Supermodel Tyra Banks welcomes 12 aspiring models to New York City by immediately challenging them to strut their stuff for marines on a runway built on one of the world's largest naval ships, the USS Intrepid, on the premiere of the second. New York's hot deejay Funkmaster Flex spins the beats for the surprise fashion show. Later, one participant gets off to a rough start when she oversleeps the morning of the first photo shoot and is abandoned by the other girls, meanwhile, another wannabe top model is forced off of the set of a nude shoot. The first participant is ...

The girls settle in and life gets interesting as Yoanna and Camille start to strike sparks off each other. The girls have been told to work on their walk on the runway. A day with J. Alexander might be what they need. J. is considered one of the best instructors of the model walk.

The photo shoot involved some pretty fancy shoes and many hard choices for the girls.