According to Reality TV World, more than 8,000 women tried out for Cycle 9 of ANTM. That’s quite the turn-out. Women were camping out overnight for their chance at stardom.

“There are girls who get on their hands and knees and cry, cry, cry,” said casting director Michelle Mock-Falcon. “Some girls say they have ‘it,’ but they don’t know what ‘it’ is.”

The height cut-off was 5′7″ and not an inch shorter. Girls were turned away who didn’t make the height ...