'America's Next Top Model' is bringing out the big guns as several high-profile fashion insiders will appear as special guest judges on the new season.
Photographer Patrick Demarchelier, photographer-director Matthew Rolston, and designers Diane von Furstenberg, Zac Posen and Roberto Cavalli will offer critiques on the 15th cycle of Tyra Bank's CW series, which premieres Sept. 8.
"We've always been a very mainstream show... a hidden secret or guilty secret of the fashion world," executive producer Ken Mok told the Times Tuesday. "No one confesses out loud to watching it. But the second we went out and told the world that Italian Vogue was going to be the prize... that completely opened the doors, carte blanche, to any and everybody we wanted."
The winner of this season's ANTM will appear in a six to eight page spread in coveted Italian Vogue magazine next year. Past winners have appeared in more moderate fashion magazines Marie Claire, Jane, Elle and most recently Seventeen.
"All of a sudden it's not 'America's Next Top Model,' " added creator, host and executive producer Tyra Banks. "It's 'America's Next Top Modelle,' dahling.' It's totally elevating it with the fashion industry."
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