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Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Model Search Finalists. Who Will Be the Next Runway Angel?

by Bee-Shyuan Chang (Subscribe to Bee-Shyuan Chang's posts)
Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 6:47PM  
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Only one of these girls will get her wings. Clockwise from top left: Alicia Hall, Raven Ervin, Katelyn Fortes, Courtney O'Connor, Krystina Holbrook, Jamie Lee Darley, Allison Turner, Catharina Lee, Tika Ivezaj, Kylie Biscutti. Photo: Courtesy of Victoria's Secret

With Victoria's Secret Angels getting pregnant in droves, the lingerie company didn't have much of a choice but to launch its Victoria's Secret Fashion Show National Model Search for the next Runway Angel.

The competition kicked off Oct. 3 with casting calls nationwide, and now Victoria's Secret has narrowed it down to 10 gorgeous girls.

At the penthouse duplex model apartment (complete with sweeping deck and hot tub) in New York City's Financial District, Victoria's Secret announced the following finalists this am:

  • Kylie Bisutti, 19, Simi Valley, CA
  • Jamie Lee Darley, 23, Carmel, CA
  • Raven Ervin, 24, Birmingham, AL
  • Katelyn Fortes, 18, Boston, MA
  • Alicia Hall, 24, Las Vegas, NV
  • Krystina Holbrook, 20, El Dorado Hills, CA
  • Tika Ivezaj, 25, Detroit, MI
  • Catharina Lee, 20, Washington, DC
  • Courtney O'Conner, 20, Raleigh, NC
  • Allison Turner, 23, Cape Girardeau, MO
The aspiring models come from a surprisingly wide-range of backgrounds: Tika Ivezaj is Albanian-American, married and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do; Allison Turner hails from a 60-acre farm in Missouri and Adriana Lima look-alike Alicia Hall would rather hike canyons than hit the clubs despite growing up in Sin City.

With 10 girls living in one apartment and a camera crew taping their every move, there's bound to be some tension.

Not so, says Cali native Jamie Lee Darley, who explained to StyleList that no one has a negative attitude... yet.

Katelyn Fortes, the youngest of the leggy bunch and a hurdles track champion, added, "It's like a sorority!"

Though, Krystina Holbrook chimed in, "I think when the second run of cuts happens and five girls go home, that's when the competition might build. Then we'll have to bring out our A-game!"

And true to VS, the girls need likable personalities to go with their bodacious bods. And the public will get to vote on who should move via the brand's specially dedicated site.

To further fuel the competition, Victoria's Secret has been putting the finalists through the paces with a series of challenges called "Angel Boot Camp."

"I expected to come into the house and have 4 am ringing buzzers saying 'Alright, drop and give me 50!,'" Kylie Bisutti told us.

Instead, the girls are facing more unexpected challenges, but are keeping mum on the details. Raven Ervin quips, "You have to watch to find out!"

Victoria's Secret isn't the only fashionable company on the hunt for new modeling blood. This iconic modeling agency is looking for the next "Supermodel of the World."
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Dwahn Denson, 12-03-2009, 3:30AM

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Dwahn Denson

i thought allison was super gorgeous and should have been the winner do you think she,s still supermodel material and could she still be signed by vs in the near future.

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