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, and Verve, and a cash prize of 50,000

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. The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Aamito Lagum, representing the nation of Uganda.

Series summary

Auditions

Casting calls and auditions were held in several countries and on different dates, listed below: *6 July at Polana Serena Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique *9 July at Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa *14 July at

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, Nairobi, Kenya *20 July at M Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana *23 July at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria *28 July at Centro Cultural Paz Flor (Paz Flor Convention Centre), Luanda, Angola *1 August at

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, Cape Town, South Africa After the selection process, 12 models were chosen to participate in the competition.

Requirements

All applicants were required to be between 18–27 years old at the time they auditioned or applied for the show. Additional requirements stated that if a model was being represented by a modeling agency at the time she applied, she had to terminate that representation prior. Contestants from any country in Africa were encouraged to apply. The minimum height requirement was 170 cm, or 5'7".

Cast

Contestants

(''Ages stated are at start of contest'')

Judges

Oluchi Onweagba Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi (born 1 August 1980) is a Nigerian model based in New York City. Growing up in the suburbs of Lagos, she won "The Face of Africa" contest at the age of 16. Early life Onweagba (a native of Isuikwuato, Abia State) gr ...

(host) *

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* Josie Borain

Other cast members

* Carl Isaacs * Crystal Birch

Episodes

Episode 1

''First aired 10 November 2013''

Episode 2

''First aired 17 November 2013'' *Guest judge: Carl Isaacs

Episode 3

''First aired 24 November 2013'' *Guest judge: Thula Sindi

Episode 4

''First aired 1 December 2013'' *Guest judge: Malibongwe Tyilo

Episode 5

''First aired 8 December 2013'' *Guest judge: Annabel Onyango

Episode 6

''First aired 15 December 2013'' *Guest judge: Marianne Fassler

Episode 7

''First aired 22 December 2013'' *Guest judge: Craig Port

Episode 8

''First aired 29 December 2013'' *Guest judge: David Tlale

Episode 9

''First aired 5 January 2014'' *Guest judge: Jackie Burger

Episode 10

''First aired 12 January 2014'' *Guest judge: Butterfly Cayley

Results

: The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom two : The contestant won the competition

Average call-out order

Final episode is not included.

References

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External links

Official websiteAamito at Models.com
Top Model 2013 South African television seasons 2014 South African television seasons