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Elle Macpherson’s Next Top Model is back — and two Cork girls are set to make it to the final 12, says Annmarie O’Connor

PARIS, Milan, London, New York, Cork? Fashion’s ‘big four’ has co-opted a Leeside space in its front row, thanks to Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model. The popular reality television series (formerly Britain’s Next Top Model) starts its eighth season on Jul 9 with two Rebel County beauties featuring among its 12 finalists.

With three million viewers, supermodel host Elle Macpherson and her celebrity judges, the opportunity for the Irish fashion fledglings is immense.