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America's Next Top Model episodes (Cycle 2)

This article contains episode summaries from Cycle 2 of the American competitive reality television series America's Next Top Model. The second cycle aired in 2004.

ANTM Cycle 1	America's Next Top Model	ANTM Cycle 3
ANTM Cycle 1	List of Cycle 2 Contestants	ANTM Cycle 3
Cycles: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7
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Cycle 2 promotional cast photo
Competition location: New York
Finale location: Milan
Winner: Yoanna House
Original Airdate: 2004
Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11

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The second season of America's Next Top Model, aired in 2004, featured twelve contestants instead of ten. Though the format was the same as Cycle 1, there were notable variations on how the show was presented. For example, the panel of judges was often much harsher in their evaluation and criticism of the contestants. In particular, one contestant, 18-year-old Catie Anderson, was repeatedly told that she looked or dressed like a prostitute. The photo shoots in this season tended to be more sexual; the first photo shoot required contestants to pose nude in body paint, an assignment that plus-sized contestant Anna Bradfield refused. Subsequently, she was the first contestant to be eliminated. Additionally, the final four contestants — Shandi Sullivan, Yoanna House, Mercedes Yvette, and April Wilkner — participated in an erotic photo shoot in Italy in which each pair of contestants posed nude together for a perfume advertisement. However, while the official site of this program normally displays the portfolio pictures of each contestant each week, the body paint photo shoot was placed in the site gallery in an edited form and the perfume advertisement photographs were completely omitted from each contestant's portfolio.

The second season also spawned a villain-like character in the form of Camille McDonald. She earned a spot into the final five contestants, but irked fellow contestants, judges, and others on the show by her often cold, detached attitude and pride in her "signature walk." Another memorable character was Mercedes Yvette Scelba-Shorte, a young woman whose struggle with lupus was revealed and detailed on the show. Mercedes competed in the final runway challenge against Yoanna House, though the latter contestant was chosen as the winner.

Another contestant of note was Shandi Sullivan, a lithe blonde cashier from Kansas City, Missouri. Shandi began the show as a very mousy and poorly dressed girl in glasses with no modeling experience, but by the time she was eliminated after making the final three, she had transformed into a skilled model with a stunning portfolio of photographs. However, Shandi was involved in an infamous reality television moment when, while the remaining models were in Italy, she became inebriated and cheated on her boyfriend, Eric. Subsequently, she called him while being filmed by the production crew to confess her infidelity. The final 6 were flown to Milan, where the two finalists were in a D- Squared fashion show.

The winner of the cycle was Yoanna House, a fashionista who had lost 40 pounds (18 kg) in order to realize her dreams of being a model. The judges admired Yoanna's avid enthusiasm for the fashion industry, her impressive portfolio, and her particularly strong facial features that stood out in her photographs.