In the elegant but uber-competitive world of fashion modeling, Jacki Hydock’s chances are very good of emerging triumphant on the Bravo Network’s “Who Wants to be a Supermodel?” weekly reality series.

That’s according to a woman who should know.

“Jacki is one of those young ladies who is beautiful inside and out,” said Joan Scholz, director of the Cleveland office of the Docherty Agency, a Pittsburgh-based modeling agency that represented the 21-year-old North Olmsted woman.

“She always jumped at any opportunity,” Scholz said. “She is a very hard worker and very passionate about her work.”

The daughter of Anne Hydock, Jacki is one of an original pool of 14 male and female contestants (now winnowed to 12) vying for a $100,000 cash prize and contract with New York Model Management, whose models have included Elle Macpherson, Sarah O’Hare, Omahyra, Travis and Mathias.

Similar to other reality TV shows and based on a successful British series, the 12-week Bravo series — which airs at 10 p.m. tonight with its fourth episode — asks viewers to vote on who stays to walk the runway again.

During the 12 weeks, models live together in a New York City loft where they will “explore friendships, romance and naked ambition while undergoing a series of creative challenges designed to test their professional modeling potential,” according to the show’s Web site.

A 2004 graduate of St. Joseph Academy in Cleveland, Hydock works as a part-time cocktail waitress. An avid sports fan and former volleyball and basketball player, she devotes herself to animal rights by volunteering at an animal shelter.

Hydock, who was not reached for comment, auditioned for the Bravo series in New York City, according to Scholz.

“She began with us at age 19 and worked right up to the time she went to New York to audition,” she said.

While working for Scholz, Hydock did  fashion modeling as well as work for print, TV and other commercial ventures.

“Jacki is excellent on the runway. Models are their own product. They are selling themselves and personality is a huge part of it. The meek and mild do not find this easy,’’ Scholz said.

Contact Steve Fogarty at 329-7146 or sfogarty@chroniclet.com.

 Online photos from the program depicted Hydock and other models posing with each other in bed in skimpy underwear and in suggestive shots meant to convey bondage-style apparel and situations.

 “This is reality TV, keep that in mind,” said Scholz. “They do certain things to be dramatic. I’m sure it’s out there. I can’t ever say we booked her for anything like that. It’s not mainstream, but it is an attention-getter.”

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