- You are a Supermodel
Infobox Television
show_name = You are a Supermodel
caption = "You are a Supermodel" logo
rating = PG
format =Reality television
runtime = 60 minutes
creator =Tyra Banks
judges =Fyodor Bondarchuk (1-2)
Alexander Tsekalo (3)
Svetlana Bondarchuk (4)
Tatiana Mikhalkova
Elena Myasnikova
Ellen VerbeekOxana Fedorova
country = RUS
location = Russia
network = STS
first_aired = January 2004
last_aired = present
num_seasons = 4
num_episodes = 48
website = http://www.super-model4.ru/"You are a Supermodel" ( _ru. "Ты - супермодель") is a
Russia nreality show on the STSTV channel , a competition of non-professional aspiring models for a contract with the international model agency "Point Models" and a prize money of 250.000 Dollars. The anchor of the show for the first two cycles wasFyodor Bondarchuk (Федор Бондарчук). Then Alexander Tsekalo (Александр Цекало) took over for Cycle 3. The host of the fourth cycle is Bondarchuk's wife, popular presenter Svetlana Bondarchuk (Светлана Бондарчук).
Each Cycle consists of 12 Episodes with a live final in a TV studio. Safe for Cycle 1, when there were four girls left in the very last episode, the ranking order of the top 3 is determined in the final.
Each episode the usually 13 chosen finalists, who are living in a house together in Moscow, face different competitions in modeling, sports and entertainment with an elimination round at the end of each episode where one of them is send home until there is only the winner left: The "Supermodel of the Year".
Prominent faces of Russia's entertainment and modeling industry co-starr as mentors or guest judges, giving their opinions and deciding about the girls verdict at the end of the show. The main photographers, as of the end of Cycle 4, are Dmitry Zhuravlev and Vladimir Glynin.
The first Cycle was held in 2004 and was won by then 17 year oldKsenia Kahnovich who since the time of her victory emerged success in the modeling business with having walked on fashion shows for big names such asVersace ,Louis Vitton ,Christian Dior orDolce and Gabbana in all New York, Paris and Milan and can easily be considered as one of the most successful winners resulting from a "Next Top Model"- casting show. [ [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/ksenia_kakhnovich/ - FMD - Profile of fashion model ksenia kakhnovich] ]
Cycle two was held exactly one year after the first one and saw victory for Svetlana Sergienko, who was asked by then-Russian presidentVladimir Putin to join the parliament as a representative for the growing modeling industry in Russia.Cycle summary
References
External links
* [http://supermodel.ctc-tv.ru/ You are a Supermodel, Cycle 1]
* [http://www.supermodel2.ru You are a Supermodel, Cycle 2]
* [http://www.super-model4.ru You are a Supermodel, Cycle 4]
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