Its premise was originated with model Tyra Banks, who additionally serves as the cycle's executive producer and presenter.

The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Paul Smith's College student Laura James from Cambridge, New York with Kiara Belen placing as the runner up.

This cycle did not feature guest judges at panel[1] Another change was the incorporation of public voting as a factor in eliminations.

It lasted for six weeks, and the winning contestant, with the highest average social media score throughout the cycle (Leila Goldkuhl), was allowed to rejoin the main competition.

The following prizes were removed: A position as guest correspondent for Extra, a fashion spread in Vogue Italia, a cover of and fashion spread in Beauty In Vogue, a single produced and released by CBS Records[6] and a US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, the series' long-time sponsor.

Tyra introduces the new judges for the cycle: Rob Evans and photo shoot director Johnny Wujek.

Memorable contestants include Victoria, who has been home schooled her entire life, Brittany who loves Disney, Laura is the daughter of actor and Dynasty star John James, Jessie who accidentally flashes her booty during the runway challenge, and Kristin, who is a former mean girl in high-school.

The following day, Rob Evans informs the girls that they will be taking part in a runway show at Club Even in Hollywood for their first challenge.

For the main photo shoot, the girls are asked to pose nude with Rob Evans, displaying their chemistry with him.

Despite an extremely close tie between the two, Yvonne is saved for having a higher public vote, and Darian is eliminated.

The girls later meet Tyler Perry at 3rd Street in Santa Monica Boulevard for an acting challenge split into four groups into uneven number of teams.

For having received best photo the previous episode, Laura is allowed to sleep in the Tyra suite along with a guest of her choosing.

As multiple contestants begin to step into the room, a fight quickly ensues among the rest of the girls.

Brittany and Kristin did well while Yvonne did not look like she want to do the challenge and although Victoria's character was praised, her body postures are the worries of the judges.

Laura impressed them the most and she won the challenge which is a signature winning move that will be featured in the video game, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

For the photo shoot, the girls are styled in a Steampunk fashion in a train station where they will pose with an owl named Groovy from Harry Potter movies.

Brittany asked Bryanboy about his reaction during the last panel and later clear things out with him and she received good feedback.

Victoria landed in the bottom two for slowly sliding down the competition with Yvonne who was eliminated for an average photo and a bad attitude on set.

After Brittany's elimination, the six previously-eliminated contestants (except Maria), who had taken part in all of the previous photo shoots, filed into the judging room for the results of the "comeback" competition.

When the girls arrived in Jamaica, they were greeted by some local male models, Kiara clicked with Cory and flirted with him.

Then the girls had some lunch with Tyra where she taught the ladies the type of models they were, whether they were a smizer or a toocher[check spelling].

Then they met Jonti' and Konshens where they announced that their challenge was a dance competition with the moods of dancehall routines in terms of partners.

For the photo shoot, the contestants created a love triangle scene, with Rob Evans and other male models as featured extras.

Leila won and received a House of Marley package worth over US$3,000 and a spa treatment courtesy of Half Moon resort.

For the photo shoot, photographed by Tyra Banks, the contestants portrayed warriors at Dunn's River Falls.

At panel, Leila receive high acclaim for her ultra stunning photograph and once again rewarded by three perfect scores by the judges.

Then the models change bikinis for the Dream Come True perfume photo shoot where they pose for the chance to appear in the official fragrance ad.

The episode begins with the final runway show segment, which takes place at the most famous – yet infamous – property in all of Jamaica, the mysteriously haunted Rose Hall in Montego Bay.

Then, the girls pose in Half Moon Bay for their Nylon magazine photo shoot, after which they are surprised with visits from their relatives.

After being eliminated, the girls continued to participate in the photo shoots under the premise that the audience would select one of them to return to the competition later.