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March 17, 2009

On the rampage in New York

America’s Next Top Model Riot at Auditions in New York

America’s next top model auditions in New York made the news for all the wrong reasons.

Not because the Hostels in New York and Hotels in New York were sold out because of the large numbers of potential contestants visiting the city, but because the thousand of wannabe Model lining up waiting to audition turned into a riot situation.

Speculation into why the models waiting to audition began to riot range from a pick pocket being amount the people waiting, to a car back firing and someone shouting that there was a bomb.

Tyra Banks and the show's producer Ken Mok said: "We are concerned by the events. We still don't know all the details of what triggered the incident."

Police cancelled the auditions due to the riot that ended with six people injured and three arrests.

The question is, was this an accident, or a bunch of desperate wannabe’s going on the rampage