Seventeen magazine and JCPenney stores have announced the 10th annual Cover Model Contest. Applications are available at the Cape Girardeau store.

Young women ages 13-21 may participate. The winner of the contest will appear on a fall 1993 cover of Seventeen and will receive a $1,000 wardrobe provided by JCPenney, and a one carat diamond pendant.

Cape Girardeau model Kelly Russell has participated in this competition.

Local semifinalists will be chosen by each store. Regional semifinalists' entry forms and photographs will be submitted to Seventeen for national judging.

Eight national finalists will be selected by Seventeen's editors and notified of their selection in the spring. They will travel to New York City for an all-expenses-paid trip that includes hair and make-up sessions with New York stylists.

All the finalists will be photographed by leading fashion photographers and showcased in a special feature in a fall issue of the magazine.

Applications are available in the junior department at JCPenney.