Scandinavia's Next Top Model was a Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

n 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...

 show, based on the original concept from 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 broadcast on TV3

TV3 (Viasat)

TV3 is the brand name used by Viasat's flagship channels in Scandinavia, the Baltic States, and Slovenia. Viasat is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group...

 in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 and Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 by Viasat

Viasat

Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...

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The show is similar to the American version but the Scandinavian contestants are brought to Paris

Paris

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 instead of New York

New York

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 or Los Angeles

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 and are competing for a modeling contract with Marilyn

Marilyn Agency

Marilyn Agency is a modeling agency based in Paris, France. Founder and CEO Marilyn Gauthier brought the agency to New York City in 1998. Marylin has represented Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, as well as models like Caroline Trentini, Alice Burdeu, and Coco Rocha.-Fashion models:The following...

 modeling agency and a make-up contract with L'Oréal

L'Oréal

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The show has some differences from the American version. Most importantly, since three countries are involved, nine women from each country compete amongst themselves before being brought together when only three from each country remain. Yet they still compete only with the contestants from the same country; not until the very end, when one competitor from each country remains, is a final winner chosen.

The hosts for each of the countries have been the female models

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 Mini Anden

Mini Anden

Susanna "Mini" Andén is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host, and producer.She was born in Stockholm and began modeling at the age of ten, joining Elite Model Management when she was fifteen. She has been on the cover of many fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and...

 (Sweden), Kathrine Sørland

Kathrine Sørland

Kathrine Sørland is a Norwegian fashion model, TV presenter and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World and Miss Universe beauty pageants.-Beauty pageants:...

 (Norway), and Anne P (Denmark). In Sweden, Mini left the show after few seasons, and Malin Persson

Malin Persson

Malin Persson is a fashion model from Sweden. Today, Persson works as a fulltime model, mainly in Paris, New York and Milan. She lives in Rome with her husband Damiano Mazzarella and her son Tiago....

 took over. After the contestants from the three countries have been brought together, the show has been hosted by an American fashion expert, Cynthia Garrett. 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...

, the founder of the original American version, has been asked to host or guest-host the show but she has declined the offer. The coach on all the episodes has been Herve Bernard and the posing coach was Mariana Verkerk who also appears in Holland's Next Top Model, Benelux Next Top Model and Norway's Next Top Model as the runway coach and as a permanent judge. The runway coach was the same as in the U.S.version, J. Alexander.

The show has so far been through three seasons. The winner of "Scandinavia's Next Top Model" in early 2005 was Kine Lauvås Bakke from Norway, in late 2005 Norway won again with Frøydis Elvenes, and in 2006, the winner was Freja Kjellberg from Sweden. Since then, the series has discontinued and all participating countries have started individual cycles.

Cycles

Cycle	Premiere date		Winner	Runner Ups		Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants		International destination
1 Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 was the first Cycle of the Scandinavian reality television show, based on the original concept from America's Next Top Model...	February 2005		Kine Lauvås Bakke	Elina Herbeck Nanna Schultz Christensen		Stine Mangaard Hansen, Madalene Lund, Kristin Trehjørningen, Maja Ekberg, Henriette Stenbeck, Cecilie Madsen	9		New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
2 Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 was the second Cycle of the Scandinavian reality television show, based on the original concept from America's Next Top Model...	September 2005		Frøydis Elvenes	Anna Nørgaard Arwen Bergström		Mikaela-Ana Källgren, Louise Falkenblad, Karin Santini, Tine Holm Riis, Janni Juntunen, Kristine Øverby	9		Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
3 Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 was the second Cycle of the Scandinavian reality television show, based on the original concept from America's Next Top Model. It was broadcast on TV3 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden by Viasat...	February 2006		Freja Kjellberg Borchies	Anna Brændstrup Lundgaard Therese Haugsnes		Cathrine Wenger, Sara Mai Lindemann Olsen, Florina Weisz, Camilla Schoenberg, Mira Wolden, Sabina Karlsson	9		Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...