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The New York casting calls for Cycle 13 of America’s Next Top Model were cancelled today, as chaos broke out. Three people were arrested and six others were hurt as the line for auditions broke down outside the Park Central New York Hotel.
Thousands of ANTM hopefuls had come out that day, with many girls camping overnight in hopes of trying out early. Shirley was one of the many people who were there early and she was kind enough to send me a photo of the long, dense line.
The line at the NYC ANTM casting call | Image by Shirley
Here’s a video of the casting call. It shows the crowd panicking and breaking up.
Two of those injured were taken to the hospital and the four others declined further treatment after being taken care of by the fire department. Several people who were auditioning were trampled on, according to 1010wins.
“People were pushing, screaming, yelling at each other,” Lauren Musacchio said to the New York Times. “It was chaos.”
According to 1010wins, there was just an “enthusiastic” crowd that was aggressive, but manageable until someone yelled “fire!” That resulted in the stampede that lead to the trampling.
“Everyone got thrown everywhere,” Annina Manttari told the New York Times. “People were getting run over.”
There have been no details released by the New York Fire Department or the New York Police Department. I’ll keep you updated as more news is released.
543 days ago
Similar to what everyone has said, this was an absolute mess. This though I think should’ve been expected. I was one of the last girls to make it in before they officially closed doors. The original casting call time was to be set from 10-3 which was then moved to 8am-6pm. I got to the scene around 7:20 i’d say, thinking the casting started at 10. I was like in shock when i saw two blocks of organized lines of people sleeping in bags and blankets, as I started walking with my mother(she was my support) We decided to start walking around and asking where the end of the line was, when someone suddenly like screamed and then people started getting up and running, so i did too. That’s when they first started getting in. Lots of people were still asleep or getting up and trying to grab their things, others just abandoned all of their belongings. I ended squished with hundreds of other girls who told me they had been there 15-20 hours before. Some women even told me they had paid 300 a night in the actual hotel. Through all the pushing and stuff I finally got through. Once I finally got in we had to do another short line where time passed quite quickly. Then we got into the room where hundreds of girls sat in rows and were told to say their name, age, height, weight. Of course some girls decided to be obnoxious and loud and give unnecessary information like “im gay and I love you Tyra” as if she actually watched all these videos. The casting director silently followed the camara man and would jot down a number if she liked her. After watching one whole side of the room say their info. (i’d say about 150-250 girls ) She read 18 numbers. After that, she sat down at the end of the room, and began chatting, and was informed that NYPD wanted to shut them down. She got furious and started saying to quickly say your information and not to give your middle name or useless info b/c it was unimportant. As the girls from my side started to say their info she barely looked, too busy or distracted with the information from what was happening outside. From my side she only picked 4 numbers, which everyone was really upset because she barely looked at anyone. You could tell most girls were different yes, the ones who were chosen but all had strong cheekbones wide faces, ya know stuff like that. Once I walked out the whole chaos happened and girls were crying and screaming on sidewalks because of the fright. Many girls stayed on line but it was absolutely pointless for them too because they weren’t going to allow anyone in anymore because it was about to be six and the last girls inside were still being recorded. Overall, I feel exceptionally thankful and happy that I was able to get inside and at least give it a shot. It was devastating to see so many girls who had as much passion and hope as I did to get there.
p.s- I DO must say there was a TON of girls that should NOT have been there, and lots of girls were told so too by other girls who were mad as they waited in line. Meaning, if you’re 29 or 6′2 get the hell out, i see chicken feet on your eyes already.
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543 days ago
You just know Tyra is going to make this whole thing about HER on her talkshow. It sounds like it was badly organized and that the cops weren’t informed so as to block the street off. The show is probably more to blame though. I hope no one was seriously hurt and if someone started the panic just for the heck of it, I hope they get what’s coming to them. It sounds like a few were arrested that may have been the instigators of everything. As for the C13 itself, I’d like to think that Tyra was going to concentrate on things that a short/petite model could get jobs for but I doubt it. If I see lots of runway training then I’ll know Tyra is clueless. She should have people from the industry involved in the castings and on panel. Actually, this site, http://petitemodelingtips.blogspot.com/ gives a lot of practical/useful info and the woman who maintains the site if a working petite model. She’d have been good to have involved with this cycle.
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543 days ago
myspace.com/labori2525
i was there with my sister in law and it felt like the end of the world . I was so mad because i came from boston with my daughter .
i was right in front of the door about to go in when the riot started .It was bad enough that they had girls with hot breath and there period .Anyway I am not going to give up .Anyone that was there hit me on my myspace .myspace.com/labori2525
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543 days ago
oh.. my… god. Thank God, I submitted my stuff through the mail. I didn’t think it was going to get this bad..
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542 days ago
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542 days ago
I loved the video of all this craziness so much, I blogged about it too: http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/?p=445
I’m really into the fact that it was the 5′7″ crew as opposed to the usual amazons who went nuts. Those li’l ladies are scrappy!
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541 days ago
Being one of the thousands who stood on line for 8 & 1/2 hours (some more than myself) with a bunch of screaming girls is an event in it’s self. The whole thing was very unorganized. If the auditions say 10am to 3pm, you would think at 3pm they would either announce that they are no longer letting anyone else in OR they will be extending the time. Neither of these things happened. Still hopeful, I decided to stay for another hour and a half. By then the line was barely moving, I decided to leave. Now I know most of you would say “Oh, you loser. Why would you just give up?!” I can completely understand that, but I for one was not wasting my time. Luckily I left before all the chaos began. For all of the girls who took the time to wait as longggg as it took JUST to have the audition shut down is unfair. Things should have definatly been more organized.
Although the auditions were shut down, does not mean dreams should be either. Rumor is, that Tyra will be casting another audition for New York. So keep on keepin’ on ladies!!
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539 days ago
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539 days ago
OK, I am officially pissed off!
Let me not blame all of the NY Girls, but to whomever acted so ignorantly… you’re really on my bad side now.
Because of YOU the other auditions are not progressing as they should.
Because of YOU call backs will be later, WHICH means the air date will be later!
The Dallas, CHICAGO, and LA auditions are TBD!
I saw the video, and some pictures.
Now come on Why does EVERYBODY want to be a model… face it EVERYBODY can’t!
Just some inside *INFO* —-at the castings, INCLUDING NY the girls that ACTUALLY made it to round 2 were between 5.4 and a half and 5′7 and SLIM!!!!!! (with the few exceptions of SLIM TALLER ladies)
Some of you know that there is NO chance for you to even make it on the show, with your ghetto weaves… let me not go there.
Simply I am upset that this process is going to be prolonged over ignorant individuals chasing false, far-fetched hopes.
And to the ones that are offended, look in the mirror and ask yourself, should you really have been there…?
Sorry, but I had to say it.
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536 days ago
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528 days ago
I loved the girlz on the today show
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