It is a special show, as I stated in another thread, it really is not feasible for ANTM to have their finale show be the models walking in a "real" runway show because ANTM's filming schedule does not coincide with the runway season for the fashion capitals and the actual filming of a show like ANTM is too disruptive, perhaps if it is an up and coming designer looking for exposure, but I doubt if a major designer would make the compromises to their vision and share control when it comes to the debut of a new collection.
Have any of the Top Model shows in other countries had their contestants walk in a major fashion show as part of the finale? Note unless the models were walking in New York, London, Milan or Paris and perhaps even Madrid, Sao Paolo, Berlin or Los Angeles, I don't think it could even be considered walking in a "major" show as part of the final competition? ANTM has never done it, the closest they came was Cycle 1 when they did a rehearsal show for Baby Phat (I think it was edited and shots from the real show was spliced in). I don't follow the other locations that closely, but my understanding is that competitors from other Top Model shows may have walked in fashion week as part of the competition or a prize, but it was not the finale.
I don't think that people should get too hung up on the finale not being a "real" runway show, but I do think that having the contestants compete for the chance to walk in a "real" fashion show or alternatively compete to be featured in a look book is something that ANTM and the other Top Model shows should have as part of their rotation of challenges and prizes.
