America's Next Top Model, Cycle 18
| America's Next Top Model (cycle 18) | |
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Cycle 18 cast
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | The CW |
| Original release |
February 29 – May 30, 2012 |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 14 |
| Winner | Sophie Sumner |
| Cycle chronology | |
February 29 – May 30, 2012
The eighteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model (subtitled as America's Next Top Model: British Invasion) premiered on February 29, 2012 and was the twelfth season to air on The CW. It occupied the time slot of the final two scheduled episodes of Remodeled. It features fourteen models, placing seven British models who have competed in previous cycles of Britain's Next Top Model alongside seven all-new American model hopefuls in an overall competition.
The promotional catchphrase of the cycle was "The British Are Coming!" The promotional song for this cycle is Engerland (Fabio The Daddyo) by Blues Saraceno. The international destinations for this cycle were Toronto, Canada (for one episode) and the special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong in China.
The winner was 21-year-old British model Sophie Sumner from Oxford, England.
This was the first American edition of Top Model to be filmed and broadcast in high definition (HD) and fashion industry public relations maven Kelly Cutrone has replaced Vogue editor André Leon Talley in the role of judge (there was speculation in the media that Talley was fired by Tyra Banks) – the rest of the judging panel remained the same. Following this season, Jay Manuel, J. Alexander, and Nigel Barker were all fired from the show by Banks, with Manuel and Barker making their final appearances to date in the show, while J. Alexander later returned for the twenty-first cycle.
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