Minnesotan will be part of "America's Next Top Model"

Yvonne Powless with vie for Tyra Banks' blessing.

July 30, 2012 at 5:20PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Yvonne Powless

LOS ANGELES--"America's Next Top Model" is going to school.

The 19th cycle, which premieres Aug. 24 on the CW, will be a "College Edition" with 13 participants battling for a fashion feature in Nylon magazine, a modeling contract and $100,000.

Among the competitors: Yvonne Powless, an 20-year-old who was raised in Minneapolis and attends University of Texas at Austin.

Not much is known about Powless. Her bio for the show says her favorite things include Harry Potter, Harper's Bazaar and sushi.

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