For young women pining for a hazard to strut down a runway, a new reality show on MTV may give them the opportunity to do just that -- but only if the wannabee models are willing to shed at least 30 pounds in exchange for a shot at fame.
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But just how much the show's contestants may take to fall back in order to increase their chances of becoming a model has already angered many body figure of speech experts and even corpulency experts -- all of whom occupy that this show may be the latest damaging message sent to an already weight-obsessed generation of young girls.
"Anything more than 25 pounds in 12 weeks is really overstepping the boundaries," said fleshiness expert Keith Ayoob of the show's promise to help the aspiring models lose as much as 80 pounds in trey months.
The casting call for the "Model Maker," which began auditions earlier this month, promises future contestants that a role on the show will help them achieve their dreams of coming into court on a real catwalk.
Women auditioning for the show have to provide MTV with their bust measurements, dress size and moldiness be ready and willing to "perspiration off the pounds" in order to be transformed into a well-groomed fashion model.
"MTV is looking for girls willing to spill the pounds (30-80 lbs), become a model and win $100,000!" reads the casting call announcement on MTV's Web site.
"We are looking at for girls with a great attitude, a pretty face and the survival to sudor off the pounds during a 3 month boot camp style show," the announcement reads.
The casting call also asks for potential drop contestants to submit a laundry list of other specifics -- including waistline and hip measurements and their weightiness -- and also requires applicants be between 5 foot 6 inches and 6 feet in altitude who "appear" to be between 18 and 25 years old.
And for the woman world Health Organization outlasts the other 14 contestants through a myriad elimination challenges, a trophy package will be hers -- including $100,000 in trophy money, a modeling portfolio and a personal trainer.
At a casting call in Kansas City, Mo., one aspiring poser hopeful told ABCNews.com that she hopes to lose 30 pounds if she's chosen to be on the show.
Paige Renfrow, a 5 feet 11 in 200 ezra Pound high school student, said she considers herself to be "pretty" and spell she isn't "obsessed with beauty" would still wish to lose some weight.
Like many of the contestants waiting in line to audition, Renfrow said she has dreamed of decent a example since she was a little girl, when she would try on her mother's wearing apparel and get her parents to shoot her.
Despite recurrent attempts by ABCNews.com to solicit a comment from MTV, the network declined to expound and aforesaid it would have more information close to the program later this fall.
While molding call dates have been scheduled around the area, the demonstrate has not yet been given the green light for taping.
A spokeswoman at MTV said that the decision to go ahead and tape a series will calculate on the results of the auditions.
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