America's Next Top Model Cycle 16

Themed "Rainy Day Women," Cycle 16 of America's Next Top Model offers 14 aspiring women a chance to prove they have what it takes to make it in the high-stress world of modeling. Each week the women are judged on their overall appearance, as well as their participation in fashion, social and business challenges. Cycle 16 challenges include walking inside a plastic bubble on a 12-inch wide runway over water, modeling jewelry while surrounded by bees and posing in a fur collection with a baby jaguar, The international leg, in Marrakech, Morocco, found a unique set of challenges including posing on the back of camels and balancing trays with lit candles on their head! The winner receives a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread in Vogue Italia, cover and spread in Beauty in Vogue, a $100,000 deal with CoverGirl cosmetics and more.

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