The remaining girls are surprised with a visit by actor Taye Diggs. That's not the only surprise - shortly after the girl's finish their acting exercise, Tyra surprises them with a trip to Tokyo, Japan.

There, the girls find that the work gets only harder as they work on a soup commercial with a Japanese speaking director.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 3 Episode 9 of America's Next Top Model resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

America's Next Top Model Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - The Girl With the Secret
• s03e02 - The Girl Who is Co-Dependent
• s03e03 - The Girl Whom Everyone Thinks is a Backstabber
• s03e04 - The Girl Who Sets a Trap
• s03e05 - The Girl Who Cries When She Looks in the Mirror
• s03e06 - The Girl Who Mutilated the Precious Brownies
• s03e07 - The Girl Who Forgot Her Shoes
• s03e08 - The Girl Who Is Panic Stricken
• s03e09 - The Girls Meet Taye Diggs
• s03e10 - The Girl Who Goes Ballistic
• s03e11 - The Girl Who the Lionesses are Hunting
• s03e12 - The Girl Who Didn't Hug Goodbye
• s03e13 - The Girl Who Wins It All

America's Next Top Model Show Summary

Created by Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes who live together in a loft and vie for a modeling contract.

The show exposes the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce supermodels, with participants facing weekly tests that determine who can make the cut. With mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion-industry gurus, the finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp - a crash course to supermodel fame.