Meet NZ's Next Top Model wannabes

Rebecca Rose Harvey. Photo / Supplied

New Zealand's Next Top Model - the local version of Tyra Banks' worldwide hit reality television series - debuted on TV3 Friday with the network claiming high ratings for the programme.

The first episode of the show followed the audition hopefuls as they were whittled from 33 girls down to the 13 that will now compete to be New Zealand's first Next Top Model.

The show, the first New Zealand adaptation of the Top Model format, also proved to be a ratings winner for TV3, launching with a 29 per cent share of the 18-49-year-old audience age bracket.

All 13 contenders are now living in an Auckland mansion where each week they take up a modelling challenge and face assessments from the judges. Who will be the first to be sent packing - and who will come out on top?

Victoria Williams, 21
Hometown: Blenheim
Occupation: Chef

Teryl-Leigh Williams-Bourke, 23
Hometown: Manukau
Occupation: Mother

Rhiannon Lawrence, 16
Hometown: Blenheim
Occupation: Student

Olivia Eve Murphy, 18
Hometown: Dunedin
Occupation: Sales assistant

Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie, 16
Hometown: Auckland
Occupation: Student

Hosanna Horsfall, 19
Hometown: Gisborne
Occupation: Student

Ajoh Chol, 21
Hometown: Sudan, now living in Auckland
Occupation: Student

Lucy Murphy, 22
Hometown: Dunedin
Occupation: Fashion shop manager

Tiffany Butler, 17
Hometown: Lake Tarawera
Occupation: Student

Rebecca Rose Harvey, 19
Hometown: Auckland
Occupation: Student

Laura Scaife, 20
Hometown: Paraparaumu, Wellington
Occupation: Travel agent

Sarah Yearbury, 19
Hometown: Christchurch
Occupation: Mother

Ruby Higgins, 17
Hometown: Hawke's Bay
Occupation: Student