Talk-show host Tyra Banks and 40 of her most fabulous former “Top Model” contestants took over New York’s Gotham Hall to celebrate the launch of “America’s Next Top Model” on Oxygen TV. The show kicks off January 18 with a 13-hour “America’s Next Top Model” marathon. That’s thirteen hours of cat-walking and cat-fighting! ESSENCE.com caught up with Ms. Jay Alexander, Bianca Golden (cycle 9), Bre Scullark (cycle 5), and Saleisha Stowers (cycle 9 winner), who confessed their proud to be a part of the “Top Model” family.-QS