VIDEO: 'America's Next Top Model' Sparks a Near-Riot

An 'ANTM' casting call led to chaos.



None of the challenges on America's Next Top Model have ever been as risky as this.A casting call for the 13th cycle of ANTM ended in a near-riot on Saturday at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, with six injuries sustained and three arrests made.The New York Times reports that the melee began when the hopefuls, all of whom turned out for host Tyra Banks' recent call for women 5' 7" and under, showed up in numbers far too large for casting officials to corral safely.Several reports stated that tension arose when Top Model potentials were informed that they weren't…
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