Too Fierce? Top Model Wanna-Be's Gone Wild

The prospect of appearing in the next cycle of America's Next Top Model attracted thousands of aspiring model/reality show personalities (the Post reports 10,000 showed up) to the Park Central Hotel on West 55th Street yesterday, where producers were holding an open casting call. Unfortunately, it turned into a chaotic scene as nerves ran high: The Daily News reports, "An overheating car triggered a stampede of catwalk-craving cuties," while the Post adds, "The situation spiraled further out of control when a man hurtled over a barricade and slapped one of the girls in line."

The overheating car made some people think it might explode—"The car is gonna blow!—while some yelled that the man who slapped a girl had a gun. A woman waiting for her chance told the News, "The girls were running like it was 9/11 part two. I feared for my life." Ultimately, three people were arrested for disorderly conduct and inciting a riot, six people were injured, and hundreds, if not thousands, had their dreams dashed of auditioning.

According to the NY Times, "would-be contestants for the 13th season of the popular program blamed a lack of organization" in addition to the women's anxieties—many of whom had been camping out because this cycle was open to women 5'7" and under—and the overheated car for causing the problems. An example of that lack of organization: One woman revealed to the News, "I had to pee in a cup and change my clothes in the street." The Daily News also had video:

The CW said it was cooperating with authorities; a casting manager suggested the network was not prepared for the thousands of women. Many of the hopefuls pointed out their short statures prevented them from getting work at regular modeling agencies; one mournfully said to the Times, "I lost my dream. I lost my chance." We can only hope for a very special Tyra Banks Show devoted to this.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 15, 2009 11:34 AM

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Guest

Hahaha, towards the end you can see an idiot get messed up by the cops, and then another idiot trying to be a hero get messed up too. Then, who looks like one of the model failures jumps in (guess what happens!!? - hint, she ends up on the ground with a barricade on top of her).

Look, I'm all one for fighting the man (especially cops) BUT c'mon.. if you're there in the first place, is an AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL really the place to try to an be a big tough bad hero? Think about it.

Guest

Look at them. They're like fucking cattle!! You can run along with the screaming shoving masses, have the wind squeezed out of you, get knocked over and get trampled, OR you can egress 20 feet (at most) to the fence that stands about 4 feet high and hop over and get out. Idiots.

badtzmaru

and yet all of you are here, commenting on a blog...

schadenfreudian mensch

Better than to be trampled by skanks.

Amanda Harletsch

Pathetic! The worse of the plebe!

There you have for a the culture of mindless bimbos. EEEK.

I bet those idiots' mamas told them, they were the prettiest idiots on this planet!

Steven

What is with women and wanting to be models?

Snoopy

They like to wear makeup and shop for shoes?

PKinNYC

potential models are stupid bitches too.

ides_of_march

Memo to Charles Darwin: Evolution has a reverse gear too.

Rocknrope

Back to the pole.

Snoopy

I would suggest passing out disposable mirrors next time they try this act. That way if the mirror cracks (and judging by the looks of most in that crowd there will be many many cracked mirrors) it wont cost too much to the sponsors.

The audition definitely needs a pre-screening of the beauties.

Bubba

Tyra Nation!

meowster

the pics from the gallery depict a hooker convention. ladies!

aspiringrapper

Between Wal-Mart & this, NY doesn't need terrorists to be disrupted. A bunch of savages.

freddynyc

"The car is gonna blow!—while some yelled that the man who slapped a girl had a gun.

Ha, it looks like we may have had more than a few honeys from the pro-jects with a dream...

NannyState

Not to mention all the dopey hoodrats that were attracted by the scent of fresh skank.

Spirit of 76

Oh, please. Will you look at the faces in the Daily News gallery? So many of those women are too full of themselves. Face it, girls, you didn't have a chance anyway.

In this age of the Internet, there's no reason there can't be online, pre-audition screening. Email a head shot and some full-body shots or video of yourself and they can spare you of having to wait for hours then being disappointed. Then a lucky 1000 could be invited to orderly auditions. No muss, no fuss.