Mexico's Next Top Model, sometimes abbreviated as MxNTM, is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series, based on Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...

' America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

. It is the second franchise in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

 after Brazil's Next Top Model

Brazil's Next Top Model

Brazil's Next Top Model, sometimes abbreviated as BrNTM, is a Brazilian reality show, based on the United States original America's Next Top Model and produced by the Brazilian branch of the Latin American cable channel Sony Entertainment Television, in association with producer Moonshot Pictures...

, and like the latter, the Mexican version is broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television

Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)

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The series features a group of young women who would be competing for the title of "Mexico's Next Top Model" and a chance to begin their career in the modeling

Model (person)

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 industry.

The Challenge

The challenge usually focuses on an element important to modeling which will help the girls to improve theirs week's photoshoot. A guest judge, who is unique to each episode, evaluates the contestants and decides the winner of the challenge, who receives a prize for her victory. Sometimes the winner is permitted to choose a certain number of other contestants to receive a similar, but lesser, reward, while the others are given nothing.

Judging and Elimination

Based upon the girls' performance in the week's challenge, photoshoot, and general attitude, the judges deliberate and decide which girl must leave the competition. Once the judges have made their decision, the girls are called back into the room. The host, Elsa, calls out the names of the girls who performed well in the challenge and photoshoot, giving them a copy of their best photo from the shoot. The last two girls, whose names have not been called, are given criticism about why they were in the bottom two, and one is eliminated. The person who is eliminated does not receive a photo.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	Destination
1 Mexico's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 Mexico's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 is a reality show hosted by supermodel Elsa Benitez, which aims to find the next top fashion model.The winner received a US$ 100,000 contract, management and representation by Shock Modeling and a photo shoot for the cover and a six-page spread within Glamour magazine...	October 1, 2009	Mariana Bayón Mariana Bayón Mariana Bayón is a Mexican model, best known for winning the first cycle of Mexico's Next Top Model, hosted by Elsa Benitez.-Early life:...	Nohemí Hermosillo	Kathya Amor Rodríguez, Yatzil Rubio, Isabel Nieto, Fernanda Sánchez, Ana Laura Cubas, Silvia Noyola, Anelís Echegaray, Verónica Sánchez, Andrea Carrión, Paulina Haro, Cecilia Pérez	13	Mexico Ixtapa Ixtapa Ixtapa is a beach resort in the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located to the northwest of the municipal seat, Zihuatanejo, and some northwest of Acapulco....
2 Mexico's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 Mexico's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 is a reality show hosted by supermodel Elsa Benitez, which aims to find the next top Mexican fashion model. The series is based on the reality TV series America's Next Top Model, which is hosted by Tyra Banks....	August 9, 2011	Tracy Reuss	Nikoll Vogas	Pris Zamora, Veronica Sánchez (quit), Marina Ávila, Xareni Sajaropulos, Ana Claudia Reyes, Quetzalli Bulnes, Erika Coronel, Grecia Vargas, Melina Laporta, Lee Velazquez, Fer Herrera, Yael Alvarez	14	Mexico San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende is a city and municipality located in the far eastern part of the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico. It is 274 km from Mexico City and 97 km from the state capital of Guanajuato...
3	February 22, 2012	TBA	TBA	TBA	15	TBA

External links

Official website