The new series of America's Next Top Model kicks off on Living TV tonight.
Bosses have introduced a height restriction, which means contestants will be 5ft 7in or under.
Host Tyra Banks is delighted with the shake-up.
‘I stand for redefining beauty and really opening up the narrow box of what beautiful is,’ she says.
Tyra, 35, admits the change has been a long time coming.
‘I tried to do seasons of just short girls and I got, “No, no, no” from my beautiful network people, who I love,’ she tells Entertainment Tonight.
‘So I created a Powerpoint presentation and said, “This is why this season will be successful.” And I finally got a yes. It took two years to get a yes, two years. But it's happening.’
America's Next Top Model airs on Living TV tonight at 9pm.
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