Tyra Banks seeks tinier 'America's Next Top Model' wannabes
The 13th cycle of The CW's 'ANTM' is only open to models 5'7" and shorter
Tyra Banks
After years of telling "America's Next Top Model" that anybody under 5'8" might as well be a dwarf, Tyra Banks is looking for a smaller crop of runway strutters.
The CW announced on Monday (Feb. 23) that casting for the next cycle of "America's Next Top Model" will begin on Feb. 28. As usual, the show is looking for beautiful women between the ages of 18 and 28. As usual, the show will take candidates of any ethnicity and they may even give a pass to one or two plus-sized models.
The big catch for Cycle 13?
The girls have to be 5'7" or under.
“There have been top supermodels in the past that weren’t as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss,” says Banks in a CW statement. "So we are changing up 'Top Model' for cycle 13 and making it a year for the shorter model!"
The first "America's Next Top Model" call where women will probably be wearing flats instead of high heals will take place on Feb. 28 in Miami, followed by a March 3 stop in San Francisco.
Tyra's scouts will head to Washington, D.C. on March 7, with subsequent stops in New York City (March 14), Dallas (Marsh 21), Chicago (March 25) and Los Angeles (March 28).
The 12th cycle of "America's Next Top Model" will premiere on Wednesday, March 4 with a two-hour episode.
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupKrystanLaChance
February 24, 2009 at 2:34PM EST Reply to CommentDoes anyone know where auditions will be in Chicago on March 25?
dan
February 24, 2009 at 3:25PM EST Reply to CommentThey haven't announced the location for the Chicago auditions yet, but check www.cwtv.com for more information...
-Daniel
Dave
October 20, 2009 at 2:49AM EST Reply to CommentI think your arrogance is in full bloom to say that girls under 5'7" never grew up wanting to be models. It is evident in the response to your show that this statement was without basis and just wrong. All girls start out wanting to be models, it is only the fact that they stopped growing which you so rudely denounce as never having grown up wanting to become models. You and your kind push the young women aside and snub your nose at them for even considering the idea of wanting to be a model. You sicken me every time I hear you say it. You are only after your own glory in having a show with shorter women.