Tara Merrin of Sun Media sees a promising start in Canada’s Next Top Model:

• ‘Top Model’ has hot Canuck start
  “Executive producer and host Jay Manuel, who has brought his expertise from America’s Next Top Model, came through. The show has the look and feel of the U.S. version and most of the girls who made it into the Top 10 actually could be models. And, best of all, there was nudity. Male and female nudity.”

From Brandon Hersey of Reality TV Calendar (warning: lots of pop-up ads on this site):

• Canada’s Next Top Model: Getting Naked At Club Schmooze

A media release from Citytv:

Mika from Toronto is the First Girl Eliminated From “Canada’s Next Top Model”

• Episode Two Airs Wednesday, June 6th at 8:00pm on Citytv

Mika, a travel representative from Toronto, became the first girl eliminated on “Canada’s Next Top Model”, reducing the pool from ten girls to nine.

In the first episode, the finalists meet Host Jay Manuel who begins the competition with a shocking revelation…the final 10 is actually the final 20! The girls must go before a casting panel which includes Jay, Creative Director Nolé Marin and Runway Coach Stacey McKenzie. After the 20 girls show off their best runway walk and try to convince the panel they are ready to be Canada’s Next Top Model, Jay sends 10 heartbroken girls home on the very first day. He congratulates the 10 left standing and declares “the competition has begun!”

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Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star rates the models:

• Who will be Canada’s Next Top Model?
  “So to handicap the 10 new contestants, I consulted psychics, lurked in chatrooms, scrutinized thousands of pictures, performed background checks, analyzed secretly obtained audition footage and, oh yeah, studied interview segments from Star! Daily. Then I poured myself a martini and thanked God my wife never reads this dispatch. “

Bill Harris of Sun Media interviews the new host of Canada’s Next Top Model:

• Manuel takes reins of ‘Model’: New host hopes second season will make waves in Canada — and beyond
  “Canada in the fashion industry has produced huge talent in the international arena. So why is it that a lot of Canadian shows end up, well, very Canadiana? Why can’t a show be produced in Canada, and be called Canada’s Next Top Model, but it can compete on an international level? And I already can tell you, CBS Paramount, before we even have aired here, already has sold it internationally, officially.”