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more about #modelbehaviors more comments → Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter: As someone who has had to deal with the suicide of a loved one I will say the most important thing I learned from the experience. When a person takes... more » pesematology: If she wrote about loving Klaus Kinski, I'd say that's a good indication she had problems. Also and indication: the fact that she hanged herself :( more » Penny: I did visit her blog the day after her death and saw that she had linked a song in her last post. I actually linked it back to my own blog becaus... more » lafleur: Thanks for this, Jenna. I followed her blog and loved her wickedly funny videos for NY Magazine and I've been struggling to figure out why she would w... more » sara-without-an-h: I hope her family will find peace with the findings of the autopsy. So sad for everyone involved. (And I have to add that Le Parisien is not a gossip... more » karmasutra är svensk: I do think that while it is important to take all quotes from the blog in context, even talking about feeling depressed in Seoul, followed not long af... more » BuffySummers: This is so sad. Also, the comments on her blog after her death were truly awful. "OMG you're dead? WTF?" Reminds me of this article:[www.techcrunch.c... more » femme-bot: This is so sad. more » SharonTaint: How unbelievably sad. Twenty years old? Oh, honey, you weren't even fully cooked yet. Not even old enough to know how bad it gets! Whatever was ea... more » amplepie: I literally gasped out loud. I wasn't a regular reader of Daul Kim's blog, but every time I read it, I wanted to be her friend. (And, for what littl... more » napalmnacey is an angry feminist: I live with clinical depression. I've felt the urge to stop the pain, just stop the pain. But I love the people in my life so much and so deeply tha... more » Cerridwen: I am so saddened reading all these comments about how loved she was. I didn't know who she was until today, but it's just so heartbreaking that she i... more » mllej: How mind-numbingly sad. May she rest in peace. more » lafleur: This is so incredibly sad. I'll always remember her amazingly quirky/funny/intelligent fashion week video diary: [nymag.com] more » electriklights: Seeing this just brought me to tears. I loved her blog so much. This is truly a shock. You're missed Daul. So very missed. more » -
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Police Say Daul Kim Left A Suicide Note
The blog penned by model Daul Kim, who died last Thursday, apparently by her own hand, has been made invitation-only — probably because the news media have been trawling it for evidence of the 20-year-old's mental state.
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Model Daul Kim Found Dead In Paris, Aged 20
Daul Kim — who penned an acclaimed and insightful blog between assignments for clients like Vogue, Chanel, and Rodarte — died this morning in Paris, her agency has confirmed. A source told New York that Kim committed suicide. [The Cut] -
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Princeton To Teach Class On Books Written By Models
So this ridiculously expensive Ivy League university of which I'm sure you've heard is offering a class in model memoirs. More » -
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The Insider: Janice Dickinson Pushes Her Particular Brand Of Fat-Hating Crazy
Janice Dickinson and Star Jones joined The Insider panel last night. When asked whether Rosie O'Donnell should keep her split from her wife Kelli private, Janice answered that Rosie should lose weight. Star Jones did not like that. -
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Crystal Renn On Being A "Plus-Size" Model
"If they judge me for not being big enough, is that not the same as judging me for not being thin enough? ... My size shouldn't matter. Let's get rid of straight size and plus size. It's bullshit." [The Guardian] -
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From Observed To Observer: Fashion Week Is A 3-Ring Circus
There are any number of weird things about fashion week.
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Black Models Seek Fashion Paradigm Shift
Bethann Hardison, who has long battled the fashion industry's tacit racism, organized a get-together for models of color and casting directors like James Scully and Anita Bitton at Deitch Projects' Kehinde Wiley show, just in time for fashion week. [Modelinia] -
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Joanna Krupa Is Manic, Endearing
I didn't know who the hell the Dancing with the Stars contestant Joanna Krupa was until last night's The Insider. Producers edited her to seem like a manic, drunken, bully with a swearing problem, meaning: I kinda like her now. More » -
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Naked Black Women With Clothed Counterparts? Quelle Surprise
When viewing a fashion spread, you can approach the image from a variety of angles: advertising, or as art, or as part of a complicated cultural standard. How you see it depends on where you sit. (NSFW after the jump.)
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Madonna's Boyfriend Models One Look From Every Angle
Jesus Luz nabbed the next campaign for the Argentine label Ona Saez, which counts soccer legend Diego Maradona among its past spokesmodels. The apparent theme for the shoot? All about Jesus. It's the punniest thing you'll see all week! More » -
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Tying Up Loose Ends: An Open Invitation To The Commentariat
Yesterday, when I came out of the closet and then shared some of the, ahem, highlights of my illustrious modeling career, some of you had questions. So I thought today, I'd answer them (and others) in the comments. More » -
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A Short Trip Through My Portfolio, With Sequins
Joan Didion opens her essay "Goodbye To All That" with the declaration that it is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends. But with my career, it was in fact just the opposite:
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I Am The Anonymous Model
Modeling was my first job, and is to date the one I've held the longest. My final stint, which started in Paris and wound through cities almost too numerous to mention, spanned almost two years. Then, this summer, I quit. More » -
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What Makes Agyness Deyn So Appealing?
Why is Agyness Deyn is so very now? The New York Times, which is always slightly behind, wants to know. Cintra Wilson describes her as "genuinely sweet, sunny and slightly dim." Ouch! Wilson explains:
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No Girls On The Runway If They Haven't Eaten Before
This sign was taped up backstage at the Givenchy couture show in Paris. At least someone is finally noticing the long hours and working conditions during show season aren't conducive to regular meals for the models. [StyleFile] -
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Coco Rocha Dances Awesomely With Her Dad
Coco Rocha made this video of her energetically lip-syncing with her father, Trevor Haines, to "I Wanna Be Like You" from The Jungle Book. It's entirely as great as you'd expect from an endearing ex-dancer and her adorable dad. More » -
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Modeling And The Tragedy Of Karen Mulder
The news that '90s supermodel Karen Mulder was arrested in Paris for making death threats to her plastic surgeon could be written off as, at worst, a punchline, or at best, the latest expression of an unbalanced woman's erratic behavior.
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The Life Of A Baby Model? Not That Glam
Last week, I was taken aback to hear a friend, recently unemployed, tell me sheepishly that she was thinking of making her son a baby model. "All the parents say he's the cutest one on the playground," she said defensively. More » -
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We've seen her as a queen, as a man, and as muse. Now we're seeing Agyness Deyn [Link NSFW] totally naked, landing strip and all. [Fleshbot via Refinery29]EmperorModel Has No Clothes
