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Though thoughts of theme parks usually bring to mind roller coasters, that’s not exactly what ModelLand has to offer. “Maybe in 2040,” Tyra Banks laughed to Entertainment Tonight. Instead, guests are greeted in a luxurious way. “You are ModelLand’s star. Our cameras are waiting for you,” she issued in a statement, and that’s when your day of supermodel stardom begins.
In addition to shopping and eating great food — like any amazing attraction should have — visitors of ModelLand can take part in posing classes, get their hair and makeup done, wear expensive outfits, and, of course, have their own runway show and photoshoot complete with a digital lookbook to take home. “Everybody that has a camera phone, to me, is a model. You have social media? You are a model,” Banks told BUILD Series. “And when you come to ModelLand, we’re going to take it to the next level.”
No attraction is complete without entertainment, but as Banks has repeatedly stressed again, guests are the V.I.P.s that everybody wants to see. “There’s an immersive theater experience where you are the star. You’re not waiting in line to get somebody’s autograph,” she told Today.
Funny enough, Banks admits that the reality of being backstage at a real runway show is not as glamorous as people think. “It is not sexy at all,” she told BUILD Series. However, ModelLand sure is. “I wanted to give people, like, a dream experience that they’ll never forget.”
Written by: Nicki
