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The twenty-fourth and final cycle of ''
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. Continuing from cycle 23, this cycle featured an all-female cast. However, in a first for the series, the maximum age limit was removed, allowing contestants of all ages (lowest age limit still being 18) to enter the contest. Although this cycle aired in 2018, it was filmed from May through June 2017. ''
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'' franchise creator
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returned as the show's host after being replaced for one cycle by singer
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. The judging panel, consisting of model Ashley Graham, ''Paper'' magazine chief creative officer Drew Elliott, and celebrity stylist Law Roach, remained otherwise unchanged. The prizes for this cycle included a contract with
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, fashion spread in ''
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'' magazine, a cash prize of from
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, and a featured avatar in the new ''America's Next Top Model'' Mobile Game. The winner of the competition was 20 year-old Kyla Coleman from Lacey,
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with Jeana Turner placing as the runner-up.


Contestants

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


Episodes


Summaries


Call-out order

: The contestant was eliminated : The contestant quit the competition : The contestant was part of a non-elimination bottom two : The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved : The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel : The contestant won the competition


Average call-out order

Casting call-out order, comeback first call-out and final episode are not included.


Bottom two

: The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two : The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two : The contestant was originally eliminated but was saved. : The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed third : The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed second. : The contestant was saved from elimination. : The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel : The contestant quit the competition.


Photo shoot guide

*Episode 1 photo shoot:
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couture in a garden with coloful fashions (casting) *Episode 2 photo shoot:
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maternity editorial with fake belly *Episode 3 video shoot: Trademark style in a mirrored room *Episode 4 photo shoot: ''
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'' couture dresses in a haunted mansion *Episode 5 photo shoot: Stacked beauty shots in groups with Ashley Graham *Episode 6 photo shoot: Princesses with former ''
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'' contestants (Manila, Valentina, Katya) *Episode 7 photo shoot: Unretouched natural beauty in lingerie *Episode 8 photo shoot: Dripping in gold body paints with plus-size male models *Episode 9 photo shoot: Parachute couture in the desert with the blowing wind *Episode 10 photo shoot: ''
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'' magazine covers decades of fashion *Episode 12 music video: Mansion madness with Maejor *Episode 13 photo shoot: Posing in pairs with Eva Marcille covered in tarantulas shot by Nigel Barker like cycle 3 *Episode 14 photo shoot:
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shampoo hair campaigns *Episode 15 photo shoot: ''
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'' magazine 60s-inspired classic looks in red yellow and blue colors


Makeovers

*Ivana – Cut short from afro *Liz – Long bubblegum pink extensions with short bangs *Rhiyan –
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inspired super-long blunt black weave *Coura – No makeover *Liberty – Dyed orange red inspired by Trumps tan *Christina –
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inspired shoulder length lime green weave *Sandra –
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inspired shoulder length bob *Brendi Kae – Buzz cut and dyed black; later, shaved on the sides *Erin – Long and wavy black weave *Rio – Cut short and dyed platinum blonde with split eyebrow *Shanice – Originally,
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inspired long curly weave; later, no makeover due to skin issues. *Khrystyana – Dyed platinum blonde *Jeana – Wig removed, head shaved bald *Kyla – Straightened and dyed dark brown wavy hair


Critical reception

The season received mixed reviews from critics, with several praising the return of Banks to her hosting position while describing the season overall as paling in comparison to earlier seasons.
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and Matt Rogers, writing for ''
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'', ranked the finale one star out of a possible five and remarked, "We had admittedly hopped off this show’s bandwagon years ago, only to be lured back in with the promise that Tyra’s return would set its course anew." Yang and Rogers concluded, "This is not a good reality show. Its characterizations of the contestants jumped all over the place as it went, it lost more than one contestant who felt emotionally unsafe, its judges (save Ashley Graham) were cartoonishly self-aggrandizing, and you could strongly argue that the best contestant, on paper and in our hearts, lost for no good reason at all." Joey Guerra of '' HoustonChronicle.com'' compared the season finale to a "limp balloon," while Scaachi Koul of ''
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'' noted, "''ANTM'' lives and dies by Tyra Banks’s energy," but remarked that "there’s clear callousness in the show’s attempt to become political."


Notes


References


External links

* {{America's Next Top Model America's Next Top Model 2018 American television seasons Television shows filmed in Los Angeles