America's Next Top Model: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of America's Next Top Model Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Girl with the Twisted Catch Phrase
Sep 21, 2005
Cycle five premieres with 13 new aspiring models competing in an impromptu fashion show. This season the girls will live together in a Bel Air mansion. Former model Twiggy joins
The Girl Who Needs a Miracle
Sep 28, 2005
The remaining girls go and get a makeover. Cassandra, cries about her new short hair, not knowing it was a mistake. At the photo shoot, the girls pair up and go head to head for
The GIrl Who Makes a Disclaimer
Oct 5, 2005
Sarah and Kim's relationship heats up while Cassandra's getting hot and bothered by her short hair, and not in a good way. The girls learn how to walk the walk, especially on a mov
The Girl Who Gets a Boob Job
Oct 12, 2005
The return of Janice Dickinson! The girls have to reveal their greatest flaw and learn how to turn that flaw into something great. And for the photoshoot, the girls have to get exa
The Girl Who Loves Bubbles and Talks to Plants
Oct 19, 2005
Back stabbing all around in this episode of America's Next top model. Jayla steals some of Nik's lines while Coryn spits out some angry lines of her own at Lisa.
The Girls Are 1940's Pin-Ups
Oct 26, 2005
The inspiration for today's photo shoot is the 1940's Pin-Up girl style. The girls pose for a potential car advertisement.
The Girl Whose Boyfriend is Cheating on Her
Nov 9, 2005
The girls meet a previous ANTM winner, do a wild phtoshoot and one of the girls wins the chance to appear on Veronica Mars.
The Girl Who Talks Behind Everyone's Back
Nov 16, 2005
Emotions explode when one model is confronted about constantly talking behind her competitors' backs, and "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent Kevin Frazier teaches the girls abou
The Girl Who Retaliates
Nov 23, 2005
Challenged by J. Alexander to pose like statues in a park, the models find the task to be a little too realistic as they're swarmed by pigeons, and after one competitor suspects an
The Girl Who Takes a Pill
Nov 30, 2005
After Barney's New York Creative Director Simon Doonan and Twiggy teach the girls about the different British fashion trends, the competitors are sent to impress top London designe
The Girl Who Is On the Cover
Dec 7, 2005
With only three models remaining, the girls are first challenged to shoot a CoverGirl commercial and a national print ad, and after one competitor is eliminated, legendary photogra