''The Model Scouts'', formerly ''The Model Agent'' during its first season in 2009, was an Irish

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documentary on

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that followed twelve girls competing for a lucrative modelling contract with IMG. In 2008 the series followed model scout Fiona Ellis on her search for an Irish supermodel. On her way through Ireland, Ellis spotted eight girls in the entire country and chose the last four of the twelve finalists through applications that she received. Each episode saw the elimination of one or more girls. The winner, Carrie-Anne Burton, won a contract with the Independent Models agency and a cover of ''Image'' magazine. Supermodel

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, who was also discovered by Ellis at the beginning of her career, advised the girls. Ellis said that, in contrast to '' America's Next Top Model'', her aim was to give an insight in finding new model talent with serious ambitions without ''"all the drama"''. For its second season in 2010, the show was renamed ''The Model Scouts''. Jeni Rose and David Cunningham of IMG Models were the judges. The girls were taken to

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and

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. The winner, Tabea Weyrauch, was a 16-year-old girl from

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. She won a one-year contract with IMG, and became the face of ''

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'' in Ireland and the United Kingdom. She also appeared on the cover of ''Life'', the magazine section of the '' Sunday Independent''.

Series summary

Season one

Contestants

(''ages stated are at start of contest'') * Lisa Madden eventually became a contestant on the eighth series of ''

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''.

Call-out order

: The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was put through collectively to the next stage : The contestant was immune from elimination : The contestant won the competition * Sadhbh, Miriam, Lisa, and Jennifer entered the competition in episode 2.

Season two

Contestants

(''ages stated are at start of contest'')Models
RTÉ website

Call-out order

: The contestant was immune from elimination : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant won the competition * In episode 1, Jenni Rose and David Cunningham scouted the cities of

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, and

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to find twelve aspiring models. After creating a

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of thirty girls, the list was reduced to twenty-one models who were taken to Dublin for the final cut. At the end of the episode, nine of the models, Shauneen, Emma, Holly, Aoife, Niamh, Rebecca, Aoibhin, Eve, and Zahra, were eliminated. The remaining twelve moved on to the main competition.

References

External links

Season one official siteThe full second season on IMG's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Model Agent, The 2009 Irish television series debuts 2010 Irish television series endings Irish reality television series Modeling-themed reality television series

Series summary

Season one

Contestants

Call-out order

Season two

Contestants

Call-out order

See also

References

External links