Article: Five Rhode Island Models Taste Stardom in Manhattan.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Elated, enchanted and exhausted, five local aspiring models have returned home to Rhode Island after a whirlwind 24-hour trip to Manhattan, where they experienced first-hand the sometimes less-than-glamorous quest for stardom.

Alisha El-Machiah, 19, and Kevin Kenny, 20, both of Providence; Lillie O'Connell, 16, and Ryan Plonka, 20, both of Cumberland; and Kristina Wilkicki, 22, of West Warwick were whisked by limousine from Providence at 5 a.m. Friday (Dec. 7) to Sun Studio in midtown Manhattan. At the studio, they were primped, prodded and professionally fussed ...

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