America's Next Top Model - Chicago

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: This year's local 'Top' models : Two local teens will compete for Tyra's attention : Two of the 30 women competing for 14 slots on the next season of "America's Next Top Model" hail from the Chicago area -- and both are named Brittany. Each has taken a nickname to distinguish herself from yet another Brittany, a 19-year-old from Nevada. : Brittany "McKey," 19, is a martial arts expert from Lake Forest. Brittany "ShaRaun," 18, is a student from Chicago. : Adding to the interest in the 11th "Top Model" season, starting Wednesday, is preoperative transgender contestant Isis, who identifies herself as "a woman born physically male." : Here's how the two gals from Illinois compare: : MCKEY : McKey sounds like something you'd order off the dollar menu at McDonald's. : "A lot of people where I come from, they decided that, well, hey, I'm pretty good looking. So, maybe it would be a good idea for me." : "My personality. I am very friendly, I am very outgoing and I am very competitive. I am most definitely a 'go get 'em' girl, and I will get down and dirty with it." : "I'm this big fighter girl and I think she's ten-fold more brave than I am," McKey says in Wednesday's opener. : SHARAUN : Sure, she could have gone with plain, old "Sharon," but not our gal. It is ShaRaun. : "For some girls, 'America's Next Top Model' was a choice. For me, I was born into this. This was something I always wanted to do and guess what? I am America's next top model. I will be." : : "I'm kind of funky with the crazy hair. [I'm] kind of outgoing. I love my big eyes. I had to grow to like them. At first, I didn't like them that much. You gotta love my signature smile. Oh, yeah. Sometimes, it tends to get too big, though. It runs in my family. I get it from my mom. ... Big smile, I love it!" : "America's next top model isn't going to be a drag queen," replies ShaRaun. : (Sun-Times)

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