Sweden ended its own first cycle (separate from Scandinavia's Next Top Model), entitled Top Model STHLM, just this month, complete with an outstanding winner. I've provided pictures from the whole cycle under the cut. Also, there's some very sad news about one of the contestants.
Week 1 - Superheroes in Stockholm
Albulena (ELIMINATED)
Sanna (she was 16 years old)
Daniella (she actually replaced one of the original finalists who isn't pictured here)
Hanna
Hawa
Jenny (she, too, was 16 years old)
Margarita
Malin
Nadia
Pauline
Pia
Linda
Week 2 - The girls were shot by an immensely renowned Swedish photographer, Carlo Bosco, who wanted to shoot the girls topless. These shots were taken right after the girls received their makeovers.
Pia
Sanna
Nadia
Hanna
Malin
Linda (ELIMINATED)
Pauline
Jenny
Hawa
Daniella
Margarita
Week 3 - The girls went to Gotland to do another topless shoot; this time, however, they were posing with a male model.
Pia
Daniella
Sanna
Pauline
Nadia
Margarita
Malin
Jenny
Hanna (ELIMINATED)
Hawa
Week 4 - The girls went back to Stockholm for one of my favorite photoshoots in Top Model history!
Pia
Pauline (ELIMINATED)
Nadia
Margarita
Malin
Hawa
Jenny
Sanna
Daniella
Week 5 - The girls participated in a staple NTM shoot: country couture!
Sanna
Daniella (ELIMINATED)
Hawa
Jenny
Pia
Margarita
Nadia (ELIMINATED; yes, there was a double elimination in this episode)
Malin
Week 6 - The girls had to portray stars on the red carpet.
Jenny
Malin (ELIMINATED)
Margarita
Hawa
Pia
Sanna
Week 7 - This week, the contestants had to pose with extremely troublesome animals.
Pia
Margarita
Sanna
Jenny (ELIMINATED)
Hawa
Week 8 - Another beautiful shoot; these shots were taken atop the Globen, Stockholm's most famous stadium.
Pia
Margarita
Hawa
Sanna
Week 8 - Much like Norway, the 4 remaining girls (none of whom were eliminated in the previous week) had to portray vintage pin-up girls. Unfortunately, the official site didn't post all of the photos.
Hawa
Margarita
Sanna and Pia were in the bottom two; subsequently, the latter was eliminated.
Week 9 - The models were assigned their own perfumes based on their personalities. However, they were all forced to direct/provide the setups their own respective shoots.
Also, a LOT happened in this episode; scroll down for more information.
Sanna ("Wild Berries") - Margarita ("Vanilla") - Hawa ("Seductive Wood")
The episode ended in a cliffhanger. In the finale episode, though, we found out that Sanna was eliminated.
Week 10 - Finale! The girls went to Stockholm's Royal Opera House for a ballet-inspired shoot.
Hawa - Margarita
And, the winner of Top Model STHLM is...
Okay, two notes:
* The "event" I mentioned that occurred in Week 9 was Margarita's sudden deportation from Sweden. They showed her going to the immigration agency to hear the bad news.
She was originally born in Belarus; when she was two weeks old, though, her mother took Margarita and left her native Belarus for Latvia. As they continued to live in Belarus, Margarita's mother's behavior became extremely abusive. Furthermore, her mother became an alcoholic. Finally, as Margarita turned 16, she and her mother illegally immigrated to Sweden. Margarita, frustrated by her mother's behavior, was forced to leave her and start her own life. Since then (she's now 21), Margarita has been trying to make ends meet for herself. In my opinion, she's extremely hard-working and diligent. Thus, I was heartbroken when she didn't win.
* The prizes included contracts with NY Models, LA Models, and Make Up Store (a Swedish cosmetics company). Apparently, the director of NY/LA Models was floored by Hawa, so she's expected to be flying to NYC pretty soon.
Also, my personal favorites were Margarita, Pia, Jenny, Malin, and Pauline.