Benelux' Next Top Model season 2

Benelux' Next Top Model, Season 2 was the second and last season of Benelux' Next Top Model which include Dutch and Flemish contestants. It premiered on September 13 and was aired until November 16, 2010. Although castings for a third season of the show were announced, the show returned as Holland's Next Top Model, the title it had prior the merge with the Belgian Topmodel version of the show.

Benelux' Next Top Model
Season 2
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	2BE, RTL5
Original release	September 13 (2010-09-13) – November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)
Season chronology

The winner of the competition was 18-year-old Melissa Baas from IJsselstein.^[1] Not only was she the second girl from the Netherlands to win the competition; the entire top three (Baas, Renée Trompert and Alix Schoonheijt) were from this country.

Contestants

(ages stated are at start of contest)^[2]

Name	Age	Hometown	Outcome	Place
Jacqueline Sorbie	17	Antwerp, Belgium	Episode 1	12
Lisse Habraken	21	Mol, Belgium	Episode 2	11
Daisy Koller[3]	16	Loenen, Netherlands	Episode 3	10
Lesley van Helden[4]	18	Dordrecht, Netherlands	Episode 4	9
Epiphany Vanderhaeghen[5]	21	Asse, Belgium	Episode 5	8
Aïcha Cissé[6]	23	Antwerp, Belgium	Episode 6	7
Frederieke Bonn[7]	20	Boxtel, Netherlands	Episode 7	6
Jaelle Leclerc	21	Brussels, Belgium	Episode 8	5
Marjolein De Velder[8]	20	Kobbegem, Belgium	Episode 9	4
Alix Schoonheijt[9]	16	Zutphen, Netherlands		3
Renée Trompert[10]	22	Leeuwarden, Netherlands		2
Melissa Baas[11]	18	IJsselstein, Netherlands		1

Summaries

Order	Episodes
	1[a]		2	3	4	5	6[b]	7	8	9
1	Epiphany	—	Aïcha	Alix	Aïcha	Jaelle	Melissa	Marjolein	Renée	Alix	Melissa	Melissa
2	Renée		Renée	Marjolein	Frederieke	Alix	Frederieke	Melissa	Melissa	Melissa	Renée	Renée
3	Marjolein		Daisy	Melissa	Marjolein	Frederieke	Renée	Jaelle	Marjolein	Renée	Alix
4	Melissa		Marjolein	Renée	Melissa	Melissa	Alix	Renée	Alix	Marjolein
5	Aïcha		Melissa	Aïcha	Renee	Renée	Jaelle	Alix	Jaelle
6	Lisse		Jaelle	Epiphany	Epiphany	Aïcha	Marjolein	Frederieke
7	Jacqueline		Lesley	Frederieke	Jaelle	Marjolein	Aïcha
8	Frederieke		Frederieke	Lesley	Alix	Epiphany
9	Daisy		Alix	Jaelle	Lesley
10	Jaelle		Epiphany	Daisy
11	Alix		Lisse
12	Lesley	Jacqueline

  The contestant was eliminated

  The contestant was immune from elimination

  The contestant won the competition

1. In episode 1, the pool of 16 girls was reduced to the final 12. Each girl was handed an envelope, with only the final 11's envelopes containing train tickets.
2. In episode 6, Aïcha, Yaële and Marjolein were called forward as the bottom three. Daphne handed the last two photos to Marjolein and Yaële, eliminating Aïcha.

Photo shoot guide

• Episode 1 photo shoot: Body painting promo photos
• Episode 2 photo shoot: Circus
• Episode 3 photo shoot: Oil of Olaz
• Episode 4 photo shoot: Meat packing industry
• Episode 5 photo shoot: Gold body painting with sunglasses
• Episode 6 photo shoot: Icy in bikinis
• Episode 7 photo shoot: Posing underwater
• Episode 8 photo shoot: Bruno Banani perfume

Judges

• Daphne Deckers (Host)
• Geert De Wolf
• Bastiaan van Schaik
• Mariana Verkerk
• Jani Kazaltzis

Other cast members

• Marie-Sophie Steenaert - Make-up Artist
• Mariëlle Bastiaansen - Hair Stylist

Special guests

• Heidi Klum (Episode 1)

References

1. "The international quest to a Next Top Model". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
2. "RTL.NL - Benelux Next Topmodel". www.rtl.nl. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22.
3. "Daisy Koller werd door haar buurvrouw opgegeven voor Benelux Next Top Model 2010" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-01.
4. "Interview met Lesley van Helden - the ModelConvention". Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
5. "Dochter Kaat Tilley in Benelux Next Top Model | De Morgen". 17 September 2010.
6. "Laten we moslims nu eens benaderen als buren". 15 October 2010.
7. "Frederieke Bonn uit Benelux Next Topmodel". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
8. "Vlaamse Marjolein kan 'Benelux' Next Top Model' niet winnen". 22 November 2010.
9. "'Next Top Model zet aan tot anorexia'". 20 October 2010.
10. "Renée uit Leeuwarden nét geen Top Model". 16 November 2010.
11. "Melissa wins Benelux Next Top Model 2010". 15 November 2010.

External links

• Official 2BE website
• Official RTL5 website