Benelux' Next Top Model, Season 1 was the first season of Benelux' Next Top Model and the first season which include Dutch and Flemish 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 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.
20 contestants do a photo shoot, without make-up and dressed in a garbage bag, at an abandoned factory. After, they spend the night at a military camp. The next morning, they do a catwalk training, and then do a fashion show for designer Daryl Van Wouw. Daphne chooses 12 girls who will be allowed into the Top Model mansion and enter the competition, but then adds Melanie as a wildcard. After another photo shoot, Alexandra is eliminated.
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"Episode 2"
21 September 2009 (2009-09-21)
Janice Dickinson pays a visit to the Top Model Mansion to give the contestants a catwalk lesson. Later, they have a meeting with Modelmasters The Agency, who will award the winner a contract worth €75,000. The next day, the girl receive makeovers, for a photo shoot at a cemetery. Roxanne and Adinda have to go home.
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"Episode 3"
28 September 2009 (2009-09-28)
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"Episode 4"
5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)
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"Episode 5"
12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)
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"Episode 6"
19 October 2009 (2009-10-19)
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"Episode 7"
26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)
The five remaining contestants girls arrive in Miami, and are shown different modeling agencies and designers. Lianne wins an event and gets to go on a shopping spree. The next day, the models have their first shoot on a real American rodeo bull. They all have to get used to the idea that the thing is moving. Mariana lets herself go completely in her commentary. Later, they have to showcase their acting qualities again on their next photoshoot with an old-timer Corvette and have to pretend that they have run out of fuel. All models appear with the judges again and receive criticism of their photos. Lianne poses too sexy, Maxime's photos are terrible, Denise has to show more passion, Rosalinde is too heavy and Catharina is not look like a top model. And as the result, she must pack her bags and go home.
