Tyra indicated in an interview that a school version called LeGore's Next Top Model (2011), inspired her to start including male contestants.

[5] (Ages stated are at start of contest) The finalists for cycle twenty were taken to Los Angeles where for the first time in the show's history, men would be able to participate.

Chris H., Jiana, Jourdan and Renee excelled at the shoot, while Don, Marvin and Chlea struggled to look sexy.

Chris H. called for a house meeting and proceeded to tell everyone that because of his past, he just didn't know how to act around people and how to cope with things.

The next day the contestants went to a club where they met Johnny and a special guest, the editor of Nylon magazine, Marvin Scott Jarrett.

Backstage Johnny introduced the models to their stylists Ashton Michael and Kimberley Gordon, who were also going to judge their walks.

This made everyone in the house very irritated with her, especially Renee, who decided to take her anger a step further by threatening to slap Jourdan in the face.

The following day, the models must shoot for a body spray commercial in which they are asked to dress as the opposite gender and share a passionate kiss.

Kelly and guest Jackie Fraser-Swan explained that where they would have to create two Flixel photos in teams featuring Emerson clothing.

The teams consisted of Cory, Phil, Jiana and Chris H.; Kanani, Renee and Jourdan; Don, Marvin, Jeremy and Nina.

Phil aggravated his team by cutting the sleeves off of the designer's clothes as well as throwing a rock at a fence, breaking it.

The following day the models met Johnny, who announced that the theme of the photo shoot would be a beauty shot focusing on nail art.

Most of the models received mildly good reviews, with the exception of Phil, who was harshly criticized for having worn women’s leggings and a T-shirt.

At the shoot, Chris, Cory, Nina, Jourdan and Renee all receive good feedback whereas Marvin seems lukewarm and doesn't follow direction well.

Don struggles to perform well and Phil receives a bad critique after showing the same position and face expression with no intensity.

Phil was criticized for being in the bottom two for the third time and not portraying a different face and expression each week while Marvin was told he had a great bone structure but the judges are nervous about his chance at booking shows.

Alexandra, Chlea, Jeremy, Jiana, Kanani and Mike, along with the recently eliminated Phil to have gained a place for a come back in the competition.

Jeremy, Jourdan, Chris and Marvin receive mostly mixed feedback by the judges, while Alexandra's photo was castigated poorly for looking a little older.

Afterwards, they went to their challenge, where they meet with Johnny Wujek who introduces Carole Lacroix, the product manager of swimsuit and underwear line' 69 Slam.

At the sea runway, Jourdan, Renee and Chris did extremely well for the most part, while Marvin and Jeremy fell flat in convincing the designer by their walk.

As a result, she and Don who panicked under water and quickly bailed the runway, have to jump in the sea and pose while wearing snorkels, instead of walking with a helmet.

Back at the house, Nina and Don got the lowest score for the challenge, which made them upset at the cost of potentially going home.

Nina broke down again after receiving mixed feedback at her shoot, and while the others tried to calm her down, Chris - who was considered to be her closest friend, neglected her.

As the models talked about certain feelings and emotions like Jourdan brought her struggles in the past with her ex-husband, Chris also expressed his jealousy about the others' strong relationships and that he didn't have a close friend in the house which dismays Nina knowing that she had been Chris's closest friend and that he didn't feel the same.

Jourdan, Cory and Marvin excelled and proved their modelling abilities in the shoot while Chris was criticized for being bad tempered and performing lackluster and Nina for not knowing to connect her body and face.

Cory was directed to not look to feminine in his face and body, while Renee didn't feel good and had her shoot end earlier.

Jourdan was praised for having produced a Guess-worthy photograph and having a great social media response for her "booty tooch", but they believed her photo not as strong as it could have been.

Concluded from the previous episode, Tyra and the judges have already made the decision, Jourdan and Marvin advanced into the top two and Cory was eliminated.

After receiving their evaluations, Jourdan was revealed to be the twentieth winner of America's Next Top Model, leaving Marvin as the first male runner-up in the show.

[23] For having accumulated the highest social media score average, Alex was allowed to return to the competition at the end of episode 8.