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Modeling industry and children: your girl/boy and agency

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:11:47 GMT

Baby / child modeling becomes a very popular, but increasingly controversial area.
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Sexual harassment in modeling and in photo shoots

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:47:38 GMT

There is a problem in modeling, especially photo shoots, sexual harassment…
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How to enter the world of female models: reconsider your motivation and pave your way

Mon, 12 May 2008 05:37:34 GMT

Nobody will argue the obvious fact that numerous, numerous countless numbers of girls dream of becoming (fashion, advertising, TV…) models. The motivation can be split into a few groups. All those eager to break into the World of Female Modeling, basically, adhere to the following three types of motivation. All of them are quite controversial, though...
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Uma Thurman, a substantian model and simply an exquisite looking woman

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:04:22 GMT

Uma Thurman is currently the "face" of Virgin Media in the United Kingdom and, along with Scarlett Johansson, models handbags and other fashion items for clothes designer Louis Vuitton. At 6 feet (1.8 meter) tall, she is one of the tallest actresses in Hollywood.
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What fashion agencies looking for in models (a brief review)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:20:36 GMT

Many (prospective) models don't really understand what agencies are looking for in a model.
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Brad Pitt: actor, model, father and... buyer of new eco-home in England?

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:03:20 GMT

Brad Pitt: actor, model, and father is in headlines again due to much talked-about Orchid Home — and sources are reporting that the anonymous buyer is connected to the entertainment industry...
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Modeling: are you physically fit? The criteria to model

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:54:38 GMT

Have ever wondered if you have the physical characteristics needed to become a model?
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Becoming a Model: promoting yourself through agencies

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:38:41 GMT

If you plan to promote yourself locally put together a professional portfolio and keep contacting model agencies & photographers who may need your services. Be sure to ask questions when contacting agencies. The most important question being: "Do you charge any upfront fees?"
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Body of a male model

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:31 GMT

Stereotypes about man's body, eating disorders and male models
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Banning super-skinny models won’t curb eating disorders?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:45:47 GMT

Eating Disorders & Pop Culture: thoughts...
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Fashion agency for male models

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:32:32 GMT

Opportunities for male models, writers and event planners
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Celebrated model and design aficionado India Hicks to host 'TOP DESIGN'

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:12:08 GMT

Celebrated fashion model and design aficionado, India Hicks (R), will host the design competition series, whereas famed Designer Todd Oldham to serve as mentor to the contestants.
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Amela Radan's milestones: catwaks, Fashion Agency Venera, Fashion magazine, Sarajevo Fashion Week

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:52:51 GMT

Sarajevo Fashion Week will take place on May 15-20, 2008. Amela Radan is the woman who established Fashion Agency Venera, founded and created Sarajevo Fashion Week and magazine Fashion.
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France aims to extirpate extreme thinness of models, so far in Internet. Australia to follow France's lead.

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:29:00 GMT

France bans pro-anorexia websites, which promote extreme thinness and methods for self-starvation. Will Australia outlaw them, too?
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Model of the year 2007: "new Kate Moss" Agyness Deyn

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:51:04 GMT

Fashion model Agyness Deyn, 21 (well, actually, 24), the muse and best friend of the designer Henry Holland, has been unofficoally proclaimed the "new Kate Moss" by the British tabloid press.
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Web-based design schools: Milan Fashion Campus

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:15:17 GMT

"Celebrity Fashion Design Course", "Men's Fashion Design Course", "Hand Bag Design Course", "Coloration & Rendering Technique Course" and "Fashion Figure Template". It's some courses at Milan Fashion Campus, the first Web-based design school devoted to teaching the skills, history and aesthetics of Italian fashion at fashioncampus.it. First lesson is free, but then...
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How to make your own online modeling agency in 2008, having downoaded up to 50 own photos

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:28:07 GMT

Ibby Group has just announced the pre-launch of Modelfolios where . It is supposed to be an innovative new online community and talent scouting resource, provide models, photographers, stylists and other fashion The site was created for them, the developers are claiming that they are giving their users the power to shape its evolution.
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Are you in fitness modeling world? Have nice portfolio of fitness modeling career to promote?

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:46:17 GMT

There are some veteran web sites that actually are online modeling agencies. Their benefits are big audience, flexibility and free services for both models and viewers.
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Natalia Gurkova: Bulgarian brunette, model and movie star

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:01:46 GMT

Natalia Gurkova, Miss Bulgaria of 1998, model and movie star.
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Reflections of Miss East Africa UK 2007 and consequences: Maureen Nyakaira steals Crown, modelling contract with top modelling agency Mahogany Models, modelling for Grace Shannan designs...

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:47:34 GMT

ON THE PHOTOGRAPH: Ugandan medical physics student Maureen Nyakaira wins the Crown under a very stiff competition. Apart from being involved in noble charity work, Maureen has won a one year Modelling contract with UK’s top modelling agency Mahogany Models, an exclusive dress custom made for her by top elite designer Moyo by BB designs, she will also get to model for Grace Shannan designs during her reign and will appear in various leading UK magazine spread.
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Carla Bruni: from top to never-fading model, fashion maven and singer

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:57:01 GMT

Born on 23 December 1968 , Carla Bruni Tedeschi is the heiress of a big tire manufacturing business in her native of Torino, Italy. Carla probably didn't even need to pursue the lucrative modeling career, given the fortune that awaited her. Not to mention music and professional singing. She says now about one of her songs: "My life in modeling was all about "Sois belle et tais-toi," and so to sing that song was like a symbol."
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Models, model agencies, modeling market and... visa hurdles

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:15:08 GMT

Mila Jovovich, branded the most highly paid model in the world, was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 17 December 1975 (her birthday's soon!). Model agencies of Ukraine, the country from which Mila and a few other of the most beautiful models of the world originate, focus on the international 'new faces' market. But embassies and consulates often throw hurdles on the way of Ukrainian beauties, making obtaining visas for them excessively diffucult and often impossible...
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“My fashion vocabulary has expanded!” Top celebrities as models and designer divas: from Katie Holmes and Carrie Underwood to Reese Witherspoon and Kate Winslet

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:20:53 GMT

Proclaimed top divas Katie Holmes and Carrie Underwood grace the cover of the new Us Weekly (AP). Katie Holmes as a top-Celebrity-Makeover-and-Model: “When she was with Tom Cruise, she looked like a kid. Now she’s an elegant woman.”
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Fashion designers, fashion and PR agencies, exposure

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:03:40 GMT

As today's designers have more opportunity and obligation to harness their image, so do the Fashion Agencies that represent them, challenging the traditional rules of fashion PR and how designers perceive PR. In today's meaning, Pierre Cardin seems to has been free from such duties...
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Sarah Banks Hartshorn: 'America's Next Top Model'?

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:35:16 GMT

Sarah Banks Hartshorn became the latest girl eliminated from the ninth cycle of America's Next Top Model. Coming into the competition, she was featured as the wannabe who was a just a little smaller than the plus-sized ideal. In the end,this in-between size and a much-discussed weight loss was her downfall. Sarah dishes about the controversial decision.
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Modeling agencies hunt for plus size models

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:40:59 GMT

A weel-known plus-size model Kate Dillon: "there has never been a better time for girls who are size 14 -16 to have a modeling career..."
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Fashion Model Anna Sinkovska: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Paris Top Model

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:56:42 GMT

Almost everybody who visited Ukraine and particularly Kyiv can easily confirm that Ukrainian women are beautiful, but even on this background Anna Sinkovska, now a Fashion Model (both words capitalized) based in Paris, is far from being just average looking...
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