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An open casting call for America's Next Top Model will be held at Park Central New York on 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street on Saturday, August 26, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Casting is looking for females, ages 18 to 27, of diverse backgrounds, shapes, sizes and with a minimum height requirement of 5'7" tall.

"America's Next Top Model" follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes who live together and vie for a grand prize which will include a modeling contract. The dramality exposes the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce top models, as they face weekly tests that determine who can make the cut.

The finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp, a crash course to modeling fame that includes mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high- profile fashion industry gurus, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the "America's Next Top Model" cameras, which chronicle every move.