The search for New Zealand's next top model hits Wellington today, the first of eight North Island auditions.
Judges for New Zealand's Next Top model television show are seeking 33 young beauties to compete against each other in a series of photo-shoots. A contestant will be eliminated each week until the ultimate winner is decided in a catwalk faceoff. The show follows the success of America's Next Top Model.
Graphic designer and part-time model Elyse Judson said she was nervous about the auditions at Circa Theatre, but the opportunity was too good to pass up.
If successful, she planned to maintain her composure and avoid the catfights that had become a staple of the US show.
"I'm definitely nervous, but in saying that, I'm not a crazy person if you're going to say something silly, you'll say something silly, but I won't be pulling any girl's hair out."
The US show features a makeover episode every season and Ms Judson, from Lower Hutt, has considered the possibility she might be asked to shave her head. "Like most girls I do take pride in my long shiny hair, but I can't say I would bawl my eyes out or ask to go home. I'd ... tell myself it would grow back."
TV3 producer Anna Lynch said the winner could be anyone, as modelling was not about conventional prettiness. "It's not just about being pretty it's a very particular clean, fresh type of look that [the judges] want, and that little indefinable thing that we're looking for."
Wellington-bred Ms Lynch has high hopes for the capital's talent. "Every place has been so different. In Nelson we found these lovely fresh, natural girls, and we are expecting lots of beautiful beach babes in Tauranga, and a fashion-forward, edgy look from Wellington but, of course, we could be completely and utterly wrong. You never know what you're going to get."
Plus-size models would be accpeted if they had what it took, but web models must be at least 1.7 metres (5ft 7in) tall.
Ms Lynch said though New Zealand girls might not be as "in your face" as their US counterparts, the intense competition would create its own excitement. "I think with the cameras on them all the time, they won't be able to help performing."
News Sources:-
STACEY WOOD - The Dominion Post | Monday, 12 January 2009
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4815362a23918.html
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