Sims' Next Top Model (season 18)

The eighteenth cycle of Sims' Next Top Model premiered on 25 April, 2020. The promotional song was "Polyester" by ANNNA. It was the first season to cast exclusively for BIPOC models.

This cycle saw the departure of Maicle Gambardella from the judging panel. However, he made several appearances throughout the season as a guest photographer. Meher Sabharwal took his place on the panel.

Prizes

 * A cover and spread in Vogue Portugal.
 * An international Maybelline campaign.
 * An online ASOS campaign.
 * A 1½ year modelling contract with NU女 Models.
 * A cash prize worth € 100,000.

Twists

 * Top Model of the Week: After each episode has been uploaded, a poll is posted accompanying the photo shoot where the viewers vote for who did the best. Whereas the viewers simply picked out 2-5 of their favourite photos, this season the viewers have to rank the photos from best to worst. Each girl then receives points based on the viewers' rankings, following a Eurovision Song Contest-style scoring system (12, 10, 8-1 points). The results are revealed in the following episode and the girl with the most points receives immunity at elimination. With immunity granted, she is automatically safe from the bottom three.
 * BIPOC edition: This season, only models considered BIPOC (black, indigenous or people of colour) were eligible to apply, in order to encourage more diversity and representation.
 * Live walk: Every episode at panel, before the judges begin critiquing the models, they have to walk in a mini runway show.
 * Alumna mentors: Each week, the girls are mentored by a different alumna from a previous season.
 * Replacements: After Ivy and Nicole's decision to both quit the competition in episode 1, which Yachana revealed was supposed to be a non-elimination round, two replacements were brought in the following episode: Kim, who was originally eliminated at the semi-finals, and Pooja, whose application was received past the deadline.
 * Comeback: In episode 6, the eliminated girls were brought back and participated in the photo shoot alongside the top five. At the elimination ceremony, the worst performer of the top five was put up against the best performer of the eliminated five, and whoever of the two had proven themselves more earned the last spot in the top five.

Locations

 * Episodes 1–6
 * Episode 3
 * Episode 4
 * Episode 4

Contestants
(information stated is correct at start of contest)