The winner of the search was 21 year-old Sanne de Roo from Groningen, who joined the 12 other finalists during the filming of the opening titles in episode 1.

(Ages stated are at start of contest)[1] The judges made their selection for the final 12 at a mass casting, and later visited each finalist to break the good news.

Aisha, Debbie, Holly, June and Nicky received makeovers, and the models moved into a run-down warehouse loft in anticipation for the trip to New York City.

The remaining models were later given makeovers at the Jeffrey Janssen salon, while Aisha, Debbie, Holly, June, and Nicky received a visit from reporter Anette Baksen for interviews.

On set, the models were harnessed in the air wearing designs by Liselore Frowijn in a CGI photo shoot meant to advertise the new Renault Twingo.

They were later taken to The Skylark Lounge, and met cycle 4 finalist Patricia van der Vliet, who shared her work experience with the models and critiqued their runway walks.

The contestants received a runway lesson at Central Park from catwalk coach Mac Folkes, and had a two-part casting challenge with Yentl cosmetics and designer Jay Godfrey.

The models were later taken to a construction site, and found out that they would be shooting a campaign for Zinzi jewelry on a rooftop while hanging from a circus ring.

The final five arrived at the Diane von Furstenberg store, where they were introduced to celebrity stylist Anita Patrickson for an in-depth critique of their outfits.

The judges explained the new voting system for the finale, in which they would be responsible for eliminating the first two finalists, and the public would choose the winner out of the two remaining contestants.