Colombia's Next Top Model season 3

Colombia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 is the third cycle of the Colombian reality show based on the popular American format America's Next Top Model in which a number of women compete for the title of Colombia's Next Top Model and an opportunity to start her career in the modeling industry. The premiere of the third season was January 10, 2017.

Colombia's Next Top Model
Season 3
Judges
  • Carolina Cruz
  • Kika Rocha
  • Mauricio Vélez
  • Karen Carreño
No. of contestants13
WinnerAlejandra Merlano
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkCaracol TV
Original release10 January (2017-01-10) –
10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 2
List of episodes

The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Alejandra Merlano from Armenia.

Contestants

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(ages stated are at start of contest)

Name Age Height Hometown Finish Place
Dana Ceballos 20 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Cali Episode 2 13
Catherine Peña 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bogotá Episode 4 12
Valentina Londoño 26 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in) Medellín Episode 6 11
Valentina Ortiz 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bogotá Episode 8 10
Valentina Lagarejo 18 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Cali Episode 10 9
Laura Espada 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Cali Episode 12 8
Valentina Caicedo 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in) Cali Episode 14 7
Paula Zamudio 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) Bogotá Episode 16 6
Sofia Cuello 22 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) San Juan del Cesar Episode 18 5
Karen Soto 20 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Cali Episode 20 4
Sasha Palma 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Riosucio Episode 21 3-2
María Camila Giraldo 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Cali
Alejandra Merlano 20 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Armenia 1

Episodes

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Episode 1

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First aired January 10, 2017

  • Immune: María Camila Giraldo

Episode 2

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First aired January 11, 2017

  • Bottom two: Dana Ceballos & Sasha Palma
  • Eliminated: Dana Ceballos

Episode 3

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First aired January 12, 2017

  • Immune: Valentina Caicedo

Episode 4

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First aired January 13, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Alejandra Merlano
  • Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
  • Bottom two: Paula Zamudio & Catherine Peña
  • Eliminated: Catherine Peña

Episode 5

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First aired January 16, 2017

  • Immune: Paula Zamudio

Episode 6

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First aired January 17, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Karen Soto
  • Best photo: Valentina Lagarejo
  • Bottom two: Valentina Londoño & Valentina Ortiz
  • Eliminated: Valentina Londoño

Episode 7

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First aired January 18, 2017

  • Immune: Sasha Palma

Episode 8

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First aired January 19, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Paula Zamudio
  • Best photo: Alejandra Merlano
  • Bottom two: Sofia Cuello & Valentina Ortiz
  • Eliminated: Valentina Ortiz

Episode 9

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First aired January 20, 2017

  • Immune: Alejandra Merlano

Episode 10

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First aired January 26, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Alejandra Merlano
  • Best photo: Karen Soto
  • Bottom two: Laura Espada & Valentina Lagarejo
  • Eliminated: Valentina Lagarejo

Episode 11

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First aired January 27, 2017

  • Immune: Alejandra Merlano

Episode 12

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First aired January 30, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Alejandra Merlano
  • Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
  • Bottom two: Laura Espada & Valentina Caicedo
  • Eliminated: Laura Espada

Episode 13

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First aired January 31, 2017

  • Immune: Karen Soto

Episode 14

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First aired February 1, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Sofia Cuello
  • Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
  • Bottom two: Paula Zamudio & Valentina Caicedo
  • Eliminated: Valentina Caicedo

Episode 15

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First aired February 2, 2017

  • Immune: Karen Soto

Episode 16

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First aired February 3, 2017

  • Challenge winner: Sofia Cuello
  • Best photo: Sasha Palma
  • Bottom two: Paula Zamudio & Sofia Cuello
  • Eliminated: Paula Zamudio

Episode 17

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First aired February 6, 2017

Episode 18

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First aired February 7, 2017

  • Best photo: María Camila Giraldo
  • Bottom three: Karen Soto, Sasha Palma & Sofia Cuello
  • Eliminated: Sofia Cuello

Episode 19

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First aired January 8, 2017

  • Immune/Best photo: Sasha Palma

Episode 20

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First aired February 9, 2017

  • Bottom two: Karen Soto & María Camila Giraldo
  • Eliminated: Karen Soto

Episode 21

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First aired February 10, 2017

  • Colombia's Next Top Model: Alejandra Merlano

Call-out order

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Order Episodes
2[a][b] 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18[c] 20[d] 21
1 María Camila Valentina C. Paula Sasha Alejandra Alejandra Karen Karen María Camila Sasha Alejandra
2 Sofia María Camila Valentina La. Alejandra Karen María Camila María Camila Sasha Alejandra Alejandra María Camila
Sasha
3 Karen Karen Karen Valentina La. María Camila Paula Alejandra Alejandra Karen
Sasha
María Camila
4 Alejandra
Catherine
Laura
Paula
Valentina C.
Valentina La.
Valentina Lo.
Valentina O.
Sofia Alejandra Paula Paula Sofia Sasha María Camila Karen
5 Laura Laura Valentina C. Valentina C. Sasha Sofia Sofia Sofia
6 Valentina Lo. María Camila María Camila Sasha Karen Paula Paula
7 Alejandra Valentina C. Laura Sofia Valentina C. Valentina C.
8 Valentina La. Sofia Karen Laura Laura
9 Sasha Sasha Sofia Valentina La.
10 Valentina O. Valentina O. Valentina O.
11 Paula Valentina Lo.
12 Sasha Catherine
13 Dana
  The contestant was put through collectively to the next round
  The contestant was eliminated
  The contestant was immune from elimination
  The contestant won the competition
  1. ^ Episode 1 was the casting episode.
  2. ^ In episode 2, María Camila was immune from elimination for having performed the best during the photo shoot. After deliberation, the judges named Sofía and Karen the best performers, while singling out Dana and Sasha as the worst.
  3. ^ In episode 18, Karen, Sasha and Sofia were called forward as the bottom three. Karen and Sasha were saved collectively, and Sofia was eliminated.
  4. ^ In episode 20, Sasha advanced directly to the final after having been given immunity for performing the best during the photo shoot.
Episodes Contestants Eliminated
2 Dana & Sasha Dana
4 Catherine & Paula Catherine
6 Valentina Lo. & Valentina O. Valentina Lo.
8 Sofia & Valenitna O. Valentina O.
10 Laura & Valentina La. Valentina La.
12 Laura & Valentina C. Laura
14 Paula & Valentina C. Valentina C.
16 Paula & Sofia Paula
18 Karen Sasha Sofia Sofia
20 Karen & Maria Camila Karen
22 Alejandra Maria Camila Sasha Maria Camila
Sasha
  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 their third time in the bottom two
  The contestant was eliminated and placed as the runner-up

Photo shoot guide

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  • Episode 2 photo shoots: Underwater embodying Houdini, promo shots
  • Episode 3 photo shoot: Pillow fight in lingerie with male models
  • Episode 4 photo shoot: Zombies in a cemetery
  • Episode 5 photo shoot: Sexy fire fighters
  • Episode 6 photo shoot: Posing in a bath of flowers and ice
  • Episode 7 photo shoot: Colonial beauties
  • Episode 8 photo shoot: Golden goddesses embodying Bachué
  • Episode 9 photo shoot: Beauty shots with jewelry for Masglo
  • Episode 10 photo shoot: Farm style posing with a piggy
  • Episode 11 photo shoot: In the circus
  • Episode 12 photo shoot: Covered in oil
  • Episode 13 photo shoot: Seven deadly sins
  • Episode 14 photo shoot: Dance genres
  • Episode 15 photo shoot: Life-size dolls
  • Episode 16 photo shoot: Natural smiling beauty shots
  • Episode 17 photo shoot: Colorful powder while jumping from a trampoline
  • Episode 18 photo shoot: Sightseeing selfies
  • Episode 19 photo shoot: Warriors fighting against themselves
  • Episode 20 photo shoots: Posing as art painting; CROMOS cover try
  • Episode 21 photo shoots: Posing as Cleopatra
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