Michelle Matthews rode along ace of Africa producer Jan Malan bustles about Bloomsbury's, the luxury car dealers in Buitengragt Street, Cape Town.
Some girls chatter and giggle.
Most of the girls are still quite self-effacing and just wait patiently. One or two of the models are already developing the smug, bored look of professionals. The low, lustrous vehicles start slinking out of the showroom, slow enough so that the male models carrying banners bearing the name of each contestant can keep step. The procession makes three turns down Adderley Street. On the first trip the models are heckled by the vituperative flower sellers.