# Benelux' Next Top Model season 2

Benelux' Next Top Model, Season 2 was the second and last season of Benelux' Next Top Model which include Dutch and Flemish contestants. It premiered on September 13 and was aired until November 16, 2010. Although castings for a third season of the show were announced, the show returned as Holland's Next Top Model, the title it had prior the merge with the Belgian Topmodel version of the show.
The winner of the competition was 18-year-old Melissa Baas from IJsselstein. Not only was she the second girl from the Netherlands to win the competition; the entire top three (Baas, Renée Trompert and Alix Schoonheijt) were from this country.

## Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)
| Name | Age | Hometown | Outcome | Place |
| Jacqueline Sorbie | 17 | Antwerp, Belgium | Episode 1 | 12 |
| Lisse Habraken | 21 | Mol, Belgium | Episode 2 | 11 |
| Daisy Koller | 16 | Loenen, Netherlands | Episode 3 | 10 |
| Lesley van Helden | 18 | Dordrecht, Netherlands | Episode 4 | 9 |
| Epiphany Vanderhaeghen | 21 | Asse, Belgium | Episode 5 | 8 |
| Aïcha Cissé | 23 | Antwerp, Belgium | Episode 6 | 7 |
| Frederieke Bonn | 20 | Boxtel, Netherlands | Episode 7 | 6 |
| Jaelle Leclerc | 21 | Brussels, Belgium | Episode 8 | 5 |
| Marjolein De Velder | 20 | Kobbegem, Belgium | Episode 9 | 4 |
| Alix Schoonheijt | 16 | Zutphen, Netherlands | Episode 9 | 3 |
| Renée Trompert | 22 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Episode 9 | 2 |
| Melissa Baas | 18 | IJsselstein, Netherlands | Episode 9 | 1 |

## Summaries

| Order | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Order | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 1 | Epiphany | — | Aïcha | Alix | Aïcha | Jaelle | Melissa | Marjolein | Renée | Alix | Melissa | Melissa |
| 2 | Renée | — | Renée | Marjolein | Frederieke | Alix | Frederieke | Melissa | Melissa | Melissa | Renée | Renée |
| 3 | Marjolein | — | Daisy | Melissa | Marjolein | Frederieke | Renée | Jaelle | Marjolein | Renée | Alix | |
| 4 | Melissa | — | Marjolein | Renée | Melissa | Melissa | Alix | Renée | Alix | Marjolein | | |
| 5 | Aïcha | — | Melissa | Aïcha | Renee | Renée | Jaelle | Alix | Jaelle | | | |
| 6 | Lisse | — | Jaelle | Epiphany | Epiphany | Aïcha | Marjolein | Frederieke | | | | |
| 7 | Jacqueline | — | Lesley | Frederieke | Jaelle | Marjolein | Aïcha | | | | | |
| 8 | Frederieke | — | Frederieke | Lesley | Alix | Epiphany | | | | | | |
| 9 | Daisy | — | Alix | Jaelle | Lesley | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Jaelle | — | Epiphany | Daisy | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Alix | — | Lisse | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Lesley | Jacqueline | | | | | | | | | | |
    The contestant was eliminated
    The contestant was immune from elimination
    The contestant won the competition
* ↑ In episode 1, the pool of 16 girls was reduced to the final 12. Each girl was handed an envelope, with only the final 11's envelopes containing train tickets.
* ↑ In episode 6, Aïcha, Yaële and Marjolein were called forward as the bottom three. Daphne handed the last two photos to Marjolein and Yaële, eliminating Aïcha.

### Photo shoot guide

* Episode 1 photo shoot: Body painting promo photos
* Episode 2 photo shoot: Circus
* Episode 3 photo shoot: Oil of Olaz
* Episode 4 photo shoot: Meat packing industry
* Episode 5 photo shoot: Gold body painting with sunglasses
* Episode 6 photo shoot: Icy in bikinis
* Episode 7 photo shoot: Posing underwater
* Episode 8 photo shoot: Bruno Banani perfume

## Judges

* Daphne Deckers (Host)
* Geert De Wolf
* Bastiaan van Schaik
* Mariana Verkerk
* Jani Kazaltzis

### Other cast members

* Marie-Sophie Steenaert - Make-up Artist
* Mariëlle Bastiaansen - Hair Stylist

### Special guests

* Heidi Klum (Episode 1)