Sims' Next Top Model (season 17)

The seventeenth cycle of Sims' Next Top Model (subtitled as Sims' Next Top Model XL) premiered on 30 December, 2020. It cast exclusively for plus-sized and curvy models.

All three permanent judges from the previous cycle – Yachana Vazirani, Maicle Gambardella and Sin Il Hong – remain. Additionally, this season saw the addition of Sims3MovieNetwork's winner Diane Wings as a mentor for the models.

The winner was Gözde Arslan from Turkey, with Osvany Huerta from the United States via Guatemala as the runner-up.

Prizes

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

Twists

 * Split premiere: This season, the cast was divided into two batches competing separately their first week.
 * 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. The winner then receives immunity for the next week. This is different from previous seasons where the photo shoot would be uploaded ahead of the episode, and the winner would receive immunity for the week the photo was taken.
 * Shoot-out: Each week, the worst performing girls get a second chance to prove themselves in the following week. The model(s) who perform worse out of the nominated contestants gets eliminated no matter how well they do in comparison to the safe models. In the finale, the top four were divided into two shoot-outs to determine the top two.

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Casting
The casting call was opened on 7 May 2018, and closed on 29 September 2018 in conjunction with the Cycle 16 finale. Twenty-four girls made it to the semi-final round, and had a K-Pop inspired group shoot to determine the 14 finalists.
 * Names in bold indicate eliminated semi-finalists

Contestants
(information stated is correct at time of contest)

Guests
Listed in chronological order:


 * Samuel Kramr, photographer
 * Eleni Psalti, photographer
 * Taai Meme, winner of Sims' Next Top Male Model Spin-Off
 * Vasiliki Kefalogianni, owner of Psalidia salon
 * Antonis Lekkas, hairdresser at Psalidia
 * Evangelia Diamantopoulou, hairdresser at Psalidia
 * Katerina Ioannou, hairdresser at Psalidia
 * Ashley Brokaw, casting director
 * Jasmina Vučkić, fashion show choreographer
 * Sofiannguaq Larsen, environmental activist
 * Filip Suárez, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Malthe Sørensen-Hviid, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Tryggvi Matthíasson, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Dávvet Vårvik, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Arttu Härmälä, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Måns Palm, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Gustav Ly, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Høgni Ægisson, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Yrjö Möttölä, contestant on Sims' Next Top Male Model
 * Ko Umemoto, contestant on cycle 16
 * Pauline Egli, fashion designer of PaLi
 * Mathias Wyss-Frei, fashion designer of Wyss-Frei
 * Djénéba N'Diaye, fashion designer of DJNB
 * David Fischer (Clarisa Rösti), drag queen and fashion designer of Rösti Couture
 * Alessio Fontana, fashion designer of Fontana Svizzera
 * Justína Biskup, winner of OWA's cycle 10
 * Khonarh Movsesyan, contestant on cycle 16
 * Klemens Lehr, photographer
 * Unnamed models
 * Jbdouhi Margaryan, contestant on Top Model Engine
 * Sezim Karımova, contestant on Top Model Engine
 * Faheema Zarouq, winner of Johanna Krew's cycle 1
 * Ulrica-Albertina Utbult, contestant on Top Model Engine
 * Joyce Boussougou, winner of cycle 16

Call-out order

 * The contestant won the challenge.
 * The contestant was voted Top Model of the Week.
 * The contestant won the challenge and was voted Top Model of the Week.
 * The contestant was nominated for the shoot-out.
 * The contestant was eliminated.
 * The contestant was eliminated outside of an elimination ceremony.
 * The contestants were put through collectively to the next round.
 * The contestant won the competition.

Contestant progress
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Shoot-out results

 * The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
 * The contestant was eliminated after the first round of the finale shoot-out tournament.
 * The contestant was the runner-up.

Average call-out order
Finale not included.

Challenge guide

 * Episode 1: Mock sponspored posts for ASOS Curve
 * Episode 2: Maybelline test shots
 * Episode 3: Gynaika (Γυναικα) mock cover shoot
 * Episode 4: Casting and Prada runway show
 * Episode 5: Environmental awareness videos
 * Episode 6: Summer style articles for Vogue Greece
 * Episode 7: Go-sees

Photo shoot guide

 * Episode 1: Summerwear on a yacht
 * Episode 2: Swimwear in the ocean
 * Episode 3: Prada mock campaign
 * Episode 4: Statues come to life
 * Episode 5: Secret agents with SNTMM21 cast
 * Episode 6: Maybelline Shine Compulsion Lipstick mock campaigns & ASOS mock lookbooks
 * Episode 7: Burlesque inspired lingerie shoot, Digital art deep sea divers & Wristwatches by Lake Geneva
 * Episode 8: Maybelline New York x Gigi Hadid Jetsetter Palette campaign, Vogue Greece covers

Panel style concept

 * Episode 1: Blue
 * Episode 2: Yellow
 * Episode 3: Black & white stripes
 * Episode 4: Party attire
 * Episode 5: Summer white
 * Episode 6: Homecountry's flags
 * Episode 7: Floral & Checkered
 * Episode 8: White, blue & gold ancient Greek style

Top Model of the Week rankings

 * The contestant received the most votes.
 * The contestant received the least votes.

Go-sees
In episode 7, the top 6 went on go-sees in Zürich:
 * DJNB and Fontana Svizzera were bluff go-sees for the models to get accustomed to rejection for their sizes.
 * Because she was eliminated before the jobs took place, Nneka was unbooked from the clients she booked, which opened up a slot in both PaLi and Rösti Couture's shows. At the fittings, Osvany was booked by PaLi, and Nina by Rösti Couture.

Future appearances
Gözde Arslan, Nina Wiśniewska and Olivia Xu appeared as alumna mentors on cycle 18 in different episodes.

Beauty Bhusan, Nina Wiśniewska, Nneka Ejiofor and Osvany Huerta competed on the first season of All Stars. Beauty placed 9th, Osvany placed 5th, Nneka was the runner-up, and Nina was the winner and the first inductee into the Top Model Hall of Fame.

Soundtrack
The following is a chronological list of songs played throughout the cycle. playlist/3yNN3AW7ZEZopUtZRQDFfv?si=jPtOCK2LR-ehMJTWXTnFYA