'Rachel': Have you seen this 'America's Next Top Model'?

It's fairly standard practice for networks to only release the first names of reality show contestants at the beginning of a show's run. Especially in those cases where the show doesn't have a live element, but was shot months before airing.

Not so much as to protect the contestants' privacy, but to make it a bit more difficult for them to be tracked down and possible key competition points to come out sooner than they should.

This can leave hometown journalists and bloggers a bit at loose ends in trying to cover their new potential star.

We're getting a kick out of The Woodland Journal's (An alternative source of information and commentary about Woodland, California) page that has been set up for "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 13 contestant Rachel.



Between the CW-provide photo and stats -- age, hometown, occupation and height -- it's like a Glamour Shot version of a missing persons, "Have you seen this girl?" milk carton.

The Woodland Journal does reveal that Rachel's grandparents are Bob and Nancy Johnson, also of Woodland. Does this mean her last name is Johnson? That's not spelled out. But the Journal does promise to post more information as it's discovered.

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