The fourth season of America's Next Top Model aired in spring 2005, with the shooting location being moved from New York City to Los Angeles. The catchphrase of the season was "Dive In." These were the last appearances of Janice Dickinson and Nolé Marin as judges and the Beauty Tip of the Week was replaced by the My Life as a CoverGirl segment. The house that the girls stayed in the first half of the competition was later used in The CW TV series (successor to UPN with the WB) The Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious and the Oxygen TV series Pretty Wicked. The international destination for the cycle was Cape Town, South Africa, the show's first visit to Africa and only visit to Southern Africa. The winner was 20-year-old Naima Mora from Detroit, Michigan with Kahlen Rondot placing as the runner up. The prizes for this cycle were a modeling contract with Ford Models, a fashion spread and cover in Elle magazine, and a US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.

Contestants

(Ages stated are at start of contest)

Episodes

Return to the Runway

The Return to the Runway special aired on September 20, 2005, preceding the premiere of the fifth cycle. In this "Where are they now?" episode, we learned: It also focused on the ANTM tour featuring: Shannon Stewart, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, Shandi Sullivan, Catie Anderson, Ann Markley, Norelle Van Herk, Eva Marcille, Amanda Swafford, Toccara Jones, Kahlen Rondot, Brittany Brower, Tiffany Richardson, Keenyah Hill, and Naima Mora.

Summaries

Call-out order

Average call-out order

Casting call-out order and final two are not included

Bottom two

Photo Shoot Guide

Other Cast Members

Makeovers

Criticism

The show was criticized for its handling of sexual assault allegations from Keenyah, who was sexually harassed by a male model on a photo shoot. The show has been criticized for not doing anything when the model stroked her inner thigh, moaned in her ear, took photos of her and harassed her repeatedly for her phone number.

Post–Top Model careers