Chaos has erupted at American Next Top Model auditions in a New York Hotel.

Thousands of people were queuing to try out for the hit reality TV show when panic broke out and people were forced to abandoned clothes and belongings to escape the scrum.

The scenes resulted in six people injured and three arrests. Police went on to cancel the auditions and sent everyone home, they could not confirm what the cause of the panic was.

For the 13th series of the show producers are looking for models below average height and a maximum height of 5′ 7″ set for auditionees. I wonder if these scenes are proof that woman as well as men suffer from the aggressive ‘Short Man’s Syndrome’ that we hear so much about?