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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!

Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business with a panel of judges critiquing their progress throughout the competition.
Genre:Reality
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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 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/4/2009. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Fun and Games".

  • What Happens in Vegas
    7.6/1041 votes

    #1 - What Happens in Vegas

    Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fun and Games
    7.0/1034 votes

    #2 - Fun and Games

    Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Do You Light the Way I Look?
    6.2/1036 votes

    #3 - Do You Light the Way I Look?

    Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • New York's Finest
    6.2/1034 votes

    #4 - New York's Finest

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Put Your Best Face Forward
    6.7/1034 votes

    #5 - Put Your Best Face Forward

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Here's Your Test
    6.8/1032 votes

    #6 - Here's Your Test

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Acting Like a Model
    6.3/1033 votes

    #7 - Acting Like a Model

    Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cycle 12 Rewind
    5.7/1026 votes

    #8 - Cycle 12 Rewind

    Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 4/8/2009

    The first half of the season is recalled.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Take Me to the Photo Shoot
    6.5/1030 votes

    #9 - Take Me to the Photo Shoot

    Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Amazing Model Race
    5.9/1036 votes

    #10 - The Amazing Model Race

    Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Let's Go See the City
    6.7/1031 votes

    #11 - Let's Go See the City

    Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2009

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Take Me to the Jungle
    7.0/1031 votes

    #12 - Take Me to the Jungle

    Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • America's Next Top Model is...
    6.0/1037 votes

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

    Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/2009

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A