Modeling

What the U.S. Can -- And Can't -- Learn From Israel's Ban on Ultra-Thin Models

The Atlantic | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Models, Photoshop, Modeling, Body Mass Index, Israeli Parliament, Body Image, Israel Model Ban, Women News

On Monday, March 19, the Israeli parliament passed legislation ubiquitously known in the country as the Photoshop laws. The new regulations on the fas...

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'ANTM: British Invasion': Uncomfortable In Hello Kitty

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Models, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Modeling, Hello Kitty, America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks, Tv Replay, America's Next Top Model: British Invasion, The CW, TV News

On "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion" (Wed., 9 p.m. ET on The CW) the models took part in a photo shoot wearing Hello Kitty couture outfits....

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Intensive Geometry

Carla Leitao | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Bentley, Fabrication, Energy, Smartgeometry, Script, Modeling, Tools, Rpi, Material Intensities, Parameter, Design, Architecture, Art and Science, Matter, Computation, Slidefreestyle, Arts News
Carla Leitao

Few would disagree the bare bone common language of design disciplines is Geometry -- a system to help measure, before being tainted by dimension, dis...

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Models Covered In Maple Syrup On 'ANTM: British Invasion'

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Models, TV Canada, Modeling, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Antm, Tv Replay, America's Next Top Model, The CW, America's Next Top Model: British Invasion, TV News

On "America's Next Top Model: British Invasion" (Wed., 9 p.m. ET on The CW) Sophie donned an outfit made of maple leaves for a photo shoot involving m...

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The Overworked, Underfed, Underage Faces Of Modeling

AP | By LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Model Working Conditions, Modeling, Model Alliance, Fashion Industry, Fashion Models, Model Abuse, The Model Alliance, Model Industry, Sara Ziff, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Models are more than just pretty faces. They're often overworked, underfed and underage independent contractors with little say when thing...

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Is There A Place For Average-Sized Models?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Models, Healthy Is the New Skinny, Modeling, Katie Halchishick, Plus-Size Models, Katie Halchishick Model, Natural Model Management, Plus-Size, Plus Size Models, Video, Style News

Plus-size model Marquita Pring made headlines when she revealed she uses padding to please clients. Marquita is a size 12-14. But when companies hire ...

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So You Want To Be A Model...

Kristen Houghton | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Modeling, Scouted, Bar Rafaeli, America's Next Top Model, Modeling Reality Show, Scouted Tv Show, Gisele Bundchen, Entertainment News
Kristen Houghton

The modeling process is not at all new to the world of reality shows. We did, after all, have "America's Next Top Model," cat fights and all. But "Scouted" seems to be different.

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Sneak Peek Of Tyra Banks' New Book 'Modelland'

BuzzFeed | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Modeling, Tyra Banks, First Chapter Modelland, First Chapter Tyra Banks Modelland, Celebrity Books, Tyra Banks Modelland, Modelland, Celebrity Authors, Style News

Want to read the first chapter of Tyra Banks' horrific new book? Of course you do. ...

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Ali Lohan Signs Modeling Contract

E! Online | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Ali Lohan Contract, Next Model Management, Modeling, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsay Lohan's Sister Modeling Contract, Ali Lohan Model, Aliana Lohan, Ali Lohan Signs With Next Model Management, Ali Lohan Signs Modeling Contract, Ali Lohan, Ali Lohan Modeling, Lindsay Lohan's Sister, Celebrity News

At least one Lohan has her pretty act together. Hint: it ain't Lindsay. ...

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Modeling Is A Great Job And A Sh*tty Career

Paulina Porizkova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Supermodels, Modeling, Fashion, Paulina Porizkova, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Style News
Paulina Porizkova

Is there no such thing as a great model? Of course there is. But, the paradox of a great model is that by the virtue of her greatness she disappears.

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Yes Sasha, Models Aren't Smiling for a Reason

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Modeling, Sasha Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Fashion Week, Runway Models, New York Fashion Week, Style News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Modeling is generally not a satisfying profession for most men and women. I say that from having been a professional model and from working as a psychologist with models who come for therapy.

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A Great Government Investment

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Fraud, Investing, State Government, Modeling, Return on Investment, New Jersey, Police, Cost-Effectiveness, Retirement, Federal Government, Disability, New York City, North Carolina, Sanitation, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

With all the talk about cutting budgets, the federal, state and local governments should invest more in an activity with a terrific ROI - aggressively...

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Radiant Body: How I Found Myself Through Yoga

Kia Miller | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Models and Body Image, Modeling, Travel to India, Meditation Training, Meditating, Body Image, Yoga Poses, Yoga Practice, Breathing Exercises, Deep Breathing, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Kia Miller

My first yoga classes allowed me to feel what it was like to live in my body and to breathe deeply and consciously for the first time. It was the beginning of a long love affair.

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Picture Me -- Professional Models Battle In the Freakonomics Tournament

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports, Superfreakonomics, Freakonomics, Modeling, Gisele Bundchen, Income Inequality, Money, Agents, Drugs, Fashion, Tyra Banks, Fashion Week, Movies, Income, Entertainment News
Howard Steven Friedman

I recently chatted with director Ole Schell after previewing his latest film, Picture Me which opens this week in NY.

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Lesbian Hooters Waitress From Illinois A 'Top Model' Contestant

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, Top Model, Modeling, Lesbian Top Model, Rockford Illinois, Hooters, Americas Next Top Model, Kayla Top Model, Video, Chicago News

As fans of "America's Next Top Model" brace themselves for a new season of sassy judges, strange photo shoots and infighting, the new contestants are ...

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Sax and the City

Patrizia Chen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Modeling, Fashion, Tokyo, Japan, The Inner Life, Visiting Japan, Japan Travel, Visit Japan, Healthy Living News
Patrizia Chen

There I was, happy to be back in my newly adopted city, where I adored the food and friendship surrounded me. Japan was good to me. I was young, a model and the Japanese public loved me.

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"Modeling Camp" Comes To NYC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Young Model, Models, Modeling Camp, Heather Cole, Modeling, Barry Hollywood, Young Models, New York News

"Modeling Camp" has hit the modeling capital. The four-day summer workshop is already offered in Washington, DC and Florida, but this week, in additi...

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Toronto Fashion Week: A Fragmented Fall

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeremy Laing, Democratization-of-Information, Fashion-Television, CFDA Awards, Jeanne Beker, Paul Hardy, Fdcc, Ctv, Greta Constantine, Innovation, Fashion Blogging, Toronto Fashion Week, Erdem Moralioglu, Toronto's LG Fashion Week, Tavi Fashion Blogger, Democratization, Fashion Week, Mark Fast, BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Award, Cfda, Live Streaming, John Galliano, LG Fashion Week, Democratization of Fashion, Canadian-Fashion, Fashion Blogger, Calla, Erdem, Modeling, Project Runway, Catwalk, Crystal-Renn-Skinny, Crystal Renn v Magazine, Plus-Size Model, Crystal Renn, Marissa Bronfman Style, www.marissabronfman.com/Blog, Marissa Bronfman, www.marissabronfman.com, Plus Size, Style News
Marissa Bronfman

Fashion insiders and online voices are fixated on Canadian design stars who have no intention of staying at home -- because they can't survive without wooing the rest of the world.

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Ford: Response to Nate Silver

Guest Pollster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nate Silver, Politics Home, Robert Ford, UK Elections, Modeling, Pollster, Politics News
Guest Pollster

In a previous post at pollster.com I explained the model we have developed with politicshome. Nate Silver has since posted a lengthy critique of our approach, which I will respond to here on behalf of the team.

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Ford: Our Model vs. 538

Guest Pollster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics Home, UK Elections, Modeling, Pollster, Politics News
Guest Pollster

As noted yesterday, we are now following the PoliticsHome UK poll tracking and seat projection model developed by political scientists Robert Ford, ...

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Amazon Eve, Tall Model, Towers Above Others

AOL Weird News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zoo Weekly, Models, Modeling, Lad Mag, Bikini, Australia, Amazon Eve, Men's Magazine, Anatomical Wonders, Eve, Video, Style News

A model named Amazon Eve recently appeared in the Australian magazine Zoo Weekly. She has a beautiful face and figure, but it's her height that makes ...

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Carla Bruni, Claudia Schiffer, And Naomi Campbell In 1989 Mail Order Catalogue (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Modeling, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Style, Underwear, Model, Women's Underwear, Naomi Campbell, Carla Bruni, Lingerie, Claudia Schiffer, Style News

Britain's popular mail order catalog Next Directory dug up its old photographs to celebrate the chain's twenty-first anniversary, and with it, the ear...

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Inside The World Of Male Modeling At Paris Fashion Week

Telegraph UK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Paris Fashion, Paris Men's Fashion Week, Modeling, Style, Male Modeling, Male Models, Paris Fashion Week, Style News

At the venerable house of Ungaro on a sunny day in June, designer Franck Boclet and his trusted assistant Damien Amsallem turned up early to work for ...

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Levi Johnston Looking Into Modeling

People.com | Sandra Sobieraj Westfall and Champ Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston, Modeling, Sarah Palin, Style News

Levi Johnston is now officially an aspiring actor and model. And according to his new manager Tank Jones, he is getting closer to a clinching a deal t...

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MIT Doubles Warming Warning: Or, Why George Will Should Read Washingtonpost.com

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Models, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Modeling, Global Warming, Climate Change, Mit, Capital Weather Gang, Green News
A. Siegel

We have serious confirmation of how bad our situation can get. And, it was well reported by a part of the Washington Post. A part, we can suspect, that George F. Will and the opinion page editors don't bother to read.

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