# India's Next Top Model season 3

India's Next Top Model, season 3 is the third installment of India's Next Top Model which premiered 21 October 2017, at 7:00 pm IST (UTC+5:30) on MTV India. The season 3 judges were Malaika Arora, Milind Soman and Dabboo Ratnani.
The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Riya Subodh from Ahmedabad, who was awarded a one-year talent contract with MTV India.

## Cast
### Contestants

| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
| Bhanu Chaudhary | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Himachal Pradesh | Episode 2 | 11 |
| Madhurima Roy | 26 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Kolkata | Episode 3 | 10 |
| Summer Jacobs | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pune | Episode 5 | 8-9 |
| Tanishq Sharma | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Oman | Episode 5 | 8-9 |
| Aakriti Singh | 28 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Jaipur | Episode 6 | 7 |
| Akanksha Corda | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mumbai | Episode 7 | 6 |
| Eva Aario | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Guwahati | Episode 8 | 5-4 |
| Parina Chopra | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | New Delhi | Episode 8 | 5-4 |
| Shweta Raj | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Pune | Episode 9 | 3 |
| Sabita Karki | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kathmandu, Nepal | Episode 9 | 2 |
| Riya Subodh | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ahmedabad | Episode 9 | 1 |

### Judges and mentors

* Malaika Arora - presenter / head judge
* Milind Soman - judge
* Dabboo Ratnani - judge
* Neeraj Gaba - mentor and image consultant

## Episodes
### Episode 1: Casting

Original airdate: 21 October 2017
This was the casting episode. The 16 semi-finalists had a runway show at Club Sirkus, Mumbai for designer Gabriella Demetriades. Later, one by one had an interview with the judges.

### Episode 2: Posing

Original airdate: 28 October 2017
The top sixteen semi-finalists were narrowed down to the top 10 who moved into the model villa. Then remaining contestants had a challenge where they were paired up and had a photo shoot on stilts. Erika Packard was a guest mentor for this photo shoot. The pairs were Eva & Parina, Aakriti & Akanksha, Summer & Madhurima, Bhanu & Sabita and Shweta & Riya. After that the girls had an Underwater photo shoot with male model and judge Milind Soman. Each girl got only 3 dives. As Aakriti & Akanksha won the challenge, they got a special advantage by having 4 dives but that to steal 1 dive from one of the fellow models. Akanksha chose Eva & Aakriti chose Bhanu.
* First call-out: Summer Jacobs
* Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Bhanu Chaudhary
* Eliminated: Bhanu Chaudhary
* Featured photographer: Dabboo Ratnani

### Episode 3: Runway

Original airdate: 4 November 2017
Trainer Alesia Raut was a guest mentor to train the models for a runway challenge on a 10-inch runway in the water and had to take a selfie using OPPO phone kept at the end of the ramp. As the winner of the challenge Sabita was allowed to choose any 3 girls to give a disadvantage at the next shoot. She chose Eva, Aakriti & Summer. On set the models had a jewelry beauty shoot using balding caps while holding iguanas. The girls with disadvantage had to shoot with two iguanas instead of one like the other contestants.
* First call-out: Riya Subodh
* Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Madhurima Rao
* Eliminated: Madhurima Rao

### Episode 4: Makeover

Original airdate: 11 November 2017
A new contestant named Tanishq entered the competition. During this episode, makeovers occurred. After makeovers the contestants had a free fall photo shoot.
* First call-out: Shweta Raj
* Bottom three: Akanksha Corda & Tanishq Sharma
* Eliminated: None

### Episode 5: Chemistry

Original airdate: 18 November 2017
This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot in pairs. The pairs were Aakrati & Tej, Parina & Jay, Eva & Mandeep, Shweta & Mohit, Nikhil & Riya, Sabita & Akash and Akansha & Baseer. Summer & Tanishq were left out and had to pair up with each other. Riya won immunity for this week's elimination for winning the challenge. On set the models had a photoshoot with Amante lingerie and posing on the pole.
* First call-out: Riya Subodh
* Bottom three: Sabita Karki, Summer Jacobs & Tanishq Sharma
* Eliminated: Tanishq Sharma & Summer Jacobs
* Special guests: Tej Gill, Akash Chaudhary, Nikhil Sachdeva, Mohit Hiranandani, Jay Bodas, Baseer Ali, Mandeep Gujjar

### Episode 6: Expressions

Original airdate: 25 November 2017
This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot as cowgirl and Parina win the challenge. On set the models had a commercial for Livon Serum in pair.
* First call-out: Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
* Bottom two: Aakriti Singh & Eva Aario
* Eliminated: Aakriti Singh
* Featured photographer:

### Episode 7: Editorial & Commercial

Original airdate: 2 December 2017
This week the girls had a challenge photo shoot for Livon Serum and Parina win the challenge, After challenge, Neeraj ask the girl who should not remained in the competition. On set the models had a sexy photoshoot that they bodies covered in chocolate and pose with male model. Because Eva & Riya were the most voted, they had to pose together.
* First call-out: Parina Chopra
* Bottom two: Akanksha Corda & Sabita Karki
* Eliminated: Akanksha Corda
* Featured photographer:

### Episode 8: Top 5

Original airdate: 9 December 2017
The remaining 5 had an OPPO selfie challenge, Shweta won and win an OPPO Phone. Later, they had a runway challenge on a cowhouse. As the winner of the challenge, Shweta became the first finalist in the finale. On set the models had a glamorous shoot with Malaika Arora.
* Ticket to Finale: Shweta Raj (Immune from elimination)
* First call-out: Sabita Karki
* Bottom three: Eva Aario, Parina Chopra & Riya Subodh
* Eliminated: Eva Aario & Parina Chopra

### Episode 9: Finale

Original Airdate: 16 December 2017
The remaining 3 had a photoshoot for OPPO calendar 2018. Later, they had the last photoshoot with family member. They had a final runway show in the judging room. At the end, Riya became India's Next Top Model.
* Final 3: Riya Subodh, Sabita Karki & Shweta Raj
* Eliminated: Shweta Raj
* Final 2: Riya Subodh & Sabita Karki
* India's Next Top Model: Riya Subodh

### Episode 10: Recap

Original Airdate: 23 December 2017
This was a recap episode.

## Summaries
### Call-out order

| Order | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Order | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 | Sabita | Summer | Riya | Shweta | Riya | Parina Riya | Parina | Sabita | Riya |
| 2 | Shweta | Parina | Eva | Sabita | Parina | Parina Riya | Riya | Shweta | Sabita |
| 3 | Akanksha | Riya | Summer | Aakriti | Eva | Shweta | Shweta | Riya | Shweta |
| 4 | Summer | Madhurima | Parina | Riya | Akanksha | Akanksha | Eva | Parina Eva | |
| 5 | Eva | Shweta | Sabita | Parina | Shweta | Sabita | Sabita | Parina Eva | |
| 6 | Riya | Eva | Akanksha | Eva | Aakriti | Eva | Akanksha | | |
| 7 | Madhurima | Sabita | Shweta | Akanksha Summer Tanishq | Sabita | Aakriti | | | |
| 8 | Bhanu | Akanksha | Aakriti | Akanksha Summer Tanishq | Summer Tanishq | | | | |
| 9 | Aakriti | Aakriti | Madhurima | Akanksha Summer Tanishq | Summer Tanishq | | | | |
| 10 | Parina | Bhanu | | | | | | | |
    The contestant was eliminated
    The contestant was in a non-elimination bottom three
    The contestant was immune from elimination
    The contestant won the competition
* ↑ In episode 4, Tanishq entered the competition as a wildcard contestant. Akanksha, Summer and Tanishq landed in the bottom three but were all saved.
* ↑ In episode 5, Riya was immune from elimination for winning the challenge but also won the best performance.
* ↑ In episode 8, Shweta was immune from elimination for winning the challenge.

### Photo shoot guide

* Episode 1 runway show: Gabriella Demetriades collection
* Episode 2 photo shoot: Posing underwater with Milind Soman
* Episode 3 photo shoot: Bald jewelry beauty shoot with iguanas
* Episode 4 photo shoot: Falling from a skyscraper
* Episode 5 photo shoot: Posing with a pole in Amante lingerie
* Episode 6 commercial: Livon Serum
* Episode 7 photo shoots: Livon Serum campaign; chocolate romance
* Episode 8 photo shoot: Glamour with Malaika Arora
* Episode 9 photo shoot: Final photo with family