

Cycle 5 Contestants:
Nicole Linkletter, 20, Grand Forks, North Dakota (winner)
Erika “Nik” Pace, 21, Atlanta, Georgia
Brittany “Bre” Scullark, 20, Harlem, New York
Jayla Rubinelli, 20, Tucson, Arizona
Kimberly “Kim” Stolz, 21, New York, New York
Lisa D’Amato, 24, Los Angeles, California
Kyle Kavanagh, 19, Dexter, Michigan
Coryn Woitel, 19, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Diane Hernandez, 23, Orlando, Florida
Sarah Rhoades, 18, Boonville, Missouri
Cassandra Whitehead, 19, Houston, Texas
Ebony Taylor, 18, Sylmar, California
Ashley Black, 22, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Note: During this cycle, Janice Dickinson was replaced by fashion icon, Twiggy, and Nole Marin was replaced by J. “Miss J” Alexander. The cast size for this cycle was reduced from 14 to 13, which was maintained up until Cycle 10. The house the girls stayed in during the first half of the competition was later used for the first season of VHI’s Rock of Love with Bret Michaels. The international destination was London, UK.
Judges:
Tyra Banks
Twiggy
J. Alexander
Nigel Barker
Photo Shoots:
Ep 2: Superheroes
Ep 3: Country couture
Ep 4: Fashion victims
Ep 5: Surgical enhancements
Ep 6: Secret deodorant endorsement commercial and photo shoot
Ep 7: Black / white beauty shots; 1940s Vargas Pin-ups with Ford Fusion
Ep 9: Dramatic with Wild Boyz
Ep 10: Paparazzi phonebooth
Ep 11: Modern Interpretations of classic art
Ep 12: Bollywood
Ep 13: Covergirl TruBlend Powder Foundation commercial and shoot
Prizes:
Contract with Ford Models
$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics
Ford Fusion picture as national ad
Winner:






December 16, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I hated cycle 5 so much. It wasn’t fair. This cycle was the year of potential. So when the people who could actually model got one bad photo they sent that person home and kept someone with potential. Which is the whole reason Nicole won and Bre stayed so long.
April 7, 2011 at 9:01 am
A lot of the girls in this cycle are actually stunningly beautiful!
August 20, 2011 at 7:04 pm
KIM !
September 3, 2011 at 5:23 pm
yup… kyle was on the top of her game,,, and then suddenly,
one shot of not so good made her sent home!!!
that sucks!!!