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Tyra Banks. Photo supplied.
Several episodes of the next season of America's Next Top
Model will be filmed in New Zealand, host and former top model
Tyra Banks confirmed on Twitter this morning.
"Rumours are true & U R 1st to know. Top Model is goin to
NEW ZEALAND for cycle 14! Can't wait to get there. Are y'all
excited for next cycle?," Banks' verified Twitter account
said.
Rumours that the show would film here began to circulate last
week, with fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller saying he had
been in touch with a source working on the show.
Hindin Miller said Banks was due to fly to New Zealand this
week and would be joined by the show's new judge, American
Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley.
Filming would begin on Thursday or Friday this week, in
locations including Queenstown and Auckland, he said.
New Zealand designers would be featured on the show.
Hindin Miller said Tourism New Zealand may have been involved
in location-scouting for the filming, but a spokesperson for
the agency could not be reached for comment.
A New Zealand adaptation of the reality series screened on
TV3 earlier this year, but plans for a second season were yet
to be confirmed.
