Korea's Next Top Model (cycle 5)
| Korea's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls | |
|---|---|
| 
 Cycle 5 cast | |
| Country of origin | South Korea | 
| Release | |
| Original network | Onstyle | 
| Original release | August 16 – November 1, 2014 | 
| Season chronology | |
Korea's Next Top Model: Guys & Girls, is the fifth cycle of the Korean reality television show in which a number of women and men compete for the title of Korea's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry. This is also the first cycle to feature male contestants.[1][2][3]
This season featured sixteen contestants in its final cast. The prizes for this cycle included: A cash prize of 100,000,000 Korean won, a cover shoot and editorial in W Magazine Korea, and additional benefits for the winner of the cycle.
The international destination for the season was Toronto, Canada. The winner of the competition was 23-year-old Hwang Kibbeum.
Episode Guide
Episode 1
Original airdate: August 16, 2014
- First call-out: Hwang Kibbeum
- Bottom Two: Choi Ji-in & Han Jian
- Eliminated: Choi Ji-in
- Special Guest: Tyra Banks, Han Hye-yeon, Kim Jin-kyung, Jung Ho-yeon, Hwang Hyeon-ju, Kim Hye-a
Episode 2
Original airdate: August 23, 2014
- First call-out: Bahng Tae-eun
- Bottom Two: Jung So-hyun & Jeong Yong-soo
- Eliminated: Jung So-hyun
- Special Guest: Choi Yong-bin, Jo Min-ho
Episode 3
Original airdate: August 30, 2014
| Role | Model(s) | 
|---|---|
| American Casual Style Girls | Min-jung & Yaelim | 
| Couple | Ji-eun & Tae-eun | 
| Drunk Gentleman | Jong-hoon | 
| Gangster | Jian, Seung-soo & Yong-soo | 
| Gay Couple | Cheol-woo & Jae-hyuk | 
| Sexy Girl | Kibbeum | 
| Street Style | Dong-kyu, Jeong-jin, Seung-hee | 
- First call-out: Han Seung-soo
- Bottom Two: Chung Dong-kyu & Jeong Yong-soo
- Eliminated: Chung Dong-kyu
- Featured director: Digipedi
- Special Guest: Beenzino
Episode 4
Original airdate: September 6, 2014
| Pairings | 
|---|
| Cheol-woo & Seung-hee | 
| Kibbeum & Tae-eun | 
| Kibbeum & Jeong-jin | 
| Jae-hyuk & Ji-eun | 
| Jian & Jong-hoon | 
| Min-jung & Seung-soo | 
| Yaelim & Yong-soo | 
- First call-out: Lee Cheol-woo
- Bottom Two: Han Jian & Shin Jae-hyuk
- Eliminated: Shin Jae-hyuk
- Featured photographer: Jo Sun-hee
- Special Guest: Kim Da-Hyeon
Episode 5
Original airdate: September 13, 2014
- Challenge winner: Hwang Kibbeum
- Bottom Three: Choi Jeong-jin, Han Jian, Kim Jong-hoon
- Eliminated outside of judging panel: Han Jian
- First call-out: Han Seung-soo & Hwang Kibbeum
- Bottom Two: Kim Seung-hee & Kim Yaelim
- Eliminated: Kim Seung-hee
- Featured photographer: Sasu Tei (challenge), Kim Dae-guk (photo shoot)
Episode 6
Original airdate: September 20, 2014
| Pairings | Theme | 
|---|---|
| Cheol-woo & Kibbeum | Competition | 
| Jeong-jin & Yong-soo | Harmony | 
| Ji-eun & Min-jung | Wild | 
| Jong-hoon & Seung-soo | Sadism | 
| Yaelim & Tae-eun | Love Affair | 
- First call-out: Hyeon Ji-eun
- Bottom Two: Kim Jong-hoon & Kim Yaelim
- Eliminated: Kim Jong-hoon
- Featured photographer: Im Jae-won
- Special Guest: Tyra Banks, Ricky Kim
Episode 7
Original airdate: September 27, 2014
- First call-out: Han Seung-soo
- Bottom Three: Bahng Tae-eun, Kim Yaelim & Lee Cheol-woo
- Eliminated: Bahng Tae-eun & Kim Yaelim
- Featured photographer: Hong-roo
Episode 8
Original airdate: October 4, 2014
| Model | Dreamworks Character | 
|---|---|
| Cheol-woo | Alex from Madagascar | 
| Kibbeum | |
| Jeong-jin | Shrek from Shrek | 
| Ji-eun | |
| Min-jung | Gingy from Shrek | 
| Seung-soo | Po from Kung Fu Panda | 
| Yong-soo | Donkey from Shrek | 
- First call-out: Kim Min-jung
- Bottom Two: Choi Jeong-jin & Jeong Yong-soo
- Eliminated: Choi Jeong-jin
- Featured photographer: Kim Yoo-jin
- Special Guest: Ahn Young-Mi, Sunny Hong, Jung Yoon-gi
Episode 9
Original airdate: October 11, 2014
- First call-out: Hyeon Ji-eun
- Bottom Two: Jeong Yong-soo & Lee Cheol-woo
- Eliminated: Jeong Yong-soo
- Featured Photographer: Jang Yoon-jae
- Special Guest: Park Soo-joo
Episode 10
Original airdate: October 18, 2014
- First call-out: Lee Cheol-woo
- Bottom Three: Hwang Kibbeum, Hyeon Ji-eun & Kim Min-jung
- Eliminated: Hyeon Ji-eun & Kim Min-jung
- Featured Photographer: Kim Jung-myeong
- Special Guest: Go Si-Hyeon
Episode 11
Original airdate: October 25, 2014
Runway and talk show episode.
- Top Three: Han Seung-soo, Hwang Kibbeum, & Lee Cheol-woo
- Special Guest: Jo Min-ho, Song Hae-na, Kim Jin-kyung, Jung Ho-yeon, Hwang Hyeon-ju, Eun Ji-won, Han Ji-Hyeon, Yoon Choon-ho, Kwon Mun-soo
Episode 12
Original airdate: November 1, 2014
- Top three: Han Seung-soo, Hwang Kibbeum & Lee Cheol-woo
- Korea's Next Top Model: Hwang Kibbeum
- Featured Photographer: Jin Hyeong-beok
- Special Guest: Hwang Hyeon-ju & Kim Hye-a
Contestants
(ages stated are at start of contest and use the Korean system of determining age)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Finish | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 최지인 | Choi Ji-in | 26 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Episode 1 | 16 | |
| 정소현 | Jung So-hyun | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Episode 2 | 15 | |
| 정동규 | Chung Dong-kyu | 19 | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | Episode 3 | 14 | |
| 신재혁 | Shin Jae-hyuk | 21 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | Episode 4 | 13 | |
| 한지안 | Han Jian | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Episode 5 | 12 | |
| 김승희 | Kim Seung-hee | 16 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | 11 | ||
| 김종훈 | Kim Jong-hoon | 23 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Episode 6 | 10 | |
| 김예림 | Kim Yaelim | 19 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | Episode 7 | 9–8 | |
| 방태은 | Bahng Tae-eun | 24 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||
| 최정진 | Choi Jeong-jin | 29 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Episode 8 | 7 | |
| 정용수 | Jeong Yong-soo | 19 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Episode 9 | 6 | |
| 김민정 | Kim Min-jung | 17 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Episode 10 | 5–4 | |
| 현지은 | Hyeon Ji-eun | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||
| 한승수 | Han Seung-soo | 19 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Episode 12 | 3–2 | |
| 이철우 | Lee Cheol-woo | 23 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | |||
| 황기쁨 | Hwang Kibbeum | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 1 | ||
Summaries
Call-out order
| Order | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Kibbeum | Kibbeum | Tae-eun | Seung-soo | Cheol-woo | Seung-soo Kibbeum | Ji-eun | Seung-soo | Min-jung | Ji-eun | Cheol-woo | Kibbeum | |||||||||||
| 2 | Cheol-woo | Seung-soo | Seung-soo | Cheol-woo | Kibbeum | Kibbeum | Yong-soo | Cheol-woo | Seung-soo | Seung-soo | Cheol-woo Seung-soo | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Yong-soo | Min-jung | Kibbeum | Tae-eun | Tae-eun | Cheol-woo | Cheol-woo | Min-jung | Ji-eun | Min-jung | Kibbeum | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Min-jung | Jong-hoon | Cheol-woo | Ji-eun | Seung-soo | Jeong-jin | Seung-soo | Kibbeum | Seung-soo | Kibbeum | Ji-eun Min-jung | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Seung-soo | Tae-eun | Jeong-jin | Jae-hyuk | Min-jung | Yong-soo | Min-jung | Ji-eun | Kibbeum | Cheol-woo | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Tae-eun | Jeong-jin | Jian | Jian | Seung-hee | Ji-eun | Jeong-jin | Jeong-jin | Yong-soo | Yong-soo | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Ji-eun | Seung-hee | Yaelim | Yaelim | Ji-eun | Min-jung | Yong-soo | Cheol-woo | Jeong-jin | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | So-hyun | Cheol-woo | Jae-hyuk | Jeong-jin | Yaelim | Jong-hoon | Tae-eun | Tae-eun Yaelim | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ji-in | Yong-soo | Min-jung | Kibbeum | Yong-soo | Tae-eun | Yaelim | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Jeong-jin | Ji-eun | Ji-eun | Min-jung | Jong-hoon | Yaelim | Jong-hoon | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Seung-hee | Dong-kyu | Jong-hoon | Seung-hee | Jeong-jin | Seung-hee | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Jong-hoon | Jae-hyuk | Dong-kyu | Jong-hoon | Jian | Jian | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Jae-hyuk | Yaelim | Seung-hee | Yong-soo | Jae-hyuk | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Jian | So-hyun | Yong-soo | Dong-kyu | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Dong-kyu Yaelim | Jian | So-hyun | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ji-in | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was eliminated outside of judging panel
- The contestant won the competition
- In episode 5, there were two separate eliminations. The first took place outside of judging panel after a runway challenge, where Jian was eliminated. The second was a regular elimination, and it took place at panel.
- Episodes 7 & 10 featured double eliminations with the bottom three contestants being in danger of elimination.
- Episode 11 was a runway and talk show episode.
Photo Shoot Guide
- Episode 1 Photo shoot: Promotional Pictures
- Episode 2 Photo shoot: Hydrant Gymnastics
- Episode 3 Music Video: How Do I Look?
- Episode 4 Photo shoot: Gender Bending
- Episode 5 Photo shoot: Flying Fabric Full Body & Beauty Shots
- Episode 6 Photo shoot: Modeling on Stilts in Pairs
- Episode 7 Photo shoot: Futuristic Post-Apocalypse
- Episode 8 Photo shoot: High Fashion with Dreamworks Characters
- Episode 9 Photo shoot: Masquerade at Casa Loma
- Episode 10 Photo shoot: Luxury on a Yacht
- Episode 12 Photo shoots: W Magazine Covers; Nude Tiffany & Co. Jewelry ads
Makeovers
- Cheol-woo: Bleached blonde
- Dong-kyu: Fade haircut
- Jae-hyuk: Two-block part cut
- Jeong-jin: Asymmetrical regent cut
- Jian: Boyish short hair
- Ji-eun: Asymmetrical bob cut
- Jong-hoon: Dyed two-block cut
- Kibbeum: Dyed light brown and layered
- Min-jung: Pageboy haircut
- Seung-hee: Two-tone dyed hair
- Seung-soo: Buzz cut
- Tae-eun: Shaved on one side
- Yaelim: Pixie cut
- Yong-soo: Dandy cut
