America's Next Top Model Will Come From This Group of Women

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The new issue of Us Weekly profiles six of the upcoming contestants on America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks' vehicle for world fashion television domination. They include lesbian Hooters waitress Kayla, 19, from Rockford, Illinois, who hates her nose; Chelsey, 23, from Boise, Idaho, who counts "playing horseshoes" among her hobbies; waitress Sara, 21, who's the mom of a 17-month old; Rhianna, a 20-year old from San Diego who'll give her number to anyone who looks "interesting," and Jane, 20, a Princeton student who quit playing lacrosse to model—even though she'd never walked in heels before. Promising bunch.
· Revealed: the ladies of America's Next Top Model next cycle [Jezebel]