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ANTM Casting Requirements Even Less Stringent Than One Might Rightly Assume

Emily Gould · 03/13/07 05:17PM

Do you have what it takes to be in the running towards becoming America's Next Top Model? It's quite possible that you do, and that you don't even know it! The open casting call to be held at Park Central New York (870 Seventh Avenue at 56th street), on Saturday, March 24 from 10am-4pm stipulates only that prospective contestants be "female, ages 18 to 27, of diverse backgrounds, shapes, sizes and with a minimum height requirement of 5'7" tall." Because that's what models are! If by "18-27" you mean "14-20" and if by "diverse backgrounds, shapes, sizes" you mean "Estonian and skeletal." But fuck reality: that is SO not what reality TV is about, especially ANTM. We find ourselves sorely tempted to go down there and compete. Do you even have to have been born a woman? Based on a good look at current contestant Jaslene, we're thinking the answer is "no."

Jane: Now With 106 Fewer Breasts!

Emily Gould · 03/01/07 04:26PM

We are sad and sorry to report that the photoshoot for Jane's Guide to Boobs has, as of now, been canceled " due the inadvertent release of the list of participants," even though, as WWD reported this morning, only 4 of the amateur titmodels dropped out when the list went public. Does this mean that there will be no boob guide? We would be sadder still if this was so; we often find ourselves in dire need of boob guidance. And, well, $50.