Oh God, I hate myself for even noticing this, but look at the noses of the nine. The Nine Noses, if you will.
These women -- even the two who are not white -- have what amounts to the same nose (or very nearly).
Actually, whether by dint of nature or nurture/Photoshop, they generally look like adult versions of American Girl dolls -- all built on the same model, with minor tweaks to give the appearance of diversity.
@ellaesther: You beat me to it! The 'black' models (who are beautiful, don't get me wrong) are basically the whitest looking black models out there. What the hell? We need more models like Alec Wek.
@sparklylegwarmers: And even they, as phalenopsis rightly points out, manage to be just a leetle bit orange! (Though I should say that back when the SI swimsuit issue came out, I thought Bar Refaeli's skin looked like she was made of bologna, but on the news stand, she looked every bit the healthy, beautiful Caucasian. So the orange may be in the Jez, if you see what I mean).
So did they just put every model they could find on the cover, so they could be like "Well, we've used up all of them, can't have a repeat cover..." and go back to celebrities or reality television stars?
I don't really understand the excitement went models are featured on the cover of fashion magazines. If there is anyone the average woman can relate to less than a movie star, it's a supermodel. I mean, at least when Sarah Jessica Parker or Jennifer Hudson or Rachel Weitz were on the cover of Vogue, I was looking at women that have some admirable qualities outside of being beautiful. I guess the model thing is lost on me. So they're all beautiful in pretty much the exact same wide eyed/skinny/high cheek boned way. Isn't that kind of boring?
@VivianDarkbloom: To me they do. They all have wide set, large eyes, thin noses, high cheekbones, small chins, bigger than average lips. It's really, really boring.
The last model on the left, Poly, (also the name of my newest horror film) (except she's the last model on the right, dammit!) is wearing a dress that Tilda Swinton (aka Goddess Of All Amazing Fashion) once wore:
There is something about the way the girls all meld into each other that seems really off, like they were all superimposed onto each other ala the ANTM "take one down" shot. The only pairing that looks like they were filmed together in the one on the front flap. odd.
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These women -- even the two who are not white -- have what amounts to the same nose (or very nearly).
Actually, whether by dint of nature or nurture/Photoshop, they generally look like adult versions of American Girl dolls -- all built on the same model, with minor tweaks to give the appearance of diversity.
Sigh. This does not make happy.
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Do you have pools on that, you know, the way they do for the athletic championships? Because you should clean up.
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But that's the only way to look like a real girl -- did you not get your memo?
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[gofugyourself.celebuzz.com]
Yes, I can tell that just from the rusching around the bust.
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BLEEEECH
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