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Get ready for Mexico’s Next Top Model

By Jeremy Schwartz | Friday, September 19, 2008, 01:45 PM

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The guilty pleasure known as America’s Next Top Model is migrating south of the border, with the Sony Entertainment cable channel planning a Mexican version of the show. Sony has already had considerable success with a version in model-mad Brazil. Although Mexico isn’t exactly known for its international models, producers think Latin America will embrace the show, given its success in Brazil.

The ‘Top Model’ phenomenon isn’t the first to cross the border. Big Brother became a nationwide phenomenon in Mexico a few years ago, and Sony is in its third season of Latin American Idol. That has been a mega-hit in places like Venezuela and Guatemala, but less so in Mexico, where it faces competition from home-grown talent shows like La Academia.

Producers think the Mexican version of ‘Top Model’ will begin production sometime next year.

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By gringa

October 5, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

Love the show in the US, wish I could see the Mexican version.

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