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"Chanel Iman may be riding high on a Victoria&amp;#x27;s Secret contract and a serious runway career, but a few short seasons ago, she was just another pretty face (with a made-for-the-fashion-biz name). Her entire world was turned upside down when she entered the Ford Supermodel of the World contest...and yours could be too, dolls! Ford Models scours the entire globe every year to find the freshest new faces, bringing 50 women from almost as many nations together for the international finals and a shot at winning the coveted $250,000 Ford contract. The U.S. leg of the search is happening simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles this weekend...are you feeling lucky (and leggy?) Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! According to company reps, &amp;quot;The Ford team will be on hand to take digital shots of each girl, engage them in a brief interview and see them walk. As an added bonus, current Ford Models will also be on-site to give the candidates last-minute tips and share stories about how a career in modeling has offered them opportunities that they thought would never encounter through their entire lives. &amp;quot;At the end of the day, via video conferencing, the Ford Models team will sit down to deliberate on which applicant best exemplifies this season&amp;amp;#8217;s Ford girl. Along with usual model criteria, Ford will be looking for a combination of someone who embodies current trends in within the editorial industry, as well as showing potential for longevity.&amp;quot; The lucky model selected will go on to four days of ANTM-style crash course in test shoots, fittings, and runway lessons at the international finals in Brazil, and someone will eventually walk away with a serious modeling contract. Are you up for the task? Then get yourself to the W Hotel in Westwood, CA or the W Hotel on Lexington Ave in NYC and strike your best pose! Get full details here, and then tell us...have you ever done any modeling? Do you dream of being the next Chanel Iman? Are you going to check out the contest this weekend? Discuss! PLUS: - 5 ways to work it, courtesy of new author J. Alexander - Guess who&amp;#x27;s getting her wings? A slew of new angels hits the VS catwalk - Pint size model Isobella Jade on how to make the most of your teeny stature More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Image: courtesy of Ford Models"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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