Sofia Wakabayashi

Sofia Wakabayashi (Japanese: ソフィア若林) competed on cycle 1, and placed 4th overall, just missing out on competing in the final week. She represented Japan during the cycle.

Trivia

 * Sofia is the first model to represent Japan, as well as place 4th.
 * She is one of three Japanese representatives to place fourth in the competition. The other two are Marie Nakagawa (C2), and Barbara Katsuki (C3).
 * Sofia is the tallest contestant in the show's history, at 183 cm (6 ft 0 in).
 * Her and Stephanie Retuya are the only pair of contestants to land in the bottom two together twice in one cycle. In Episode 8, they landed in the bottom two together but neither were eliminated, however in Episode 12, Sofia was eliminated over Stephanie.
 * Since Sofia was 12 years old, she has been very tall.
 * She has battled between finding success in a conventional field, or modeling.
 * Sofia went to UCLA.
 * She was born in the United States, and lived in California. She attended high school and college there.