Fans of the hit CW show America's Next Top Model don't have to wait too much longer for their favorite reality show to return.  The show returns on Wednesday, February 20 at 9pm ET.  This cycle's winner will receive representation by Elite Model Management.  She'll receive a $100,000 contract with Cover Girl cosmetics and appear in a fashion spread in Seventeen magazine.  Some changes have been made to the show this season.  Long time judge Twiggy has left the show for personal reasons and is replaced by former supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who was most recently seen on Dancing With The Stars.  Today, the CW network released the names of the girls who will be competing this season.  Read on to get to know the girls of cycle 10!

In cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model, 14 finalists have been chosen by Tyra Banks to compete.  The youngest contestant is 18 while the oldest is 24.  The girls hail from different areas of the country and have very different backgrounds and stories.  Here are the models for the upcoming season of ANTM.

Allison is 19 years old from Waunakee, Wisconsin.  The small town girl was a hostess at a local restaurant before joining the show.  Amy (aka "Amis") is a 20 year old waitress from Bartletsville, Oklahoma.  Anya is 19 and works in retail sales in her home state of Hawaii.  Atalya is a student from Brooklyn, New York and is 18 years old.  Claire, the oldest contestant, hails from New York City where she is a production coordinator.

23 year old Dominique is a receptionist from Columbus, Ohio.  Fellow contestant Fatima is a student from Boston.  Katarzyna is 22 years old and works in finance in her hometown of Roslyn, New York.  Kimberly works in customer service and is 20 years old from Worcester, Massachusetts.  Lauren is an artist, 22 years old, and from Brooklyn, New York.

Marvita is 23 years old, working in retail sales, from San Francisco, California.  Stacy Ann is a 22 year old student from Miami, Florida.  Rounding out this cycle's crop of contestants is Whitney, a 20 year old student from Atlantic Beach, Florida.


- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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