Elite Model Look

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Elite Model Look (formerly known as Look of the Year from 1983-1995) is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is used to discover and launch female fashion models in the international fashion marketplace, like the similar Ford Models' Supermodel of the World contest. Each year the contest attracts some 350,000 participants from roughly 70 countries in the world, with castings held in over 800 cities.^[1] Contestants, typically between the ages of 14 and 18, compete in local contests for a chance to represent their country in the world final.

Notable past contestants include Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen,Dayana Mendoza, Diane Kruger, Esther Cañadas, Fernanda Tavares, Frederique van der Wal, Ruby Christine Martin, Gisele Bündchen, Inés Rivero, Isabeli Fontana, Kate Dillon Levin, Lara Stone, Petra Němcová, Stephanie Seymour, Tatjana Patitz, Ujjwala Raut, Manasvi Mamgai, Azra Akin, Miriam Odemba, Rolene Strauss, and Josefina Cisternas.^[2]

Gisele Bündchen competed in the world final of Elite Model Look in 1994, where she made the top 15 but ultimately did not win.^[3]

In 1999, the United States finals were recorded to make a television documentary special called The Making of a Supermodel, which aired on E! Entertainment Television.^[4] Online, a web television documentary titled Elite New Face premiered on Hulu on November 19, 2012.^[5] The series reviewed the 2011 contest, and followed the 2012 contest beginning from the regional castings all the way to the world final and the announcement of the winner. A second season following the 2013 event was also created.^[6]

The contest

The search is open to beginning models, with the contest's mission stated as being “providing the opportunity for young girls to enter the fashion world, become models and go on to have fabulous careers” and “to discover the new talents who will become the next top models.”^[1]

Female contestants are required to be between the ages of 14/15 and 22/24 years, and meet minimum height requirement of 1.72 meters, or 5'8". Males are required to be between the ages of 16 and 24/28 years, and meet a minimum height requirement of 1.82 meters, or 6'0".^[7]^[8] Until 2014, Males were only allowed to participate national finals, with females competing in the world final.^[9]

Each country taking part in the contest selects semi-finalists in various cities who compete to become national finalists. The winners of each national contest compete together in the world final. The winners are selected based on their photogenic abilities, personality, natural beauty, and potential to fit into current fashion trends. The world final lasts two weeks, during which the finalists participate in various workshops. These include highlighting natural beauty with make-up and hair professionals, photo shoots, rehearsals for the final show, and individual interviews with members of the jury and Elite’s agents.

During the final show fifteen winners are selected by a jury, and are awarded worldwide contracts with Elite Model Management. The top three contestants are offered contracts with a guaranteed remuneration.

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Held	Winner	Country	Date of birth	Age	Notable participants	Reference
November 19, 1983	Lisa Hollenbeck	United States	1968-1-1	15	Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Stephanie Seymour	[1]
August 27, 1985	Frederique van der Wal	Netherlands	1967-8-30	17	Unknown	[2]
September 1986	Maria Lindkvist	Sweden	Unknown	Unknown	Karen Mulder	[3]
September 1987	Debbie Chin	United States	Unknown	Unknown	Helena Christensen	[4]
September 15, 1988	Kelley Browne	United States	Unknown	Unknown	Kate Fischer, Catherine McCord	[5]
September 4, 1989	Ines Sastre	Spain	1973-11-21	15	Natasha Henstridge	[6] [7]
September 12, 1990	Wendy Veldhuis	Netherlands	1971-8-26	19	Georgina Grenville, Ingrid Vandebosch	[8]
September 4, 1991	Ingrid Seynhaeve	Belgium	1973-6-28	18	Kate Dillon Levin, Voni Delfos	[9] [10]
September 15, 1992	Mariann Molski	United States	1976-9-24	15	Diane Kruger, Eugenia Silva, Oxana Zubakova	[11]
September 11, 1993	Heidi Albertsen	Denmark	1976-9-1	17	Tatiana Zavialova, Inés Rivero, Ashley Scott	[12] [13]
September 4, 1994	Natalia Semanova	Russia	1979-10-1	14	Gisele Bündchen, Esther Cañadas, Kristanna Loken, Sheetal Mallar, Kerry Bohm, Tatiana Nikiforova, Fabiana Saba	[14]
August 20, 1995	Sandra Wagner	Switzerland	1978-1-1	17	Irina Bondarenko, Emma B, Eihi Shiina, Tracy Trinita,	[15]
September 7, 1996	Diana Kovalchuk	Ukraine	1982-2-23	14	Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Isabeli Fontana, Katia Zygouli, Michelle Alves, Nina Morić, Petra Němcová, Ujjwala Raut, Nataša Vojnović, Jill McCormick, Olga Otrokhova, Kristina Rostad, Tarina Young, Lauren Bowles	[16]
September 16, 1997	Yfke Sturm	Netherlands	1981-11-19	15	Franziska Knuppe, Juliana Martins, Viera Schottertova,	[17]
September 17, 1998	Alina Puscau	Romania	1982-4-7	16	Azra Akin, Mara Darmousli, Tatiana Kovylina, Mia Rosing, Sandra Seifert, Juliana Borges	[18]
September 11, 1999	Vika Sementsova	Ukraine	1985-7-2	14	Miriam Odemba, Karishma Modi, Kate Nauta, Raica Oliveira, Lara Stone	[19] [20]
September 9, 2000	Linda Vojtová	Czech Republic	1985-6-22	15	Alena Martanovicova, Arantxa Santamaria	[21]
September 8, 2001	Rianne ten Haken	Netherlands	1986-5-7	15	Emina Cunmulaj, Tracy Ip, Dayana Mendoza, Renata Ruiz	[22]
September 7, 2002	Ana Mihajlovic	Serbia and Montenegro	1987-5-20	15	Ximena Huilipán, Enikő Mihalik, Özge Ulusoy	[23]
November 8, 2003	Denisa Dvoncova	Slovakia	1988-4-30	15	May Akerman, Charlott Cordes, Karina Rivero, Hanna Verboom	[24]
December 2, 2004	Sofie Oosterwaal	Netherlands	1990-7-17	14	Vanessa Ceruti, Danijela Dimitrovska, Michaela Hlaváčková, Michaela Kocianova	[25]
November 5, 2005	Charlotte Di Calypso	France	1990-12-9	14	Unknown	[26]
February 10, 2006	Denisa Dvořáková	Czech Republic	1989-5-28	17	Constance Jablonski, Manasvi Mamgai, Sigrid Agren, Zivanna Letisha Siregar	[27]
April 21, 2007	Jennifer Messelier	France	1991-4-23	16	Tamar Shedania, Adama Diallo, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen, Hana Jirickova, Juana Burga Cervera, Noelia López, Rolene Strauss, Ymre Stiekema	[28]
November 1, 2008	Louise Maselis	Belgium	1993-3-28	15	Fei Fei Sun, Cora Emmanuel, Josefina Cisternas	[29]
October 18, 2009	de (Julia Saner)	Switzerland	1992-2-19	17	Caterina Ravaglia, Emily Smith, Ming Xi, Nyasha Matonhodze, Simona Andrejic	[30] [31]
October 10, 2010	Karolina Tolkachova	Ukraine	1992-2-18	18	Erjona Ala, Hou Meng Die, Lucette van Beek, Roberta Narciso	[32]
December 6, 2011	Julia Schneider	Sweden	1996-1-1	15	Amra Cerkezovic, Joséphine Le Tutour, Li Xiao Xing, Lieve Dannau, Pauline Hoarau, Lieke van Houten	[33]
December 1, 2012	fr (Marilhéa Peillard)	France	1994-11	18	de (Manuela Frey), Ysaunny Brito, Trinidad de la Noi, Alecia Morais	[34]
November 27, 2013	Eva Klimkova	Czech Republic	Unknown	16	Anita Zet, Barbora Kolarikova, May Bell, Ruth Bell, Viktoria Machajdik, Amilna Estevão, Estelle Chen	[35]
December 2, 2014^[10]^[11]	Barbora Podzimkova ♀	Czech Republic	Unknown	15	Greta Varlese, Irina Djuranovic, Mayowa Nicholas	[36]
December 2, 2014^[10]^[11]	James Richard Parker ♂	Italy	Unknown	18	Greta Varlese, Irina Djuranovic, Mayowa Nicholas	[37]
November 23, 2015	Anouk Thijssen ♀	Holland	Unknown	15	Unknown	[38]
November 23, 2015	Tristan Tymen ♂	France	Unknown	20	Unknown	[39]