America’s Next Top Model’s New Cast

Okay, I have to admit this: My favorite fall froth is the new season (a.k.a. “cycle”) of America’s Next Top Model (Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on the CW), the long-limbed fashion-frenzied brainstorm of supermodel Tyra Banks (right).  I can’t wait to see judge Miss J out-swagger his protegees on the runway walk. Fashion photographer/hunk Nigel Barker is already bamboozled by new contestant Isis’s gender issues, while the perpetually classy Paulina Porizkova injects a good dose of sunny realism against Tyra’s somewhat melodramatic hosting.

The CW Blog put together this list of the Cycle 11 models vying to join past winners Yoanna House (Cycle 2), Nicole Linkletter (Cycle 5), Jaslene Gonzalez (Cycle 8) and most recent winner Whitney Thompson (Cycle 10) as America’s Next Top Model.

Analeigh, 19, Sacramento, Calif.
Brittany, 19, Henderson, Nev.
Clark, 19, Pawleys Island, S.C.
Elina, 19, Seattle
Hannah, 19, Fairbanks, Alaska
Isis, 22, Prince George’s County, Md.
Joslyn, 23, Lucky, La.
Lauren Brie, 20, Charlottesville, Va.
Marjorie, 19, San Francisco
McKey, 19, Lake Forest, Ill.
Nikeysha, 19, Bronx, N.Y.
Samantha, 18, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Sharaun, 18, Chicago
Sheena, 21, Honolulu

And check out People’s slide show of past winners. Then tune in on Wednesdays and strut your own stuff!