Simerica's Next Top Model Cycle 3 was a very shocking and was the cycle with the largest amount of girls in the history of "sntm", it also was one of the most highly rated cycles of the show.This cycle was the first cycle to hold applications and their were 10 applications.The apply advertisement was late. 20 girls were at the auditions and only 14 girls made it into the competition which left 11 episodes in the season.