‘America’s Next Top Model’ Cycle 22 Cast: 32 Contestants Will Walk ‘A Runway Show Right On The Sidewalk’ Of Hollywood & Highland [VIDEO]
America's Next Top Model returns with a new cycle this week to The CW!
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The CW Television Network has been giving fans of the reality modeling competition feelers for the new contestants in recent weeks as well as some insight from judge Kelly Cutrone via YouTube videos.
On Monday the network uploaded yet another video, in which executive producer Ken Mok dished on the Cycle 22 contestants.
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In the video, which is below, he revealed that the number of people who auditioned for this year's cycle was "amazing," noting the applicants were in the thousands.
Clips were shown of some of the contestants' audition tapes.
"I think this year, just as any other cycle, we've had an incredibly diverse group of people from men and women, tall, short and everything in between," Mok added.
Cycle 22 will premiere "with a bang" since the 32 contestants were brought "to the heart of Hollywood" where they rode around on a double-decker bus. They met with creative director Yu Tsai, who was in charge of overseeing the bikini shoot on top of the double-decker bus.
Mok regarded this shoot as "an amazing experience" for the contestants.
The contestants were then brought to Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue for "a runway show right on the sidewalk," which was literally seen by "thousands of people."
"It turned into a real spectacle. We really kicked off the show with a bang and I know our cast members were really thrilled," Mok shared.
America's Next Top Model Cycle 22 premieres this Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
