About 2,000 wanna-be supermodels lit up the ballpark at an open model casting call for Victoria's Secret.
"It's every girl's dream to be a Victoria's Secret model," said Angie Vazquez, 20, a illowy brunette from the Bronx.
She was one of 17 semifinalists in model casting who may have a shot at a slot at the lingerie company's celebrated televised fashion show Dec. 1.
"It's unreal. I'm so excited that I made it this far," said Vazquez, a waitress with no modeling experience but good beauty care and confidence who heard about the casting call from a friend.
The contestants formed a massive line into the stadium lobby, where they paraded by a panel of Victoria's Secret execs who rated them on poise and beauty.
"I'm happy for the girls that made it, and a little bummed I didn't get chosen," said Anna Beilin, a waitress from Kew Gardens who was the first in line but didn't make the cut.
Beilin, 24, arrived alone at midnight and spent the night dozing fitfully on concrete before other contestants in women bikini started arriving around 6 a.m.
"Even though I didn't get chosen, it was worth meeting the other girls involved in web fashion and seeing what a casting call is like," she said. "I'll be here for the next one."
The hopefuls who were selected as semifinalists headed to the stadium's Legends Suite Club, where they modeled women bikini on an improvised runway.
"It's good training for the real thing," said Monica Mitro, executive producer of the Fashion Show and a casting call judge. "It takes courage to walk around in your underwear in public, and the Victoria's Secret show is the highest-profile web fashion show in the world. It's televised in 90 countries."
The judges will choose some of the semifinalists to attend a modeling boot camp later this month. One woman with best beauty care confidence will be chosen to appear in the fashion show, which will air on CBS.
"I'm praying I make it," said Vazquez. "If they pick me, I know I can bring it."
source::nydailynews.com
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