|
Home / News / Tags / model
|
|
30
More: next 50 >>
Back in the ‘90s, Kate Moss was considered representative for the emerging “heroin chic” look. Today, she comes under serious fire with health organizations and concerned groups for saying that there is no taste as good as the feeling of being skinny. The comment, once out in the press, was immediat... |
20 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
 |
|
Ever since she first broke on the scene when she was just a teen, Kate Moss has been repeatedly criticized for allegedly encouraging young girls to aspire to be just as thin and frail as she is. Not that she ever said anything specific as regards that, for that matter – until a recent interview, when she reveal... |
19 November 2009
04:05 GMT |
|
|
Not long ago, we were telling you that Tyra Banks had lost some weight – dropped four dresses sizes, to be more accurate – and that she was saying how she felt and looked greater than ever. Inspired by the change she made in her own life, the former model is now on a mission to help other women as well lo... |
4 November 2009
08:51 GMT |
|
|
Crystal Renn is, at this point in time, the highest paid plus-size model, while also being one of the most appreciated. As such, it’s no wonder Evans has chosen her to be the face and body of the latest collection, a line that places lots of emphasis on style, class and keeping up with the trends, while also of... |
30 October 2009
15:11 GMT |
|
|
Just recently, an Australian television show with a tradition of many years was singled out for allowing a group of white entertainers to perform a skit in blackface. Shortly after, the French Vogue also came under serious fire, as it had a model do the same for an entire spread. Now, it’s Tyra Banks’ tur... |
30 October 2009
09:28 GMT |
|
|
Carrie Prejean who, not long ago, was stripped of her Miss California USA crown in the aftermath of the homophobia scandal, sued the beauty pageant for religious discrimination, saying she was let go because she dared speak her mind, which, in turn, she did only because it was her belief. The Miss California USA orga... |
20 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
|
|
Although it’s not long that rumor surfaced that all that Victoria’s Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio had to do to drop the pregnancy weight was just to be herself, as she had been blessed with incredible genes, the model herself tells People it’s not quite so. Yes, losing weight is easy for her, but... |
19 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
|
|
Victoria’s Secret models, also known as the Angels, are famous around the world for their toned bodies and gorgeous curves, which is not what can also be said about the so-called high fashion models, who have to be as thin as possible. Aussie Miranda Kerr is the latest celebrity to come under fire for losing he... |
17 October 2009
05:18 GMT |
|
|
It’s only a few days ago that Polo Ralph Lauren came under serious fire – and some serious mockery as well – for an ad that appeared in a mall in Japan, showing Filippa Hamilton with a waist and hips smaller than her head in what was deemed the biggest “photoshop flop” in the industry. A... |
16 October 2009
09:46 GMT |
|
|
Dutch model Lara Stone is featured in a 14-page spread in the October issue of French Vogue magazine, in what is meant to be a celebration of the fact that she’s not a size 0. While it might look like the iconic Vogue is joining other publications that have decided to feature models who are more like real women... |
15 October 2009
16:31 GMT |
|
|
Filippa Hamilton is the Ralph Lauren model that recently found herself at the middle of one of the biggest “photoshop flops” of our times, as the media dubbed the promo photograph that popped up in a mall in Japan, showing her with hips and waist smaller than her head. Appearing just hours ago on Today wi... |
15 October 2009
13:11 GMT |
|
|
Karl Lagerfeld, while famous for his highly innovative and boundary-breaking creations, is also known for saying the most hurtful things in the most blatant manner. He’s made his views on fat people public in the past as well, so it’s probably no wonder that he’s getting serious heat again, now that... |
15 October 2009
04:33 GMT |
|
|
Much has been said recently about the appropriateness of this much photoshop in women’s magazines and the fashion industry in general. While some claim that every photo thus retouched should come with a “legend,” others defend the practice by saying everyone knows not to expect real images of real w... |
9 October 2009
02:50 GMT |
|
|
It’s not unusual for celebrities to branch out into other fields and try new ventures that capitalize on their already hard-won fame. Actors and actresses start releasing music albums, footballers design clothing lines and create perfumes, and models go into acting. Victoria’s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr is... |
1 October 2009
16:31 GMT |
|
|
23-year-old model Crystal Renn is currently the highest ranking plus-sized model. She has been featured in countless fashion shows and is a constant presence in fashion and style magazines – but it’s not without a price that she’s come to enjoy this kind of exposure. Aged just 13, Renn was discovere... |
28 September 2009
13:41 GMT |
|
|
Dassault Systèmes, a French iPhone developer and world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced 3DVIA Mobile, its first iPhone and iPod touch application. 3DVIA Mobile allows users to employ a Collage feature and combine 3D models with pictures taken within the application (... |
23 September 2009
10:46 GMT |
|
|
Common sense would dictate it takes experience and lots of practice to get all the know-how to be a pure and respected fashionista, but, for Tavi Gevinson, it all comes naturally. The 13-year-old born in Chicago and running a blog called Style Rookie has not only managed to increase her audience to 1.5 million hits a... |
22 September 2009
14:31 GMT |
|
|
Reebok has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil and has created a new type of workout that is meant to return the most fantastic results, while, at the same time, making exercise fun again for women of all ages. To make the new workout even more tempting, it even got model Miranda Kerr to join the program and do some prom... |
17 September 2009
15:31 GMT |
|
|
Glamour magazine literally broke the mold in the September issue and, what’s more surprising, it probably did so without even aiming to. Page 194 included, suffocated by fashion and beauty ads with size-0 models, a small photo of a woman who looked just like the kind of girl you could meet when walking down the... |
14 September 2009
16:11 GMT |
|
|
She’s almost 40 years old, but there is nothing about Claudia Schiffer that might even hint at growing old, and especially not her latest photospread for Tank magazine. Featured on the cover in nothing but a pair of jeans that go all the way down, the model proves she is now hotter than ever in a series of phot... |
12 September 2009
03:32 GMT |
|
|
Tyra Banks, as both her fans and her detractors know, has been called anything from certifiable crazy to the most self-centered person on the planet and, at the same time, a role model and an inspiration for the average woman no matter in which country she lives. Once with the National Real Hair Day, on September 8, ... |
10 September 2009
04:01 GMT |
|
|
Heidi Klum is part of the so-called “old” generation of models, in the sense that the 36-year-old mother of three continues to be one of the highest paid and appreciated female models of the moment. As we all know, by this age, most of them are already happily retired, pursuing other careers in the same f... |
9 September 2009
14:31 GMT |
|
|
Katrina Hodge is 22 years old and makes a living as a Corporal with the Royal Anglican regiment, having been awarded a medal for the bravery she displayed when she managed to disarm an Iraqi insurgent at the age of only 18. She also works as a part-time model and, as such, she is now the face of the latest campaign f... |
8 September 2009
16:31 GMT |
|
|
At 23, Crystal Renn is a size 12 and, at the same time, the highest paid plus-size model of our times. She’s been featured on the cover of Vogue and other prestigious magazines, and has modeled for Jean-Paul Gaultier and Dolce & Gabbana. However, she’s the first to admit that it’s just recently and ... |
7 September 2009
15:21 GMT |
|
|
Holly Madison is gorgeous, so it’s no wonder she was Hugh Hefner’s number-one girlfriend for so many years and the one of whom people liked to believe she would be able to convince the mogul to settle down in marriage again. Of course, this glamor model did not always have the perfect sizes she has now, a... |
4 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
|
|
The September issue of Glamour magazine featured on page 194, almost suffocated by ads and fashion shots depicting stick-thin, almost breakable models, a small picture of a woman to whom every other one out there could relate. Her name is Lizzi Miller: she is a 20-year-old model who, at 1.80m, weighs about 80 kg, mea... |
3 September 2009
14:41 GMT |
|
|
Bar Refaeli is perhaps one of the few models of today that can boast an extremely athletic figure, as well as the ability to eat whatever she wants and just work out a bit more to burn the extra calories. Models usually claim they don’t diet or starve themselves, attributing their skinny frame to good genes: fa... |
2 September 2009
13:11 GMT |
|
|
Those who don’t understand, nor are willing to give it a go, generally see golf as the most boring and perhaps age-defining sports. Surely, there can’t be anything fun about driving around in a mock car, chasing a ball, some believe. This is precisely why Eye Candy Caddies came to be, an all-female caddie... |
1 September 2009
16:31 GMT |
|
|
A simple search of Oksana Grigorieva’s name will reveal that she is not only Mel Gibson’s pregnant girlfriend and an aspiring singer, but also a former lingerie model, having apparently participated in a single shoot of the kind. The pics from that shoot are now out all over the Internet and Grigorieva is... |
28 August 2009
03:02 GMT |
|
|
At 43, model Cindy Crawford still has the body to walk the catwalk, but that’s not to say she isn’t often targeted by the tabloid media for how she looks. Not that she cares that much, as she puts it herself in a new interview with Redbook’s September issue: she has cellulite and she’s not afr... |
25 August 2009
16:21 GMT |
|
|
Former reality star Ryan Alexander Jenkins, the main suspect in the murder of his wife, former swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, was found dead in a room in a Canadian motel. Jenkins, once a star on “Megan Wants a Millionaire,” is believed to have hanged himself, Canadian authorities say, as quoted by CNN. F... |
24 August 2009
07:59 GMT |
|
|
The fashion industry has taken plenty of heat for pushing forward models who are incredibly thin – so thin that they surely can’t be healthy, critics have repeatedly said. But the industry also does another thing, even if indirectly, by means of ads and photospreads in glossy magazines: it tells women the... |
20 August 2009
16:31 GMT |
|
|
25-year-old Canadian model Noot Seear is known in most fashion circles for her almost unearthly beauty, perfect facial features and a smile that could literally break any heart. Once “New Moon,” the second installment of “The Twilight Saga,” hits cinema theaters in November, Seear will also be... |
22 July 2009
02:37 GMT |
|
|
Last night, at the Metropole Hilton Hotel in London, 20-year-old Rachel Christie made it into history books for winning the title of Miss England 2009 and thus becoming the first black woman ever to do so. At the same time, Christie, niece of the famous gold medalist Linford Christie, also became the first Miss Engla... |
21 July 2009
13:41 GMT |
|
|
Elle Macpherson made a name for herself in the fashion industry as “The Body,” the one model who had everything, from the perfect features to the perfect size. At 45 – which, as it’s a known fact, is close to “ancient” in modeling years – Macpherson can still proudly continue... |
15 July 2009
16:31 GMT |
|
|
It was a night packed with celebrities, models, designers and astronauts: it was the Louis Vuitton party held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York to celebrate 40 years since the first Lunar landing. It was also the event where 28-year-old supermodel Adriana Lima debuted her baby bump – and sto... |
15 July 2009
15:21 GMT |
|
|
Czech, 25-year-old Angel for Victoria’s Secret, Karolina Kurkova is six months pregnant, one of her publicists confirms for the New York Post. The father of the baby is the model’s fiancé, former Marine Archie Drury, the same spokesperson tells the publication. As of now, it is not yet known whethe... |
15 July 2009
10:02 GMT |
|
|
She shot to fame as Jordan / Katie Price’s rival and, for long, Chantelle Houghton mirrored Jordan’s career with everything that she did, from the fake tan to the wild parties she attended and her rather unorthodox style of dress. It all changed when she became increasingly obsessed with her weight and de... |
14 July 2009
05:58 GMT |
|
|
Hollywood, and the celebrity world in general, is constantly fascinated and occupied with setting and then promoting absolute values. They usually go by the name of trends and, as fans must know, they range from the latest “It” bag to the hottest “It” leading man or woman. As far as the former... |
9 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
|
|
The size 0 models controversy has been raging for far longer than most of us would care to remember – and this definitely applies for people effectively working in the industry, such as designers and, bosses and staff at modeling agencies. In its desperate attempt to relieve some of the heat it’s constant... |
18 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
|
|
The size zero model controversy has never abated since it was ignited a couple of years ago. Following the tragic death of no less than three models in recent years due to complications stemming from anorexia, talk of who precisely in the fashion industry is to blame for the new standard of female model has only come... |
16 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
|
|
At 26, Australian-born Miranda Kerr is one of the most appreciated and best-earning models of the moment, her contract with Victoria’s Secret alone being more than enough to bring her international exposure and prominence, and a paycheck many other models can only dream of. She’s slender and toned so, as ... |
16 June 2009
14:31 GMT |
|
|
Most people believe that traffic jams happen only when an accident occurs, or when a long line of cars reaches a bottleneck. Under these circumstances, the traffic naturally slows down or stops completely, but these are not the only things that cause jams. Scientists are currently studying a phenomenon called “... |
9 June 2009
10:49 GMT |
|
|
Although initial speculation had it that the post-Lady Gaga Rolling Stone cover would go to American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, who would use it to announce coming out, it turns out model Miranda Kerr will grace the cover of the popular magazine - or, at least, that of the Green Issue edition. The Victoria’s ... |
2 June 2009
06:27 GMT |
|
|
One of the most controversial and, some say, universally hated, glamour models in the UK, Jodie Marsh, has just hung up her stilettos and mini skirts, and replaced them with weights to build muscle mass. In a new interview with New! magazine, the 30-year-old model says she’s set to make herself tougher and bigg... |
27 May 2009
15:31 GMT |
|
|
Adriana Lima, often described as the most ridiculously gorgeous model currently working in the industry, is pregnant with her first child, her publicist confirms for People magazine. Lima and her new husband, NBA star Marko Jaric, are said to be completely over the moon with the baby coming and with the idea of expan... |
27 May 2009
08:51 GMT |
|
|
They say stunning Victoria’s Secret model Marisa Miller is all in a league of her own: she’s neither too thin nor too plump, and has such definition on her body that only good genes cannot account for. In all fairness, Miller works really hard to stay in shape, from hitting the gym several times a week an... |
22 May 2009
15:01 GMT |
|
|
The current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences may hold insight that could potentially help homeland security agencies in the United States and other western countries untangle the intricate connections of terrorist cells. According to the paper, some similarities may exist between the way social... |
5 May 2009
10:05 GMT |
|
|
Having to deal with clogged pipes is a very dirty and complicated business, because the clogs cannot be easily identified, and repairmen often have to take the whole installation apart, in order to look for the source of the problem. But the days of water all around the house and of high repair costs may soon go away... |
29 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
|
|
A 19-year-old model aspired to represent Australia in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, and might have even hoped to win the much-coveted title and crown. Stephanie Naumoska’s dreams were shattered when members of the panel not only decided that she was not fit to represent the country in the finals, but also t... |
29 April 2009
08:45 GMT |
|
More: next 50 >> |
|
|
