''Supermodelo 2006'' was the first season of ''

Supermodelo ''Supermodelo'' ( en, Supermodel) was a Spanish reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional a ...

''. The show took place live once every week, where a public vote decided which one of two nominated contestants would be eliminated from the competition, and the judges would nominate a new set of contestants for elimination. The period in between was pre-recorded, and tracked the progress of all the girls as they received lessons on various aspects of modeling, took part in photo shoot sessions and other fashion related challenges. The goal of the show was to find Spain's next representative in the Elite Model Look contest. The winner of the competition was 19-year-old María José Gallego from Jaén.

Episodes

Gala 1

''Originally aired:'' 27 August 2006 * Eliminated: Yurena Álvarez, Yrina Catalá, Ruth Tolín, Reyes Pagador, Paola Ditano, Kim Schmocker & Cristina Cervera * Nominated for elimination: Mayte Prieto & Odilia Pamela

Gala 2

''Originally aired:'' 30 August 2006 * Eliminated: Odilia Pamela * Nominated for elimination: Christel Castaño & Yanira Catalá

Gala 3

''Originally aired:'' 6 September 2006 * Eliminated: Christel Castaño * Nominated for elimination: Cristina Palavra & Graciela Tallón

Gala 4

''Originally aired:'' 13 September 2006 * Eliminated: Cristina Palavra * Nominated for elimination: Graciela Tallón & Yanira Catalá

Gala 5

''Originally aired:'' 20 September 2006 * Eliminated: Yanira Catalá * Nominated for elimination: Elisabeth Kweku & Fina Rodrigo

Gala 6

''Originally aired:'' 27 September 2006 * Eliminated: Fina Rodrigo * Nominated for elimination: None

Gala 7

''Originally aired:'' 4 October 2006 * Nominated for elimination: Laura Beigveder & Malena Costa

Gala 8

''Originally aired:'' 11 October 2006 * Eliminated: Laura Beigveder * Nominated for elimination: Graciela Tallón & Malena Costa

Gala 9

''Originally aired:'' 18 October 2006 * Eliminated: Graciela Tallón * Nominated for elimination: Laura Negrete & Malena Costa

Gala 10

''Originally aired:'' 25 October 2006 * Eliminated: Malena Costa * Nominated for elimination: Elisabeth Kweku & Yasmín García

Gala 11

''Originally aired:'' 1 November 2006 * Eliminated: Elisabeth Kweku

Final

''Originally aired:'' 8 November 2006 * 4th place: Laura Negrete * 3rd place: Mayte Prieto * Runner-up: Yasmín García * Supermodelo 2006: María José Gallego

Contestants

''(ages stated are at start of contest)'' Semi-finalists Finalists

Results

: SAFE The contestant was a candidate for nomination but was saved : NOM The contestant was nominated for elimination : ELIM The contestant was eliminated : FINAL The contestant advanced to the finale : WINNER The contestant won the competition *In gala 1, the pool of girls was reduced to the final 13 who would move on to the main competition, before Mayte and Odilia were nominated for elimination. *In gala 7, there was no elimination. All three of the girls who had been nominated for elimination on the previous gala were spared by Judit. *In gala 12, the final results were based solely on the public vote.

Judges and mentors

* Judit Mascó - host * Antonia Dell'Atte - model & judge * Moncho Moreno makeup artist & judge * Paola Dominguín model & judge * Cristina Rodríguez - stylist * Emmanuel Rouzic - photographer * Jesús Román Martínez - nutritionist * Jimmy Roca - fitness coach * Paula Galimbardi - acting coach * Valerio Pino - runway coach

Viewing figures

References

External links

Official website
(archive at the

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Website of Emmanuel Rouzic, Supermodelo photographer
(archive at the Wayback Machine) *{{IMDb title, 0481440, Supermodelo 2000s Spanish television series