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more about #models more comments → UrbanAchiever: If you hold those fluffy dice to your ear, you can hear Las Vegas... more » angryyoungwoman: My mom was an artist for a children's clothing designer, and I often had to stand and pose for her drawings. I thought it was pretty boring, and I di... more » Casquivana: Fascinating! A friend's mother is a painter, and so is her older sister. And her father was a poet and writer, so my friend was always posing for her ... more » sayah: I would see that, I hope it comes nearby. more » chinaplate: Please please please, watch this before you just assume that it 'doesn't actually break down any barriers'. I watched the whole thing last summer and ... more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: This explains why they can have an America's Next Short Model and a Britain's Next Differently-abled Model, but no Next Fat Model. more » GreyCat: "It's kind of nice working with deaf girls because there's not those sort of irritating questions." Beautiful AND they don't talk! One step closer t... more » lalie (apologetic mess): Wasn't one of the contestants on ANTM legally blind? I think that's more progressive than shunting her off to some side show (phrasing intentional). ... more » librariesare4lovers: Britain's Missing Top Model was the best title they could come up with for this show? more » 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 » -
#artssake
'How Can He Ruin So Many Hours Of My Young Life": Artists' Kids Were Ungrateful Muses
Being a model is often part of the job description for an artist's child. Now, they get their say: More » -
#tvwatch
On BBC Show, Disabled Models Learn Same Lessons As Any Other Models
Britain's Missing Top Model, the show in which disabled women compete for a photo spread in Marie Claire, begins airing tonight on BBC America. What can viewers expect to see? More » -
#rip
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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#rip
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] -
#famouswomen
"She could probably light a cigarette in a thunderstorm."
To go from modeling in the 1960s to writing a seminal study of L.A. gang culture in the 90s is uncommon. Léon Bing managed to fit in dating Ed Ruschka and living with Hollywood's leading coke dealer to boot. [NYTimes] -
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#ragandbone
Relatively Wise Words From Relatively Reasonable Fashion Icon
Grace Coddington, Vogue's newly-beloved creative director, is regarded as one of fashion's straightest shooters. So what does this voice of relative reason have to say about the skinny-model question? More » -
#weightymatters
HuffPo Columnist Claims That Only Gay Men Find Super-Skinny Models Attractive
Irene Rubaum-Keller, a psychotherapist who specializes in eating disorders, took to her Huffington Post blog today to admonish the fashion industry for sending super-skinny models down the runway, asking "Who finds this attractive other than gay men?" More » -
#maghag
Study: Even Plus-Size Models Lower Self-Esteem
According to a new study, overweight women feel worse about themselves after looking at photos of models, whether those models are skinny or not. Underweight women, however, show an increase in self-esteem. So what's going on here?
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#aufwiedersehen
Brigitte Bars Models
Brigitte, Germany's highest-circulation women's magazine, has announced it will stop using professional models next year. Editor Andreas Lebert says instead Brigitte will feature a mix of famous and unknown women who "have an identity" rather than just "protruding bones." [AP] -
#modelbehaviors
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] -
#modelcitizens
Does Religion Have A Place On The Catwalk?
According to the Observer, a Christian modeling agency, called Models of Life has opened in the UK, hoping to combine religion and fashion and "to make people aware that modeling is about leading an exemplary life and exuding inner beauty." More » -
#modelbehavior
Breaking: Models Do Not Subsist On Champagne & Couture Alone
Almost as though such a thing were akin to a unicorn sighting, Life has a gallery of pictures of models eating. Mostly it looks like the ladies are trying to grab bites despite work demands. Sounds familiar. [Life.com] -
#maghag
Elle's Photoshoot With Amber Rose: Asinine, Ass-Centric
Model Amber Rose has her own photo spread in the October issue of Elle magazine, but unlike some of the other celebrity types inside, Kanye's ladyfriend didn't exactly get the "high fashion" treatment.
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