Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
| Australia's Next Top Model (cycle 5) | |
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Cycle 5 contestants
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox8 |
| Original release |
28 April – 7 July 2009 |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 16 |
| Winner | Tahnee Atkinson |
| Cycle chronology | |
28 April – 7 July 2009
The fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 28 April 2009 on Fox8. Auditions were held during October and November 2008 across Australia, and production of the prerecorded episodes began in January 2009 and concluded in March 2009. Model and television personality Sarah Murdoch took over as the host for this cycle, replacing Jodhi Meares, and joining incumbent judges Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson. Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Maybelline replaced the previous cycles’ regular sponsors, Vogue and Napoleon Perdis.
The prizes for this cycle included a one-year modelling contract with Priscilla's Model Management in Sydney, a A$25,000 trip for two to New York City paid by Maybelline, a position as the face of Maybelline’s new colour collection, an eight-page spread in Harper's Bazaar Australia and A$20,000 courtesy of U by Kotex.
The winner of the competition was 17-year-old Tahnee Atkinson from North Fremantle, Western Australia.
(Ages stated are at start of contest.)
The final 13 arrived at a surprise A-list press conference and runway show, for which the best performer was granted immunity from elimination. After moving into their new home, the contestants had a couture swimwear photo shoot at Sydney Olympic Park.
The contestants had a session with a nutritionist to learn about portion sizes and healthy eating before heading to a gym to learn about fitness. This was followed by a gymnastics challenge in which the winner was given the chance to attend the Sydney Ballet with host Sarah Murdoch. The models later had to pose on a trapeze in a photo shoot for Cosmopolitan, for which the eight best photos would be chosen to run in an editorial for the magazine.
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