Spring Break
Greenville gets chance to be 'top model'
Natalie Jurgen
Issue date: 3/3/09 Section: News
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Hosted by the local CW affiliate WNCT-TV inside the clubhouse of The Landing student apartments, the casting call was open to any female 18-27 years old. For this cycle, however, there was a new twist; all models have to be at or under 5 feet 7 inches in height to be considered for the show.
However, this new requirement didn't deter some of the taller girls in the Greenville community from coming out for the casting call.
At 5 feet 9 inches, Eulitta Langley said that the height requirement "doesn't matter," and that she was still going to audition despite the new changes.
According to Gingerbea Harvey, assistant manager at The Landing, girls above the height requirement were not turned away.
"What they did is, for girls that were too tall and that were over 5 feet 7 inches, we still took their applications and they're going to hold them for season 14 which starts casting in June. It's really only a couple months away and they have a jump on their application," Harvey said.
Others were happy with the height requirement change.
"I'm glad they changed it because I didn't think I'd ever have a chance because of my height," said Laneisha Brinkley before auditioning. "I've always wanted to audition."
The audition process consisted of a 15-page application, a walk down the runway and a one-on-one filmed interview that will be mailed to the producers of the show who will decide if any of the applicants will move on to the next wave of auditions.
According to Harvey, the interviewers asked questions like "tell us about yourself," and "what's your best physical feature?" to which the most common response was "my eyes."
The most popular interview question was, "what's the craziest thing you've ever done?"
"We got responses that were as dull as 'I met my boyfriend on spring break and we're still dating' to one girl saying she robbed a bank," Harvey said. "There was a wide range of answers."
The event also featured a DJ and food from Quiznos and Rockstar Energy Drink.
"I definitely think the rain affected the event as far as residents coming out to enjoy the party," Harvey said. "As far as girls coming out, I don't think that was affected. I think they would have stood in a blizzard if they had to."
All applications will be mailed to producers of the show by Friday and applicants will be notified if they were chosen to move on once the casting calls are complete.
"The people that work for The CW say that casting calls in larger cities sometimes see 200 to 500 people, and that's in New York and Los Angeles," Harvey said. "For the size of our city, we had a great turnout and the folks at The CW are very happy with it."
Cycle 12 of "America's Next Top Model" airs this Wednesday at 8 p.m. on The CW.
This writer may be contacted at news@theeastcarolinian.com.
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