WALK Fashion Show, one of the Midwest’s largest fashion event, is back for Spring 2012.  This season, Ford Model Bianca Golden from America’s Next Top Model Cycles 9 and 17 will host the WALK model casting, where over 500 hopefuls are expected, ready to rip the runway.  Golden, best known for ANTM and multiple appearances on the Tyra Banks show, hopes to inspire local Detroit women in the fashion industry.  Golden is excited to share the knowledge and experience she’s gained from her successful modeling career since ANTM with Detroit’s fashionistas.  Golden is now signed with Ford Models in Chicago, Major Model Management in New York, Fusion Model Management in South Africa, and Click Models in Boston.  Golden appeared on the Project Runway Season Five Finale and has graced the pages of Essence Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The Source and various other publications.  WALK is not Golden’s first involvement in runway shows - she has taken part in multiple fashion weeks and numerous BET Rip The Runway shows. 

The WALK casting will be held on Saturday, February 4 from 1pm to 5pm at the 4731 Gallery, located at 4731 Grand River in Detroit, MI.  WALK is casting male and female models between the ages of 16-35.  All sizes and ethnicities are welcomed.  Models should bring a head shot photo or comp card and female models should wear stiletto heels.

 Each year, WALK, now in its 5th edition, has averaged over 500 women at each casting call and over 2,000 fashion show attendees from the metro Detroit area and around the country.  Each year, WALK donates a portion of its proceeds to various charities.  This season’s show is produced by native Detroiters Crystal Bailey, award winning event producer KeKe Dillard and Daishawn Franklin, who was recently featured in the Detroit Free Press, celebrating nine years of successful celebrity event and concert production around metro Detroit.

WALK strives to provide a platform for locally based designers, store owners and the Detroit fashion community.   The Spring WALK Fashion Show will take place in May 2012, at the Detroit Opera House.

For more information, contact organizers by e-mail at walkfashionshow@gmail.com or by telephone at 313.79WALK6