The 13 hopefuls move into their environmentally green home and J. Alexander gives the girls a lesson. Later, the girls compete in a style challenge and perform a photo shoot of the negative effects of smoking. Lastly, the judges send the first hopeful packing.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 9 Episode 2 of America's Next Top Model resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

America's Next Top Model Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - The Girls Go Cruisin'
• s09e02 - The Models Go Green
• s09e03 - The Girls Go Rock Climbing
• s09e04 - The Girl Who Goes Bald
• s09e05 - The Girl Who Is Afraid of Heights
• s09e06 - The Girl Who Gets a Mango
• s09e07 - The Girl Who Runs Into the Glass Door
• s09e08 - The Girls Who Crawl
• s09e09 - The Girl Who Starts to Lose Her Cool
• s09e10 - The Girls Go to Shanghai
• s09e11 - The Girls Go On Go-See Adventures
• s09e12 - The Girls Go to the Great Wall
• s09e13 - The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model

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.