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The Best Episodes of America's Next Top Model Season 12

Every episode of America's Next Top Model Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of America's Next Top Model Season 12!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 1 - What Happens in Vegas
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #1 - What Happens in Vegas

    S12:E1

    America's Next Top Model returns for cycle 12 with 13 new contestants eager to be crowned the next top model. To find the 13 selected, the 34 models are first put through a photo shoot at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Tyra then chooses the best 13 and sends them to the loft in New York City. Next, the ladies work a fashion show and then bring back some childhood games as they participate in another photo shoot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 2 - Fun and Games
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #2 - Fun and Games

    S12:E2

    America's Next Top Model returns for cycle 12 with 13 new contestants eager to be crowned the next top model. To find the 13 selected, the 34 models are first put through a photo shoot at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Tyra then chooses the best 13 and sends them to the loft in New York City. Next, the ladies work a fashion show and then bring back some childhood games as they participate in another photo shoot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 3 - Do You Light the Way I Look?
    6.2/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Do You Light the Way I Look?

    S12:E3

    Nigel Barker directs a photo shoot for the remaining 12 models using lights in creative manner, after receiving a makeover. One more contestant is eliminated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 4 - New York's Finest
    6.2/10(36 votes)

    #4 - New York's Finest

    S12:E4

    Miss J and two former contestants teach the models runway etiquette before taking part in a Jill Stuart fashion show. Next they will participate in a photo shoot aboard a tour bus. One person will be eliminated at panel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 5 - Put Your Best Face Forward
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    #5 - Put Your Best Face Forward

    S12:E5

    Former season 3 contestant Toccara Jones hosts a slumber party for the women and offers up tips concerning the model industry. Later, the contestants compete in a posing challenge and use images of immigrants of the early 1900's for a photo shoot at Ellis Island. One model is eliminated at the panel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 6 - Here's Your Test
    6.8/10(33 votes)

    #6 - Here's Your Test

    S12:E6

    The fallout of the previous week's elimination continues to rock the house as the girls return home, and a divide is created between Aminat, Teyona and Tahlia and the rest of the house, resulting in Aminat and Natalie getting into a verbal altercation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 7 - Acting Like a Model
    6.3/10(34 votes)

    #7 - Acting Like a Model

    S12:E7

    The models take an acing class which will be judged by Clay Aiken, followed by season 11 winner McKey helps the remaining ladies in preparation for a cosmetics commercial shoot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 8 - Cycle 12 Rewind
    5.7/10(27 votes)

    #8 - Cycle 12 Rewind

    S12:E8

    The first half of the season is recalled.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 9 - Take Me to the Photo Shoot
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #9 - Take Me to the Photo Shoot

    S12:E9

    Ciara stops by the models apartment as a surprise and will be joining them for a photo shoot. Tara reveals the site of the overseas location during panel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 10 - The Amazing Model Race
    6.0/10(37 votes)

    #10 - The Amazing Model Race

    S12:E10

    The remaining six contestants have arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where they will be challenged to a scavenger hunt throughout the city, testing their navigational skills. The photo shoot finds the ladies posing as cultural icons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 11 - Let's Go See the City
    6.7/10(32 votes)

    #11 - Let's Go See the City

    S12:E11

    The girls met Paulo Borges, the director of São Paulo Fashion Week before being sent on go-sees throughout the city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 12 - Take Me to the Jungle
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #12 - Take Me to the Jungle

    S12:E12

    The girls arrived at Águia de Ouro and met Paulina where they learned the steps in samba dance. The next day, they were put to the test and had to create an illusion of having a good time through the dance they learned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. America's Next Top Model Season 12 Episode 13 - America's Next Top Model is...
    6.0/10(38 votes)

    #13 - America's Next Top Model is...

    S12:E13

    The three remaining ladies work a photo shoot for cosmetics before one more contestant is released. Then the remaining two models will walk and crawl along the catwalk before a winner is chosen as "America's Next Top Model."

    Director:Unknown
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Season 12 Ratings Summary

"What Happens in Vegas" is the best rated episode of "America's Next Top Model" season 12. It scored 7.6/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/4/2009. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Fun and Games".