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Who said models are shallow?

Former Sports Illustrated babe Carol Alt handed out 3,500 gifts from a City Sightseeing bus Saturday for the Police Athletic League Holiday Toy Drive with Bill Bratton, Robert Morgenthau and John Catsimatidis.

But when the volunteers ran out of basketballs, “One teary-eyed little boy was left who had really wanted one,” a spy said.

So, “Alt disappeared for about five minutes and found one for him. The boy was so excited.”

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