Runway Hopefuls Vie for Spots on TV Show
By Crystal Calloway

The next Tyra Banks could be right here in North Carolina. Hundreds of girls traveled to Fayetteville this weekend to try out for the seventh season of the reality show “America's Next Top Model.”

When the casting directors of UPN's hit show went looking for talent, they weren't looking for just another pretty face.

"It's just exciting to see that there's those girls with that vibrancy and dreams," said Top Model casting agent Rhonda Keith.

Top Model contestant Vanity McCray traveled six hours from Atlanta to pursue her dream.

"The reason I wanted to be on the show was because a lot of people underestimated me, and I feel like this was my opportunity to show people that I am going to make it," McCray said.

But she'll have to get through some stiff competition first. After several hours of waiting in line, getting applications verified and photos taken, the judges really wanted to get to know the girls. After all, Top Model is a reality show.

"They want nice girls of course, but they want people that can react with each other," said Keith.

McCray says she'll have no problem interacting with her housemates, but she might have some issues posing with the unusual guests model Tyra Banks brings on the show.

"Snakes. I don't know if I could do snakes,” McCray said. “Snakes and spiders."