If these cheekbones could talk: Jane in action (source: The CW)

If you were following our blog these past few months, you know that The Amazing Race isn’t the only reality series with a Princeton connection this fall.  This season (or, as the show’s creator/judge/host/resident eccentric Tyra Banks insists on calling it, “cycle”) of America’s Next Top Model features junior Jane Randall among its bevy of smizing beauties.

Randall, a former member of the lacrosse team who hails from Baltimore, MD, is back at Princeton while the show airs (Wednesday nights at 8 pm on The CW).  So far we’ve only seen Jane in the show’s casting episode, in which she had a scant few minutes of direct screentime.  Still, that was enough time for Jane to: 1) receive the first profanity-bleeping of the cycle (for her reaction to the show’s new grand prize, a cover and two spreads in Vogue Italia); and 2) be labeled “privileged” by one of the show’s judges for attending Princeton and owning horses.

How the 5′9″ History major did going forward in the competition is everyone-but-Jane’s guess.  But while Jane can’t reveal her ultimate fate on the show, she did call us last week to talk about her Top Model experience.

The Ink: What made you want to apply for the show?
Jane:  In October in I was in New York with my mom, and a photographer approached me in Starbucks and asked if I was a model, and I said no. But it was always something I kind of wanted to do. So I went back to my dorm and actually took a couple pictures in my dorm room with my roommates. I sent it in to some agencies and got some calls back. And then I sent them in to Top Model —  I was watching Gossip Girl on the CW website, and there was actually a link to apply for the next Cycle…

Why was modeling something you always wanted to try?
It’s always been something I’ve thought about doing, I guess ever since my growth spurt. People have always said, “Oh, you’re tall and lanky, you should be a model.” But I never had any idea about how to go about doing it.  And then I kind of took it as a sign when the photographer approached me. I figured, why not send in some pictures and find out if I could actually do it?

Before the show, who or what did you think of when you heard the word “model”?
Mainly editorials in magazines. I wasn’t very familiar with runway [modeling], I’ve never really watched fashion shows. I guess an image in a magazine was what I thought of when I heard the word.

And now?  Do you think of yourself?  Do you consider yourself a model?
That’s a good question. Before the show, I definitely did not — it’s something I [just] wanted to do. But through the course of the show, you’ll see I’m trying to figure out if I can.