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Karolina Kurkova Opens Up About Thyroid Problem that Made Her “Fat”

Three years ago, the fashion industry was left reeling after Karolina Kurkova, one of the most famous Angels from Victoria's Secret, walked the catwalk after an obvious weight gain. Not only did she pack on the pound back then, but she also went through menopause, it has emerged. The 27-year-old stunner made the...

10 February 2012
13:51 GMT

Kylie Bisutti Quits Victoria's Secret: “My Body Is Only for My Husband”

Becoming an Angel for Victoria's Secret might be every model's dream but Kylie Bisutti has lived been living it for 2 years and decided it wasn't what she wanted. As she puts it, being a lingerie model clashed with her religious beliefs.Consequently, she's retiring, opting to offer all the girls w...

8 February 2012
11:39 GMT

The Human Hourglass: Model with Impossibly Small Waist

You wouldn't know it by looking at her, but Ioana Spangenberg, a model from Romania with an impossibly thin waistline, eats 3 meals a day and doesn't even shun junk food or sweets. The 30-year-old girl, whose tiny frame you can better appreciate by checking out the video below, embedded at the end of the ar...

6 February 2012
15:41 GMT

Cheerleader Anna Watson Can Dead Lift 230 Pounds (104.3 Kg)

Because the image of a cheerleader usually is one of a fit, lithe and slender girl, Anna Watson is here to challenge stereotypes. The 21-year-old athlete can dead lift roughly 230 pounds (104.3 kg) and is the owner of a very impressive set of arms. The Giorgia cheerleader is now making headlines for her dedication a...

3 February 2012
15:31 GMT

Gearbox Reveals Real World Model to Embody Borderlands’ Lilith

Video game developer Gearbox and publisher 2K Games have revealed that Yasemin Arslan, a model hailing from Australia, has been chosen to be the real world embodiment of Lilith, one of the main characters in the Borderlands franchise.The video attached to this post says that Arslan has been chosen from more than 1,00...

20 January 2012
12:01 GMT

Plane Propeller Victim Lauren Scruggs Emerges After Accident

At the beginning of December, after a 30-minute flight to see the Christmas lights from up above, fashion blogger and model Lauren Scruggs walked into the spinning propeller of a plane, losing her left hand on the spot and suffering severe injuries to the head. Yesterday was the first time she was spotted out in publ...

20 January 2012
05:14 GMT

Golden Globes 2012: Erin Wasson Is Worst Dressed of the Night

Because of their bodies, models can get away with some of the boldest, most outrageous fashion choices one could imagine. However, that was not the case with Erin Wasson at an afterparty for the Golden Globes 2012. The awards show took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA and, while Wasson did not walk the red car...

17 January 2012
13:21 GMT

From the Vaults: Angelina Jolie Lookalike Is Stunning

Because yesterday was the day when the most outrageous and hard to believe Angelina Jolie-related rumor came out, we're making it up to you today with a video with the most beautiful lookalike ever. Even if she didn't resemble the most beautiful woman in showbiz, as Jolie is often dubbed, this girl, Lina Sa...

6 January 2012
10:01 GMT

Irina Shayk Defends Herself: I'm a Lingerie Model but I Have Class

Irina Shayk, one of the most gorgeous and in demand models of today, says there's a huge difference between posing in lingerie to promote it and posing in lingerie just for the sake of it. She's now gracing the pages of the latest issue of FHM.Speaking with the publication, the model, who is currently datin...

5 January 2012
09:06 GMT

Alessandra Ambrosio Is Pregnant with Second Child

Alessandra Ambrosio walked the catwalk at the annual Victoria's Secret show a little over a month ago, but you could hardly guess she was pregnant when she did so. Yet this is precisely what happened. The model has just confirmed she's expecting her second child, in a statement sent out to Us Weekly. &ldquo...

28 December 2011
09:31 GMT

Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall Dies of Breast Cancer at 28

Eva Ekvall, crowned Miss Venezuela in 2000 when she was just 17, and one of the country's most active campaigners for cancer awareness, has lost the battle with the disease. She was only 28 years old.Eva is survived by her parents and brothers, but also by her husband and daughter. She was diagnosed with advance...

20 December 2011
11:32 GMT

Playmate of the Year Hope Dworaczyk to Lindsay Lohan: I Would Have Done Better

Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy pictorial has generated a lot of media even before release, mostly because it was believed the association between her scandalous public persona and the famous magazine would be spectacular. Glamour girl Hope Dworaczyk is not impressed with the outcome. As anyone with an Internet connect...

18 December 2011
04:37 GMT

Male Model Andrej Pejic Models for Women's Lingerie

If the thought of a male model modeling women's lingerie puts grotesque images in your head, think again. Androgynous model Andrej Pejic might be just the guy to change your mind, as you can see in the photos attached to this article. Since he's now one of the hottest models around, being able to work for b...

14 December 2011
15:51 GMT

Model Louis Dowler Speaks on Kate Winslet Breakup: She Didn't Treat Me Well

For about a year after her divorce from director Sam Mendes, actress Kate Winslet dated model Louis Dowler. She then dumped him to be with Richard Branson's nephew, Ned RocknRoll, whom she's still seeing. For the first time since they met and became an item, Louis is speaking out and, in all fairness, Kate ...

13 December 2011
04:42 GMT

Plane Propeller Victim Lauren Scruggs Walks and Speaks

Even paramedics didn’t expect model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs to survive after the terrible accident she suffered when she walked into the propeller of a plane that was still spinning. Today, reports say her recovery is doing wonderfully. Investigators are still trying to determine what happened last w...

11 December 2011
05:53 GMT

Hot Debate on Winner of Elite Model Look Competition, Julia Schneider

Models are by definition thin because designers are always looking for girls with as little meat on their bones as possible, to have clothes “hang correctly.” On this note, the winner of the prestigious Elite Model Competition is so slender she's getting various media outlets all riled up.Julia Schne...

8 December 2011
14:41 GMT

Vogue Pulls Photo of Karlie Kloss After It Becomes 'Thinspiration'

At just 19, Karlie Kloss got to see any model's dream come true: she became a Vogue girl. The latest Italian issue of the fashion bible comes with a photospread by Steven Meisel, but readers might notice a difference between the online and the print issue. One photo is missing from the former, the Daily Mail inf...

7 December 2011
16:31 GMT

H&M Under Fire for Pasting Models' Heads to Computer-Generated Bodies

If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. After coming under sharp fire from customers, H&M is forced to admit that none of the models featured on its official website are actually real, having been created by pasting models' heads to computer-generated bodies. The scandal started brewing up a few days ...

7 December 2011
15:51 GMT

Miss USA Rima Fakih Was 'Hammered' at the Time of DUI

Only a couple of days ago, Miss USA Rima Fakih was arrested on suspicion of DUI and then made headlines for trying to lie about it. A new report explains why she might have wanted to keep the arrest a secret: she was completely “hammered.”Fakih held on to the title of Miss USA until this summer. She is al...

7 December 2011
09:21 GMT

Model Lauren Scruggs Walks into Plane Propeller, Loses Hand and Half Her Face

Until last Saturday, 23-year-old Lauren Scruggs was a young woman like any other. She had a promising career ahead and was happy to face new challenges. Today, she's fighting for her life after walking straight into the spinning propeller of a plane. She was hit with such a force that she lost her left hand on ...

7 December 2011
09:07 GMT

Pakistani Actress Veena Malik Sues FHM for Altering Cover Photo

The cover of December 2011 issue of FHM India is getting people from India and Pakistan fuming mad, as it depicts Pakistani actress Veena Malik wearing nothing but a sultry gaze. She, on the other hand, is denying she was ever in such a state of disrobement as pictured.Having photos digitally altered to look better i...

5 December 2011
16:31 GMT

Victoria's Secret Models Are Too Thin, Voices Complain

Each year, the Angels come down on earth for a fashion show like no other, with the Victoria's Secret fashion show. Also annually, people wonder whether the models aren't too skinny – and this year is no different.The Victoria's Secret fashion show was taped earlier on but aired on TV only the ot...

1 December 2011
16:21 GMT

Ali Lohan Denies Talk of Plastic Surgery in New Interview

Lindsay Lohan's younger sister, Ali Lohan (known as Aliana now), recently sat down for an interview with Page Six, to talk about her aspirations in modeling, the media frenzy that always surrounds her family and, last but not least, rumors that she had extensive plastic surgery to get work as a model.For months ...

1 December 2011
13:41 GMT

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Was like Ugly Betty at 15

She may be one of the hottest women working in showbiz right now but, as a teen, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wasn't much to look at, she says in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar. The model, now one of the most famous Angels for Victoria's Secret and a budding actress as well, after getting her start ...

25 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Adriana Lima Insists She Eats Even Before a Victoria's Secret Show

Just recently, Adriana Lima caused a media frenzy when she spoke to the media about the diet she goes on before the annual Victoria's Secret lingerie show, saying she basically starves herself . She's now recanting the previous comments. As we also reported at the time, Lima said that, 9 days before the sh...

16 November 2011
13:31 GMT

Adriana Lima Reveals Drastic Routine to Get Ready for Victoria's Secret

Being an Angel for Victoria's Secret might be every model's dream come true, but it's definitely no walk in the park. In a new interview, mom of one Adriana Lima has revealed her secrets for a killer, bikini-ready body. Each year, the Angels take over the catwalk as they present the new Victoria's...

9 November 2011
16:21 GMT

Zombie Boy and Andrej Pejic Team Up for Auslander Campaign

Brazilian label Auslander has just released brand new shots from the upcoming 2012 campaign, starring two of the hottest models of the moment: Andrej Pejic and Rico Genest, aka Zombie Boy. Pejic's resume happens to be one that would make even seasoned models hide their faces in envy. Though he's a man, h...

28 October 2011
14:51 GMT

Ali Lohan Lands Her First Magazine Cover as a Model

While her more famous sister is still heavily entangled in legal problems, Ali Lohan is finally getting to kick off her modeling career. She's just landed the cover of Fault magazine for the winter 2011 campaign which should debut this November. Two photos from the photospread, including the one on the cover, ha...

22 October 2011
04:01 GMT

Miranda Kerr Loves Her Curvy, Post-Pregnancy Body

Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr gave birth to her first child only a few months ago, but she's already back in shape and back to modeling. In fact, she's better than before the pregnancy because she now has curves. And she's absolutely in love with them, she says in a recent interview with ...

21 October 2011
16:21 GMT

I’ve Never Felt Prettier, More Feminine, Says Bodybuilder Jodie Marsh

Former glamour girl Jodie Marsh is now a bodybuilder, having documented her transition for a new reality show. Yet, she says in a new interview, she isn’t doing it for attention but rather for her self-esteem. Jodie sat down with Heat magazine (quotes via the Daily Mail) to speak of the motivation behind her im...

11 October 2011
15:41 GMT

Diets Don’t Work for Me, Model Daisy Lowe Says

Legend has it that, to be a model, you have to give up food for good and learn to survive mostly on salad leaves, diet Coke and cigarettes. Daisy Lowe is the exception, revealing in a recent interview that she’s actually eating more than before.Lowe, one of the few models with curves to go mainstream, says she ...

6 October 2011
13:31 GMT

Jodie Marsh Wins 5th Place in Bodybuilding Competition

When glamour girl Jodie Marsh, one of the most high profile celebrities of the kind, announced that she’d be ditching her previous career to give bodybuilding a go, some fans were in disbelief. She’s now proved them wrong.Marsh entered the Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-A...

5 October 2011
15:01 GMT

You Can’t Eat Much If You Want to Be a Model, Andrej Pejic Reveals

Gender-bending beauty Andrej Pejic can just as well model men’s clothes as he can walk down the catwalk in women’s haute couture. While he’s definitely paid more for the latter job, it doesn’t come without some sacrifice on his part. In a new interview with Grazia magazine cited by the Dai...

20 September 2011
14:41 GMT

Model Anna Freemantle Is Back on the Catwalk 9 Days After Giving Birth

Some have called it the “supermodel gene,” but new mom Anna Freemantle, who returned to the catwalk just 9 days after giving birth says it’s a combination of good genes, eating right and, most importantly, keeping active. Though she’s not the first model to give birth and then rock a two-piece...

31 August 2011
16:51 GMT

Using Plus-Size Models on the Catwalk Is ‘Irresponsible,’ Dangerous

Just recently at the Sydney Fashion Festival, department store Myer hosted a Big Is Beautiful show, using only plus-size models. The Australian is arguing that this is just as worse and irresponsible as using size 0 girls. In a piece that begins with “BIG can be beautiful but fat should not be in fashion,&rdquo...

25 August 2011
20:21 GMT

Andrej Pejic in New York Mag: My Gender Is Open to Interpretation

If he weren’t a man, he’d probably be the most beautiful woman in fashion right now. Andrej Pejic, the 19-year-old Serbian-born male model who reinvented the whole concept of androgyny, is featured in the latest issue of New York Magazine – and the interview sheds some light into the life of “...

16 August 2011
14:51 GMT

Model Kris Smith Defends Weight Gain: Fatherhood Does That to You

Model Kris Smith, once known for his sculpted physique and well defined muscles, is forced to defend his slightly rounder, softer figure after being ridiculed after a recent fashion show. His girlfriend Dannii Minogue gave birth one year ago, and he attributes the weight gain to fatherhood. Smith returned to the...

13 August 2011
04:01 GMT

Ali Lohan Is Officially a Model Now

Ali Lohan, the 17-year-old sister of troubled actress, occasional singer and tabloid darling Lindsay Lohan, is officially a model now. She is now signed with NEXT Model Management and hailed as the future face of fashion. In a statement sent out to Just Jared, NEXT confirms getting Aliana, or Ali for short, on the te...

10 August 2011
14:01 GMT

Plus-Size Model Marquita Pring Owns Up: She Uses Hip Padding

Because the world of fashion is all about selling illusions, it turns out not even plus-size models are actually as “plus-size” as they appear. Marquita Pring, who has modeled for Levi’s and Jean Paul Gaultier, says she sometimes uses hip padding to appear curvier. She’s one of the hottest plu...

28 July 2011
15:01 GMT

Kim Kardashian Has Psoriasis, Is Afraid It Will Ruin Her Career

Kim Kardashian makes millions from modeling and various endorsement contracts. As such, she can’t afford to have a skin disease that would make it impossible for her to be photographed – yet this is precisely what she has. On the latest episode of her reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim brea...

26 July 2011
09:19 GMT

H&M Erases Model’s Face in Photoshop Disaster

It’s happened to other, bigger names before, but that’s no excuse. H&M has become the latest brand to display on their official website that which now goes by the official name of a “Photoshop disaster”: a model without a face. The dress in the photo attached costs only $50 but, for this money...

25 July 2011
15:41 GMT

FHM India Messes Up, Doesn’t Know Who Miranda Kerr Is

She’s gorgeous, has a body to kill for, and is one of the highest paid models with Victoria’s Secret. It’s hard to mistake Miranda Kerr for someone else – yet this is precisely what FHM India did in its latest issue. The magazine includes an entire photospread with “Miranda” in lin...

14 July 2011
10:24 GMT

Topshop Removes Codie Young’s Photo After Size 0 Controversy

Topshop is in troubled waters with industry watchers: after promising it would not use size 0 models, a photo of model Codie Young has sparked quite a debate on whether it’s not doing precisely that. The photo in question has been removed, but the controversy ranges on. The Daily Mail reports that Young, who ha...

13 July 2011
14:51 GMT

Gothic Model Stella Mouzi Denies Affair with Mel Gibson

They’ve been photographed together a couple of times in the past month, and reports claim they’re definitely dating. In an interview with People magazine, Greek model Stella Mouzi denies she and Mel Gibson are an item. As we also informed you a short while ago, word began to spread that Gibson was mov...

25 June 2011
05:30 GMT

American Medical Association: Stop Photoshopping Models Thinner!

The American Medical Association is taking a stand against industry practice of photoshopping already thin models into impossibly stick-thin women. Having unrealistic images like these in the media is the main cause of eating disorders and body-image issues in teens and young women, the AMA says. As such, it’s ...

24 June 2011
16:01 GMT

Sean Bean Stabbed Outside Pub over Glamour Model

British actor Sean Bean, now starring in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” has been stabbed in the arm the other night, after getting into a fight with a man who made offensive comments about his date, a 22-year-old glamour model.Married four times and reportedly a major womanizer, Bean was out with glamour ...

14 June 2011
11:17 GMT

I Had Meltdowns over Not Being Thin like the Other Models, Daisy Lowe Reveals

Daisy Lowe may be a successful model, but that’s not to say that she doesn’t have body image issues. In fact, she reveals in the latest issue of InStyle magazine, it’s not long ago that she couldn’t accept that she’d never be as thin as the other models she was working with. This is not ...

7 June 2011
14:51 GMT

Vogue Italia Puts 3 Plus-Size Models on the Cover to Battle Against Anorexia

It’s very uncommon to see a fashion magazine – especially one as popular as Vogue – feature plus-size models in its pages, let alone put them on the cover. The latest issue of Vogue Italia comes to make a difference, by putting not one, but three such gorgeous women on its cover. Editor Franca Sozza...

3 June 2011
14:01 GMT

Outrage as FHM Calls Gender-Bender Male Model Andrej Pejic a ‘Thing’

Androgynous model Andrej Pejic, dubbed the darling of the fashion industry right now, has been voted by FHM readers the 98th hottest woman in the world. FHM clearly doesn’t agree, as his profile read before it got pulled down. Understandably, readers are outraged – and they have good reason to be so, sinc...

2 June 2011
14:41 GMT

Woman Accepts Marriage Proposal If Husband Pays £15,000 to Make Her like Katie Price

Lisa Hind is so obsessed with Katie Price (formerly known as Jordan), that she couldn’t even consider getting married if her husband didn’t see things her way as well. Even more, she made him agree to pay her high maintenance cost, which runs up to £15,000 so far. Lisa (26) and Steve (46) have this ...

31 May 2011
17:01 GMT


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