Sims Next Top Model, Cycle 1, premiered May 1st 2009. This cycle took place in New York City. It consisted of 10 finalists moving into the New York apartment. The tagline of the cycle was: "Whose Cinderella Story Will Come True?". The reception of this cycle was very positive as it was the highest rated cycle in the history of SNTM. Also, this season introduced J.Alexander, Rachel Lorentz and Martijin Van. Kessel as the 3 judges along with Tyra Banks the host of the show. The Overseas destination of this season was Athens, Greece. This season's winner was 19 year-old Brooke Stankie. This season averaged 10.6 thousand viewers.