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"Here&amp;#x27;s a little reality TV reality check: The contestants on America&amp;#x27;s Next Top Model have to submit to an IQ test as part of the casting process, according to the show&amp;#x27;s creator and host, Tyra Banks. Last night at the cycle 19 premiere party at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, we put this question to Tyra: &amp;quot;Since this cycle is the college edition, are the girls smarter than usual?&amp;quot; Her answer seriously surprised us: &amp;quot;Their IQs are higher than ever. We test the IQs every year as part of our screening process. Yeah, I&amp;#x27;m probably saying too much here. But yes their IQs are higher than ever. These are college girls.&amp;quot; As soon as we picked our jaws up off the floor, we followed up by wondering if that meant they were better-behaved or otherwise more savvy on set. Thankfully for lovers of good reality TV drama, the answer was: &amp;quot;No. They may know a little calculus or statistics or whatever but they were still just girls fighting. There was one fight going on in the second episode about who&amp;#x27;s a real bitch. &amp;#x27;I&amp;#x27;m a real bitch, no I&amp;#x27;m a real bitch.&amp;#x27; What? You guys are college girls! What is a real bitch anyway?&amp;quot; The executive producers of the show gave us the following statement, via the CW&amp;#x27;s press rep, about finding out if the models have brains in addition to beauty: &amp;quot;Testing basic intelligence is very common in reality shows, especially competition ones, and just one of several factors that are considered in the casting process.&amp;quot; What do you ladies make of Top Model IQ-testing its contestants? Surprised? Discuss! America&amp;#x27;s Next Top Model cycle 19 premieres Friday, August 24 at 8/7c on the CW. PLUS! - No surprise here: Tyra has the most social media influence of any supermodel - Tyra Banks says she&amp;#x27;d never make it as a model by today&amp;#x27;s weight standards - Kelly Cutrone dishes on judging ANTM Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images Entertainment"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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