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The last leg of our Road trip found us in The Woodlands, Texas where our good friends at First Models and Talent Agency had a model search at The Marriott Hotel. Hundreds of boys and girls came in to meet with us throughout the day. Take a look at some Texas talent:

Pictures of Texas native Julie Henderson surrounded the room

Registration form for the search

Contestants waiting in line

Callbacks from the first group

Erin and I with Gail Barry, owner of First Models and Talent

On our way to Houston, we stopped in Austin to visit with Alan Foreman and his wife Tanni and daughter Kiki. We saw some great local talent from our old friends.

With Oklahoma behind us we headed South on I-35 and made our way to Dallas where we arrived on the hottest day of the year with 112 degree weather! We visited our friends at Kim Dawson, DMG, Blake Models, Page Parkes, The Campbell Agency and the trendy new agency Wallflower. After seeing some amazing local talent we hit the road for Austin...

After an eventful day in Wichita we jumped in the Kia with a 3 hour drive to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Passing many cows, horses and dried up land we arrived in the afternoon at the infamous Linda Layman agency. Linda responsible for finding Amber Valleta spent the afternoon showing us her new faces. From there we headed off to Oklahoma City where we scoured the quaint area of Bricktown.

After a stressful morning of catching our flights and going thru security in both Laguardia and Atlanta airports we landed in Wichita, Kansas with high expectations to find the next American superstar for New York Models. We found ourselves at the Towne East Mall in Wichita, Kansas where our dear friends at Models and Images put together a Back to School Model Search. Hundreds of boys and girls walked the runway in front of our eager eyes. Here's a peek at our first event:

Erin we're not in New York anymore...

Erin with our Kia and New York Models logo - look out for us on the road!

Destination: Towne East Square Mall

On our street scouting in the mall - look who we found, Miss Jeneil Williams for Victoria's Secret Pink in Kansas Blue

Registration form for the contest

Contestants waiting in line for the show

Some of the boys in line

Girls in line waiting to walk the runway

Girls walking in the Back to School fashion show

Boys walking in the Back to School fashion show

Maryann interviewing a contestant

Erin announcing the male winner Trevor

Models and Images scholarship winners

Future star Samme Cranston

The final issue of fashion director Simon Robins and Editor in Chief Aliona Doletskaya for Russian Vogue sees New York Models rising stars Jeneil, Patricia, Sedene and Ylonka model falls latest looks of furs and bold animal prints shot by Sharif.

New York Model Management wishes Aliona and Simon love and best of luck in whatever they do next…

Photographer: Bojana Tatarska

Melissa Tammerijn for Show Studio's "Perfect A/W Editorial" featuring Phoebe Philo's A/W 2010 Celine collection.
Directed by Ruth Hogden
Styling Katie Shilingford

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