I Supermodel 1 is the first season of the Chinesereality show and modeling competition of the same name. Filming for the show took place in Melbourne, Australia. The show featured 14 contestants in the final cast and began to air on television on March 21, 2015. The winner of the competition was 26-year-old Kang Qian Wen, better known professionally as Kiki Kang.
Contestants
Episodes
Episode 1
First aired: March 21, 2015
The final fourteen part take in a fashion show with some of the season four contestants of China's Next Top Model before receiving their makeovers. They later have their first editorial photo shoot. Afterwards, they are divided into their teams and are flown to Melbourne, where they will stay for the remainder of the competition.
Episode 2
First aired: March 28, 2015 The fourteen finalists arrive to Australia, where the competition will take place. For the first challenge, a contestants from each team is sent to one of seven locations on a bus for a styling and photo challenge. Each model is allotted 10 minutes to get dressed and take her photo in her designated location before making it back into the bus before it drives away. Xi is disqualified for being late and missing the bus, losing the challenge for team Jin Xing. The contestants on team Qi Qi are chosen as the winners.
Challenge winners: Kiki Kang, Liu Yan Hong, Ren Rui, Yang Duo Lan, Yang Liu, Zhang Hao Yue & Zhong Lu Chun
For the shoot the girls are paired off with a contestant from the opposite team in a rugged western-themed session.
Each girl is evaluated individually at panel. After receiving their feedback, the models head to separate rooms with their mentor and teammates while the judges deliberate and decide who will be eliminated. After making their decision, a judge meets each team separately to hand out the photos of the models who are safe from elimination. Yan Hong and Shi Hui are revealed to be the bottom two contestants, and they head together to the elimination room where the final photo lies face-down on a podium. The last photo is revealed to be Shi Hui's, and Yan Hong is eliminated from the competition.
First aired: April 4, 2015 The contestants are given money in order to decorate shop display windows fitting certain themes. Passersby are given flowers for them to place in a bucket in front of their preferred shop window.
Team
Models
Theme
Points
Total
Qi Qi
Christmas
4
9
Qi Qi
Dating
5
9
Youth
6
11
Childhood
5
11
The girls from team Jin Xing collect the most points as a whole, becoming the winners of the challenge. As their prize for winning the challenge, they receive $3,000 for shopping.
Challenge winners: Cai Hui, Chen Xi, Linda Cui, Gu Ai Jia, Dong Lei, Yao Xue Fei & Zheng Shi Hui
For the shoot the models are taken to the countryside, where they take part in a vintage bridal themed session with motorcyclists. After panel, the judges meet each team to reveal the models who are safe from elimination. The girls on team Qi Qi all receive photos, with Ai Jia and Shi Hiu being chosen as the bottom two. In the elimination room, the last photo is once again revealed to be Shi Hui's, and Ai Jia becomes the second girl to be eliminated.
Best photo: Chen Xi
Bottom two: Gu Ai Jia & Zheng Shi Hui
Eliminated: Gu Ai Jia
Episode 4
First aired: April 11, 2015
Challenge winners: Kiki Kang, Ren Rui, Yang Duo Lan, Yang Liu, Zhang Hao Yue & Zhong Lu Chun
