they learn they'll be pos

S13·E4 Core

Make Me Tall

Sep 23, 2009 · 42 min

The ladies meet with Miss J for tips on how to perfect their strut in order to prepare for their first runway show for designer Kevan Hall. One contestant opens up about a former a

S13·E5 Core

Take My Photo, Tyra!

Sep 30, 2009 · 42 min

The girls are taught how to do their own make-up by Sam Fine and each girl is given individual tips. Later they meet Nigel and Crissy Barker for a CoverGirl challenge, where they h

S13·E6 Core

Dance With Me

Oct 7, 2009 · 42 min

Benny Ninja stops by to teach the nine remaining contestants to dance with no expression on their faces. Then it's off to Las Vegas, where the girls pose in a photo shoot inspired

S13·E7 Core

Petite Ninja Warriors

Oct 14, 2009 · 42 min

The models navigate their way through Los Angeles as they attend go-see sessions with designers. The photo shoot has a martial-arts theme that requires the ladies to hang on wires.

S13·E8 Core

Interview 101

Oct 21, 2009 · 42 min

The girls learn how to interview celebrities, but some falter when their teleprompter goes haywire. Later, they once again fly without a net when they do a Covergirl commercial, be

S13·E9 Core

Let's Go Surfing

Oct 28, 2009 · 42 min

The overseas location is revealed--Hawaii! But will all the girls end up in the surf and sun? Just in case, they will all take surfing lessons in order to prepare themselves for th

S13·E10 Core

Dive Deeper

Nov 4, 2009 · 42 min

The models explore cliffs in Hawaii and strike poses while jumping into water. The photo shoot takes place in the ocean. Supermodel Marisa Miller is a guest judge.

S13·E11 Core

Hawaiian Hip Hop

Nov 11, 2009 · 42 min

The final four models learn hip-hop hula moves to better channel Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes, for the photo shoot. And then the bad news: the ladies learn that

S13·E12 Mytharc

America's Next Top Model is...

Nov 18, 2009 · 42 min

It all boils down to the moment when Tyra reveals who will become America's Next Top Model. The final two girls must pull out all the stops to impress the judges and nail their fin

S13·E13 Mytharc

Cycle 13: Revealed

Nov 18, 2009 · 42 min

Never before seen footage of the 5'7" and under models of cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model.

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