This is very important, so please read it :D
Here, I will list all of the contestants who start out in the WMEB competition, even if they're eliminated in the first round. Please read carefully as I explain how I will do this. I chose 30 contestants instead of 25 since the women will be from around the world and I wanted to have a good level of diversity. There are still 15 women from the US since it's a US-based show. This is where you can thank my OCD - I chose celebrities to fill every single role for the 30 contestants. In order to not confuse myself or any of you readers, the women's names will be the same as the celebrity who portrays them. However, these women will NOT be celebrities in the story. For example, one of the contestants is Ariana and she will be portrayed by Ariana Grande, but in the story she's not famous, she's from Italy and she's a veterinarian. Does that make sense to everyone? If I had to come up with fictitious names for all 30 women, I would go crazy and never be able to remember them all!
First of all, of course, we have Harper. She's the only one whose name I did change. I would have added her into the full list of contestants below, but I forgot, like a complete dork, and I didn't want to have to redo every collage.
Some final notes: I listed the contestants in alphabetical order, so it has nothing to do with the order in which they will be chosen. Also, I'm trying my best to randomize personality traits, positive and negative. I'm trying to avoid stereotypes, but I can't guarantee I will be 100% successful. In any case, personality types and eliminations will not be based on race/skin color, country of origin, or religion.
Finally you may have noticed an unusual contestant - Joy Yarrington is my daughter and that is one of her headshots, done by a student at MSU. She wants to go into theater and she had the opportunity last fall to perform in a new musical with Michigan State's theater program. It's a musical that is still being developed, called "For Tonight." Two Broadway stars came in for the performance and she got to know them, which was amazing for her. For this coming fall, she didn't get a role in the play, but she will assist another person from Broadway on behind-the-scenes work. So, there's my little bit of bragging for my daughter. You'll read her fictitious story later.
If you have any questions, please comment below. I hope you enjoy the story! <3