Israel's Next Top Model

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show_name = Dugmaneot


caption = Galit Gutman and contestants
genre = Reality television
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creator = Tyra Banks
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presenter = Galit Gutman
judges = Galit Gutman
Betty Rockaway
Miki Buganim
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country = ISR
network = Channel 10
first_aired = March 2005
last_aired = April 2008
num_episodes = 36
website = http://models.nana10.co.il
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The Models (Hebrew: Dugmaneot - הדוגמניות) is a reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model" and is aired on Channel 10. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win a modelling contract with Tel Aviv-based agency Yuli Models in hopes of a promising career start in the modeling industry. The show is hosted by Galit Gutman, one of Israel's leading models and successful TV host.

The biggest difference between "Dugmaneot" and "ANTM" is the live finale aired as the end of each cycle where two already eliminated contestants get voted back into the top 5 and the audience choosing the winner of the show unlike in former eliminations, which are all based solely on the panel of judges' decision.

Controversy

When Arab-Israeli Niral Karantinji participated in the second installment of the show the Muslim community was unimpressed by seeing her drinking alcohol and posing topless on National Television. During the show, Karantinji was involved in several arguments with her fellow competitors, primarily Ethiopian-Israeli Mimi Tadesa, who called her "a terrorist" [ [http://www.onejerusalem.com/2006/04/23/israels-next-top-model-a-nice-muslim-girl/ - Israel’s next top model: a nice Muslim girl] ] and reportedly refused to use the same lipstick as Karantinji before the final was held. In the end, the audience choose Karantinji to be the winner of the series, while Tadesa achieved the second runner-up position.

Cycles

References

External links

* [http://models.nana10.co.il Official website] he icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZOhLV8F-k Music Video by the Contestants of Cycle 2]
* [http://www.yulimodels.com Yuli Models]