Jezebel: saleisha

Naomi Campbell Is Still Mad That Ethnic Models Aren't Working

Jennifer — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST

"Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington would go to big designers and say: 'If you don't want Naomi to be in your show, then I don't want to be in it'...Women of colour are not a trend...That's the bottom line." — Naomi Campbell, still fighting for the cause of models of color. [Vogue UK]
Speaking of women of color: Liya Kebede is looking to diversify! The model will be launching a children's clothing line made in Ethiopia but sold in the United States. [Chic Report]
Dylan McDermott on why he attended the Proenza Schouler show: "My publicist said I should come." We admire his honesty. [WWD, 1st item]
Saleisha from ANTM walked in the Tibi show yesterday. No one cared. [Fashion Week Daily]

And this is why I can't get enough of wunderkind designer Chris Benz: "Fall was kind of inspired by the time when I was staying in the 8th arrondissement in Paris...and there were these amazing old women with their slips showing, who would wear a hat from 1952 that they just pulled out. It was very Carol Channing. This will be known as the granny collection!" (Though Benz told me at his presentation on Monday night that the collection was inspired by The Royal Tenenbaums, but whatevs.) [Fashion Week Daily]
Natalia Vodianova isn't really retiring! Says the Russian model, "I think maybe I'll do one a year. I don't want to get rusty." [FabSugar]
Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles on the Halston show: "I actually thought a lot of the models were too young to wear the clothes!" Obvs. [Chic Report]
Rihanna on why she designed her umbrella line for Totes, "We ladies hate walking around with clumsy umbrellas all the time." True 'dat. [WWD, 2nd item]
Why Rachel Zoe claims to have not been at the Halston show on Monday, "I have five clients in town and my television show, and my day job comes first." Haha — bitch totally got fired. [WWD, 5th item]
Through the magic of Facebook, spoiled teens (and bored bloggers who spend way too much time on Facebook) can tell all the world if they prefer Barneys to Coach and Marc Jacobs to Victoria's Secret. [WWD, sub req'd]
Cole Haan's new CEO wants the label to re-invent itself and become super-cool. LOL! [WWD, sub req'd]
In case you still haven't heard: The economy's really bad. Which is why Macy's is thinking of consolidating its regional operations. [WWD, sub req'd]
Liz Claiborne has sold Laundry by Design and C&C California to Perry Ellis. We hope they're happy together. [WWD, sub req'd]
Ralph Lauren's net income: Up by 2%. People still love that stupid little polo horse? [WSJ]
Wish you were at Monday night's Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony launch party? Pretend that you were with this video. [NYT]
And watch the Proenza Schouler show for yourself here. [Sassybella]

This Week, We Learned How To Be On Top

Jessica — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:40:00 EST

Slut Machine faithfully live-blogged the lackluster Top Model finale.
Newly crowned ANTM winner Saleisha taught us that to be on top, you have to be up Tyra's bottom.
Janice Dickinson called Tyra's bottom fat.
You know who didn't teach us about going up the butt? Lame dudes in Cosmo.
But Cosmo did tell us about getting things stuck in uh, other uncomfortable places.
Speaking of uncomfortable places! We discussed stirrup etiquette.
We also went over necessary topics that make some people uncomfortable, including Michelle Obama's skin color, Jamie Leigh Jones's rape, and the murder of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez.
But we laughed over some hilarrrious pictures of drunk dudes!

ANTM: Saleisha Wins, Big Whoop

Slut Machine — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:30:00 EST

This was the most boring final three on America's Next Top Model ever. I just couldn't find it in me to pull for anybody, and I live for this shit, you know? That's why I bothered to live blog it. But now that Saleisha has won, it'll be interesting to see how Tyra will respond to the fact that the girl shouldn't have been allowed into the competition in the first place (we'll get to that in a minute). Anyway, what saved the finale from being a total bust was that runway show, with no audience other than the 500 Chinese extras. The panel walked in like they were royalty: The TYRAnny Dynasty. And how absolutely delicious was it when Chantal knocked over that guy on stilts? And then was applauded for not turning around to check if he was okay? It gave a whole new meaning to when TyTy told the girls that they'd have to "stomp to the death." To the death of that poor Chinese man. Anyway, clip above, and Wendysgate after the jump.

OK, just one thing before we get to Saleisha. Let's discuss Jenah's feet, because they grossed me out.

I just have to say that I'm at once relieved and disappointed this wasn't "crowned" America's Next Top Model.

Okay, so Saleisha is our winner, and she'll go on to have a career that includes about 13 "My Life as a CoverGirl" spots, appearances on Tyra, and appearances on future cycles of ANTM — except she's already appeared made appearances on Tyra and past cycles of ANTM.

Also, she already had a career doing commercials. Here she is in a Wendy's spot.

It's a big deal because according to rule #10 in the terms of eligibility for ANTM:

You must NOT have previous experience as a model in a national campaign within the last five (5) years (including, but not limited to, appearances on television and print advertisements).

Oops on Tyra's part.

But whatever, rule #12 says that you must be in good mental health, and there have been some crazy bitches on the show. Rule #8 said that applicants must be at least 5'7" tall, and Eva was only 5'6.5". Oh, and you also have to be a woman-born-woman, which means no trannies or drag queens. But we all know how that turned out before.

Earlier: Live Blogging ANTM's Finale: Ike Turner Died, But His Hair Lives On In Saleisha's Weave