The first season of Supermodel aired on the Swiss television channel 3+ from November to December 2007. The season was presented by Swiss former model, business woman and manager Nadja Schildknecht.[1] The judging panel comprised Schildknecht, show and event producer and choreographer Yannick Aellen[2] and celebrity hairstylist Mike Karg.[3] From 1000 applicants, 100 candidates were invited to participate in the auditions,[4] with 15 being selected as part of the final cast.[5] A sixteenth finalist, 25-year-old Sabine, entered the competition in the fourth episode, having originally qualified for the finals in the first round but been unable to participate in the first two weeks due to illness.[6]
The majority of the competition was filmed in Switzerland, mainly in Zürich. Parts of the season were filmed in Bangkok,[7] Paris,[8] London[9] and New York City.[10] The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Nathalie Güdel from Hünibach.[11]
Original airdate: 6 November 2007
Original airdate: 13 November 2007
Original airdate: 20 November 2007
Original airdate: 27 November 2007
Original airdate: 4 December 2007
Original airdate: 11 December 2007
Original airdate: 18 December 2007
Original airdate: 25 December 2007
This was the recap episode.
(ages stated are at start of contest)[12]
Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
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Rrezearta[13] | 17 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Grosshöchstetten | Episode 2 | 16–15 (quit) |
Jessica[14] | 16 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Winterthur | ||
Mirjana Reljic[15] | 17 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Buchs | 14–12 | |
Milica Djordjevic[16] | 21 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Zürich | ||
Alexandra Krone[17] | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Steffisburg | ||
Noemi Rubera[18] | 15 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Ehrendingen | Episode 3 | 11–10 |
Anastasiya Chernichenko[19] | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Auw | ||
Sabine Staubli[20] | 25 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Kriens | Episode 4 | 9–8 |
Erika Weibel [21] | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Bern | ||
Ivana Vujcic[22][23] | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Basel | Episode 5 | 7–6 |
Aleksandra Petrovic[24] | 17 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Schwyz | ||
Tanya Krummenacher[25][26] | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Emmenbrücke | Episode 6 | 5–4 |
Arina Mironkina[27][28] | 16 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Gerlafingen | ||
Eliane Heutschi[29][30] | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Binz | Episode 7 | 3 |
Gorana Markovic[31][32] | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Laupen | 2 | |
Nathalie Güdel[33][34] | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Hünibach | 1 |
Order | Episodes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
1 | Erika | Ivana | Eliane | Erika | Eliane | Gorana | Gorana | Nathalie |
2 | Arina | Mirjana | Tanya | Tanya | Aleksandra | Tanya | Nathalie | Gorana |
3 | Anastasiya | Anastasiya | Anastasiya | Eliane | Tanya | Nathalie | Eliane | |
4 | Rrezearta | Gorana | Ivana | Gorana | Nathalie | Eliane | ||
5 | Nathalie | Eliane | Gorana | Arina | Arina | Arina | ||
6 | Noemi | Nathalie | Nathalie | Aleksandra | Gorana | |||
7 | Mirjana | Tanya | Aleksandra | Nathalie | Ivana | |||
8 | Tanya | Noemi | Arina | Ivana | ||||
9 | Ivana | Arina | Erika | Sabine | ||||
10 | Aleksandra Alexandra |
Erika | Noemi | |||||
11 | Alexandra | |||||||
12 | Eliane | Milica | ||||||
13 | Jessica | Aleksandra | ||||||
14 | Milica | Jessica Rrezearta |
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15 | Gorana |