Source: ANTM / Tyra Banks
Source: ANTM
Contestants for Cycle 9:
Saleisha Stowers, 21, Los Angeles, California (winner)
Heather “Chantal” Jones, 19, Austin, Texas
Jenah Doucette, 18, Farmington, Connecticut
Bianca Golden, 18, Queens, New York
Heather Kuzmich, 21, Valparaiso, Indiana
Lisa Jackson, 2o, Jersey City, New Jersey
Ambreal Williams, 19, Dallas, Texas
Sarah Hartshorne, 20, Heath, Massachusetts
Ebony Morgan, 20, Chicago, Illinois
Janet Mills, 22, Bainbridge, Georgia
Victoria Marshman, 20, New Haven, Connecticut
Kimberly Leemans, 20, Ocala, Florida
Lyudmila “Mila” Bouzinova, 20, Boston, Massachusetts
Notes: This was the last cycle in which Twiggy appeared as a judge. The international destination was Shanghai and Beijing, China.
Judges:
Tyra Banks
Twiggy
J. Alexander
Nigel Barker
Photo Shoots:
Ep 2: Negative side-effects of smoking
Ep 3: Couture rock climbing
Ep 4: Flowers and plant life
Ep 5: Fashion Gargoyles on a sky scraper rooftop
Ep 6: Evoking recyclable materials
Ep 8: Enrique Iglesias’ video “Tired of Being Sorry”
Ep 9: Blazing car in the desert
Ep 10: CoverGirl Queen Collection ad and commercial
Ep 11: Chinese Princesses / Lion & dragon dance
Ep 12: Great Wall of China warriors / group shot
Ep 13: CoverGirl Wetslicks Fruit Spritzers commercial and print ad shoot; Seventeen Magazine covers
Prizes:
Contract with Elite Model Management
$100,000 contract with CoverGirl Cosmetics
Six-page spread with Seventeen magazine
Winner:
September 1, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Great. I love this.
December 15, 2010 at 5:03 am
I was really disappointed in this cycle. I found with the exception of Heather, most of the girls to be cold and at times out right mean. Made it hard to root for anyone at all. Bianca was a creep…Not fun to watch a group of totally unpleasant people gang up on the weakest. Competing doesn’t have to be like that. You can compete and still have some class.
December 22, 2010 at 10:10 pm
When you think about it, in exception of 3-4 girls, the whole cycle was a mess. You had people who simply quit modeling after the show, some who couldn’t find an agency and, on top of all this, Saleisha winning.
January 28, 2011 at 7:21 am
The only thing is really poor, dreadfull, shameful and whatever bad word you can think of is Saleisha winning. Man, she sucks soooo bad. Jenah and Chantal were soooooo much better…
March 10, 2011 at 11:54 am
Джена и Шантал были лучше этой Салиши.
March 12, 2011 at 6:39 am
Ya’ll, stupid Saliesha was THE BEST. She was so legit.
March 25, 2011 at 3:18 am
That season was bulls**t. I’m sorry, but Saleisha … uurgh!! And the girls were such a mess, most of them being mean. They were beautiful ones, but damn some of them. Heather, Chantal Jenah should have won.
April 11, 2011 at 1:07 pm
You guys are sooo dumb. Saleisha won; get over it biotches! Your opinion is not needed. It won’t change anything, so go get a life. I’m done.
May 17, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Saleisha won because, she takes an amazing photo and she has a great personality! Heather and Jenah didn’t win because they both have an extreme attitude problem, which will never get you a job on a go-see.
June 23, 2011 at 5:48 am
This season was so obviously a conspiracy for Saliesha to win. She already had national modeling campaigns (which weren’t allowed per the rules). She appeared on Tyra’s talk show in the past. She went to Tyra’s camp as a teen.
To top it all off, McKey (winner from season 11 – SUCH a model if anyone ever saw one… was practically born for it) was told when she auditioned for season 9 that she “wasn’t what they were looking for.”
Huh? A perfect model that would obviously be successful in the future? Model’s height, face, & body wasn’t what they were looking for that season… Hmmm. Maybe because the judges wouldn’t have been able to hand the competition to Saliesha if McKey were there?
Also, that’s why they had to get rid of Jenah before the final 2 runway with some BS about her “role model” ability. Because it would be way too obvious of a win for Jenah if they had to face each other directly on the runway.
Oh, and how does a Japanese anime mushroom haircut make someone “fierce” or “high fashion,” anyway? Anyone care to clue me in?
July 3, 2011 at 2:51 pm
I really dissapointed at this cycle because I think Chantal should win.
August 29, 2011 at 2:12 am
shleisha woeked it
November 13, 2011 at 2:55 pm
personally, i thought Saleisha was one of the best and thats why she won! Chantal or Jenna couldnt do half as good a job.
November 21, 2011 at 8:35 am
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