Andrea Leon Tally Joins AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL

Are any of you still in the running to be America’s Next Top Model? Well are you at least a fan?  Ms. Tyra has a new friends joining her next season.

Today The CW announced that the next installment of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL will features one of the most influential members of the fashion world, André Leon Talley, as a new judge

Talley will join Tyra Banks, photographer Nigel Barker and a weekly guest judge on the judges’ panel. Currently serving as the editor-at-large of Vogue, Talley is prominent in the world of designer fashion and has a front-row seat to runway shows all over the world.

Miss J. Alexander, long-time judge, breaks free from the judges’ desk to take on a mentoring role during challenges with the models. “After cycles of watching the girls not get it right, I thought they would benefit more from my ‘high heels’ and hands-on approach than my sitting in a chair judging their photos,” said Alexander. “And with Andre Leon Talley, this should be the best cycle yet.”

Cycle 14 welcomes a panel of rotating guest judges that include: Sally Hershberger (Salon Owner/Proprietor), Rachel Roy (Runway Fashion Designer), Sean Patterson (President of Wilhelmina Models), Dania Ramirez (CoverGirl Representative), Patricia Cleveland (First African American Supermodel), Ann Shoket (Editor in Chief of Seventeen Magazine), Whitney Port (Star of “The City,” Runway Fashion Designer), Sara Tetro (Owner of 62 Models), Sara McLeod (Actress from “Lord of the Rings”) and “Top Model” photo shoot director Jay Manuel.

Is this exciting news for fans of “Top Model”. Does this news add a little excitement to the reality show?