Northeast native a contestant on "America's Next Top Model"

Fox Chase native Jennifer An is in the running towards becoming "America's Next Top Model."

The 13th cycle of the Tyra Banks-helmed show premieres Sept. 13 on CW Philly 57.

An, whose family later moved to Ambler, says that the biggest lesson she learned on the show, which already taped, was that "confidence is everything in this business." "When you allow one critique or one bad photo shoot to bring you down, it's hard to get back up," says the Upper Dublin High School graduate. As for living in a house with 13 other girls, An says, "It's pretty standard to expect an extremely messy house and catfights galore. There wasn't much to learn in that department, although I would have loved to have been surprised."