America's Most Smartest Model

America's Most Smartest Model is an American reality television show that aired on VH1. The hosts were Ben Stein and Mary Alice Stephenson. The show attempted to find brains behind beauty in a series of challenges, and would grant the winner $100,000, a feature in an upcoming VO5 ad, and the title of America's Most Smartest Model.

America's Most Smartest Model
Title Card
Created by
Directed by
Judges
ComposerAdam Zelkind
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Cronin
  • Cris Abrego
  • Ben Samek
  • Matt Odgers
  • For VH1:
  • Jill Holmes
  • Kristen Kelly
  • Stella Stolper
  • Alex Demyanenko
  • Michael Hirschorn
  • Jeff Olde
CinematographyDave Miller
Running time44 min. approx
Production companies
Original release
NetworkVH1
ReleaseOctober 7 (2007-10-07) –
December 16, 2007 (2007-12-16)

The winner of the competition was 22 year-old VJ Logan from Grass Valley, California.[1]

Contestants

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Contestants

(ages stated are at start of filming)

Contestant Age[A] Hometown Finish Place
Slavco Tuskaloski 26 New York City/Macedonia Episode 1 16-15
Jamie Everett 26 Houston, TX
Victoria Fisher 22 Corona Del Mar, CA 14-13
Gaston Willig 27 Argentina
Erika Medina 22 Anaheim, CA Episode 2 12
Mandy Lynn 27 Long Island, NY Episode 3 11
Jesse Lewis 26 Sacramento, CA Episode 4 10
Lisa Byrnes 27 Scottsdale, AZ Episode 5 9
Rachel Myers 27 Palm Springs, CA Episode 6 8
Daniel Schuman[2] 24 Saddle Brook, NJ Episode 7 7
Jeff Pickel 25 Chicago, IL Episode 8 6
Rachael Murphy 25 Sydney, Australia Episode 9 5
Brett Novek 23 Fort Lauderdale, FL 4
Angela Hart 25 San Francisco, CA Episode 10 3
Andre Birleanu 25 Moscow, Russia Episode 11 2
Van "VJ" Logan 22 Grass Valley, CA 1

Episodes

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Balls, Cherries, Balloons, Tires

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First aired October 7, 2007 (1.6M viewers)[3]

  • Edge Challenge Winner: Daniel
  • Callback Challenge Winner: Brett
  • Eliminated: Victoria, Gaston, Slavco, Jamie

Governor Of Presidents

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  • Edge Challenge Winners: Rachael Murphy, Pickel
  • Callback Challenge Winners: Rachael Murphy, Pickel
  • Bottom Four: Daniel, Jesse, Mandy Lynn, Erika
  • Eliminated: Erika

Balm and Gilad

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  • Special Guest Star: Gilad Janklowicz
  • Edge Challenge Winners: VJ, Pickel, Brett
  • Callback Challenge Winner: Brett
  • Bottom Three: Rachel Myers, Jesse, Mandy Lynn
  • Eliminated: Mandy Lynn

Night of The Hairy Grizilla Monster

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  • Special Guest Star: Bill Nye
  • Edge Challenge Winners: Daniel, Angela
  • Callback Challenge Winners: Andre, Rachael Murphy
  • Bottom Three: Rachel Myers, Lisa, Jesse
  • Eliminated: Jesse

That's Not How I Like My Pork!

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  • Edge Challenge Winner: Daniel
  • Callback Challenge Winner: VJ
  • Bottom Two: Rachel Myers, Lisa
  • Eliminated: Lisa

Are You Ready to Rhombus?

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  • Edge Challenge Winners: Pickel, Brett
  • Callback Challenge Winners: Pickel, Brett
  • Bottom Four: VJ, Rachael Murphy, Daniel, Rachel Myers
  • Eliminated: Rachel Myers

Many Happy Returns?

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  • Edge Challenge Winner: VJ
  • Callback Challenge Winner: Andre
  • Bottom Three: Angela, Rachael, Daniel
  • Eliminated: Daniel

Let's Play, Hide The Pickel

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  • Edge Challenge Winners: Angela, VJ
  • Callback Challenge Winner: Angela
  • Bottom Three: Andre, Brett, Pickel
  • Eliminated: Pickel

I See Dead People...

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  • Edge Challenge Winners: Andre, Rachael
  • Callback Challenge Winner: Angela, VJ
  • Bottom Three: Andre, Brett, Rachael
  • Eliminated: Brett, Rachael

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

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  • Edge Challenge Winner: Andre
  • Bottom Two: VJ, Angela
  • Eliminated: Angela

Never Trust a Rottweiler

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First aired December 17, 2007 (1M viewers)[4]

  • Runner-Up: Andre
  • Winner: VJ

Elimination table

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Rank Contestant Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Edge winner(s) Daniel Pickel
Rachael
Brett
Pickel
VJ
Angela
Daniel
Daniel Brett
Pickel
VJ Angela
VJ
Andre
Rachael
Andre None
1 VJ SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN LOW HIGH SAFE WIN LOW WINNER
2 Andre SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN LOW LOW HIGH OUT
3 Angela SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE LOW WIN WIN OUT
4 Brett SAFE WIN SAFE WIN HIGH SAFE WIN SAFE LOW OUT
5 Rachael SAFE SAFE WIN HIGH WIN HIGH LOW LOW SAFE OUT
6 Pickel SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE HIGH SAFE WIN SAFE OUT
7 Daniel SAFE SAFE LOW SAFE SAFE SAFE LOW OUT
8 Rachel SAFE SAFE SAFE LOW LOW LOW OUT
9 Lisa SAFE SAFE HIGH SAFE LOW OUT
10 Jesse SAFE HIGH LOW LOW OUT
11 Mandy Lynn LOW LOW LOW OUT
12 Erika SAFE SAFE OUT
13 Gaston SAFE OUT
14 Victoria SAFE
16 - 15 Jamie OUT
Slavco
  The contestant was eliminated before the elimination ceremony.
  The contestant won the callback challenge
  The contestant was selected as one of the top entries in the callback challenge, but did not win.
  The contestant was selected as one of the bottom entries in the callback challenge, but was not eliminated.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant won the competition
  • Because Rachel was eliminated at the callback challenge in episode 6, no one was eliminated at the elimination ceremony.
  • Episode 9 featured a double elimination.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "[missing title]". loconunca.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. ^ Hallquist, Emily (23 October 2007). "Alum makes use of brains, body on VH1 show". The Chronicle. Duke University. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (10 October 2007). "'Dexter' dips, still bloody good". The Hollywood Reporter. 401: 24. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ Levin, Gary (19 December 2007). "NBC's 'Loser' among winners". Life. USA Today. p. D.3. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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