CHICAGO, February 29, 2008 –Think you have what it takes to be America’s Next Top Model? An open casting call for WGN-TV’s CW hit America’s Next Top Model will be held at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel at 163 E. Walton Place, on Saturday, March 8, from 10am – 3pm. Casting is looking for females, ages 18 to 27, of diverse backgrounds, shapes, sizes and with a minimum height requirement of 5’7” tall. Open casting will be on Saturday while callbacks will be held on Sunday, March 9.

Applicants at the casting call could be part of an ad campaign titled “ANTM Audition Confessions” that would run on WGN-TV. It would include Chicago applicants’ confessions before trying out for Cycle 11. America’s Next Top Model airs locally on WGN-TV, Wednesdays at 7pm CT.

CASTING LOCATION:

Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
163 East Walton Place
Chicago, IL 60611
Saturday – March 8, 2008
10AM-3PM

* Text ANTM to 97999 to get the “casting call” information texted to you.

* Download the application: http://cwtv.com/thecw/topmodel-cycle11-Casting

America’s Next Top Model follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes who live together and vie for a grand prize, which will include a modeling contract. The drama exposes the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce top models, as they face weekly tests that determine who can make the cut. The finalists compete in a highly accelerated modeling boot camp, a crash course to modeling fame that includes mentoring by supermodel Tyra Banks and exposure to high-profile fashion industry gurus, all under 24-hour-a-day surveillance of the America’s Next Top Model cameras, which chronicle every move.

America’s Top Model is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions. Tyra Banks is the creator and executive producer along with Ken Mok (Making the Band) and Daniel Soiseth (American Inventor).