In MTV’s ‘The City,’ cameras follow Whitney Port all over

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Claire, Molly and Anna, pretty 16-year-old juniors from Libertyville, Ill., flew to New York City last month to visit NYU. ‘I wonder if we’ll see Whitney Port,’ one said to another, because they totally watch her MTV reality show ‘The City,’ and wouldn’t that be hilarious?

And when they wheeled their luggage into the W Times Square Hotel, there she was: Whitney Port, having a photo shoot in the lobby, looking like a fashionable, louche giraffe. She was in tight Current/Elliott jeans, rolled above strappy boots, and a gauzy, very L.A. top.

This was only five episodes into ‘The City’s’ debut season.

The giraffe approached. ‘Oh, I looked at NYU!’ Port told them. And, ‘Oh cool, my mom’s from Chicago.’ Pictures were taken. ‘You’re such a nice role model,’ one of their moms told Whitney.

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(Photo: Port, seen at the W Times Square Hotel, has gotten a job working for Diane von Furstenberg (in addition to her role in “The City”). Credit: Jennifer S. Altman/For The Times)