“America’s Next Top Model” Stampede In Midtown NY Prompts Model Hopeful To Observe It Was “Like 9/11 Part Two.”

Models lining up for an “America’s Next Top Model” casting at midtown New York’s Park Central Hotel this past Saturday became enmeshed in a stampede after an overheating car was misconstrued as a bombing attempt.

Tensions were high from the onset, as women who had slept in line overnight found women indiscriminately entering the line the next morning. The model hopefuls were then informed that, if they crossed the barriers set up by police, they would not be allowed to step back in line.

When several people mistook an overheating car as a bomb and began yelling, the crowd - possibly irate and tired from a lack of sleep and an onslaught of Tripping-Heiferitis - began stampeding for safety, crossing over barricades. Two men who had been arguing earlier erupted into a fight, because “ANTM” keeps shit real classy. Watch the heaving throbs for yourself:

Here is another example of the class and sense of perspective embodied in the typical “ANTM” contestant:

“The girls were running like it was 9/11 part two,” said Jennifer Brown, 27, of Kensington, Brooklyn.

At the end of the day, six women were injured and three people were arrested for inciting a riot. No more women were allowed in after the stampede. This resulted in many of the short, stubby girls allowed to compete for the first time in this season to cry, “My emotions are like The Tsunami Part II, except more horrible.”

Chaos breaks out at ‘America’s Next Top Model’ audition in Manhattan [NY Daily News]