America's Next Top Model Will Now Include Male Models

The CW Network released a new blog announcing that the network has ordered Cycle 20 of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL.  Cycle 20 will debut in summer 2013 with a specific premiere date to be announced at a later time.

The CW's blog said "In Cycle 20, for the first time, male models will be added to the group of contestants competing for the title, and will move into the models' house alongside the women. Also in Cycle 20, viewers will continue to have a direct impact on the competition by voting for their favorite models though social media, helping decide who gets eliminated and who stays in the running to becoming America's Next Top Model." 

AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with The Tyra Banks Company.  The executive producers are Ken Mok ("Making the Band"), Tyra Banks and Laura Fuest Silva.  The series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Mok and Kenya Barris.  Tyra Banks also hosts the series, which is currently airing its 19^th cycle in the United States.