Like last season, fashion editor Andre Leon Talley and photographer Nigel Barker will join Top Model creator Tyra Banks as regular members of the sixteenth season's judging panel. Jay Manuel will also serve as the photo shoot creative director, while Miss J. Alexander will return as the runway trainer.
In addition, the season's panel will also feature a series of "high fashion" guest judges: international fashion designer Lana Marks, model/stylist Erin Wasson, stylist and The Rachel Zoe Project star Rachel Zoe, Sudanese model and actress Alek Wek, stylist/creative consultant Lori Goldstein, Italian photographer Francesco Carrozzini, fashion model Sonia Dara, IMG Models executive Ivan Bart, Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani, Brazilian designer Daniella Issa Helayel, and costume designer/stylist Eric Daman from the television show Gossip Girl.
America's Next Top Model's sixteenth-season contestants -- as well as their heights -- are:
- Alexandria, an unemployed 21-year-old from Newport Beach, CA who currently resides in Huntington Beach, CA (5'10")
- Angelia, a 20-year-old student from Landstuhl, Germany who currently resides in Pembroke Pines, FL (5'10")
- Brittani, a 19-year-old student from Beech Creek, PA who currently resides in Howard, PA (5'10")
- Dalya, an unemployed 21-year-old from Clear Lake, TX who currently resides in Corona, CA (5'9")
- Dominique, a 23-year-old college graduate from Houston, TX (5'9")
- Hannah, a 20-year-old student from Houston, TX who currently resides in Austin, TX (5'10")
- Jaclyn, a 20-year-old student and waitress from Belton, TX (5'10")
- Kasia, a 26-year-old college graduate from Wheaton, IL who currently resides in New York, NY (5'9")
- Mikaela, a 21-year-old student from Boca Raton, FL (5'9")
- Molly, a 22-year-old student from Charleston, SC (5'10")
- Monique, a 19-year-old student and waitress from Hebron, IL who currently resides in Pell Lake, IL (5'11")
- Nicole, a 20-year-old student from Orlando, FL (5'11")
- Ondrei, an 18-year-old retail salesperson from Atlanta, GA who currently resides in Muskegon, MI (5'7")
- Sara, an 18-year-old student and part-time worker from Rio Grand Valley, TX who currently resides in Edinburg, TX (5'10")
Source:Realitytvworld