Jill, Nikita and Heather with a baby seal. Photography by Nigel Barker, courtesy of Canada's Next Top Model.
In the first episode of Canada’s Next Top Model, we meet some wildly beautiful creatures, 11 also beautiful Top Model hopefuls and Jay Manuel’s sweet new ride.
Best use of the sublimely ridiculous: Jay arrives in a helicopter, because it’s not fashion unless your mode of transport is completely absurd.
Dirtiest trick: You think we’re going to say it was when Jay pretended to “pick” the top 10, who were actually models, leaving the actual top 11 to freak the hell out. But, we liked the “You’re doing this shoot with a partner” curveball. The girls are thinking male models, the producers were thinking more along the lines of wolves, snakes and vultures. Watching people squeal and squirm around snakes (not saying we wouldn’t) is no end of fun. Though the girls seem more frightened of Nigel Barker’s hotness. Read more »
During a lull between interviews at our cover shoot (corralling 11 Canada’s Next Top Model hopefuls into hair, makeup and wardrobe and onto set is no mean feat), fashion director Susie Sheffman suddenly yelled my name and pulled me into the wardrobe room. There, Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill of Greta Constantine were ripping the sleeves off a jersey dress and redesigning it–right on the model! We’ve got that, and more, in our making of video.
It’s wasn’t hard to imagine at least one of the tall, leggy girls standing in line at Toronto’s Fairview Mall to audition for Canada’s Next Top Model as the latest Daria, Stam or Coco. And thankfully Elmer Olsen was there to guide the producers, potential models and us, through who might be the lucky winner of Cycle 3. Here’s a peek at the procedings.