According to the official NU Muses website, the models (and their country affiliations) are On August 12, 2016, treats!

The talent search had live casting in New York City and Los Angeles and website submissions in August 2016.

The production was to be featured as a 90-minute documentary film to be released on American network television and worldwide.

[5][6] On November 29, 2016, Starz Inc. greenlighted NUDE as a feature-length documentary film directed and produced by award-winning[7] Anthony B. Sacco and Josh Shader that examines "perceptions of modeling, nude photography, and body image" in the modern social media age.

The work reveals Shaw's casting for the creation of the inaugural NU Muses project.