Ashley
This finalist found a shortcut to ANTM: Tyra's hairdresser "discovered" her in the audience during a taping of the diva's talk show.
Age: 22
Occupation: Artist
Height: 5'6"
Hometown: Chicago
Bianca
The "opinionated" contestant (or "bitch" to her housemates) actually shaved her head before the show...but she complains the most after the infamous ANTM makeovers—about her eyebrows. True story.
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'7"
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Brittany
For some reason, we're supposed to be impressed that the self-professed "book nerd" is a math major at a Santa-something University. But for some reason, we're not.
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'5"
Hometown: Livermore, Calif.
Courtney
The competitive cheerleading champ makes her first appearance in crutches after breaking her foot (for the fourth time) during a tumbling routine. If the judges make this girl walk the runway in freakishly high novelty heels, they're even crueler than we thought.
Age: 22
Occupation: Cheer instructor
Height: 5'4"
Hometown: Plantation, Calif.
Erin
The postmakeover platinum blonde describes herself as "intelligence-based." 'Nuff said?
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'6"
Hometown: Kenosha, Wis.
Jennifer
If "the only Asian girl" in Le Cycle 13 was already working as a model, could this season's emphasis on offering a chance to shorter hopefuls be some kind of...gimmick?
Age: 23
Occupation: Model
Height: 5'5"
Hometown: Philadelphia
Kara
Although her family is "upper-middle class," Kara is one of two(!) finalists with a background in farm-animal castration. We're more uncomfortable with her startling similarity to Kelly Bensimon.
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'7"
Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind.
Laura
Proving her cow-castrating cred with a demo before the panel, something tells us this country darling is way ballsier than the other gelding girl.
Age: 19
Occupation: Waitress
Height: 5'6"
Hometown: Stanford, Ky.
Lisa
She seems like a nice girl, if a little subdued, but no one can fill Amber's crazy shoes. Except maybe Tyra Banks herself.
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'5"
Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
Lulu
Unlike most aspiring models, this girl stays away from closets. "I'm gay!" she announced when introducing herself to the panelists. To dispel any other possible confusion, her GF's name is tattooed across her chest.
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'7"
Hometown: Brooklyn
Nicole
Aka "Bloody Eyeball" (to differentiate herself from last year's runner-up, Allison "Bloody Nose" Harvard), the stunning redhead said, "I just want to model and skip socializing." Based on her selective mutism, this shouldn't pose a problem.
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'7"
Hometown: Louisville, Colo.
Rachel
Her mom calls her "Bambi eyes" and the judges seem to love the teen's "odd," "quirky" and "interesting" look. Based on wide-eyed Allison's success last cycle, Rachel will see her way through many elimination rounds.
Age: 18
Occupation: Customer service
Height: 5'5"
Hometown: Woodland, Calif.
Rae
The young single mom was abducted at a gas station, sexually assaulted and beaten—but few contestants can match her confidence and poise. You can't not root for this woman.
Age: 21
Occupation: Homemaker and mother
Height: 5'6"
Hometown: Rochester, Minn.
Sundai
The former foster child doesn't profess to be "scholastic," but she's clearly bright and articulate. We just wish she didn't consider America's Next Top Model "more important than living."
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Height: 5'3"
Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
Cycle 13 Cast
Get out that Photoshop eraser tool—the first model disappears Wednesday, Sept. 9, on the CW. Who will it be?