# You are a Top Model

You are a Top Model (Russian: "Ты — топ-модель") Is a Russian reality TV show based on America's Next Top Model by Tyra Banks, it is the third installment of the show after You are a supermodel (2004–2007) and Top Model po-russki (2011–2014). The show showed a number of aspiring contestants competing against each other in a series of challenges for the Russia's Top Model title.
The jury consists of social media star and 1st runner-up Miss Russia 2014, Anastasia Reshetova; TV star Alexander Gudkov; Fashion stylist and designer Gosha Kartsev and fashion designer Philipp Plein .
The winner of the contest will win an advertising contract for the Philip Plein for 1 year and a cash prize of 3,000,000 Russian rubles.
The winner of this season was 20-year-old Tina Tova from Krasnodar.
On 19 January 2022, it was announced that castings had begun for season two.

## Cycles

| Cycle | Premiere date | Winner | Runner-up | Other contestants in order of elimination | Number of contestants |
| 1 | 21 March 2021 | Tina Tova | Vika Kuznetsova | Polina Chernyshova & Aleksandra Kosygina, Nika Kraush (quit), Liza Vdovina, Polina Zasimenkova & Eva Evans, Sabina Rabaia, Katya Pan, Roma Milova & Anastasia Chernobaeva, Anna Tregub, Yana Dobroliubova | 14 |

## Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest )
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome | Place |
| Polina Chernyshova | 24 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Moscow | Episode 4 | 14-13 |
| Aleksandra Kosygina | 25 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Rostov-on-Don | Episode 4 | 14-13 |
| Nika Kraush | 24 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Krasnodar | Episode 6 | 12 (quit) |
| Elizaveta 'Liza' Vdovina | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Stupino | Episode 6 | 11 |
| Eva Evans | 20 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Kaliningrad | Episode 7 | 10-9 |
| Polina Zasimenkova | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Kemerovo | Episode 7 | 10-9 |
| Sabina Rabaia | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Moscow | Episode 8 | 8 |
| Ekaterina 'Katya' Pan | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Krasnodar | Episode 9 | 7 |
| Anastasiya Chernobaeva | 32 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Saint Petersburg | Episode 10 | 6-5 |
| Tatyana 'Roma' Milova | 31 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Moscow | Episode 10 | 6-5 |
| Anna Tregub | 26 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Moscow | Episode 11 | 4 |
| Yana Dobroliubova | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Tolyatti | Episode 12 | 3 |
| Viktoria 'Vika' Kuznetsova | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Novosibirsk | Episode 12 | 2 |
| Tina Tova | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Krasnodar | Episode 12 | 1 |
^1 Roma Milova is also known as Tatyana Krokhina. Winner of Ty - supermodel.

## Episode summaries
### Episode 1

Original airdate: March 21, 2021
The episode started with 70 semi-finalists invited to the project, where the judges will decide on the first top 20 to participate in the first photoshoot. After this, only 10 will continue on in the casting process where after 3 weeks, the final 14 models will participate in the competition.
* Eliminated semifinalists: Angelina Garanina, Aleksandra 'Sancesca' Naumova, Anna Mikhailova, Antonina 'Tonya' Starostina, Inessa Bogoslovskaya, Kate Bezvulyak, Ulyana Minenko, Veronika Osichkina, Yana Petrova & Yuliana Lyamina
* Special guests: Vlada Roslyakova

### Episode 2

Original airdate: March 28, 2021
Continuing from last week, another 20 girls arrived, where once again only 10 will be chosen to advance into the next round.
* Eliminated semifinalists: Maria Trubitsyna, Valeria Salnikova & Zaki Musin
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 3

Original airdate: April 4, 2021
This week, the final 20 contestants from the previous weeks were narrowed down to the final top 14.
* Eliminated semifinalists: Anastasiya Chervyakova, Anastasiya Voznyuk, Angelina Andrianova, Elena Sarattseva, Kristina Bridan & Sofia Tuzovskaya
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 4

Original airdate: April 11, 2021
* Bottom three: Aleksandra Kosygina, Nika Kraush & Polina Chernysheva
* Eliminated: Aleksandra Kosygina & Polina Chernysheva
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 5

Original airdate: April 18, 2021
* Bottom three: Katya Pan, Anastasiya Chernobaeva & Nika Kraush
* Eliminated: Katya Pan & Anastasiya Chernobaeva
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests: Lyasan Utiasheva

### Episode 6

Original airdate: April 25, 2021
* Quit: Nika Kraush
* Bottom three: Eva Evans, Liza Vdovina & Sabina Rabaia
* Eliminated: Liza Vdovina
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 7

Original airdate: May 2, 2021
* Bottom three: Eva Evans, Polina Zasimenkova & Sabina Rabaia
* Eliminated: Eva Evans & Polina Zasimenkova
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 8

Original airdate: May 10, 2021
* Returned: Anastasiya Chernobaeva & Katya Pan
* Bottom three: Katya Pan, Sabina Rabaia & Tina Tova
* Eliminated: Sabina Rabaia & Tina Tova
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests: Ksenia Sobchak

### Episode 9

Original airdate: May 16, 2021
* Returned: Tina Tova
* Bottom three: Anna Tregub, Katya Pan, & Tina Tova
* Eliminated: Katya Pan
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 10

Original airdate: May 23, 2021
* Bottom three: Anastasiya Chernobaeva, Roma Milova & Tina Tova
* Eliminated: Anastasiya Chernobaeva & Roma Milova
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 11

Original airdate: May 30, 2021
* Bottom two: Anna Tregub & Vika Kuznetsova
* Eliminated: Anna Tregub
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

### Episode 12

Original airdate: June 6, 2021
* Final three: Vika Kuznetsova, Tina Tova, & Yana Dobroliubova
* Eliminated: Yana Dobroliubova
* Final two: Tina Tova & Vika Kuznetsova
* Ty - Topmodel: Tina Tova
* Featured photographer:
* Special guests:

## Call-out order

| Order | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| Order | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 1 | Liza | Yana | Yana | Anna Polina Z. | Vika | Vika | Roma | Anna | Yana | Tina |
| 2 | Anastasiya | Liza | Tina | Anna Polina Z. | Tina | Anna | Anastasiya | Vika | Tina | Vika |
| 3 | Katya | Katya | Polina Z. | Yana | Anna | Yana | Yana | Yana | Vika | Yana |
| 4 | Eva | Anna | Liza | Tina | Yana | Anastasiya | Vika | Tina | Anna | |
| 5 | Polina Z. | Polina Z. | Vika | Roma | Roma | Roma | Tina | Roma Anastasiya | | |
| 6 | Polina C. | Sabina | Eva | Vika | Sabina | Katya | Anna | Roma Anastasiya | | |
| 7 | Vika | Tina | Anna | Sabina | Eva Polina Z. | Sabina Tina | Katya | | | |
| 8 | Aleksandra | Roma | Roma | Eva | Eva Polina Z. | Sabina Tina | | | | |
| 9 | Nika | Anastasiya | Sabina | Liza | | | | | | |
| 10 | Anna | Eva | Nika | Nika | | | | | | |
| 11 | Sabina | Vika | Anastasia Katya | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Roma | Nika | Anastasia Katya | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Yana | Aleksandra Polina C. | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Tina | Aleksandra Polina C. | | | | | | | | |
    The contestant won best performance
    The contestant withdrew from the competition
    The contestant was eliminated
    The contestant was in danger of elimination
    The contestant won the competition
* Episodes 1, 2 & 3 are casting episodes. In episodes 1 & 2 the number of semi-finalists was reduced from 70 to 20.
* In episode 3, the remaining 20 semifinalists were reduced to 14 finalists.
* In episode 8, Anastasia and Katya were brought back into the competition
* In episode 9, Tina was brought back into the competition

### Photo shoots

* Episode 1: Divas (Casting)
* Episode 2: B&W vogue dancing (Casting)
* Episode 3: Trust jump into the male crowd (Casting)
* Episode 4: Portret photos with reptiles
* Episode 5: Fashion athletes
* Episode 6: Fashion video in underwear
* Episode 7: Catwalk in train
* Episode 8: Underwater photoshoot
* Episode 9: Natural Beauty Shoot
* Episode 10: Catherine the Great
* Episode 11: Duel in the ring
* Episode 12: Artistic statue

## Criticism

The show was criticized by Russian stylist Mikhail Baryshnikov, who accused the jury of being unprofessional.