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Model girl, one among hundreds (7)

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I believe the answer is:

classic

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'model' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'girl one among hundreds' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'one among' indicates putting letters inside.
'hundreds' becomes 'cic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lass' going within 'cic' is 'CLASSIC'.

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(Other definitions for classic that I've seen before include "Relating to early Greek and Latin writers" , "Creation of the highest standard" , "First-class" , "Accepted as excellent" , "The Derby or The Oaks, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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