ANTM Auditions Get Nasty

Updated: Watch video of the Top Model audition brawl

Seems like there’s drama even before the short-people cycle of ANTM begins.

A number of people may have very well missed out their chance to be America’s Next Top Model after authorities shut the NYcasting call down, claiming it was disorganized.

The Associated Press reports:

NEW YORK – Three people were arrested and six others hurt Saturday after bedlam broke out while they waited to audition for “America’s Next Top Model,” police said.

Police didn’t know what prompted the chaos involving hundreds of people outside the Park Central New York hotel in Manhattan. The panic left the street outside the hotel littered with shoes and clothing, according to news reports.

Three people were arrested on disorderly conduct charges, police said. Authorities also shut down the audition, saying it wasn’t properly organized.

Four injured people declined treatment, while two others were taken to a hospital, the fire department said. Their conditions weren’t immediately available.

The phone rang unanswered at the hotel, and representatives for The CW Network, which airs the reality show, didn’t immediately return calls.

The model competition is hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, who also serves as its executive producer. The current season began March 4.

Her agent and publicist didn’t immediately return telephone calls.

Banks has said she created the show to counter stereotypes about beauty, and Saturday’s auditions were open only to women no taller than 5-foot-7, which is shorter than the industry’s conventions.

Tryouts also were being held this month around the country, including in Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles.

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2 thoughts on “ANTM Auditions Get Nasty

  1. [...] a chance, too. Two cycles after the cycle 13 casting invitation extended to shorter women caused a brawl in New York, it seems people under 5’7″ could get lucky, thanks to that “case-by-case [...]

  2. [...] scrapping the nationwide open casting calls (remember the 2009 riots?), ANTM is accepting videotape submissions from would-be cycle 17 top models until February 22, [...]

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