I was informed by a co-worker today, that America’s Next Top Model will be starting back up again soon. She was anxious to tell me not because we share a love for the show, but she was looking forward to me finally being wrong so that she could gloat. Somehow, over the past three seasons, I have picked the winners with surprising accuracy simply by looking over the contestant list before the season even begins. In addition, I have never really watched the show at all, save for a few stray minutes while flipping channels on odd nights here and there.

So, let’s get on with the picks for the new season. My first reaction was that this year’s pool is weak. Real weak. Not only do some of these girls look like they are unqualified for America’s Next Top Model, some look like they are unqualified for the wet t-shirt contest at Senor Frogs during Spring Break. Maybe they got some of the cast offs from Extreme Makeover or something. Yikes.

There are however, a couple of gals that rise to the top quickly…and given the competition, this is not anything for them to be overly proud of. It’s like Corey Dillion rushing for 300 yards in a Pop Warner game…unimpressive. So here are my picks. I am going, as usual, with a top 3.

1) Mollie Sue – Each season, there is one girl that stands out, one girl that looks like she is already a model. This season it is one Mollie Sue. Blue blue eyes, fiery red hair (which I will take side bets on that she will get some sort of black dye job mo-hawk by the third show), and that model look. She also has what I call “model face”. That sunken cheekbone, upside-down triangle head that sort of looks like those Roswell alien sketches.

2) Nnenna – First off, her name is over 60% “N’s” which is a feat in and of itself. This unique name also makes for a good no-last-name model persona. Instead of Nnenna Smith, she can be known simply as Nnenna. This is career changing stuff in the model world. She is also a dark skinned African American woman who lists “Good Will Hunting” as her favorite movie. This proves that she is probably a little insane, which as I have said before, is required of any successful model. Lastly, she has that “I’m better than you” look down pat. This is also crucial to being a model.

3) Joanie - I don’t know that Joanie will win, but ya need one dark horse, and she is mine. To be honest, if you swapped her and Kathy for one another mid season, I am doubtful that anyone would even notice. I think they could be sisters, but Joanie has more “model face” and that is the main difference. She also looks vaguely like Celine Dionne, and I don’t really know what to make of that.

So those are my picks. I feel pretty strongly about the first two, but Joanie not so much. I am going to Vegas in 2 weeks, and I am not kidding when I say that I will place money on this if I can do so.