America's Next Top Model: Cycle Nine Finalists Announced!

BuddyTV - USA - If it seemed like there was something special in the air today, some kind of heady mixture of lip gloss, estrogen and anxiety, it wasn't your imagination. Today, the names and photos for the 13 finalists for America's Next Top Model cycle 9 were released in anticipation of the season premiere on the CW on Wednesday, September 19.  The drama starts promptly at 8pm.

In the meantime, you can review the new slate of modelettes and start picking your favorites now!

All we get this far in advance is some basic demographic data. There are quite a few students in the bunch, and just one over the age of 21. Although, as we've been reporting recently, the America's Next Top Model process scours the entire United States to find its hopeful modelettes, there are some trends in the locations from which cycle 9's finalist were found.