''Benelux' Next Top Model, Season 1'' was the first season of ''

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'' and the first season which include

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contestants. It premiered on September 14, 2009, and lasted until November 16 of the same year. Given the show was a merge between

Holland's Next Top Model ''Holland's Next Top Model'' (often abbreviated as HNTM and previously subtitled ''Modelmasters: Holland's Next Top Model'' from 2006 to 2007, signifying the show's partnership with the agency ModelMasters of Dennis Kuperus and Tijmen Bos) is a ...

and the Belgian Topmodel which both follow the same format, the panel of judges, as well as the contestants, were representing both nations for one-half. 22-year-old Rosalinde Kikstra from

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was the winner of the competition. Her prize included a €75,000 contract with Modelmasters The Agency, a cover of '' Beau Monde'' and ad campaigns for

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and

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Venus Embrace.

Contestants

''(ages stated are at start of contest)''

Episodes

Summaries

Call-out order

: The contestant was put through collectively to the next round : The contestant was eliminated : The contestant was immune from elimination : The contestant won the competition

Bottom two

: The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two : The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two : The contestant was automatically eliminated by judges : The contestant was eliminated and placed as the runner-up

Judges

Daphne Deckers Daphne Muriël Deckers (Nijmegen, 10 November 1968) is a Dutch television presenter, writer and occasional actress. In 1989 she started her career at RTL-Véronique, where she eventually became the host of '' Holland's Next Top Model'', which s ...

(Host) *Ghislaine Nuytten *Geert De Wolf *Bastiaan van Schaik *Mariana Verkerk

Other cast members

* Marie-Sophie Steenaert – Make-up Artist * Jani Kazaltzis – Wardrobe

Special guests

Janice Dickinson Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 16, 1955)As per Dickinson in NNDB aJanice Dickinson profilegives February 15, 1955, noting, "Although Dickinson has maintained in several interviews and her autobiography ''No Lifeguard on Duty'' that she ...

– Episode 2 *

Olcay Gulsen Olcay Gülşen, also known as OJ Gulsen, (born 20 July 1980) is a Dutch fashion designer. She was the owner of fashion label "SuperTrash" from 2009 to 2018. Life and career Olcay Gulsen's parents are Kurdish born in Turkey. Gulsen was born in Wa ...

– Episode 2 *

Doutzen Kroes Doutzen Kroes (, ; born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a ...

– Episode 3 *

Victoria Koblenko Victoria Koblenko (, ; born 19 December 1980, in Vinnitsa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Dutch actress, presenter and columnist of Ukrainian descent. Early life and education Koblenko was born and raised in Ukraine as an only child. At the age of twelv ...

– Episode 4 * Nigel Barker – Episode 10

References

External links

Official 2BE websiteOfficial RTL5 website
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